An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘November Farm Work’ Farm Crops in Britain - Puffin Picture Book, 1955 Artist: SR Badmin

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. Norway - 0 UK - 0 France - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 Denmark - 0 Australia - 0 Iceland - 0 Italy - 0 Finland - 0 Ireland - 0 Germany - 0 Netherlands - 0 Sweden - 0 Japan - 0 Canada - 0 United States - 643k

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

UK immigration policy directly undermines its R&D policy. Joined up government? This incoherent policy soup is a shambles.

How prevalent is #ImageManipulation in biomedical science? This paper in @plosbiology.org shows that in a random-ish subfield (animal studies of stroke) a staggering 40% (!) of papers had image duplication and/or manipulation... and journals were slow to correct journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

Episode eleventy billion in "was putting the internet into random household objects good or nah?"

Absolutely cannot wait to join Rob Delaney to discuss our books & what The Story of a Heart tells us about compassion, care, medical innovation & the NHS 🫀💗🩺 Thank you @intelligence2.bsky.social for arranging this dream conversation. Please join us! 📆 13 Nov 📍 Kiln Theatre, London ⏰ 7pm

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution. This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Updating my LEGO White House

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport. Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably? But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

China has electrified faster than almost any other country - electricity’s share of its energy use is up 10% in a decade. Since 2019 it’s built 40% of global wind & solar, boosting their share in power generation by nearly 20% points. Energy independence meets industrial strategy.

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.

Useful explainer on toxic wealth as the root of internet manosphere and the digital labour of fascism: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

man who tried to slash social security spending promises communism is coming if you just ignore the enormous job losses this year due to the technology he's developing for private profit

Death of baseload: World's biggest isolated grid is reaching 84 pct wind and solar almost daily reneweconomy.com.au/death-of-bas... @gilesparkinson.bsky.social @reneweconomy.com.au And batteries surging in Western Australia, too Battery dispatch now greater than utility solar generation in WA

Suggest you jump in on this poll. —> xd.wayin.com/display/cont...? And share…

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Secretary bird: "WTAF is that?!" Massive comparative study of neophobia in birds by @themanybirds.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org (image credit Kai Caspar) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?

#A_NewHope ✊

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

As a kid growing up in rural Africa, I was aware of tsetse flies when we splatted their bodies full of our blood, but if I'd known that the #trypanosomes that they carry looked like this creepy pic from @mariezelena.bsky.social @mbonhivers.bsky.social &co, I would've been much more scared...

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

“I tell my children this is the best country in the world to be black – because it’s a country that sees people, not labels.” Kemi Badenoch, 2023 “In the hour and a half I was filming news there I didn’t see another white face.“ Robert Jenrick, 2025

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘October’ (From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)

The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

In our latest Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor Helen Lumbard and I call for the scientific community to tackle research fraud and paper mills head on by creating robust systems of data sharing and transparency 🧪 #PLOSMedicine #datasharing #openscience @plos.org 📄➡️ plos.io/4nDKQ2c

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

How many times did we read in the media that electric vehicle sales were down or stalling? Look at the actual figures - the opposite is the case. Often journalists pick one quarter or month to make such claims. What matters are annual sales.

Measure Twice, Cut Once xkcd.com/3149/

🌱 Using ‘compelling’ methods, including #CryoET, researchers mapped spinach thylakoid membranes at single-molecule precision, revealing how photosynthetic complexes are organised and settling long-standing debates on chloroplast architecture. buff.ly/P8ZTl0A

If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

Land of the free. Home of the brave.

Compelling and quite disturbing...

1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs. 2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar. 3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!

Incredible pairing of text and chart

Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.