Helena
@helenalb
Captain Standards, Grand Empress of All Things #neuroinformagical, Doyenne of Metal and Open Science, High Priestess of Fika and #scicomm. Swede in Sweden.
Very excited about this ice cream. Choccolate double fudge, espresso, soft serve vanilla on top. With sprinkles.
I managed to catch up with a dozen OG conference friends at #fens2026 today (only caught a few on camera though). Great to see @satra.bsky.social, @palexis.bsky.social, @johnfoxe.bsky.social, @wakesleep.bsky.social, @susanleemburg.bsky.social, @tasiaasakawa.bsky.social and others! 🥂
When the only chance you have to see @sciencebanshee.bsky.social is at the airport, this is how happy you are, despite the airport coffee.
When you're looking for tickets to Barcelona but discover that The Dark Night is also an option
People in March: FINALLY SPRING Me: Hardly, it always snows on my birthday People: What? No it doesn't. My birthday, every year:
TFW you did the first proper outdoors run for the first time since The Great Ankle Nonsense of June 2025 and you didn't die or even break anything
These are filled with a mango lime curd and topped with an Italian meringue and they're so good I could cry. Probably the most successful first try of any bake I've done.
I may have overestimated the amount of fika needed for 11 people. (This is not even all of it, only about 75% fit on the serving plates)