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Ex-X ageing neuroscientist, #cat-dependent, #tree lover💚 Interested in #brain disorders, research ethics and progressive politics, pro-EU. Enjoys #sciart and #walking. Likely to post some poor quality photos of befriended trees and Hattie the Cat 🧠 🔬🧪🎨🌳🐈

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Heronry, 2022, etching by UK printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt
Print in blue and white featuring a tree lined still river or pond  with reflections and a flying heron to the top right in silhouette
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
2026. When Does Stress Build Strength? Linking Stress Physiology to Resilience in the Age of Rapid Environmental Change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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When Does Stress Build Strength? Linking Stress Physiology to Resilience in the Age of Rapid Environmental Change
Environmental change exposes organisms to repeated and prolonged stressors. Stress history and context shape interacting glucocorticoid, oxidative, neural, and behavioral responses, producing variati....
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wild Flowers, 1995 by Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye #womensart
Colourful painting with canvas covered in tiny flower motifs
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So sad to hear of the death of Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and hugely inspiration woman. She was a great supporter of this Womensart project & WA books and our chats will be cherished always. A true intellectual & beautiful person. RIP xx
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Inflammation is the common thread? 🧬 Join Profs Swanson & Tanzi as they dissect how inflammation drives both cancer & Alzheimer’s. A high-level, cross-disease chat on prevention, early detection & potential new therapies @consiliumsci.bsky.social www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/inflam...
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Inflammation in Alzheimer's and Cancer: Swanton and Tanzi
Profs Charles Swanton and Rudy Tanzi compare the role of inflammation in cancer and Alzheimer's, from pollution triggers to prevention and early detection
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2026. Restoring indigenous trees can help combat malnutrition in Africa. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Restoring indigenous trees can help combat malnutrition in Africa
Abstract. Across African countries and contexts, there is robust evidence of how forests and trees can support people's diets. In particular, indigenous fo
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a landscape of a field with treeline in the distance under a dramtic sky
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In 2012 one paper linked two separate discoveries about fluid moving through the brain and gave us the word "glymphatics." @dryvonnecouch.bsky.social on why the theory it produced is still fiercely contested. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-brain-d...
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Brain Drain: The Controversy Around Glymphatics
Dr Yvonne Couch on the glymphatic system row: what we actually know about how the brain clears fluid, and where scientists still disagree.
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2023. Scientific research is deteriorating........ This is just the tip of the iceberg: the commercialization of our scientific system is causing real and widespread damage english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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Scientific research is deteriorating
Several cases of renowned scientists being offered large sums of money by institutions in authoritarian countries – such as Saudi Arabia – have been exposed by EL PAÍS. This is just the tip of the ice...
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2026. Chemical ecology: Smelly cat, smelly cat, what makes you unique? www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Cat, c.1904, by Welsh painter Gwen John #WomensArt
Cat with white face and chest lying down facing forwards
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) RIP
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Join Professor Tilo Kunath and expert panellists on 9 September to explore Parkinson’s disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and current research. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/connec...
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Connecting Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia
Join Professor Tilo Kunath and expert panellists on 9 September to explore Parkinson’s disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and current research.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A study from Scotland found that living near an accessible urban woodland significantly lowered the likelihood of being prescribed antidepressants. The research focused on Scotland’s Woods In and Around Towns program. e360.yale.edu/digest/scotl...
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Access to Urban Woodlands Linked With Lower Use of Antidepressants
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What can wearable technology tell us about depression and dementia? Join Dr Ta-Wei Guu to explore sleep, behaviour and treatment response in later life. communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/res...
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Research Showcase - Dr Ta-Wei Guu - Wearable Technology in Depression and Dementia
Research Showcase - Dr Ta-Wei Guu - Wearable Technology in Depression and Dementia
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Explore how AI and machine learning can unlock biological insights in the Francis Crick Institute’s new online seminar series. 23rd September www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/ai-in-...
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AI in Biology Seminar with Professor Caroline Uhler
Explore how AI and machine learning can unlock biological insights in the Francis Crick Institute’s new online seminar series.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'I said no' by Martha Rich, contemporary US painter and illustrator based in Philadelphia #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Stylised painting featuring a standing orange cat against a green background with a speech bubble that says 'I said no'
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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The science of happier dogs: 5 tips to help your canine friends live their best life
Science from a four-paw perspective can help us reconsider our everyday interactions with dogs and influence positive changes so we can live well, together.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Joan Eardley, Summer Fields, 1961 #WomensArt
Painting feating a sunny field with golden grasses and a small house or barn on the horizon
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What will really change the course of dementia? Emma Mead asks four experts about diagnosis, trials, biomarkers, AI and joined-up care. @arukthamesv.bsky.social pod.fo/e/546a2d
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Dementia Researcher: Changing the Course of Dementia: What Will Make the Biggest Difference?
Changing the course of dementia depends entirely on where you are standing, and this panel is standing in four different places.Recorded in front of a live audience at the Alzheimer's Research UK T...
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Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you live with dogs, you probably already know that they pay close attention to our emotions. 🐶
 But what happens in their brains when they look at our faces? 🧠 Our paper on how dogs' brains represent human emotional faces is out today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 
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Laura Bundesen @laurabundesen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’m a neuro fiber artist. I embroider brains and most recently have fallen in love with this kinusaiga (tucked fabric) technique. These six pieces will be available in my shop on Saturday - check it out and join my inner circle while you’re there - www.laurabundesen.com #Artshare #FiberArt #SciArt
Six framed kinusaiga (tucked fabric) brains  - all done in colorful fabrics laid out on the floor with two feet in front them wearing colorful sandals and one foot in a compression sock
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/08/2026
Watercolors inspired by the work of pioneering neuroscientists. Originals, not prints, one of each artologica.etsy.com #sciart
blue watercolors of a pyramidal cell and a purkinje cell
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Amy Katherine Browning, Lime Tree Shade, 1913, British Impressionist painter #Womensart #summer
Painting featuring a white girl in a white dress and a large grey dog both standing under the shade of a tree
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933) US painter who worked in the American Impressionist style, and whose mentor was Claude Monet #womensart
Painting featuring a  rural scene with trees in sunlight and small hut to the left
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Local man suggests jailing own boss.
Screenshot of an Aaron Rupar clip of J.D. Vance saying on Fox News: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 28/07/2026
Wind and solar have just overtaken fossil-fuel power in Germany www.carbonbrief.org/...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sea, Wind and Sun, c.1913, by Laura Knight #womensart #summer
Painting of two white women picnicking on a windy clifftop by the sea on a summer's day
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.
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Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview
"Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk.
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Small vessel disease is not a niche problem. It is one of the biggest, and most preventable, drivers of dementia worldwide. Dr Connor Richardson on why it deserves far more research attention. pod.fo/e/4822ae
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Dementia Researcher Blogs: Dr Connor Richardson - Small Vessel Disease: A Quiet Driver of Dementia
Dr Connor Richardson narrates his blog written for Dementia Researcher.Ask most people what causes dementia, and they will reach for amyloid and tau. But there is another contributor sitting behind...
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Alzheimer’s trial results lend momentum to strategies targeting tau www.science.org/content/arti... #Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence
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Alzheimer’s trial results lend momentum to strategies targeting tau
First drug to lower the protein and slow cognitive decline creates buzz despite puzzling data
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 21/07/2026
"It is essential that science is in no way a junior partner." Paul Nurse PRS has responded to changes including the merger of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology into a new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: royalsociety.org/news/2026/07...
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Changes to government science department | Royal Society
The new Prime Minister has merged the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology into a new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Ministers rule out insolvency regime for struggling universities. Government says institutions are “responsible for managing their finances” as Jacqui Smith retains ministerial role. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
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Ministers rule out insolvency regime for struggling universities - Research Professional News
Government says institutions are “responsible for managing their finances” as Jacqui Smith retains ministerial role
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Updated, with further response as Patrick Vallance resigns as science minister. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
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Patrick Vallance resigns as science minister - Research Professional News
Vallance stands down for “personal reasons”, as Andy Burnham prepares to unveil new ministers
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dementia risk factors look different around the world, large USC study finds today.usc.edu/dementia-ris... #Alzheimers #dementia #publichealth #health #wellness
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Dementia risk factors look different around the world, large USC study finds
Because risk factors such as low education, high blood pressure and smoking vary widely, a one-size-fits-all approach to prevention won’t work.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
FDA Approves First At-home Starting Dose for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment www.fda.gov/drugs/news-e... #Alzheimers #dementia #neurology #geriatrics #GeriSky
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FDA Approves First At-home Starting Dose for Alzheimer’s Disease Treat
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new starting dosage regimen for the subcutaneous (under the skin) formulation of Leqembi.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
'Cloudscape' by Erin Hanson, contemporary US painter #womensart
Painting featuring a rural landscape with two trees in the foreground and rolling hills under a sky with purple clouds
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
'Noon' by contemporary Ukrainian painter Olesya Hudyma #WomensArt #Summer
Painting featuring a hazy view of a colourful flower meadow in midday heat under a golden sky, all created with dashed and quick brush strokes
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/07/2026
Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/07/2026
🚨 The data is finally in for the first quarter of the year, and it's not looking good... Global ocean heat content just set another new record high! Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...
Line graph time series of global ocean heat content for the 0-2000 m layer for 3-month averages, yearly averages, and five years averages from the late 1950s to 2026. There is a long-term warming trend. The baseline is 1955-2006 for the zero reference to calculate the anomalies.
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#AAIC26 findings: former elite soccer players show mid-life brain health changes & higher depression/anxiety, with MRI-detected differences in gray matter in memory/attention regions. Highlights need for injury prevention & long-term monitoring. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/former-elite...
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Former Elite Soccer Players Show Evidence of Brain Health Changes in Mid-Life
Research presented by Caleigh Grace Lynch presneted at AAIC provides insights into brain health among former elite professional soccer players during midlife.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy,1927 #womensart
Painting featuring a close-up of a red poppy  flower
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