Dr Vanessa
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
- Good morning! A fledgling crow attempted to snatch a baby squirrel off a branch and now everyone - squirrels, birds- has been making furious alarm calls for half an hour!! Including on the bedroom windowsill!!! Happy relaxing Sunday lie in!!!!
- Reposted by Dr VanessaLads, word of warning This account was exposed as being run by a bloke called Simon from Lincolnshire with a criminal record and constantly posts made up shit about a lesbian polycule who have underage teens living with them who slap each other on the arse. @theednawatkins.bsky.social - one for MT
- The other 1 in 5 is lying
- Four in five British universities considering research cuts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
- This would explain why I’ve had a series of people emailing to ask to do a phd or post-doc with me who’ve said they were inspired by my work “title i have never heard of”
- Humpday #GardenFlowers - our first-flowering Wisteria grows over a partly roofed garden area so is hard to photograph, but it is glorious this year & I always forget how powerfully scented it is. i had to send the tall man to get these shots. #WisteriaHysteria
- Reposted by Dr VanessaBut… this is widely known? I was reading antiquarian articles from the 1810s which discuss exactly this…? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Reposted by Dr VanessaI agree with this whole thread — it’s just factually true! — and it also highlights a bigger truth: however much you think you hate the planning system, they are the last bastion of state regulation against *property developers*. Why does the left suddenly like *property developers*????
- I don't think the government has any idea how much of a political liability this is. When people twig what the Planning and Infrastructure Bill means - that our precious wild places will have no meaningful protection against whatever a corporation wants to do - it'll be felt as a monstrous betrayal.
- This is reminding me that over the past couple of weeks I’ve had multiple experiences of the disproportionate female turn out at meetings, training events, teaching workshops. We are doing the work & our male colleagues really need to step up, notice, and take their share.
- A big night for SciComm at STS ❤️🔥 Organised entirely by our brilliant students, the evening featured a showcase and panel discussion about diversity in SciComm. And speaking of diversity... let’s just say the room was very female. A reminder of who the emotional labour of SciComm typically falls to 💬
