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Achintya “Thea” Rao

@RaoOfPhysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Dr Rao / Bass Lass #OpenScience aficionada • #SciComm wizardess • #RStats enjoyer • #cricket tragic Formerly #CERN and #CMSExperiment, currently UWE Bristol […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ scholar.social/@RaoOfPhysics, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

M-i-l’s #SpiderPlant is flowering. Pretty. #Bloomscrolling

A tiny white flower with yellow stamen against a blurry background of spider-plant leaves.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

It’s #Loughborough #Pride today. Fiancëe and parents attending. M-i-l is wearing an ankle-length rainbow cardigan she knitted, and will presumably be wearing an assortment of badges on her bags, including this one. <3 I am hoping the love will drown out the […] [Original post on scholar.social]

An enamel badge encircled with colours from the Pride and Trans Pride flags, with the words “You are SAFE with me” in the centre. Next to the badge are a brown button and a coaster with a mouse drawing on it.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Just got a close-up of dragonfly’s wings just as it was about to take off! We suspect it was a newly emerged creature and was drying its wings. It had been on the #buddleia for ages. How cool is this!!! #Nature #Dragonfly #Dragonflies #Bloomscrolling

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Happy #Pride from #Edinburgh! This is the kind of public religious message I am ok with. #Scotland #Queer #EdinburghPride

A person on a ladder is painting a sign in Pride colours on the side of a church, which says, “Whoever lives in love lives in god, and god lives in them.” There is a partially painted Pride flag below the words and a second ladder to the painter’s right.

The photograph was taken from the top of a double-decker bus in Edinburgh, and through the window is the back of a different bus as well as people on the street.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

[Transgender slur, Happy Pride…] What a beautiful thing to see on my way to work. And I am asked why I am struggling with… everything. #Bristol #Pride #LGBTQ #Queer #TransgenderUK #TransRights

The words “Trannies are weird” written in yellow on a paving stone, with the word “weird” scratched over and the word “cool” written below it in pink. The ground is wet from rain and the silhouette of trees can be seen in the reflection.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

Finally, an #emoji to represent my permanent state of mind! Thank you #Unicode Consortium for 1FAEB: www.unicode.org/emoji/charts-18.0/e… #Unicode18

The new cracking-face emoji from Unicode v18.0β. Also known as “Achintya’s state of mind represented in emoji form”.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Hey, just because the England and Wales Cricket Board has banned #transgender women from recreational women’s cricket doesn’t mean I cannot umpire for the ladies’ games at my club. Here I am umpiring last Sunday. #cricket #umpiring #Bristol #BedminsterCricketClub

In the centre of the photo, a woman with long black hair and sunglasses, wearing a long blue-ish dress stands in a cricket field near a set of upright stumps holding a cricket ball and counter in her left hand while pushing her hair back with her right hand. A boundary flag and some trees and bushes are seen in the background.

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Achintya “Thea” Rao @raoofphysics.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

Cover girls, my partner and me. Interview: thebristolcable.org/2025/09/in-love… #Bristol #TheBristolCable #Queer #LGBTQ #Transgender #TransgenderUK #TransJoy

The cover of the August edition of The Bristol Cable, featuring a prominent photo of yours truly resting her head on her partner’s shoulder. The article associated with the cover image is entitled “In love and in limbo”, and is about the experience of queer immigrants in Bristol.

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