Black and white cat sitting on lap in living room watching tv

#weeangus is watching the rugby with me this afternoon #caturday #proofofcat

Rob Jetten (in English) about his triumph:

"We've now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat a populist movement if you campaign with a positive message for your country."

A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪

On Hull — Michael O'Neill A personal reflection on the closure of Hull’s Chemistry Department, where I held my first academic post.

It's been one year since my blog on the closure of Hull, which kind of blew up. A thread with some reflections on what's happened since then. 1/ www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2024/...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

8 chemists with disabilities who left their mark on history Scientists with disabilities ascended to the forefronts of their fields long before labs were accessible and civil rights were codified

8 chemists with disabilities who left their mark on history

Scientists with disabilities ascended to the forefronts of their fields long before labs were accessible and civil rights were codified.

#DisabledInSTEM #NDEAM cen.acs.org/careers/dive...

YouTube video by David Smith From Cookbook to Logic Mastering Organic Chemistry Mechanisms

For my Year 1 lecture course this year, I used AI to produce an audio podcast to support student learning. I was amazed how listenable it was, and how broadly accurate it turned out to be. In this thread, I talk through the process I used to make the podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK36...

Painting of a middle-aged Collingwood in blue admirals jacket, resting his had on his chin.

Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.

Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.

Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry as it happens – live Join us as we provide analysis and commentary in the run up to the announcement of the biggest prize in chemistry

Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi! For more reaction, follow our live blog.

Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall dies aged 91 such sad news a real beacon of science and one who was one of my very early influences #science #pioneer #womeninSTEM

A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A stately home in the background.

A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A cafeteria in the background.

A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling.

A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling. A gold tree made of Open University Shields is on the wall.

We're excited to welcome our Oct #OUGradSch25 PhD cohort to campus today! We can’t wait to hear about their research journeys.
On Fri, we’ll also welcome Professional Doctorate students.
Also welcome to the first PhD by Distance Learning cohort!
@oulibrary.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

UKCGE's Director, Dr Owen Gower (pictured right) is currently presenting at the 2025 Strategic Leaders' Global Summit in Québec City, Canada. This year the summit is focussed on AI and other emerging technologies, and how they will impact on postgraduate education in the future.

A Copilot screengrab. The prompt is "draw caffeine". An incorrect representation of caffeine is shown. #ChemSky #OzChem

Your regular reminder that genAI/chatbots not trained to do chemistry are bad at chemistry.

Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.

YouTube video by Marcus Cribb Battle of El Bodón 1811, with Redcoat History, The Peninsular War.

The Combat at El Bodon 25 September 1811 might not be a grand tactical battle, but it highlights Wellington's long front line, but it is perhaps best best known for the charge of the 2/5th Regt against French Cavalry!

@redcoathistory made this
youtu.be/nrZdOdIRKsM?...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

UKCGE | Annual Conference 2026 This international conference invites critical, creative and practice-informed contributions that explore the nature of postgraduate cultures. With a…

The call for presentations is now open for our Annual Conference in July 2026; international participants are welcome. Please see our website for detailed themes and instructions on how to submit an abstract (closes November 7th 2025).

A black and white cat curled up asleep on a footstool

Sunday mode activated #proofofcat

YouTube video by Women in Sport Off Script and Onside with Jim Carter and Brian Moore | Episode 2 featuring Tonia Antoniazzi MP

A different look at the Women's Rugby World Cup with me and Jim Carter.
Please consider reposting.
youtu.be/64TWnAHSXOU?...

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.

Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

The vast Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase - LASSCO - England's prime resource for Architectural Antiques, Salvage Curiosities The vast Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase originally by Edward Blore c.1830, later reformatted c.1945

If you have a VERY large room, Lambeth Palace Library is selling off its old bookshelves.

www.lassco.co.uk/product/the-...

Oh lovely Mahler 5th Symphony on #BBCProms glorious Friday evening

A row of Archive stacks with turning handles

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.

Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇

Postdoc position open for applications until 8th Sept! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Historical aerial black and white aerual photograph of a the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp with highlighted sections in red boxes, indicative of areas of interest or significance in the landscape surrounded by fields.

25 August 1944 | Auschwitz II-Birkenau: gas chambers and crematoria II & III (left), gas chambers IV & V (right) & bunker II (top) - an early gas chamber used in 1942-43 and reopened in late spring 1944.

Watch a short video about the history of gas chambers and crematoria: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck