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Claire Murray
@drclairemurray.com
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Irish scientist living in Berlin. Loves tea, travelling and the science. Occasional #Gaeilgeoir. Opinions mine. She/Her

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The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.
June 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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abeba.blacksky.app
while I appreciate the intention here, I would insist that comparing ai systems with humans is a category error which rests on flawed and reductive understanding of human beings
June 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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This is one of my favourite poems. It hits every time.
darach.bsky.social Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Jun 13
Scaffolding, by Séamus Heaney
Scaffolding By Seamus Heaney Masons, when they start upon a building, Are careful to test out the scaffolding; Make sure that planks won't slip at busy points, Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. And yet all this comes down when the job's done Showing off walls of sure and solid stone. So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall Confident that we have built our wall.
June 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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I think today's plan is to email a few folks *rolls up sleeves*!
johnrgallagher.bsky.social John Gallagher @johnrgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 3
I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.
June 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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jamiebgall.co.uk
It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈
Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺

My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521

New for Pride 2026:
🌈Scientist🌈
🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈
🌈pronouns🌈

www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Pin badge “scientist” in rainbow motif Two bird pins. A series if birds sitting on a branch. Each bird is the colour of a stripe on the rainbow flag. Pronoun pins with rainbow motif: She her He him She they He they They them An array of pride themed science and sci fi pins.
June 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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I badly want to buy one of these! Any recommendations from crystallographer and/or scicomm friends? 🧪
braggyourpattern.bsky.social Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · Jun 1
Reminder that one of the best #scicomm tools is still a USB microscope. #BraggYourPattern
microscope image of the weave on a dress - the light makes the blue dress fibres appear silver and each individual strand can be seen microscope image of the screen of a phone, individual pixels of green, red and blue can be seen in a repeating pattern
June 1, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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kakape.bsky.social
The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.
May 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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naninaz76.bsky.social
May 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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abeba.blacksky.app
folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI"

the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI
May 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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compoundchem.com
Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910. Using X-ray crystallography she determined the structures of complex molecules including vitamin B10 and insulin: www.compoundchem.com/2019/05/12/h... #ChemSky 🧪
May 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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wikimediaireland.bsky.social
Wiki Loves Earth Ireland 2026 is open. Photograph protected natural areas across the island, upload to Wikimedia Commons under a free licence. Prizes up to €250. Runs to 30 June 2026.
Alongside it: Is Breá le Vicí an Domhan 2026, an editing project for Irish plant species on Vicipéid. Link below:
May 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Elaine and her Mam have done great work here exploring the Irish government's AI ready courses, and let's just say that their investigations find plenty of concerning holes that need to be addressed asap! 🧪
elaineburke.bsky.social Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · Apr 28
I tried out the government’s AIReady.ie courses you don’t have to!

And, really, I don’t recommend you do!!!

Here’s a rundown of the experience 🧵👇 (1/30)
April 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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I will be in Ireland and sharing all the opinions about science in/with/for/by communities! Join us if you can 🧪!
ria.ie Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · Apr 16
Join us next Wed, 22 April to be part of our 'Good Science' discussion about finding the scientist in your community.

Book your tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
April 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🐡🧪👩🏿‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein 🧵
My linocut portrait of Marie Maynard Daly in purples (she’s a young smiling Black woman, wearing earrings, a necklace and a dress, looking at the viewer over her shoulder). Above her to the right is an anatomical heart with a blowout diagram in a circle of a clogged artery and the cholesterol molecule all in red. Next to her on the left in blue are the molecules of the bases which make up DNA and a diagram of a human cell.
April 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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I live in Berlin, a city where public transport is (relatively) brilliant. But I don't have a public transport ticket. I don't need it. I jump on my (very ugly) bike and get pretty much anywhere I need to go. The doctors, the supermarket, the theatre, the park... It's an exhilarating freedom.
americanfietser.bsky.social Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Apr 13
How did your bike enrich your life, fix your finances, or change your family's daily routine?

​A Stanford study showed stories are 22x more memorable than facts. If we want to get people out of cars, throwing emissions stats at them won't cut it.

Humans need stories. Tell me yours. 👇
April 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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warren.senate.gov
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.

If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.

And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
April 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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HEY YOU! Are you interested in shared language and practice? Maybe also interested in #STEM? 🧪

Then join us tomorrow (25th March) at 14.00 CET for a webinar by the fab @marycarty.bsky.social. Let's focus on what we share rather than what divides us!

Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Promo slide for Mary Carty's talk. There is a picture of Mary, who is a white woman with dark brown shoulder length hair. She is smiling and looking in the camera direction. The talk title is in the top right of the slide, and it is: From fragmentation to convergence: Architecting conscious systems change, towards a shared language and practice. There are logos for the Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equity Working group, and for the European citizen science association working groups in the bottom corners of the image.
March 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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This makes me feel very uneasy. I'm no fancy web designer, but at least I know that you see my work and me for who I am, not for what Google thinks I am...

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March 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
drclairemurray.com
HEY YOU! Are you interested in shared language and practice? Maybe also interested in #STEM? 🧪

Then join us tomorrow (25th March) at 14.00 CET for a webinar by the fab @marycarty.bsky.social. Let's focus on what we share rather than what divides us!

Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Promo slide for Mary Carty's talk. There is a picture of Mary, who is a white woman with dark brown shoulder length hair. She is smiling and looking in the camera direction. The talk title is in the top right of the slide, and it is: From fragmentation to convergence: Architecting conscious systems change, towards a shared language and practice. There are logos for the Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equity Working group, and for the European citizen science association working groups in the bottom corners of the image.
March 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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retractionwatch.com
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
Keep calm and be transparent: advice from scientists who retracted their papers
Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.
www.nature.com
March 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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shaunoboyle.bsky.social
This looks like a good programme for minoritised writers in the UK who are unsigned and interested in writing a book about health. Includes £2,000 bursary, mentoring, classes, travel and access fund. www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/project/well...
Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards | London Writers Centre
Learn more about Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards, a Writer development project from the London Writers Centre.
www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk
March 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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jscicom.bsky.social
Thank you @drclairemurray.com and @jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and co-authors for this paper taking #scicomm to new places in society!
drclairemurray.com Claire Murray @drclairemurray.com · Feb 16
We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy!

@jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/
doi.org/10.22323/157...
An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.
February 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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drclairemurray.com
We have a cool new paper out in @jscicom.bsky.social 🧪, where we combined climate change and comedy!

@jessamynfairfield.bsky.social and Katy Schütte created an improv show that toured rural Irish communities. I evaluated the shows, and the results are in this new paper. 1/
doi.org/10.22323/157...
An illustration by the artist Ruth Graham, where the proportions of different elements are connected to their frequency as a response to the question: What have you appreciated about the outdoors recently?'. There is a very large bird in the foreground, along with some small flowers and insects. There are also some trees and roughly 20% of the image is water. The sun is also very large, and it has a smiley face. There is a medium size mountain in the middle left that has 'Things we appreciate in nature' written on it.
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM