A week after the arXiv was forced to tighten down on submissions because of overwhelming volumes of AI slop, bioRxiv is throwing the doors wide open.

'Sup. Squirrel of the Day for November 7, 2025, has a walnut. #sqrlpix

Possibly one of the biggest changes in microbiology has been going on quietly over the past decade. Whilst this remains a diagnostic in development- and we have much to learn about how to use it- it represents a step change in how we manage infections.

Labour were broken a long time ago. Time to replace them with a party that actually represents everyone - not just the billionaires. A party that rejects Reform - rather than copies them. Time to make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Today is one of those days that reaffirms that, as an autistic person, I should stick to communicating in writing

"I am amazed that 45% of scientists feel they have enough time for research. I do not know anyone who feels that way" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

My favorite comment on the FT story

"Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday." theplanet.substack.com/p/mamdani-pr...

"He might be tackling uniquely New York problems, but if a metropolis of over eight million people proves that free buses, stabilised rent and subsidised childcare can work in an American context, it could provide a template for the rest of the nation..." monocle.com/affairs/poli...

Watch the full conversation here: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...

“Once it starts to unravel, I don’t know where it stops.” Physician and Michigan Senate candidate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why he’s afraid for the future of healthcare in the US.

War is pushing us to a drug resistance tipping point. In his latest piece for @financialtimes.com, GARDP’s Manica Balasegaram highlights how the failure to prevent the rise and spread of infections in conflict zones imperils health security everywhere. Read more 👇 www.ft.com/content/978b...

This man was never your saviour www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I hate having to do my annual self-assessment!

Squirrel of the Day for November 6, 2025 is watchin u #sqrlpix

Danger, Will Robinson! 🤖 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

If you work with or rely on academic journals - don't miss this strange, funny, horrifying story about what happened when @carloschaccour.bsky.social published a paper on a malaria breakthrough in a prestigious journal – and AI came for the letters page. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Saw this cross my BlueSky timeline and am looking forward to checking it out soon... gonenative.tv

I try to keep abreast of current events, but news media is so padded out with trivialities that it feels like Ingsoc's treatment of the proles.

Procrastinating by doing work is how I've always operated, and yet it still feels weird.

It's poetic that Trump will end up with the tasteless copy of the real thing www.theguardian.com/football/202...

November 2025 Issue is now online: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/issue/S1198-... #IDSky #MicroSky

Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon #zohranmamdani #mamdani #zohranfornyc #NewYork

"At a minimum, we can safely say that the results of the recent elections suggest Democrats can expect to perform well in the midterms in 2026." theconversation.com/us-election-...

Our third issue (November 2025) is now live! ❓Did you know that our first three issues, as well as a lot of current online content, are completely free to access? Take a look now! 🖱️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #medsky #obgynsky #womenshealthsky

"Tell your congress person — today — that you don’t want your taxes used to bail out overhyping and economically shaky AI companies that spend far more than they earn." garymarcus.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...

The Spectator are confused. It's not going to be cost free. Billionaires are going to pay more. Join.greenparty.org.uk

WHO has a long history of coordinating scientific networks - for flu samples, they've been doing it for 70 years. Global South countries have been begging for this, and have been ignored. The world is stuck in a hostage crisis with a shady businessman: www.science.org/content/arti...

🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...

"We should not give up on good, well-funded government management of our health. The world isn’t so chaotic yet that citizens don’t want and expect health goods and services from governments; people simply want governments to do a better job." www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f...

"The formula for electoral success is fairly straightforward, though: find out working people’s needs and meet them." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-cas...

I really hope happy voters in the US are embracing the "now begins the real work" mindset.

Idk who did this but it had me snorting this morning. IYKYK

"...all it really does is enable us to experience the “spectacle of thought” rather than engaging in thought itself. Doing so means we can put off thinking forever. And, for Baudrillard, it followed that immersing ourselves in AI equated to giving up our freedom" theconversation.com/how-the-fren...

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations! His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind. It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Let's get to it. Join.greenparty.org.uk

It's not going to be easy for New York and Mamdani to stand up to Trump but there's a few billion of us around the world cheering you on.

🐱🇳🇿Photo gallery: Pets relaxing to RNZ Concert's soothing sounds for Guy Fawkes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

As the sandwich flew from the assailant's hand he bellowed "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the breads of war."

📅 Marco De Ambrogi will be attending ASTMH 2025, #TropMed25, November 9-13, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on behalf of The Lancet Infectious Diseases! 📧Feel free to reach out with enquiries. Explore our scope, reach & impact, commitment to publishing excellence, & more: hubs.li/Q03BL6Th0

Do you think AI sucks? Congrats, you are correct! Proclaim it loudly with analog watercolor art www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

📣 NEW: Tara Smith @aetiology.bsky.social replies to our recently published commentary on staying vs leaving Twitter 'Joining the X-odus' Smith points out "the social cost of harassment and threats on Twitter/X, particularly for women" and more www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295... #IDSky #clinmicro

Want to come and do a PhD on mathematical modelling & sexually transmitted infections? Apply for an MRC funded PhD to come to @lshtm.bsky.social and work on understanding STI transmission dynamics in low resource settings & how we can optimise partner notification as a public health intervention.

I rode my electric bike to the polls today because Dick Cheney would have hated that.

When do you actually just see two men on a screen talking about how much they love their partners? Jordan Stephens talks learning to love and be loved by Jade Thirlwall on the latest episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski 💚

"🚨 Breaking: Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was a driving force behind the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, died Monday night at the age of 84. He should have died in The Hague." zeteo.com/p/ben-shapir...

I have to share this, because it links to a comment on Pasteur that I commissioned to emphasise that his greatest contribution to public health wasn't rabies vaccination. pauloffit.substack.com/p/see-no-evil