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Dr Mel T

@drmel.bsky.social
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🇦🇺ex-Microbiologist in 🇬🇧 again adrift from Academia…. Disabled STEMMinist who has pivoted to Arts and Humanities as a Textile Freelancer. #FuckMS #OneHealth 🌈 pan&poly she/her

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 41m
Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/w...
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Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 14h
And another Wrensday Wednesday offering. A splendid fairywren at Gluepot Reserve. #wrensday
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 14h
It's Wrensday Wednesday! 😀 Here's a splendid fairywren that was easy to find right at my camping ground at Gluepot on Sunday. These are stunning little birds. #wrensday
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 2h
Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Eco-evolutionary dynamics and environmental detoxification jointly shape bacterial community response to antibiotic perturbation ISME journal by @jcairns.bsky.social et al with @teppo-h.bsky.social @frimanscience.bsky.social @niinasmolander.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Eco-evolutionary dynamics and environmental detoxification jointly shape bacterial community response to antibiotic perturbation
Abstract. Microbial communities frequently encounter recurrent antibiotic disturbance, yet how ecological, evolutionary, and environmental processes jointl
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3h
“No one goes into academia to drive a Ferrari or live in a mansion. They do it because they love it. They don’t want to be striking. They just want a little bit of job security,” --- Theo Warshaw, Edinburgh University #HigherEd #teaching #student #strike #cuts www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector
Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 4h
Closing soon! Great research role joint with @gpollara.bsky.social and me at @uclmedsci.bsky.social Come for the mystery of how bacteria affect the human bladder during recurrent #UTI - stay for the immunology, 'omics, innovative 3D urothelial modelling & friendly atmosphere! rb.gy/xmw5b5 #UTISky
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, really solid work on how to be anti-enshittification www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/
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Breaking Free
In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please
Meme:

Grow up and stop referring to people as "Karen"....

Say cunt like an adult.


Created by: Say It Savage
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fly tippers or Undocumented migrant Delivery Drivers working for shady courier operators are my guesses.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes
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Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute? | Letter
Letter: Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secret
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Lyd Ⓥ @lydclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, it is primarily used to generate explicit images of women and children, but I promise it’ll be used to cure cancer someday. Just trust me bro.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Some cis gay men say “trans men being gay undermine same-sex attraction” without realising how they sound just like the “letting gays marry will undermines the institution of marriage” crowd. If you feel your sexuality is threatened by how others define theirs, please get a decent therapist. Thanks.
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My friend did not need me there as a doctor or expediter. She had plenty of doctors, some of the best in the world. She needed somebody to sit with her and swap stories about her kids." This is a lovely piece about doctoring - and needing not to, on occasion #MedSky
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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts' Ability to Function
A panel of three Florida state district court judges blasted a family attorney for using AI to generate "frivolous, scattershot arguments."
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History www.thenation.com/article/society/i…
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Irish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of History
Bazunu’s decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place?
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nobel Prizes next week already. Another year gone. *Sigh* Perhaps this one will change over the next while with Trump & associates impact on science there, “Almost 54% of all Nobel prizes were awarded to people in North America.” How to win a Nobel Prize ⬇️ And, yeah, it (still) helps to be male 😐
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How to win a Nobel prize: what kind of scientist scoops medals?
What subjects have past winners studied? What age were they when they won? Where do they live? Nature crunched the data on every science prizewinner to find out.
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Stéphanie Taberner 🔶 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 @singlesfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SpaceX is fuelled by its disdain for 🌍
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nope, not surprised in the slightest. Arseholes….
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 29/09/2026
“Our disappointment I think is palpable that Australia is not doing a lot more to deal with climate change as our number one national security priority," says former Australian Defence Force chief, retired Admiral Chris Barrie. "What a wasted opportunity." trib.al/WIP1OsQ
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Australia trails UN peers on climate national security
As the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a record El Niño will push global heating beyond 1.5 degrees this year, the government still refuses to publicly detail the national security threat.
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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is terrific. As old Hollywood crumbles, but I’ve been waiting for signs of what the new and improved studio system will be. Read the whole article. #AnarchistsUnited variety.com/2026/film/fe...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Sato Juniper @satojuniper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've heard hot rhetoric from Israel's spokespeople insisting that the stories about wholesale death & destruction in Gaza are antisemitic lies. Apparently, even Google Earth has now caught up with what is being done & it's there for those willing to see. #Auspol www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Google Earth exposes devastation in Gaza with new updated images
Google Earth shows the unprecedented devastation in Gaza, illustrating the scale of the wreckage
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 29/09/2026
CC @inksea.bsky.social I'm torn between genius and I'm sorry
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans ... we're talking about a massive rupture to culture and to cosmologies."
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Climate change legal precedents begin to unravel Pacific culture's emerging rights
Rising seas and environmental degradation are disrupting traditional Pacific practices, eroding Indigenous cultural connections and severing their relationships with ancestral lands and oceans accordi...
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💯👇🏼
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This is a disgrace. 🤬
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks @crikey.com.au for publishing this great, but sobering, piece by Jason Chatfield.
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Human Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Reveals Host Factors That Support Epstein-Barr Virus B cell infection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The unlikely Australian Black Summer landmark that's been classified as a national treasure
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The unlikely Australian Black Summer landmark that's been classified as a national treasure
A public telephone in Narooma, relied on by locals during the Black Summer bushfires of 2020, has been heritage-listed.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Covid revisionist history helped MAGA return to power. That’s a major theme of this.
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Everyone Else Is Lying to You: A Damning Archive of Science Denial
“Future generations will know that at least some of us tried to resist the intrusion of quackery into medicine, and they’ll gain some semblance of insight into a confounding reality.” Thus ends the da...
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2026. Scientists warn fake research is spreading faster than real science www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Scientists warn fake research is spreading faster than real science
A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing m...
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK Prime Minister Burnham wants submarines and shipyards to be his country’s economic engine. Why not, especially when Australian taxpayers are helping foot the bill. #AUKUS #auspol
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases, with 48% death rate www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/dr-con...
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases, with 48% death rate
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Coming soon: 'AI company apologises for accidentally triggering multiple missile launches causing WW3, it was trying to find a definition for the word 'silo'.
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ve found it remarkable how little conversation there has been about women dying in the US as a result of the bans. Obvs this is a reporting gap across the board re bans - but the US *went backwards* so I thought there would be more outrage. There wasn’t.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world.
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RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who hasn't made this mistake at at least one conference?
Cartoon with a figure standing in a trench coat with hands on either side of the opening. They are saying "So. Which way to the flash talks?" The caption says "Due to a simple misunderstanding Dr. Red was never invited back to the conference"
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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lots of white Australians honestly believe that Australia is not a racist country. It's pretty easy to ignore what doesn't effect you, if you choose to remain ignorant. This is shameful.
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MondayNetwork - a regular appeal to any #skystorians with intersecting interests: food /nutrition, surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, cit sci, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
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Murrigellas @murrigellas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Murrigellas can verify that Ms Lawson is absolutely lovely. Generous and kind. We will never forget meeting with her and the kindness she showed us. An absolute delight ♥️
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Meet the real AI ‘rogue agent’: Lord Watson of Palantir. I am sick to the teeth of this current AI hype cycle & its perversion of language. The only thing going ‘rogue’ right now are AI boosters, a gullible & compliant press & a Labour Lord 1/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/meet-the-r...
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026
Nice piece here packed with information about the tech-fossil-CCS nexus that has become more clear in the past year www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/09/25/d...
Two Industries, Two Problems, One Big Carbon Capture Scam
AI data centers are incredibly energy-hungry; by 2028, they may command as much electricity as 55 million households. Already, 40% of data center energy comes from dirty gas.

The AI boom is already driving the construction of new gas-fired power plants and keeping old power plants on life support. This is creating a real credibility issue for the tech industry’s unenforceable climate and environmental pledges.

The fossil fuel industry has a different problem. They need new customers to justify massive new pipelines, new power plants, and fracking. CCS is the bridge between these two destructive industries. It’s providing Big Tech a new fig leaf and the fossil fuel industry a massive new customer base.
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Evelyne de Leeuw @evdle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The understatement of the decade if not century: “President Trump doesn’t have a very strong sense of decorum,” said Michael Adams. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into open
President has let rip with swearwords in recent months, redefining norms about acceptable language in public office
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anti-vaxxers deserve your total contempt.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Emergency extractions' of wild birds considered as H5 bird flu spreads in Victoria www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Victoria considers 'emergency extractions' of wildlife as bird flu spreads
With the spread of H5 bird flu around Australia, Victoria is looking for ways to protect threatened species.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Early-life enteric infection is a driver of long-lasting neuroimmune imbalance @pnas.org @gareaulab.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m a Greens Party member. But I’m too disabled to be ‘on the hustings’ Baby David. I can’t help you win if winning is ableist effort, gotta say….
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Getting a Rosalind Franklin’s lab book vibe from this story…
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