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Elaine Coates

@elainehc.bsky.social
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Mature student studying health and infectious diseases. She/her, UK North West, SF fan, trans rights are human rights.

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Anahid (Ana) @anahidam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Looking for a #postdoc outside the US, focusing on gut microbiome, AMR dynamics & phage-bacteria interactions. Bridging wet lab and computational approaches🦠👩‍💻. Hartmann Lab, Northwestern University, defending late 2026. Boosts appreciated 🙏🧫🧪 #microbiome #metagenomics #MicroSky
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exciting: “The encouraging findings of Ritchie and colleagues will pave the way to a paradigm shift in rabies PrEP and post-exposure vaccination… towards finding vaccines that induce long-lasting seropositivity, as well as a durable B-cell memory, after a single dose” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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New chapter in rabies vaccine development
It has been more than 140 years since Pasteur, Vulpian, and Grancher conducted the first successful human immunisation against rabies with a live-attenuated vaccine derived from dried rabid rabbit spi...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fellow academics, if you are an external examiner for any course at Brighton (I have been), can I urge you to tell them you will quit prior to the June boards unless the University withdraw their notice that they are derecognising the UCU, and not to take any position if they come up.
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I had no idea this was an option.
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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you're searching for PhD opportunities, check out this feed I created using @graze.social! ➡️ bsky.app/profile/sjgr...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rare opportunity to invest in no future.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sharp rise in locally-acquired dengue in Florida
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lovely use of rapid genomic sequencing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new NHS test
The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty.
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jordan @jordan.matelsky.com · 08/09/2026
amazing crowd today to save the Academy of Natural Sciences! save-the-academy.org and awesome speech by Councilwoman @ninaahmadphl.bsky.social!! #savetheacademy @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @skypeascientist.bsky.social @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com @greenphilly.bsky.social
a large crowd gathers around the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia on a bright sunny day, carrying signs that say variations of "Save the Academy"
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Marcus Hill @drmarcushill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If the government weren't cowards, they would turn the massive overreach of terror legislation to good by clearly and unequivocally stating that anyone engaging in or encouraging attacks on RNLI volunteers will be tried as a terrorist. Because that's exactly what they are.
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No child should ever die of measles. A world without measles is possible. It just takes the political will. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bangladesh measles outbreak kills more than 1,000 children despite vaccine efforts
Until March this year, Bangladesh had made "substantial progress" towards eliminating measles.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The last time the U.S. reported 4 measles deaths was in 1992.
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Rob Fleming @robjimfleming.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Some folks are more likely to share official sources, so here is one. I hope she is found okay. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Urgent police appeal to find missing girl with links to Manchester
Amelia was last seen on Thursday night, September 10
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles' www.thejournal.ie/mrsa-bouncy-... Paper: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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Large outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA superbug in Ireland was linked to bouncy castles
Most previous large outbreaks have been found in sporting activities, prisons and childcare facilities.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cool PhD opportunity!!!!!
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I Love La Tv Show Maia Simsbury
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As an older human, I am not happy about this.
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
How is this even possible.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 04/09/2026
Aedes aegypti, a mosquito spreading dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, has been found in London, according to UKHSA's Mosquito Watch. This highlights the need for arbovirus surveillance as global temperatures rise. Submissions for our arboviruses collection are welcome: microb.io/Arboviruses
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Aedes aegypti found breeding in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Invasive mosquitoes breed in London for the first time in the UK
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and larvae have been detected in east London homes and are being destroyed.
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you live in Wales and support trans people please consider signing this? And please share widely!
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr) asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease contributed to the ​fatalities, three... TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
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EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources say
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease contributed to the ​fatalities, three sources familiar with the situation said.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#booksky, Be apprehensive, be slightly apprehensive...
The KDP pop-up of The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop under review to be published.
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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Although you're unlikely to remember having smallpox the disease, your parents or grandparents might recall being vaccinated against it. Thanks to vaccination programmes, smallpox was declared eradicated across the globe by the @who.int in 1980.
Image shows a pair of twins, one of whom had been vaccinated against smallpox and the other who hadn't been. Text says 'Do you remember smallpox?'
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🅡🅞🅢🅨 🅡🅞🅒🅚🅔🅣🅢 🕳 @rosyrockets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shooting a @takeonecinema.net produced horror short in Cambridge this October; looking for someone with physical or movement theatre background for a role w no dialogue and significant presence. Low budget, expenses covered. DM if curious/strange/unusual <3 #LobaFilm #IndieHorror #SeeRedRun
Seeking a performer with experience in physical expression who's ready to redefine the jumpscare, in LOBA (A Take One production)
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Robyn "Re-Tranimator" Adams @realrobynadams.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The countless years of work of scientists, researchers, and medical professionals, as well as the general concept of human empathy, are consistently thrown out of the window by those in power to appeal to the ignorant, the hateful, and those unwilling to accept that time moves forwards.
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
… and never say “I’m too old to wear that”. Anyway, entirely unrelated to that story, I’m off to watch #ManchesterVillagePride parade. 2/2
Middle aged woman in black T shirt, short purple kilt and long rainbow socks
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When I was 20 I spent a summer working in California. I stayed in a place which was mostly retirement living. The elderly ladies used to go off to the beach in their bikinis and I thought : I want to be like that when I’m old. Wear what the hell I like and not give a toss what anyone thinks 1/2
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is interesting up to about 77/ and then it gets *really* interesting
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Jon Dies At The End @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A reminder to anyone interested that tomorrow I am giving an online talk on the use of Highgate Cemetery as location for TV and film. Starts as 6.30. Details below.
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Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television. Online talk. - Arnos Vale
A talk on how Highgate Cemetery has been portrayed in film and TV and what it reveals about its history and cultural image.
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
How can scientists learn the craft of critical thinking and argumentation if they no longer experience one of the main ways we all traditionally absorbed this essential training - by writing bad drafts & learning from expert edits? My latest post on genAI in science #AcademicSky short-url.cc/1wC1X
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In which generative AI interferes with scientific training – potentially | Mind the Gap
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Sheffield Trans+ Liberation @shefftranslib.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Sheffield Trans+ Pride Sunday 30th August Meeting point, Town Hall @ 1.30pm Party Location & Route to be announced shortly #ProtectTransKids #ProtectTransRefugees #ProtectHomelessDolls #DeathBeforeDetransition #DIYorDIE Show me what community looks like #PubertyBlockers=SuicideBlockers 161 1312
a paper titled sheffield trans pride, sunday 30th of august


 with a drawing of a frog with a trans flag tie holding a "protect trans kids" sign alongside an alien with a "death before detransitioning sign".
below the drawings reads; 1:30pm sheffield town hall 
3:00pm partytime location will be annouced soon
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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Transport BlueSky's new favourite person just dropped.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yet more kickback. New Scientist calls it an "ill-informed documentary" www.newscientist.com/article/2585...
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The Great ADHD Myth? Suggesting that ADHD is a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous | New Scientist
ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams
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Elaine Coates @elainehc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Erm - what ?
Pop up ad. Faintly visible underneath is info about Stockport Foodie Fridays. The pop-up ad says “Interested in Stockport ? Explore Dubai” with links to VisitDubai.com, Trivago and Kayak.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 18/08/2026
"GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-diverse persons at heightened risk of discrimination and exclusion." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
As Ebola kills thousands in DRC, a perfect storm is making the virus hard to stop | Devi Sridhar
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As Ebola kills thousands in DRC, a perfect storm is making the virus hard to stop | Devi Sridhar
New species and regional instability are factors – but decisions made in the US and Britain are also costing lives, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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