“One big step forward would be for EDI to be properly recognised as part of everyone’s job, not something that’s ‘on top’ of it.” Professor Candy Rowe, Chair of the BBSRC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expert Advisory Group, reflects on the group’s impact across UK bioscience. Read the blog ⬇️

The new google captcha is a toughie...

Who did this?!

Will be in Glasgow for the next two days for the #HDRUKconference to celebrate all things #HealthData in the UK and Scotland.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Choosing the hill!🤔 UKLabour Fixing the #NHS ❌ Keeping the poor out of poverty ❌ Taxing the millionaires ❌ Increasing Taxes for the benefit of society ❌ Investing in infrastructure ❌ ID cards ✅

Penny Hardy, You Blew Me Away, 2014 #womensart #FridayFeeling

Here’s how Jimmy Fallon responded to Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off air:

All credit to him, but "best spreadsheeter" is an oxymoron in my book.

Hilltown Clock - landmark at the top of the Hilltown, Dundee. Pic: william, 2011

Sorry for the miserable post.

LSE, Imperial, KCL and UCL all increasing intake by 30-65% is pretty cynical. Can't imagine the student experience in London is also increasing.

Very honored to receive the Royal Society Research Culture Award - this represents the work of a great team who've worked non-stop since we launched bioRxiv in 2013 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08... www.cshl.edu/inglis-and-s...

Looking forward to great day of impactful health data science at the #GenerationScotland Symposium today at the gorgeous Playfair Library in Edinburgh.

People thought the Handmaid's Tale was pure fiction.

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My wife’s favorite coffee cup Thanks @dawnymock.bsky.social

Only 6% less belief in vaccines than the actual seasons is a win for me. The 25% of people who aren't convinced by the seasons is a genuine worry, however.

This (from OpenAI's official demo) is one of the worst chart crimes I've ever seen

I bet @susiedent.com has contributed many unique ones.

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

I guess I should also get locked up. Just in case.

The amazing win by the Lionesses is no doubt a huge lift for women's sport and inspirational for young women and girls across the country. It should also be something that boys and men in football should look up to. The heart, spirit and togetherness of the team is the rarely seen strength.

I'm going to with "How long will you wait for your partner to fix their DIY disaster before calling in the professionals?"

All these meetings are going to interfere with the real business at hand this weekend 🏌️

Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I wonder what the question was? Wrong answers only.

Registration is open! 🗓️ Join us for a day of engaging discussions, networking and learning as we celebrate the 20th year of Generation Scotland. We are also offering the opportunity to join online Register today! www.eventbrite.com/e/generation...

✅ At ORCID, we believe that trust is essential for a healthy research ecosystem. 💙 This is why we are thrilled to share that our Bluesky account has been officially verified and now sports a blue check, further helping us to build trust as we share our message. #ResearchIntegrity #ScholComms

RAIN!-just stood out in it bc HEAVENLY but also to sniff that delicious scent from the parched ground-petrichor. The scent of petrichor consists of geosmin, a molecule released by bacteria & blue-green algae in the soil &plant oils (phytoncides) released when rain hits leaves. Human noses can... (🧵)

Crap. That means I'm just going old.

Who said peer review was broken?

That feeling when certain airlines are "boarding" a flight yet there's no plane.

I was in the NSF building once. I went to serve on a review panel: I and six other scientists put aside our own work to travel to the NSF HQ and evaluate our peers' research proposals, working together for two intense days to prioritize support for the most impactful new science. I'll miss it.

Comes as a surprise to no-one who's been online over the last few years... #smdh

A low carbon energy tipping point. The climate is getting so warm that we cannot use nuclear power as efficiently as possible.

This is where a real leader would step up to offer support, even if political adversaries, and condemn the violence. Seems like he's too busy stoking his ego with an autocratic "parade". Shame on him.

The truth hurts but there it is.

COMING SOON: Two years in the making - a RoRI handbook for responsible uses of AI/ML by research funders.

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Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝 Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive. Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

A work of art

Thought this was a conservative state in the US. No, it's the UK!

I moved to the UK during "Britain's failed experiment in open borders". The company I co-founded has created >100 jobs, and my wife and I are raising two British kids. If the UK is becoming an "island of strangers", it's because the country is demonising and isolating immigrants like me

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Despicable. Chronic illness affects or will affect most of us at some point during our lifetimes. Not treating it will affect huge swathes of people, society and the economy.