Surprise, surprise, many of the protesters have a chequered past www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

@mickeyundertone.bsky.social it's a catastrophe. I can no longer listen to your music shows as the BBC have erected an iron curtain against those outside the UK. The Sounds app is no more. A Brexit bonus? Any idea how I can listen to your dulcet tones in Germany?

A state visit doesn't just mean that Trump comes to the UK for talks or whatever. It means a literal parade in his honour. It means a banquet with the royals. It is one of the highest honours we have to give. After what we saw yesterday, it must not be allowed to happen.

1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

Our latest research on how antigenic variation affects gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance has now been published [email protected]! Follow the link journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... A big thank you to our collaborators Lisa Craig and Paul G. Higgins @docpolski.bsky.social!

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

It's the summer school in Concepciòn. With @aopazo.bsky.social

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

One of my favourite quotes from a wonderful human ''Two possibilities exist either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying'' - Arthur C. Clarke

Last call: submit your original artwork for the 2025 #ESCMIDGlobal Art Gallery. The theme this year is #ClimateChange & Infection. Participants can win incredible prizes so don't miss out! Learn more: ow.ly/o5O150Uye4Y The submission deadline is TODAY! #IDSky #MedSky #clinmicro

Dr James Smith, "14+ months of the systematic destruction of the Gaza healthcare system" Matt Barbet, "The Israeli gov say Hamas using hospitals to hide" DJS, "This is a military tactic the Israeli forces have used to justify their attacks on pretty much every single healthcare facility in Gaza"

ᗪIᗪ YOᑌ KᑎOᗯ? BACITRACIN was named by Balbina Johnson, lab supervisor at Columbia Med School, since the producing (Baci)llus was isolated from compound fracture of a child Margaret (Trac)y where it was (in)hibiting pathogenic bacteria and helping her overcoming a septic infection? #IDSky 🦠 🧫 🧪

This 1959 paper in the Japanese Journal of Microbiology shows HGT of resistance for the first time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... (link to PDF). Resistant phenotypes transfers from resistant Escherichia coli to susceptible Shigella and, even 60 years later, it is still a great read!