Nigel Farage clearly does not want to answer questions about his murky finances. About the £5 million donation he did NOT declare; trousering £270k for 12 hours 'work' promoting gold bullion; owning five homes with his partner. Asking about this & more is apparently a media stitch-up!

Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out what it does. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4whygtn #ScienceMagArchives

When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful. When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Know the truth.

Why do we, as working scientists, care how some AI algorithm "rates" our preprints and papers? Who gives a shit?

🏷️ AI content is getting labels. Just like energy ratings or safety certifications help you make informed choices. From 2 August 2026, EU law will require clear labelling on: 🔹 deepfakes 🔹 AI-generated content 🔹 chatbots

It never ends.

Imagine the mind set of someone like a RFKjr or Jay Bhattacharya who would rather condemn women to a terrible death by cervical cancer than endorse an unambiguously safe vaccine that prevents it. (Also give it to boys and squash the incidence of HPV16 throat cancer) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Society Events Grants to attend IMAV: International meeting on arboviruses and their vectors meeting are now open. Check your eligibility and apply before 30 June 2026: https://microb.io/3QbExXx

A story in two halves: "[Due to HPV vaccination] the likelihood of girls who are inoculated when they are 12 or 13 dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30 is almost zero... Until the pandemic, vaccination rates were close to WHO’s target, but have fallen significantly since then."

There’s a lesson there….people who have no clue but think they’re some sort of genius aren’t the ones you should let lose on government.

I mean, I wasn’t wondering but still…

The brazen lies of Reform ex-Tories. Suella Braverman was Home Secretary & Robert Jenrick immigration minister when the Belfast attacker was granted refugee status to stay in the UK. Now they pretend past Tory actions were nothing to do with them as ex-Tories.

Elon Musk has just become the world’s first trillionaire. Donald Trump is America’s first dictator. But they have more in common than their economic and political dominance. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-era-of-the-super-asholes

For over a decade Farage supporters & his enablers in the media have insisted Farage is not far-right or racist. Such folk owe the UK an apology as Farage makes explicit his far-right, racist, white supremacist, ethno-nationalist 'little Englanderism'.

Outside the Westminster bubble version of Britain things are very different including in Makerfield. Robert Crampton of The Times spoke to 20 voters seven of whom did not know a by-election was on. Some had no understanding of democracy or that they were entitled to vote.

Kemi Badenoch & the appeasement of the rancid racist right-wing. The Tory leader expresses "respect" for far-right Rupert Lowe, 'leader' of the Restore Britain micro-party. In a normal political system this should be career ending for Badenoch. Desperate & consequential. HT @rolandmcs.bsky.social

Tomorrow's I.P.O. of SpaceX could turn out to be the universe's largest Ponzi scheme, and you and I are paying part of the price whether we like it or not. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musks-galactic-ripoff

Enough is enough. When politicians use hateful language, they create conditions for hatred to grow. This is the Reform party I warned about, and they should be ashamed for inciting racial division in Scotland. I will always stand up for the inclusive country we are. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

What does a professor look like?

What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it

This is a racist pogrom. Supported by one of the most powerful and rich men in the world and his apologists.

As a football fan, embarrassed but not surprised. We all know what fifa is about. An eye opener to people who aren’t as invested in this sport perhaps.

ASV is alarmed by the US HHS to suspend and debar Dr. Ralph Baric from federal funding. Read our open letter below:

Screwworm cases rise to 4 in Texas open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

The visionary who controls world football and is ethically trashing it cannot play football to the most amateur level. On this showing he would not even get a trial for Blantyre Vics.

Where is FIFA's formal protest abt the racist, discriminatory & indefensible policies of the Trump regime? Banning a FIFA referee because of his nationality. When is Infantino's FIFA going to stand up for football? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The case against Infantino’s continued leadership is not just the case against one man’s character or style. It is the case against a fundamental corruption of what football’s governing body is supposed to be www.andymuirhead.com/p/the-2026-w... #fifa #infantino #worldcup #worldcup2026 #usa #trump

As Starmer claims he is talking tough with big tech today Europe shows its economic and political muscle.

Really pleased with that but don’t forget to add more into the pot. European science is failing. Badly.

“Voters see Brexit as a “big disappointment” and “not worth it” resulting in a rise in support for rejoining the EU… The decision to leave the EU has “not withstood the test of time”” It never could have done. The journey back may be long but it’s underway. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Note to JD Vance. Maybe clean up your domestic mess, culture of killing and police & state approved violence before you dare criticise anyone else.

The Trump administration has placed me on a list of "media offenders" and is now targeting me for constitutionally protected media work. This is no longer theoretically something that will happen in the future.

I am speaking to completely disillusioned scientists across career levels several times a week now.

It takes so long to publish these days that four years is often not enough to complete what would be considered a successful PhD. For comparison, in just four years Jimi Hendrix recorded roughly 170 songs, released three legendary albums, played Woodstock, and changed music forever.

So we’re throwing insane sums at AI but various companies are still unable to update software without it just happening in the background?

Of course science will technically develop and who wouldn’t want a robot technician -I still labelled cells with 32 P which wasn’t fun- but what aspects of imagination and training do these people not get?

Least surprising news of the week - Britain's train wifi is spectacularly bad compared to the rest of Europe. Phone signal also very dodgy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New protein-folding AI vastly expands on Alphafold's efforts | Scientific American share.google/s1EvQhLQBDL3...

There is a lot to follow when it comes to the outbreak of Bundibugyo virus in the DRC and Uganda. Here is something I am especially fascinated by: the first controlled trial to evaluate antivirals as a preventive measure during an Ebola outbreak. 🧪 My story in @science.org here (and thread to come)

Boom.

Tony Blair advising Keir Starmer & the UK Govt to get even closer to Trump looks like he has not learned the lessons from his mistakes. He hugged close George Bush leading to the illegal Iraq War. And he is on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace' which has ZERO transparency & credibility.

Part of a wider trend. The idea post Covid seems to be that investing less and destroying infectious disease research is going to make it all disappear. Yes I don’t get the reasoning either.

I have been saying for years that Democrats should run against Republicans on the issue of corruption. Make fighting corruption the centerpiece of their hopefully populist campaigns. Well, if they don’t run on corruption this year, against Trump, then they deserve to lose.

Nice to see the far right going at each other.

Sad but true.

"Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories" No wonder, given that media, pundits, politicians and, yes, scientists have reveled for years in conspiracy theories that the last major pandemic was concocted and covered up by evil scientists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Key human defenses against pathogens were forged billions of years ago in microbial battles with viruses. https://scim.ag/4uv29Ww

Parents often fight about how to raise their children, but a mouse study suggests an even more basic form of parental conflict starts soon after conception when the chromosomes from each side come together. https://scim.ag/4um0LW3