Hana Ayoob

A collaged anatomical heart made from hand printed papers surrounded by collaged flowers and penned in leaves and patterns. A hand written Rumi quote ‘Each time a thought enters your heart, treat it as an honoured guest’ is in one corner. Art materials are scattered around the piece.

Steadily coming back to myself, including creatively, after surgery last month and a recovery period which has been tougher than expected in every possible way.

Read this line of a Rumi poem and this piece buzzed around in my head incessantly until I made it.

This counts as #SciArt right?

Thank you! I think I’m pretty much there now but trying to be careful with how much I do too quickly

You got me for a second

Two paintings showing coloured backgrounds with transparent glass bottles on top, containing fluids and with labels and banners. Left one is blue and has a geometric stopper and a luggage tags label, right is red and yellow background, heart shaped, has a tattoo banner label, smoke and a wooden scrolled.

More #art done with @lycomorpha.bsky.social paints (possibly with others, I cannot remember).
I very much enjoy this style I am developing: tracing paper, marker and ink on top, watercolour behind.
I label the bottles as I give them to people.

I love it so much & keep meaning to use it in a bookmark but I think laminating in some way might be safest to avoid pigment transfer

A collaged anatomical heart made from hand printed papers surrounded by collaged flowers and penned in leaves and patterns. A hand written Rumi quote ‘Each time a thought enters your heart, treat it as an honoured guest’ is in one corner. Art materials are scattered around the piece.

Steadily coming back to myself, including creatively, after surgery last month and a recovery period which has been tougher than expected in every possible way.

Read this line of a Rumi poem and this piece buzzed around in my head incessantly until I made it.

This counts as #SciArt right?

And if you can’t do it or even think you might not be able to do it - let people know at the earliest possible moment.

[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it

The Little Event was my 1st #SciComm Event back in 2016 when I still wasn't quite sure if it was for me.

10 years & 10 BIG Events later and I've carved out a place for myself in SciComm - including now as Chair of @big-stem-network.bsky.social!

Where could #LittleEvent26 take you?

Thank you! I was elected back in July & it‘s flown by

An author who actively used their wealth for good during their lifetime too!

The Little Event was my 1st #SciComm Event back in 2016 when I still wasn't quite sure if it was for me.

10 years & 10 BIG Events later and I've carved out a place for myself in SciComm - including now as Chair of @big-stem-network.bsky.social!

Where could #LittleEvent26 take you?

Graphic which is predominantly text with the BIG logo. The Little Event 2026. Our popular introductory event for people new to STEM Communication in the UK and around the world. 29th January @ 3pm-6.30pm GMT, 31st January @ 10am-2pm GMT. Members £50, Non-members £85, Price includes one year of BIG Membership. Zoom Event, Captions Available, Breakout Room Activities, Bursaries Available. www.big.uk.com

There's still time to grab a ticket for the @big-stem-network.bsky.social #LittleEvent26 next week for early career #SciComm folks!

Lots of great sessions including an overview of the sector from me & @acescicomm.bsky.social

Find the fulll programme online www.big.uk.com/event-6410615

Still sublingual but these don’t need to be in the fridge! I seem to have gotten off lightly - lots of itching including my face and scalp the first few days and now just an itchy mouth that doesn’t last long.

Hey, all right now, all right now, fellas (Yeah?)
Now, what's cooler than being cool? (ALT text!)
I can't hear ya
I say what's, what's cooler than being cool? (ALT text!)
All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right
Lend me some alt text! I am your neighbor!

Soooo cool! It’s still sooooo new - I’m technically on it off-label

A torn up tablet packet - the brand name acarizax is just visible on one corner.

10 days of consuming concentrated dust mite & my fairly minor side effects have eased off a lot

Just 1086 days to go!

Only when you need to be

My practice nurse is a bigger nerd than me 😂 otherwise it varies so much

Haha I meant kept it to a minimum in the clinic. Happy to nerd out here anytime! Like it is wild I’ve just been given concentrated dust mite protein in tablet form - and now will be taking it for up to 3 years

Doing some *practical* immunology this morning - I’ve just had my first dose of dust mite allergy immunotherapy!

Feeling very well taken care of & trying to keep my nerding out to a minimum 😂

Mood

A small little bit of both advice and a plea for using Bluesky.

This platform doesn't have an algorithm for content.

If your default response to seeing something cool is to hit like, take a second to hit the Repost button too.

Especially if it's a cool indie product, a show, some art, whatever.

I still think this is one of the most beautiful pins Robin has ever designed (and given their huge array of gorgeous designs that's saying something!) Go and buy one, now!

Yepppp

They also get so confused when I’m like 😭 in response to their ‘oh that’s great!’ After I’ve had another negative / inconclusive test

Thank you!

Today I got to see my vocal cords malfunctioning on video & I cannot tell you how validating it was.

No matter how much you know the symptoms are ‘real’, all the ‘tests are clear’s wheedle their way into your brain.

A man holding up a sign in front of a crowd that says "BIG Event Proposals are open!"

They're open, and we need YOU (yes, you!) to submit your proposal for the BIG Event!

Come join us and loads of others at the National STEM Learning Centre this July!

Propose a session now forms.gle/RBW95Z8sEagK...

Posted this, got out of bed and started moving around and became 99% sure I’ve got a chest infection.

Just to underline to point below 😂😭

A roughly drawn crow looks at the words ‘nobody expects as much from you as you expect from yourself’ in handwritten pink and Green text. On a green background. There are pink paisley flourishes and a scalloped blue border.

A collaged big stack of diffwrent coloured blocks with the text ‘what I expect of myself’ next to a much smaller stack of a few blocks, a star and a heart with ‘what I can achieve’

Happy New Year folks!!

This is your friendly neighbourhood spoonie reminding you that you don’t have to start anything new today or this month 😴

I wish you the ability to be kind and gentle to yourself this year ❤️