iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 19/06/2026

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026

while I appreciate the intention here, I would insist that comparing ai systems with humans is a category error which rests on flawed and reductive understanding of human beings

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 13/06/2026

This is one of my favourite poems. It hits every time.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 04/06/2026

I think today's plan is to email a few folks *rolls up sleeves*!

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 02/06/2026

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

Two bird pins. A series if birds sitting on a branch. Each bird is the colour of a stripe on the rainbow flag.

Pronoun pins with rainbow motif:
She her
He him
She they
He they
They them

An array of pride themed science and sci fi pins.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 01/06/2026

I badly want to buy one of these! Any recommendations from crystallographer and/or scicomm friends? 🧪

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 12/05/2026

Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910. Using X-ray crystallography she determined the structures of complex molecules including vitamin B10 and insulin: www.compoundchem.com/2019/05/12/h... #ChemSky 🧪

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Wikimedia Community Ireland @wikimediaireland.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Wiki Loves Earth Ireland 2026 is open. Photograph protected natural areas across the island, upload to Wikimedia Commons under a free licence. Prizes up to €250. Runs to 30 June 2026. Alongside it: Is Breá le Vicí an Domhan 2026, an editing project for Irish plant species on Vicipéid. Link below:

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 28/04/2026

Elaine and her Mam have done great work here exploring the Irish government's AI ready courses, and let's just say that their investigations find plenty of concerning holes that need to be addressed asap! 🧪

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 16/04/2026

I will be in Ireland and sharing all the opinions about science in/with/for/by communities! Join us if you can 🧪!

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🐡🧪👩🏿‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein 🧵

My linocut portrait of Marie Maynard Daly in purples (she’s a young smiling Black woman, wearing earrings, a necklace and a dress, looking at the viewer over her shoulder). Above her to the right is an anatomical heart with a blowout diagram in a circle of a clogged artery and the cholesterol molecule all in red. Next to her on the left in blue are the molecules of the bases which make up DNA and a diagram of a human cell.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 14/04/2026

I live in Berlin, a city where public transport is (relatively) brilliant. But I don't have a public transport ticket. I don't need it. I jump on my (very ugly) bike and get pretty much anywhere I need to go. The doctors, the supermarket, the theatre, the park... It's an exhilarating freedom.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/04/2026

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 24/03/2026

HEY YOU! Are you interested in shared language and practice? Maybe also interested in #STEM? 🧪 Then join us tomorrow (25th March) at 14.00 CET for a webinar by the fab @marycarty.bsky.social. Let's focus on what we share rather than what divides us! Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Promo slide for Mary Carty's talk. There is a picture of Mary, who is a white woman with dark brown shoulder length hair. She is smiling and looking in the camera direction. The talk title is in the top right of the slide, and it is: From fragmentation to convergence: Architecting conscious systems change, towards a shared language and practice.

There are logos for the Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equity Working group, and for the European citizen science association working groups in the bottom corners of the image.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 24/03/2026

This makes me feel very uneasy. I'm no fancy web designer, but at least I know that you see my work and me for who I am, not for what Google thinks I am... drclairemurray.com

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Chemistry, Citizen Science, Science Communication, Inclusive Research.

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 10/03/2026

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

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Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers

Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.

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Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This looks like a good programme for minoritised writers in the UK who are unsigned and interested in writing a book about health. Includes £2,000 bursary, mentoring, classes, travel and access fund. www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/project/well...

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Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards | London Writers Centre

Learn more about Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards, a Writer development project from the London Writers Centre.

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Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) @jscicom.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Thank you @drclairemurray.com and @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and co-authors for this paper taking #scicomm to new places in society!

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 16/02/2026

We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy! @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/ doi.org/10.22323/157...

An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 13/02/2026

If you are interested in inclusion and equity in citizen science 🧪, this will be a really important community discussion. We will explore our definitions and interpretations in both theory and practice, with the key results being interpreted by the fantastic visual illustrator Ruth Graham. Join us!

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 11/02/2026

Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women. Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom... #ChemSky 🧪

This infographic titled "The Women of the Periodic Table" highlights ten women and their contributions to element discovery. A central periodic table marks specific elements in green and orange, with lines connecting them to names and portraits. Featured scientists include Marie Curie (polonium, radium), Marguerite Perey (francium), and Clarice Phelps (tennessine). It traces history from early pioneers like Harriet Brooks to modern teams including Dawn Shaughnessy and Darleane Hoffman.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 11/02/2026

The @ccdc.cam.ac.uk team did a fab job with this. Thoughtful detailed profiles of awesome women scientists like @crystallised-cricket.com. Much love to all the women scientists out there today! 💚

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale 1 of 1st women elected Fellow of RoyalSociety 1945. 1st woman tenured professor @ucl.ac.uk 1st woman president IUCr & BritSciAssoc. Elected Womens Eng Soc member 1946 in recognition of “brilliant & important work" b #OTD 28 Jan 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...

Kathleen Lonsdale holding part of a chemical model in a laboratory

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"The main message that came through from the experts we spoke to was simple: it is essential to impose limits on who can see any images you post of your children online." I shared some tips for this piece: www.thejournal.ie/grok-protect...

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Now that we're all terrified, here are four tips to protect kids' image and identity online

We asked the experts what parents and schools need to do next, as the Grok scandal focuses attention on online safety.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

@boardgamegeek.com For an award you say acknowledges artistry, why are you choosing to highlight a game: - That uses AI art (which surely is anti-artistry if anything) - Designed by a person whose transphobic views have no place in our industry (artist = artistry) boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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The BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame 2026 - Day 5 Inductee | BoardGameGeek News

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 19/01/2026

This is one for all the #WomeninSTEM. If you are happy to, could you share some of the more awkward and unusual questions you have been asked? The ones your male colleagues would never be asked. I'm running an event @helmholtz.de with the awesome Michelle Browne for #IDWAGIS

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 19/01/2026

Bumping this into the Bluesky science feed, because I always forget to add the 🧪. However, I know there are plenty of Women in STEM there who might want to share their questions!

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 16/01/2026

US ICE agents have been using tear gas on protestors in Minneapolis. There's been plenty of tear gas misinformation flying around on social media; here's a summary of the chemistry and the best way to get rid of it (TLDR: water): www.compoundchem.com/2020/06/09/t... #ChemSky 🧪

An infographic titled "Tear Gas: Chemistry, Dispersal Methods & Effects". It details the active agent in tear gas, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile, showing its chemical structure. It explains dispersal via burning canisters (using charcoal and potassium nitrate) or sprays. Health effects include eye, nose, and respiratory irritation lasting 15–30 minutes. Treatment steps advise moving to fresh air, removing clothing, and flushing with water or saline.

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Funny that this argument hasn't washed with them when children's rights groups are telling them age-gating social media access is a bad idea. But now... I've been saying from the start that age-gating is a cop out on regulating platforms properly. Feeling validated (and furious, frankly).

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 05/01/2026

2026 has started with some of my favourite things: A long forest walk, baking (tea cakes!), letter writing and the promise of some excitement later in the year when I take part in a linotype print class at my local community college. Here's wishing the same joy and hope for you!

9 tea cakes, which are all golden brown and studded with dark brown raisins.

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Wikimedia Community Ireland @wikimediaireland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Exciting news! You can still enter #WikiScience until December 15th! Upload your images documenting science to Wikimedia Commons to win prizes! 🌒 Enter now: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons... Anthony’s astro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 24/11/2025

The letter writer in me is extremely jealous of Canadian stamps!!!

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Wikimedia Community Ireland @wikimediaireland.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

There’s still time to enter #WikiScience 2025!📸 🌋 Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you! The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won! 🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12/11/2025

Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 02/11/2025

This sounds like a delightful challenge. There's a lot on at the moment but let's see what I can read in November!

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

From finding a "universal language" in science, to comedy, conferences and following her passion, Prof Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu @ucllifesciences.bsky.social tells BBC World Service about her fascinating path to becoming a pioneer of pharmaceutical nanoscience and champion for race equality

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Outlook - One suitcase, three kids: a broke scientist pursues a dream - BBC Sounds

Once a homeless single mum, Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is now a nanomedicine pioneer

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 25/09/2025

One of my favourite things in the world is sitting down to write a letter. It starts with so much possibility and elements of theatre (selecting the pen/paper, considering the story to tell) and then slowly centres on the person you write to. Given I upgraded to wax seals, the final act is 🔥 too.

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 15/07/2025

This prefix caused much entertainment when we did 'Project M'. No, no I did not name a project after myself. It is M FOR THE THOUSAND SAMPLES!!! Speaking of which, our school and teacher scientists are AWESOME and you can read about our work @crystengcomm.rsc.org 🧪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Project M: investigating the effect of additives on calcium carbonate crystallisation through a school citizen science program - CrystEngComm (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D3CE01173A

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Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · 16/06/2025

Dodgy/Predatory conferences get a direct delete in my inbox, but they do get a special side eye for being in such exciting places that I have not been to. A beautiful island in Greece! Japan! Singapore! They know full well the only reason we would even consider going is because of the location 🧪.

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