An email from school! Please read the attached PDF. Complete the form [a link within the PDF] by [date 6 months in the past]. We are truly doomed.

Launching a new drug is harder than it looks. #pharma

So we're now giving money to Ukraine to protect them, and money to Russia to bomb them. Slow hand clap Labour, slow hand clap... cc @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social

Can’t do the other side of the treehouse for fear of hitting the sunflowers and crushing my taters.

Hot tip for app developers: if you pop up a “do you love this app?” window and force me to rate rather than letting me dismiss it, you’re getting the worst rating.

My late mother always decorated her apple pies with the same five cut leaf-shape pastry arrangements, so I always do too.

We’ve lived here ~11 years. There’s this ravishing orange-bloomed rosebush on our neighbours’ property which hangs over our fence. Maybe once a season I would snip a solitary bloom, feeling guilty. But when we replaced our fence this year, we realised the bush was actually on our property!

It me.

Maastricht is nice but you wouldn’t want to hold an international congress there *cough* #rpg2026trip5

#rpg2026Trip5 begins.

Yes I know there isn’t an arrr in the month but they’re from Scotland and they’re a bit slow up there. (Last retweet)

The long weekend, off to a good start

In a sane world, nothing would be allowed *out* of Australia.

Thinking that - for one reason or another - my teenager won't ever own a car has made me sad. I'll never get to rub cheese into the seat fabric, leave crisp wrappers under the seats or spill iced coffee over the dash in *their* car to see how *they* like it.

Back in the depths of winter, my little son wanted to grow some blooms from seed for Mother’s Day. ♥️ It took a bit longer to flower, but here they are now in their full glory in our herb garden: Virginia stock (Malcolmia maritima). You just missed a blue tit bathing in the water feature behind!

Flight attendant has just reminded us we’re not allowed to use cellular services during the next “6.5 hours of me time”. #rpg2026trip4

Keeping hens never gets old

Thank you! And a belated happy birthday to you ❤️

#rpg2026Trip4 underway.

Somewhere in the Book of Revelation there is probably a verse saying that Demons shall stalk the Waters of the Earth. It's the End Times.

One for @endofthepier.bsky.social Rare bit of Welsh wildlife … axolotl found under a bridge www.thetimes.com/article/d802...

No column, no “fish out blob with toothpick” here. We were hardcore.

Just to give my followers a well-deserved break from infectious diseases…here are some bluebells I snapped last week in an ancient woodland in SE England

Client’s drug Phase 3 study published in NEJM today. Going to be a busy few years…

How it started and how it went.

It takes an unnecessarily large and irritating number of clicks to get rid of the AI prompts and actually see the PDF these days. I assume that summary sends copyrighted material into the data swamp. And NO I don't want an f-ing AI summary.

Had exactly this when I opened a (scientific) paper at work. My response was along the same lines, with more swear.

I am in Dallas. There are an astonishingly large number of people wearing cowboy hats and rhinestones in this hotel. Also, I keep saying “cheers” instead of thank you and getting weird looks!

Easter is a better holiday than Christmas. I will not be taking questions.

Crossing Barmouth Bridge... Afon Mawddach, Gwynedd.

But am I the rock or the tree?

Apple is 50 years old tomorrow. Today I have a new piece on Six Colors talking about the time 38 years ago when I first encountered a Mac, and how it changed my life: sixcolors.com/post/2026/03...

Had a Lenten SM break. Nobody missed me, it seems.

How do half a dozen sparrows coordinate their flights across my garden? Who says "Right, we're landing on *this* bush... NOW."?

Waitrose love crumpet - 5 stars, can recommend #Valentines

The kids are alright

I’m almost as old as that.

Barely a teenager.

Love being a rugby mum, but the laundry implications, not so much - especially when the pitch conditions are like this!

At #ISC26 and struck by all the clinicians doing the full surgical hand wash routine after visiting the facilities.

Here we go again. #rpg2026trip2

New scam on the block. Look out.

Low tide on the Estuary Thames under a nearly full moon

Any what now.

We’re beginning to recognize different birds. This is Shorty, so called because of the lack of tail feathers.

I look forward to this show every year in Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. Nice to see some sunshine for a change. My spirits needed the lift, TBH.

Concorde.

Pleased to reveal that our team has been selected for 2 oral presentations at #ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social Global in Munich! Both lines of research spearheaded by the fabulous @microberamon.bsky.social. #UTI isn’t just a serious healthcare problem - the science is an intriguing puzzle! #IDSky #UTISky

A seven generation Shiraz can’t hold you back

Le ros bif are back in town.