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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nobody can stop you eating chocolate biscuits

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Comedians! If you ever want to give me free tickets, apparently my laugh is so loud that it basically physically HURTS the comedian if i sit too close (I was in the front row). But it's very good for their egos.

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What Blair and Badenoch don't seem to understand is that you can't penalise people into better mental health. Why not address the depression and anxiety caused by zero-hours exploitation, shitty housing, and crippling costs of living instead?

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, hey, I'm entirely in favour of an AI slow-down too, I'm just not convinced that tech companies are calling for it out of the goodness of their own hearts.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From the author of THE LIBRARY comes a magisterial history of bookshops and booksellers 📚️ #TheBookshop connects stories and lives that span centuries, countries and continents. Andrew Pettegree's sweeping history of bookselling and its characterful booksellers is out today: tinyurl.com/5t4p8r49

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"It's just the weather" 3/4 of England officially in a drought NFU warnings about food shortages 120 firefighters tackling wildfire in the New Forest UKHSA issued heat health alerts Amber heat alerts from Tuesday to Friday And the Super El Niño hasn't even peaked yet #GlobalBoiling

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Amber heat-health alerts issued for most of England as temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week – as it happened

The upgraded alerts will be in place from 9am on Tuesday until 9pm on Friday

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Fire on New Forest. A31 closed. Cars abandoned as people flee. Welcome to the future. Join us 12/13/14 September, London, Love & Rage. More info here: rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/love-a... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... #LoveAndRage

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Firefighters battle to put out New Forest wildfire as people urged to stay away

Drivers abandoned their vehicles on Sunday after the fire spread from a van that set alight. More than 120 firefighters are tackling the 1 sq km blaze.

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Jodrell Bank is heritage, it's history, but its also a valuable current asset in this time of growing investment in space

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's a terrible look for Burnham if Jodrell Bank gets axed in his second week as PM, which is why I don't think it will happen. Keep on making noise.

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Seriously, WTF was UKRI thinking with its cuts to eMerlin?

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thames Water really are bloody useless. Not enough water to bathe but I can just go fuck myself apparently... It might be related to the W4 pipe burst but that's a long shot, and not showing on the map... www.thameswater.co.uk/help/report-...

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I allus knew West Yorkshire'd invent time travel

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Oh cool, an Easter egg feature that traps you in a driverless car and kidnaps you when it's decided you've misbehaved. Imagine what a hacker group or ICE can do with this. The fact that this is even functionally possible is horrifying.

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you’re an editor, publisher, slush reader or industry organisation dealing with this: what resources would actually help? We want to hear from you. If this is relevant to your press, magazine, union, imprint, submissions team or writing group, please share it.

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Vote Binface for a less stupid tomorrow

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Higher pay. Strong rights. Collective power. I'm backing the Green Party Workers' Charter 2026. Add your support: actionnetwork.org/forms/stand-...

actionnetwork.org

Stand with workers: back the Charter

Higher pay. Strong rights. Collective power. I've added my support to the Green Party Workers' Charter 2026 - add yours.

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I wrote Murder on the Cariad because I longed to read more scifi meets cosy crime. I've had so much fun building a world, and playing with my imaginary friends. This is the icing on the cake! I want to read all 12: especially Murder on the Moon and Blind Side of the Sun. Nerd-er Mystery FTW

The Crime Writers' Association Daggers 2026 Longlist

The Emerging Author Dagger sponsored by Fiction Feedback

Nida Broughton Murder on the Moon
Emma Byrne Murder on the IPS Cariad
Rod Cookson Ill Met by Murder
Sophia Georghiou The Man Who Fit the Case
Chris Gill The Desolate City
Kate Koester Just a Simple Wedding
Joyanna Lovelock Cordelia’s Chocolate Fix
Lorna Mathew The Fixer
Rebecca McFarland The Madam of Morningside
Michael Nikitin Blind Side of the Sun
Jude Simms Dead in the Water
Melissa Smith The Pattern of Absence

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Please join us in congratulating all the longlisted authors for The 2026 CWA Emerging Author Dagger! ⚔️📚 (the earlier post contained an error) The shortlistwill be announced on 28th May! 🗓️ #TheCWA #TheDaggers #CWADaggers #BookAwards #TheCWADaggers

THE CWA EMERGING AUTHOR DAGGER

Nida Broughton with Murder on the Moon
Emma Byrne with Murder on the IPD Cariad
Rob Cookson with Ill Met by Murder
Sophia Georghiou with The Man Who Fit the Case
Chris Gill with The Desolate City
Kate Koester with Just A Simple Wedding
Joyanna Lovelock with Cordelia’s Chocolate Fix
Rebecca McFarland with The Madam of Morningside
Lorna Mathew with The Fixer
Michael Nikitin with Blind Side of the Sun
Jude Simms with Dead in the Water
Melissa Smith with The Pattern of Absence

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

@nidabroughton.bsky.social Hi fellow longlistee! I'm so stoked that someone else is (apparently) writing space-crime! I hope we get to geek out sometime

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A vital new book, Man Enough, is coming this Autumn www.shoutoutuk.org/2026/04/08/m... A timely investigation of the manosphere, and a guide to helping young men and boys navigate the toxicity that harms them

shoutoutuk.org

Our new book, Man Enough, is coming this Autumn

Man Enough by Matteo Bergamini MBE and Amelia Fairney will be published in September 2026.

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 01/04/2026

Well if I can't plug this now, when can I?? :)

Picture of a book "it's only rocket science by Lucy Rogers"

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

LOOK AT THIS

I don't even know I missed the description on the broadcast but it's some part of Artemis II separating with a starry background behind it

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Kevin 🚀 @astro-kevin.com · 01/04/2026

Artemis is a hopeful reminder that government can be a good thing if we staff it with passionate, skilled, and honorable people.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 01/04/2026

The rules governing space remain dangerously on the fringes of public debate, left to the competing interests of global superpowers, vast industries – and a small clique of centibillionaires.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 01/04/2026

'It is much easier to confess your sins in the dark, than to acknowledge them in the light: to make it up with a god you don’t see, than with a man whom you do.' Ernestine Rose – humanist, abolitionist, and pioneering women's rights advocate. #HumanistHeritage heritage.humanists.uk/ernestine-ro...

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"If waste is considered as a future nutrient or underutilized resource, a different economic model can emerge. This is in stark contrast with the current assumption that wealth is created by consuming more." Yes www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Following nature’s patterns, not fighting them, is the way forward for the built environment.

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Protesting for Palestine is not a crime. This verdict is an attack on the whole movement. We stand with Palestine Solidarity Campaign and with Ben and Chris. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Prominent UK pro-Palestine activists guilty of breaching protest conditions

Campaigners call verdict on Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham ‘grotesque’ and part of attempt to ‘undermine civil liberties’

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

MRW the annual ALCS payment hits! Did you know that every time you borrow a book from a library in the UK the author gets paid? The @alcs.co.uk keeps track of lending and makes sure that authors are paid. The money helps, but most of all I love knowing that people have been borrowing my books!

A very happy middle aged woman with blue hair and a green jacket

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I'm proud to be campaigning for clean air, green spaces, and local wellbeing

I've signed the More Natural Capital Coalition's ten environmental pledges for the may election

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Dr Emma Byrne @sciwriby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I'm very excited to be moderating this event in just under a month. We're accelerating the rate at which global research into mental health can be done.

The image has the banner for the neuroscience capacity accelerator for mental health, the international brain research organisation, and Wellcome.

There is a picture of a brunette woman and the speech bubble that reads. I am the event moderator at ncamh webinar; redefining leadership in global neuroscience research. 23rd April 2026

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Yesterday crime author and SoA Fellow Vaseem Khan joined our CEO Anna Ganley outside Parliament ahead of the long-awaited release of the government's report on AI and copyright.

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 19/03/2026

Want to go to a Royal Institution talk? I'm talking about things in the sky on April 20th Copies of my book (Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us) will be on sale (I'll sign it too if you'd like!) Talk also available online (pay what you can) www.rigb.org/whats-on/liv...

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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

SREs are all about breaking and fixing systems, so there are a lot of us who are trans and gender non-conforming. Preparation means acting on incomplete information and preparing for worst-case scenarios. The pattern of revoking IDs and is a known state aggression.

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Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.myatproto.social · 19/03/2026

The entire annual budget for NASA is $24.4 B. Annual budget for the National Science Foundation (NSF): $10.2 B. NOAA: $6.9 B. US Geological Survey: $1.45 B.

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Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I have a ChatGPT joke but it ignored previous instructions and gave me a recipe for two-ingredient cauliflower fudge

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Sun-Headed Deity of Tamgaly @oscarfranklin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I have a joke about the Fibonacci Sequence. I have 2 jokes about the Fibonacci Sequence. I have 3 jokes about the Fibonacci Sequence. I have 5 jokes about the Fibonacci Sequence. I have 8 jokes about the Fibonacci Sequence.

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 17/03/2026

I have a p-hacking joke but I can't repeat it

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I have an author joke but it was stolen by Anthropic

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Look at how they all talk about a singularity, how they've so eagerly and pathetically recreated evangelical Christianity from libertarian first principles and classic golden age science fiction written by sexual predators.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

From Hansard 2024. Yes, it is possible to both speak against the Iranian regime and today's US-Israel attack www.parallelparliament.co.uk/r/lord/baron...

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Yes. This. Correct.

"It remains the Department's policy that there is a human in the loop on all decisions on whether to employ nuclear weapons," a senior defense official said.
"There is no policy under consideration to put this decision in the hands of AI."
But that still leaves room for AI to influence decisions on targets and speed of response. In a recent nuclear war game at King's College London, many leading language models including versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Google's Gemini all quickly favored launching warheads. That could influence a human's decision to fire, said Paul Dean, vice president of the global nuclear program at the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative.
"It's not simply ensuring that there's a human being in the decision-making loop," Dean said. "The question is, to what extent will Al impact that human decision-making?"

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Secretary Hegseth announced this afternoon that DOD will cease ALL graduate study by military personnel at universities including MIT, all the Ivies, Stanford, etc because such schools teach "the enemy's wicked ideology" to officers. thehill.com/policy/defen...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Take two seven year olds in a primary school in the Prime Minister’s constituency. His Dad is a banker Her Mum is the cleaner at that bank Is the Government’s Ipoproposal that richer child gets permanent status at age 10 while in primary school & working class classmate not until they are 22?

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