...and we have many of these manuals @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk! Wonderful to see our @historians.org American Historical Review article sparking wider discussions across disciplines! @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social

Reflections on COP30 now that it's over. (Or is it??) First, idk if this was Lula's goal, but the physical chaos of the venue—fire, deluge, diesel fumes—sure seemed like a metaphor for climate change to me. cen.acs.org/environment/...

So, remember that MAHA summit 2 weeks ago that @statnews.com broke the news of and @maxkozlov.bsky.social somehow got into for Nature, even though it was closed to the press? The organizers posted the entire 6.5-hour conference proceedings to YouTube last week. cen.acs.org/policy/MAHA-...

Do you have recipe books with annotations and stains on the most popular pages? Me too, and so does the University of Manchester. Except their recipe books are medieval medical manuals. @bethanyhalford.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social 🧪 #chemsky cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

From now on, when discussing the budget, please use “is this measure bigger than the cost to the exchequer of gen Z drinking less” as your metric for assessing whether something actually raises or costs a significant sum

It's still up, despite everyone accessing and downloading it in the last 15 minutes. Incredible scenes

Wie bitte?!

Fun fact, it's cheaper for me to post my cards to the UK from Germany than to wait until I'm back in the UK and therefore able to use the Royal Mail

Thoughts with staff at Leicester as this awful situation develops while they're also busy teaching.

The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.

One point to add about fake AI journalists: the people that will suffer most are young newbie journalists. I’ve been writing for years and have an extensive footprint: no editor is going to think I’m AI. But someone new, with few published stories, will necessarily look “less real”.

We're at the time of year again where my British understanding of cold and the Germans' concept of appropriate clothing don't quite match up and they get very worried for my health. Today: my choice to wear shorts when going cycling up a hill.

y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"

Me in my working life: professional, on top of things, competent. Me at the weekend: I just finally sent 5 emails I've been putting off for no real reason, can I get a gold star please?

If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs. Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them! cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...

Relevant for tomorrow: is the unlisted TMS youtube link still a thing? #TheAshes

Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵

I cannot stop watching this

Molecule 💥 of 💥 the 💥 year! There wasn't a clear winner this year for me. But the #chemchat -esque idea of an inverted sandwich is pretty cool. Is a Malteser an inverted sandwich?

as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking

‘We said we wouldn‘t be involved [in a documentary about sequencing Hitler’s DNA] if it was going to be sensationalist’ sister 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 www.newscientist.com/podcasts/why...

Yes. By the same token, I don't think Germany as a society truly understands what Germany's complicity in all this means for the country. I predict Gaza will be a significant factor in alienating or repelling the "high-skilled" workers the economy needs: www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/g...

RNA is more fragile, so aRNA (ancient RNA) extraction & analysis are still quite new. But really sharing because who doesn't like reading about woolly elephantkind?

$XBI biotech 52wk high, bullish engulfing so far

Some fun Friday news 🧪 cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

There’s a lot of historically and culturally significant stuff captured on audio (and video) tape. But tapes are mass-market items that weren’t made with long-term archiving in mind. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social explores the chemistry involved in preserving them: cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

The best news from #COP30 so far is that a couple got engaged last night during dinner at a restaurant just outside the venue. It was packed with conference attendees and decidedly not the most romantic ambiance… but good for them!!

Oh god, more words I need to watch my use of.

Look, everyone has pretty much said this, but if you want to learn what led to a man becoming a dictator and leading a country and continent into bloodshed and destruction, you should study history, sociology and psychology. Don't lean into genetics and eugenics FFS.

"The debate revealed something larger: how Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats [...] seem to view Germans of colour – not as fellow citizens, but as aesthetic intrusions into an idealised, sanitised vision of the German city." Merz hat internationale Wahrnehmung Ds sichtlich beschädigt. #Stadtbild

My kingdom for a joined up European train policy...

Atropisomers are popular as chiral ligands and have been showing up in drugs and drug candidates. Making just one atropisomer isn’t trivial, though. That could change, thanks to @alisonnarayan.bsky.social and @narayanlab.bsky.social. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/synthesis/bi...

We only saw a light red blush from our neighborhood before it got cloudy last night, but friends in Colorado sent me amazing photos of red and green pillars. There’s another CME on the way, and depending on when it arrives, we might see the #aurora again tonight

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I still also can't understand why he didn't book a direct flight, but each to their own...

Our dishwasher broke last week and I cannot wait for us to get a new one.

"The closing keynote, slated after an “eloquent rant” from Russell Brand, will be delivered by Kennedy himself."

Look, I'm firmly in the love marmite camp, but I'm excited there are other possible uses for spent brewer's yeast

I’m in Belém covering #COP30. It’s a difficult geopolitical—and physical—context, as the planet begins to breach the 1.5C goal set 10 years ago and the US withdraws once again from the Paris Agreement. I’ll be continuing coverage throughout the conference, so please reach out if you’d like to talk.

"Change will only come if both the BBC board and the politicians that ultimately appoint that board realise that the corporation’s problems in News are fundamentally about money and competence" - think that's bang on from @stephenkb.bsky.social

You know what also really helps independent news outlets? Simply CLICKING our links, guys. In our current media ecosystem, you’re gonna get more of what you click on, and less of what you don’t

OK, desperate last attempt: are there any #HobbyBrauer on here who still know of a source of cracked (geschrottet) Marris Otter for #HomeBrewing? Our previous supplier has been sold out for over a year, and getting it shipped from UK/Irish providers will obviously be prohibitively expensive.

The 2025 #Newscripts' Gift Guide is live. Start planning your present shopping now, or just treat yourself.

OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Between this and the crappier Pyrex, I feel bad for US-based cooks

In the 1600s, thousands of people were buried in crypts under a Milan hospital & preserved by unusual conditions. “What is striking is how much you can extrapolate from an ancient body,” says one researcher, “and how much you can understand from that about the period they lived in." @science.org

“I’ve been working in the lab and am paying close attention to every single thing. . . . I’m savoring every moment, in case these are my last ones.” @juliekovacs.bsky.social 🧪⚗️ cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic? 🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...