You don’t say.
Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal. (Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-028)
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Dear Academics (worth watching), This isn't a question, more of a comment: We built an industrial complex relying on peer-reviewed papers behind paywalls, preaching at conferences we pay for, in language only we understand, without a plan to engage the public... www.instagram.com/reel/DNL6zVe...
Super cool new #sciart ink painting on yupo based on an image of mitosis in drosophila artologica.etsy.com/listing/4358... 🧪🐡🧠🪰
Time-limited muting is a thing?
Despite my scepticism around LLMs, I'm impressed by their ability to produce fabrications.
Hiiiiii! Squirrel of the Day for September 2, 2025 #sqrlpix
How were we to know!? There were no clues... open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi...
Back to school time!
We’re excited to be preparing for the arrival of our new MPhil students this October!🌟 Interested in joining the 2026/27 cohort? Applications will open on 3rd September 2025, learn more about the course here: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...
I'll definitely be weighing up my options when the time comes.
"Unsurprisingly, many consumers most likely to buy a plant-based chocolate bar are also among those who avoid Nestlé products altogether." www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/nestle-...
Now that's what I call a mandate.
I can't say that I understood this, but I enjoyed reading it nonetheless. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"There is no charge for depositing strains in the NCTC … The collection ensures that priceless strains are accessible to future scientists, an appealing opportunity for researchers who are changing institutions or preparing for retirement" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A great example of why the NCTC is so valuable.
What was antibiotic resistance like before we ever used antibiotics? How did we change what antibiotic resistance genes looked like over 100 years? Our paper looking at resistance genes from a century of NCTC historical isolates now out in mGen: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
PhD opportunity, please share: We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA. All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
It blows my mind that RFK Jr's actions and endgame seem so opaque to so many. sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken...
After coffee, laugh-crying is how I like to start my day.
I increasingly prefer reading newsletters nowadays (although, who are we kidding? These are blogs). But, despite it not being what it was in its heyday, social media still has an important role. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
August issue is live!🙌 Read our series about #Cancer in #FirstNations Australians, #tuberculosis development in #China and #Vietnam, #AMR partnership by #Bhutan and #Philippines & more! 🖋️Editorial: Our first 5 years: advancing the health and wellbeing in the #WesternPacific 🔗 tinyurl.com/mbukkhkt
Will Santino. #comics #art #cartoon
If you're not already following Gregg, you should. Let's put him over 50k follows.
Post a random picture, or else everything will go bad in September.
Every few months the "good lab hands" thing comes up and it misses a key point: you can learn to have good hands. Training matters. Good hands aren't some magic gift from the PCR gods, you have to develop them through directed repetitive practice, like any other skill
I'm using this in my talks to explain what can go wrong when the most privileged people make decisions & statements about things they know nothing about
📰The Lancet Respiratory Medicine’s September issue is out now Read content on obstructive sleep apnoea, #tuberculosis, cardiogenic shock, #pneumonia, and much more Check out the full issue here: bit.ly/3P2PVls
REJOICE!
And so it begins
I'll stick with my alternative facts regarding Trump if you don't mind.
I had to doublecheck it wasn't the journal that published this www.fertstert.org/article/S001...
This is insanity. We should wall off twitter and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
This is all making me very jealous that I haven't had the time to listen to it yet!
My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
I backed off TV news about 10 years ago, but it has actually meant I'm more immersed in news than before. Because I now seek out in-depth journalism. Although, this less sanitised picture, does mean that I weep more often. But now it's honest sorrow. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
I'm preaching to the choir here but I'm dismayed people are still using a site owned and manipulated by an obvious fascist. I think if you'd asked them 5 years ago if they'd use a fascist's social media site they would have said god no, of course not
We are hiring! We’re recruiting for four roles: ➡️ Head of Section – AMR & Healthcare-Associated Infections ➡️ Expert – Policy Coordination ➡️ IT Support Specialist ➡️ Expert – Vaccine Preventable Diseases & Immunisation Programmes Info 👉 bit.ly/ECDCjobs #ECDC #PublicHealth #EUJobs #AMR #Policy #IT
New jobs for modellers at at UKHSA: Senior Mathematical Modeller (NIHR HPRU - EPR); Senior Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer. A great team looking at emerging threats. www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v7430503 www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v7397991
Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time. Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent. Our new #OpenAccess @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I don't know who originally coined "The Age of Endarkenment", but we need to use this more.
A great way to ruin my morning is to see a news article with "a study finds" in the headline that doesn't put it into the context of the broader understanding of the field in question.
Season Finale is up. And it is a corker, if I say so meself.
She looks like she’s waiting for a client
That’s why I quit it too. It felt like only the most ideologically pure were welcome.
I’ve just bought the new Superman movie. It better be as good as everyone says!
This, from almost a year ago, might interest listeners bsky.app/profile/onis...
NEW Sunday School: What a cankle rankle 🔥 What's with rumours of Trump checking into the afterlife? 🚓 Rayner pilloried for not breaking the law 🌍 The Atlantic screams for mercy With @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2eY4... 🍏 pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/r...
American friends, given today’s preoccupation I think you’d enjoy the ending of this book
It looks like it might have lost its job because of drinking at work
I’ll stick to my alternative facts
I prefer Age of Endarkenment.
For us ID doctors, the CDC has been a rock. Data, guidelines, surveillance, travel advice -- all there, vetted by experts, referenced, reliable. Perfect? No. But watching its dismantling now breaks my heart. Some thoughts: blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
I didn’t think that this would be suited to someone like me. But it’s actually a great discussion. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
What will be the deranged reason given for this idiotic move? That they might recommend vaccine research or something? RFK Jr. must be removed from office. It’s him or us.
The tradition is to draw the arrival in front of St Peter. How will cartoonists manage this one when it happens?
Wow. They’re so chaotic that I can’t keep up. Although, I’m very out of the loop. I’m still only now learning about some of the lab leak goings on in Philipp Markolin’s book.
📣 TOMORROW is the last day to nominate exceptional candidates for the ballot! ⏰ Elections to fill 3 roles will be held among the membership at the end of 2025. 🗳️Nominate today: ow.ly/3c5A50Wtjhs #IDSky #clinmicro
Bluesky right now ...
What’s happened?
The forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name buff.ly/iis1Ngq Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear?
You can’t play chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, craps on the board, then struts around like it won the game.
When I jotted down this opinion I didn’t realise that it was increasingly common for people to give RFK Jr a pass because of food colourings 😳
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“Humor can chip away at a regime’s façade of invulnerability—and allow laughter itself to become an act of defiance.” www.usip.org/blog/2019/05...
Old Soviet jokes are back in style. Turns out, dark humor ages better than democracy.
Bill Bramhall WE’RE ALL DOOMED —
“Humor can chip away at a regime’s façade of invulnerability—and allow laughter itself to become an act of defiance.” www.usip.org/blog/2019/05...
Humour is resistance.
Wow. They really will just say anything.
'Elder Tree Four Seasons' by The work of Native American, Navajo master weaver Elsie Holiday #womensart
RFK Jr didn't just run an anti-vax campaign in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly children < age 5—he *wanted* people to get measles to see what would happen. We already know what happens. People get sick & die. Watch our whole conversation here: open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Did I bring my emotional support puppy to work today? Yes, yes, I did.
Oh my god! I'm already this person.
RFK's selection of Jim O’Neill as Interim CDC Director tells you all you need to know. At today's HHS, loyalty and fidelity to political orthodoxy is the sole criteria for a high level health position. What's not needed are actual qualifications & deep public health experience.
It would be even more powerful if people collectively agreed on what not to buy. That would have a very unnerving impact on big corporations.
A “Buy Nothing” Day. The only thing they think we are good for is our “purchasing power”. Withhold it. NB: Not everyone has the luxury of having a buy-nothing day or weekend. Do it for those who can’t.
In advance of our September issue, our latest editorial is now online. #Blastocystis: the ongoing parasitological debate www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #OpenAccess #OA
11 years ago today, Scottish people voted in a referendum to break free from the UK. Has brexit changed the conversation? quick 🧵 h/t @johnnicolson.bsky.social for pic.
Today in @thelancet.com we examine the importance of the recent ICJ Advisory Opinion in using law to protect health and human rights in the face of the planetary crisis. Link: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
It's astonishing that HIV is being questioned. It just goes to show that there's nothing RFK Jr and his ilk will ever accept as a settled matter. This is why they should not be tolerated, even if they happen to say something on diet etc that feels reasonable.
From me, earlier this year: "Yes, sometimes you persist and you fight 'the long defeat.' Because as the health care justice champion Paul Farmer once said, you don’t turn your back on those who have the most to lose. And sometimes, just sometimes, you win." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
Is Cory Booker For Real? We Asked His (Fake) Political Consultant zeteo.com/p/is-cory-bo...
It doesn't come across that he understands much, to be honest.
We Have AI Now www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
I miss the old brand #CDC
Welcome Swallow at the welcome centre, welcoming me.
"Armstrong said she and her colleagues have been talking about the CDC’s value in the past tense." www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
"He also co-founded the Thiel Fellowship, along with conservative billionaire Peter Thiel…" Remember when Thiel was asked if the human race should endure? www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/j...
I can't see how any of this is fixable under the current administration. Let's hope an new pandemic doesn't emerge soon... www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Nice one
I'm more likely to say what I think on BlueSky because I'm tired of tiptoeing around issues. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will I be reading any US news this morning... 🤔