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TASO @taso.org.uk · 20/05/2025

We're proud to co-fund the @adr-uk.bsky.social Research Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions – a major initiative using linked admin data to understand young people’s pathways through education, care, justice and into work or further study Learn more: www.adruk.org/our-work/bro...

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ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions

This project aims to build a research landscape informed by existing research and evidence gaps in the field of youth transitions. It provides opportunities ...

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/05/2025

Everyone aboard an aid flotilla for Gaza that was hit by drones in international waters off Malta overnight are "confirmed safe", the Maltese government said in a statement

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Activists say Israeli drones hit aid boat for Gaza

Everyone aboard an aid flotilla for Gaza that was hit by drones in international waters off Malta overnight are "confirmed safe", the Maltese government said in a statement.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Glad I can finally share this big work news! We'll be rolling out our boldly inclusive researcher recruitment, training, and community engagement initiatives all across Leics. Also, to those who are waiting for me to reply to an email, this is what's been taking up all my time 😅💁🏻‍♂️

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Spent the afternoon at the London Natural History Museum yesterday. It's such a beautiful building and always nice going back. Of course I had to pay homage to my faves, the archaeopteryx fossil and the stuffed dodos.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A trans woman wrote to Wetherspoons to ask which toilets they're meant to use. Wetherspoons replied acknowledging the Supreme Court's verdict...and that trans customers can use whichever loos they want to but to please lock the cubicle door. Labour now being outflanked on the left by Wetherspoons.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16/04/2025

Cass report - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans participation refused. FWS Supreme Court case - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans participation refused. Puberty blocker ban - Sex Matters etc consulted, trans input ignored. That should be everything you need to know.

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

You cannot legislate away a person, who they are, how they feel, how their friends and loved ones see them. I stand with my trans friends forever and always. X

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to text your crush a squid fact today 😘

A bright pink purple and yellow squid is blushing with a little heart in its pupil, surrounded by little black inky hearts and is saying “I’ll make my mantle transparent to accentuate my gonads…for you” and then on top in shiny pink bubble letters it says “text your crush a squid fact”

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red Michael Jackson wrote thriller ... iykyk 😏

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I totally forgot about the good old #academicvalentine trend. Still got 30 mins to force out a few mediocre ones!

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red It's hard writing papers Hands only in the fume hood! Unless you like huffing vapours... #academicvalentine

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Heard back about the grant. It's good news 😀 but that's all we can talk about for now, so don't anyone dare peer pressure me!

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I mean, it'll also be the latest episode of Severance that will be keeping me up all night until next Friday.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Expecting to hear the outcome of a big grant application by the end of next week. Accepting now that I won't sleep properly all week until I hear back 🙃

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 07/02/2025

Hardly new info, but BSky should know: Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply. Thank you, little guardian molluscs. 🧪🌏🚰

A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Little occasional shout out to those of you who post about civic and community engagement with research to follow my starter pack or give me a shout so I can add you! I want to connect with more folks in this space on good ol' BSky 👀 go.bsky.app/75njQMd

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/01/2025

Forcibly displaced Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes across Gaza after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes into effect. — in pictures aje.io/axybur

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Don't know about you, but sometimes all I need to have a good day is some loud pink docs.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

😂 love this. And I love pins so yes I'm definitely getting one.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Completely agree! Horror story telling at its finest! (And I've watched A LOT of bad Horror films)

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Whereas here in the UK, private transport monopolies just roll three D12 and multiply by 3 to decide on the pricing per mile and gaslight us into thinking their putting profit back into the system 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Folk at the top of their game in STEM have a *very* high incidence of broad intellectual interests: musicians, artists, writers, polyglots, wide readers. And REF impact comes from breadth of interests not laser focus on specialism. Defunding 🎭🎨🖌️🎼 hurts all blue skies STEM 🧪

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It's only the first day of the new year and already the mini egg assault has descended upon the grocery stores. This won't be good for my annual sugar intake.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Teefmas from me and the dog! Btw, this photo was not from today. The dog has spent today how she spends every Christmas. Stealing wrapping paper and taking it away to shred under the kitchen table. 🎁

Close up of a black and white dog's face. The dog is lying on her side on a green and yellow sofa with her mouth ever so slightly open, exposing her bottom row of teeth.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I'm having the kind of week where even Duolingo's passive aggressive sassing for not using it often enough is getting to me.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 11/12/2024

An important message following the indefinite puberty blocker ban:

Wes Streeting has just indefinitely banned puberty blockers for trans children (under 18). It will be reviewed in 2027.
We are disgusted.
A few weeks ago Wes Streeting met young trans people, looked them in the eye while they told him exactly why a ban should not be in place and the consequences of doing it.
Yet he did it anyway.
There should not be a ban.
It's not scientific, it's not helping. It is hateful and it is murderous.
Trans kids deserve better than this.

We spoke to young trans people who said they shouldn't need to fight against things like this.

They should be able to live freely as themselves, and yet they are forced into this corner.

All we see is Britain going backwards, helmed by a conservative government draped in red rags...

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Want to follow more people that are talking about community, civic, and publicly engaged research and the role of research in place and communities? Great, me too! Say hi to join the starter pack 😊 #civicengagement #publicengagement #communityresearch #engagedresearch go.bsky.app/75njQMd

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

WHAT!? This sounds amazing! Guess I have to go Exeter next summer 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/12/2024

Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...

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Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide

“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

For any #Nottingham and #EastMidlands folks here, there's 5 days left for local folk to apply to take on one of our 10 community focused PhD research projects!

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Found ET serving looks today in a vintage/antique store. I can see now why he was so keen to get home. 😬

A barefooted mannequin posing playfully wearing a leather jacket and skirt with a guns b roses t shirt and an ET the alien mask.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What's everyone's online data visualisation tool recommendations that don't require coding knowledge? If it makes interactive visualisations that's a bonus!

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Got a bit excited about the idea of creating a chord diagram for something I'm doing. 2 hours later I'm deep into a rabbit hole of beautiful data visualisation tools and can't figure which one works with my data 😵‍💫

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Spent today running a casual, in-person drop-in for prospective PhD applicants from a local cafe & art studio. Doing this away from the intimidating spaces of the uni campus really makes a huge difference in the types of people who attend and the questions they feel comfortable asking.

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Science & Sorcery @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's a very odd, but extremely heartwarming feeling to see your queer TTRPG project being presented in one of the most famous lecture theatres in the world by two of your amazing team members Thank you so much @acescicomm.bsky.social for the photos, thank you @prideinstem.bsky.social for funding us

Two people standing behind a large desk in the Faraday lecture theatre, with rainbow uplighters, and a slide on screen that says "Season of Queer Communities" with three game masters shown

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I'd like to adapt this to use as a general motivational quote from now on. Please and thank you.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A little intro for you all - I'm Matt 🤓. I'm a researcher and specialist in community engagement with research. I manage a programme that's developing radically inclusive approaches to embed community knowledge and experience in locally focused research.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello to all the new followers! 👋🏻 Seeing as there's a lot of Research folks, who wants to hear about radically inclusive approaches to PhDs and community engaged research? 🧐

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Spent the day walking children in nature, airing out the brain cells on Mam Tor. It was WINDY.

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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We are celebrating the International Day of LGBTQIA+ in STEM on Monday by doing an in-person event in London with pyrotechnics, awesome talks, and fantastic activities. Tickets are here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pride-in-s... (We have some discounted tickets for accessibility please get in touch)

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Pride in STEM: Carousel of science

Join us and Pride in STEM as we celebrate LGBTQ+ in STEM day.

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I've gotta say, it's LOVELY seeing so many familiar usernames on BlueSky now ☺️. Dare I say it's inspiring me to become an active poster once more 💁🏻‍♂️

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Dr Matt J Young @mattjaywhy.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Probably the best interview with a politician that I've ever seen 🤣 If you're a Ziwe fan, brace yourself to watch her make a pathological liar jump through hoops like a desperate show poodle. 💅🏻🔥 youtu.be/PjbkafIMdl8?...

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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 20/11/2023

David Tennant is wearing his pride tradis pin on #TheOneShow right now. RIP my website. Get your preorders in while you can. All profit goes to AKT charity who support LGBTQ+ people living with homelessness jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

David Tennant is wearing a tardis pin in the trans pride colours

Three tardis pins. Each showing the colour of a different pride flag. Bi, rainbow and trans.

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