I'd like to think Vincent himself would have loved this action and cheered on the activists. It was punk, full of life, and in tune with this vibrantly beautiful Earth, just like he was. There is no art on a dead planet.
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Do you work/enjoy/struggle with data? ?💻
Then you have to come to #CSVConf in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 🧉🌎
Call for talks is now Open!!
We become trilingual, so you can find all the info, and send proposal in English, Spanish and Portuguese
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It’s frustrating we can’t read the journal-recruited peer reviews for this article. But helpful and interesting peer comments via the Science Media Centre add context: sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio
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But I think this research is helpful support for thinking about depression as a reaction to systemic issues rather than something medically wrong with the person experiencing it.
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SSRIs are drugs that help you to get more out of the serotonin you do have and are frequently prescribed for depression.
I don’t think this research is saying “don’t use these drugs”
A personal anecdote: they’ve helped me out of the ditch before.
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Surprised to read today that there is little/no evidence that lack of serotonin signalling causes depression.
Dogma-breaking work: doi.org/10.1038/s41380
Note: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
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Very important point they're making. Let's also not forget that our protest rights have been reduced since UK govt introduced the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (the Policing Act) (April 2022) libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_informa
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“We need to allow people to protest peacefully.”
@paulpowlesland was spoken to by the police for holding a blank banner in Parliament Square and told if he had written on it ?not my king’ he would’ve been arrested.
Are arrests appropriate for people protesting the monarchy?
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I believe in sharing work, power and access between many people, and reducing our individual workloads. I think it's good for individual health as well as community power.
It's fantastic to see a story about someone who has done this with their lab:
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Truly gut wrenching imagery of the devastating floods in #Pakistan
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Landsat 8 on August 4
Right: Landsat 9 on August 28
More info and reporting from @GeoScienceSara: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150279/
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Right: Landsat 9 on August 28
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Please donate if you can donation.dec.org.uk/pakistan-flood
🇬🇧 UK gov will match up to £5m donated to DEC #pakistan appeal by UK public (+ £10m already pledged)
As Ayisha notes, it's not enough for the size of the disaster or our culpability in climate change. We need wholesale change.
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I still don’t think people understand what it means for 33 million people to be displaced. That’s 6 times more people than those internally displaced in Ukraine from war, that’s roughly 90% of the population of Canada.
That’s how many people are internally homeless right now
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Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing this useful and interesting perspective on the lessons learned through experiencing work life outside of academia.
I recommend this for anyone who's only worked in academia and is worried about trying something different:
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Yesterday was my last day of working at Google. Perhaps this comes as surprise to you twitter folks, as I haven't widely announced that I left academia to try something new. Here's what I learned in 9 months as a Data Analyst who (temporarily) left Astronomy for Big Tech. 1/n
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C’mon girls. You’ve already made us proud. Give us just one more class goal please! #Lionesses #ENGGER #euros2022
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Interesting news about ? milk!
Also a good example about how we (collectively) only “know” what we think we have understood through science so far, and we update that knowledge as more evidence comes out. That doesn’t make science weak, it makes it strong!
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MILK TIME 
! Have you ever considered that it’s a bit weird that you drink the milk of another animal, and it’s totally normal? Milk is a billion-dollar industry.
A *HUGE* new human evolution paper just dropped, upending one of the great modern evolutionary ideas. 
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! Have you ever considered that it’s a bit weird that you drink the milk of another animal, and it’s totally normal? Milk is a billion-dollar industry.
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Please RT. PhD students funded by face a cash crisis. They are working full-time, yet earning less than living wage. With the rising cost of living and increasing pressure to deliver high quality research that benefits society, something needs to change. THREAD (1/10)
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Early career researchers (#ECR) are agents of change for improving science. Involve them in your...
- leadership / hiring committees
- efforts to promote #openscience practices
- grant decision-making
- journal editing
- curriculum planning
& more!
?️: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar
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Avian flu has now hit the Isle of May, close to Edinburgh’s coast, where puffins breed. Many gannets and guillemots already dead. Devastating ?
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We are very concerned about the developing avian influenza situation impacting seabirds, especially as our seabirds are already facing so many challenges. Here’s what you need to know 
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My home mushroom farm begins again with blue oyster spawn (Billie the burrito pic1) & inoculated substrate (Larry the lasagne pic2) - thanks to Lauren & Mim for their excellent workshop tonight! 🍄 #growyourown #mycelium #fungi
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UK should immediately ban use of live facial recognition, warns report
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This rare and important lab will soon shut down if funding can’t be found. Any philanthropists who are looking to sustain interesting science, here’s a great opportunity:
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Queen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the world’s brainiest birds theguardian.com/environment/20
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This is an absolute tragedy. I hope people will read about Kevin, read his book (link below), and be inspired to learn and act with vigour.
📕 amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B1HN84HL (couldn't find in indie stores online, sorry)
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The amazing young man you all know here as Cole Summers was named Kevin Cooper. This is his dad.
Saturday, when he was out celebrating a friend's birthday we got the phone call that's every parent's worst nightmare. Our son died in a kayaking accident.
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How India might become a 'mushroom superpower'
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Bill Gates says NFTs are ?100 percent based on greater fool theory’ theverge.com/2022/6/15/2316
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Pretty neat little app to show which beach car parks are quiet 🏖️ could be of interest to fellow ramblers
iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/visit-e
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det
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A new tool to help visitors and residents enjoy the East Lothian coastline and avoid overcrowding and queues has been created by Visit East Lothian and experts @UoE_EFI, @EDINADigital @TravelTechScot. The Visit East Lothian App is available for download.
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Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.
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I’m going to this year, performing at ’s Nucleus venue. I’m exposing the tragic decline of the criminal justice system, once revered as the best in the world. Details here:
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If you are outside the Criminal Justice System and are interested in the current crisis, the videos in this thread are really worth watching.
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"Help save the criminal justice system"
@TheLawSociety's latest campaign features @LawSocPresident, Joe Mensah-Dankwah, Kelly Thomas and I, following the Government's spin and deception in relation to the Criminal Legal Aid Review.
Info:
lawsociety.org.uk/topics/legal-a
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Also, wtf, I had no idea that Goose == Mark Greene
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Answers by DM to save the fun for everyone else.
Clues:
- I only know this from GCSE PE
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My grandad lives for anagrams. Had a tricky one this week. Can you get it?
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Also this tweet is premature. I hope the legislation passes 🤞
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Gene editing is like a clean cut and paste job. Farmers have been doing it for centuries by breeding and selecting for certain qualities (tall or short wheat! orange instead of purple carrots!) - this editing method is faster and more specific.
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Huzzah! A Brexit benefit… we can finally use this clever (and safe!) science to improve our food production 🎉 Can we have this in Scotland too please?
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