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Needed a drink to get thru Dancing Queen and Super Trouper

Our daughter bought us tickets to see the ABBA Show in London. We are in a restaurant close by and realised Friday night is regarded as ‘Ladies Night’. I’m lsurrounded by 100s of menopausal women in glitter & sparkles. I think I’m gonna be vastly outnumbered in the arena. Please pray for me 🙏

Barley #plants produce unique antifungal compounds called hordedanes. But one of them, B. sorokiniana, exploits these defenses to thrive. By neutralizing theme, it extends its parasitic phase, showcasing the evolutionary battle between plants and pathogens. buff.ly/5LV93xB...

HBD 🥳 to my very own Queen of the Slipstream ❤️

ICTV have decided not to use Latin anymore. They’ve now decided to use Ancient Elvish for naming.

An abomination. Latin names are idiotic for viruses.

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We lost deliberately. Mo is a genius as he knew no team in history has won the Community Shield and then gone on to win the league that season.

Not bloody penalties. I’m on holiday. It’s too early in the season to get this stressed. ⚽️

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Front row seats in pub in Croyde for Liverpool match ⚽️ Pint of lovely chilled cider and chilli nachos. #heaven

Fantastic new paper by @reeserichardson.bsky.social et al. An enormous amount of work showing the extent of coordinated scientific fraud and involvement of some editors. The number of fraudulent publications grows at a rate far outpacing that of legitimate science. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community. reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...

Could RFK Jr's move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation? YES !!!!! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tonight’s menu. Just a little something I rattled up the good lady. But she’s worth it.

Edinburgh University’s ‘skull room’ highlights its complicated history with racist science Skulls were collected from all over the world because of some academics’ fascination with phrenology, the discredited belief that skull shape denoted intelligence www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Excellent thought provoking article on what is a difficult subject. Universities are 'failing us' on mental health, say students - but should it really be up to them? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Warwick under fire after senior executive appeared in a glossy Vogue advertorial promoting the institution’s new branding strategy, with academics calling it “tone-deaf” and a “self-inflicted embarrassment” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick... via @tashmosheim.bsky.social

Earth’s underground network of fungi needs urgent protection, say researchers Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Look at the rise of measles in England and ask yourself: have we learned a single thing from Covid? People grow complacent about vaccines precisely because they are so effective. But personal choice shouldn’t come at a cost to herd immunity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new fluorescent amino acid, built into an unprecedented cytochalasan that possesses potent bioactivity…. See our latest work at pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Two amazing opportunities at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Always grown Maris Piper. First time ever growing Maris Peer. Looking forward to outcome. 🥔 Anyone out there grown Peer before.

Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship Just sack him and get in with it. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Sir David Baulcombe will present the Michael Goodin Lecture “Small RNA and Antiviral Defense Systems” from 9:30-10:00 AM.

Peter Kyle warns UK universities must ‘make difficult choices’. Science minister says Dsit is working to make sure research funding is “responsive” to the financial crisis, but that institutions must make “difficult choices” to become more efficient. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

One more week to apply for this exciting Professorship in Plant Sciences at Uni Halle! Join our vibrant plant research community 🌱 Info 👉 wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php... @unihalle.bsky.social @snp2prot.bsky.social

Our homegrown potatoes, leeks and onions are about to be turned into chunky leek & potato soup by my better half. Can highly recommend this recipe 🥣 www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/...

GROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Big thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster today at #2025ISMPMI! For those that missed it, you can check it out on Zenodo! zenodo.org/records/1588...

Excited to attend my 1st ISMPMI conference, and present our work on a paired wheat CNL/MLKL receptor mechanism! 🌾 Come chat to me at my poster on Tuesday, P-050! 📜 If you miss my poster session, I will be talking in: Crop resistance genetics and genomics on Wednesday - 16:25-16:35!

That’s last 🥔 pot harvested. All from a single pot. Good old reliable Maris Piper. Now time to plant Summer Planting Potatoes (also known as Second Cropping or 'Xmas potatoes') Again grandson Dylan & other half Diana nowhere in sight. They might get sacked as my potato pickers🙃

Pre-order my brand new children's book 'Do you believe in Ghosts?!' out on the 25th September - link in the comments 👻

RNA decay in plant defence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’ve had the curtains permanently closed in the house for several days now to try keep the heat out and the house cool in the awful UK heatwave. We’ve just opened the curtains and had a peek to see if the heat has reduced any, and……..

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Appalled to see the Telegraph giving Aseem Malhotra a platform today. He has spread increasingly dangerous vaccine misinformation with impunity. The GMC’s failure to remove him from the register is every bit as appalling. A spineless dereliction of duty.

The appallingly irresponsible piece in question:

Shame on you @telegraphnews.bsky.social for giving infamous UK anti-vaxer Aseem Malhotra a platform on the very day we learn a child has died of measles in Liverpool. You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid? Shame on you.

As the UK suffers (and me) in this heatwave I’m reminded what sort of phrases we’d use back in my wee homeland of Norn Iron. Us Irish melt at these temps 🥵

I’ve done the same and harvested all 3 of my initial varieties, Maris piper, Rooster & Jazzy all with great results. I’ve done this so I can try for the first time Summer Planting Potatoes (also known as Second Cropping or 'Christmas') going for Charlotte, Jazzy & Maris Piper

I chitted all my seed potatoes really early this year and planted them out super early in pots with cloche covers initially. This is the yield from single pot of one of my maincrop 🥔 'Rooster' A great yield in July when you would normally harvest September to November

Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds I’m pretty sure most in UK would also support it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Child dies at Alder Hey as measles cases surge So sad. So preventable Those to promote antivax should be prosecuted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The US is committing scientific suicide @kennethrmiller

#omgn2025 @dariuskos.bsky.social presenting research on a Marchantia transcription factor which controls its reproductive structures and is stress-regulated. Read more about it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...