Time to decide if we're more concerned about "saving the West" from blue-haired baristas, or Russian tanks, drones, torturers and rapists.

Oh no! Robin Ince is such a fine science communicator. I've listened to IMC on and off over the years and always got a little bit excited if anything I'd worked on in my job came up! But the principle is important, he is brave to stand up for it.

This image is fine but a missed opportunity to see whether Kim's pout and curves might have been a good look on James Joyce

People complain about the January gym goers- well it’s December and I’d like to know what you’re all doing in our pubs.

The top 10 people of 2025 @nature.com who shaped science. Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity" www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I finally deleted my twitter account today. Haven't used it for over a year but it used to be so fun back in the day it was hard to break ties. But yeah, the fun and the utility of it as an aggregator of great writing is long gone. Although I think Bluesky does that better now than when I signed up.

Yes, very true, very important

‘Imagine a whole army wading ashore at you through the snowmelt, writhing fused limbs and non-Euclidean torsos, every zoomed-in detail a hideous AI patchwork. The chicken-dogs were even worse.’ Mark Sinker on Kingston upon Thames’s festive AI mural: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

What's authoritarianism, tax avoidance, dark money, Russian bots, MAGA and right-wing Christian nationalism got to do with attacks on science? Do read my review @thelancet.com of "Science Under Siege" by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Amazing story highlighting the fine line between art and science. Ultimately it's all just ideas and creativity of thought.

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Health care in the USA: money has become the mission www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

We're looking for a Researcher to join our team and work on our clinical guidelines - more info below. We're a friendly bunch, come join us! 🧪 🛟 #EvidenceSynthesis #HealthcareResearch

Yes please

‘The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned against both.’ Hal Foster on the Surrealists and anti-fascism. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Very true, refreshing to see a politician say it.

MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship! Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip

I completely agree with the argument of this article and the power to force change lying with government and larger funders - but academic communities have to take some responsibility for pursuing impact and creating incentives which make withdrawing labour from publications very hard.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne. So ProPublica did. Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/bird...

Swifts have declined 70% since 1994. They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites. A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings. The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it. Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.

📣Calling all #PhD students everywhere in all #STEM fields, please take our @nature.com 2025 Survey (in 15 min or less)! 🔬🩺🧬🦠💡💻🧪 🧫🔭🪐🐭🪱🦋🦎 🐠🌲🪴🍄❄️🤿🌊 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"The government's argument sounds plausible. There's just one problem. It doesn't fit the facts. And the government knows it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Political Scientists Reassure Americans That Stripping Minorities Of Citizenship Usually Where Descent Into Fascism Peters Out theonion.com/politic...

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

I have a trip to Antwerp in May... Any tips for Antwerp travel out there?

At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague

For US PIs who have had grants ended: What are your department chairs / heads, deans, etc., saying about this? What do you want them to say, but aren't hearing from them?

Donald Trump sees “beautiful” architecture and urban planning as a means to propel us back in time, quite literally, writes Bénédicte Eustache. www.prospectmagazine...

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Some say the world will end in FOIA Some say in ICE

My attempt at wrangling up fellow colleagues working in #GlobalHealth communications around the world. 🌍 Enjoy!

Interesting article and can’t help but agree with this three-pronged approach for better science communication: - disseminate via trusted channels - invest in digital and health literacy - make sure it’s understandable and relevant for the target audience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I had a joke about Hamlet, but it wasn't to be.

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

How fast and far can measles spread? Excellent data viz here that shows why #vaccines matter. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

But I thought Americans wanted to screw in the tiny screws themselves, this cannot be good for the revival of the American tiny screw industry I've been hearing about

The US is utter chaos. Complete and utter chaos, for at least another four years and probably long into the future. Any British government working in the national interest will be investigating how to quickly reduce our exposure to it.

Let's not be Trump's poodle: act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4305

So…. ➡️ Our measles outbreaks are not under control ➡️ We might be looking at dramatic increase to thousands of prescription drugs ➡️ Likely see increased risk of mosquito-borne illness like Dengue in the US as weather warms up Oh and yeah, CDC/FDA are basically nonfunctional now. Are we healthy yet

1/ This is excellent from @faisalislam.bsky.social on the Trump trade fiasco. Well worth 10 mins of your day as it discusses 2 very different world views Is Trump really aiming at funding US public spending substantially from tariff income? 🤣 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Actual politics is dark at the moment, these penguin memes cheer me up so much. Something about the human spirit, laughing in the face of death and danger, maybe. Probably just penguins are funny little folk