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Carsten Timmermann

@ctimmermann.bsky.social

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Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Migrant. Rheinländer in 🇩🇪. Northerner in 🇬🇧. Gen X. Cyclist. Owned by dog. Often online. Here privately. He/him.

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · Oct 15

Erm …

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 11h

My NS subscription didn’t renew and i dont know why 🙄

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 15h

Why doesn’t Piers (or one of the other common sense warriors) tell us what a woman is if it’s so ridiculously obvious? Everyone who doesn’t have a penis? Everyone who has 2 X-chromosomes? Is it a specific ratio of the hormones we associate with sex (but also with ageing)?

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 2d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

I guess it shows that manipulative people can be very effectively manipulative.

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AR: “but that’s utopian!”
GV: “would dystopia be better?”

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

Unapologetically pro-migration and incredibly refreshing (he says after listening to the podcast while cycling through Moss Side and Rusholme, heading to a 6th form college open day, where functioning multiculturalism is on open display).

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

“Migration is part of the human condition.” And an essential aspect of biology, I hastened to add. We are biology, of course.

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

This is good. Very insightful. With @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

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Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince)

Podcast Episode · Radical with Amol Rajan · 09/10/2025 · 1h 2m

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

Not the stupid warrior shit.

Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 1d

Masculinity and vulnerability.

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Legend - The Bruce Springsteen Story - 1. My Hometown - BBC Sounds

Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

The harpoon was hurled.

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 2d

Possibly

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 2d

Leaf blower season. 😖

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like he’ll be ok with it. 👍🏻

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Trump ran a great campaign for Machado’s Peace Prize.

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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 4d

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙

☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...