Liminality warnings in force for England

My excellent haul from the Blue coat print fair (Liverpool) includes the works of @toucantango.bsky.social (top left), Geeniejay (bottom left), and @jontofski.bsky.social (right side).

George Orwell promoted creating metaphors rather than relying on dying metaphors. I therefore open the "Metaphornity ward" to share our birthed metaphors. Two I made are: “He was greeted as warmly as a rooster in the city” “He was as deep and layered as a swiss roll” #metaphornityward

A wee thing I made to stick on the wall to remember the attack steps in @bastionland.bsky.social's Mythic Bastionland

Greeting card I made from my visit in Oulu Found the location on the @atlasobscura.com site (www.atlasobscura.com/places/oulu-...)

The Lighter of Kindling With your physique you stand tall and proud, Your muscles gleaming and glistening. But it’s always the largest to be struck down, By that force of nature, lightning.

📅 @cgr-uol.bsky.social have opened registration for the next Python for Bioinformatics workshop. This workshop is aimed at Python beginners & will give you transferable skills to manipulate your own data & experience in Python modules. 2nd & 4th December 2025. www.liverpool.ac.uk/genomic-rese...

I'm leading the below Python workshop. It's perfect for those new to bioinformatics or programming who want to learn the foundations of Python 🐍. I worked hard on the materials and I am very proud of how they came out 😃

I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he can only count like 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8….

The Taker of Thoughts Grab its white feather, Write with its thick ink. Surrender your words till you're not but leather, Then with empty brain you can let your head sink.

The Biter of hands Wax pools around its form, Its light pink flesh that it hath lost. Followers surround it like a swarm, Their bodies it exhausts.

Summer breaks Oh tempestuous day, delight of the week, No hiding inside like someone so meek. The rain came, washed away the heat, Now it's cloudy & windy so I feel complete. cont.

Seer Before you stands a human, yes, But also more and also less. They'll annoint you as their one true knight, Weilding significant might. Though their eyes are faded, you'll boldly go forth with arms abladed. For you know their vision is clear, And so they'll be your wisened seer. cont.

The Wistful Duo We meet first the Queen of Hours, ruling a kingdom but with few little powers. By her side with not even a lyre, A talkative horse and Hamfund the squire.

A warning to nosey pests Nosiness will unleash it free. So sit on down and listen to me. Night in night out it crawls around. If you listen out you won’t hear a sound. It wants for not, except maybe your nose. Nothing can stop it, But a long lost pose.

Beat root: a poem Beat root she told me. So I did. They don't have eyes nor ears so they won't know I'm coming. As I carry out the deed they have no mouth to scream with. But alas they are made of wood and my fists are fleshy and bony. I woulda won if my knuckles were more stony.

Diphthong: a poem "How now?" was asked the brown cow. "You test?" the brown cow did jest. "Ground pepper?" responded the leper. "Maturely pickled!" the cow stated as it lickeled. "Cacio e pepe?" offered the floridian antelope. "Yes please!" they all shouted through maws of grated cheese.

Got my fancy profile page on the Elixir UK website :) elixiruknode.org/people/matth...

Plastic associated bacteria images made for our @nerc-eof.bsky.social python workshops

Very interesting video on the popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan by @weirdplace.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyi_...

Today's the second and last day of our @nerc-eof.bsky.social Metabarcoding for diet analysis and environmental DNA workshop. All the student's are working hard which is always great :)

Join the CGR at the University of Liverpool for a seminar with Element Biosciences introducing the AVITI24 platform - in situ sequencing, spatial RNA/protein detection, and NGS. 📅 Wed 4 June | 🕛 12–1pm (Lunch & Networking after) 📍 Life Sciences Bldg, Lecture Theatre 2 🎙️ Speaker: Wilfred van IJcken

The Sandwoods were covered in massive cactuses before the Boneheads were introduced. Reborn through the machinations of the CGC they are protected by the Doppelgänger Dunes as steeds and as a vital food source. #PUML #DENDROSPHAERA

Ran @makedatanotlore.bsky.social's Frontier Scum. A really fun weird west RPG system with some really cool mechanics. We all especially liked how rolling a 1 any any gun's damage dice used up an ammo slot. It is the least Mork Borgy Mork Borg hack with its own cool aesthetic that I own.

CGR Python for Bioinformatics workshop This workshop is aimed at Python beginners and will give you transferable skills to manipulate your own data and experience in Python modules tailored specifically for bioinformatics and genomics analyses. 1st & 2nd May 2025 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ran a fun time loop horror Called Recursive transit with @goblinarchives.itch.io Liminal horror. It was great fun and players all enjoyed it :) unenthuser.itch.io/recursive-tr...

Check out my RPG system PUML (hack of FIST) designed for longer campaigns: m-gemmell.github.io/PUML/

Registration for our CGR Python for Bioinformatics workshop is still open. With 100% of feedback responders saying they would recommend the course to others join a great course to learn the foundations of python. forms.gle/pHLMcv29uPuc...

Played blood on the clock tower. Was fun, an evil person tricked me but by me being so confused the tricking exonerated 2 people I was suspicious of and we therefore successfully rooted out the demon

At CGR our in-person Python for Bioinformatics course (1st & 2nd May 2025, Liverpool) is open for registrations. Designed for complete beginners it aims to build a strong starting foundation for python programming. Registration link with more info is below: forms.gle/pHLMcv29uPuc...

Wooh! New paper I worked on is published. This one has been in the oven for a long time so its nice its now available :) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Massive tsunami sized sand waves flow across the SANDWOODS. Above Adult Giant Antlions roam the skies whilst their children lurk in the sands below.

NEOF Pilot Funding for Early Career Researchers in the NERC remit has now opened! Further your career by gaining funding in your own name and generate pilot data for future fellowship or other applications: neof.org.uk/our-capabili... #ECR #genomics #metabolomics #proteomics

Right, not much to celebrate today but solely because of this site we had our best ever DriveThruRPG sales this weekend, which was v. unexpected So to say thanks, we'll send 1 person who reposts this every copy of the mag in stock (issues 3-4) & 1 of each of our Johan Nohr & Łukasz Kowalczuk tees

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Centre for Genomic Cloning (CGC): Cloning starts and stops with us

Today I am hosting the @nerc-eof.bsky.social Python for Bioinformatics workshop. As part of it they analyse some bacterial sequences found growing on plastic found in the Mediterranean Sea.

In the WINDWOODS the team will need to descend into a forest of fossilised coral. They will meet various challenges as part of the rescue mission in the fossil reef. Below is the "Dungeon map" made by overlapping coral silhouettes found in @tmkeesey.bsky.social's www.phylopic.org/images

The second area of the DENDROSPHAERA is the WINDWOODS. Once under the sea the land has been blasted by constant winds leaving the unprotected dirt to be scorched by the sun.

2020s 50% complete

A "map" of the various Islands in the SKYWOODS within the DENDROSPHAERA

#NEOF supported @CamZoology PhD researcher @dan_cossey is using metabarcoding to detect potential bacterial pathogens and so investigate mass mortality events of #endangered freshwater mussels.

I'm making a setting for my new PUML campaign. Its set in a world full of forests called the DENDROSPHAERA. Unfortunately it is being colonised and exploited by an evil AI that runs a multidimensional online store. I am making multiple smaller sandboxes for it with the first being the SKYWOODS.

Last day of the R primer for Omics for @nerc-eof.bsky.social . The cohort has been great and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.

I made an RPG system called PUML. It is based on the FIST RPG. Check it out: m-gemmell.itch.io/puml

Made a box to keep all my MÖRK BORG crud

We hope to help Early Career Researchers further their career by gaining funding in their own name and generating pilot data for future fellowship or other applications - NEOF Pilot Funding for ECR opens 14Jan25 #ECR #genomics #metabolomics #proteomics

Great song from a great album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIYJ...

For my weekly RPG group I'll be running Orc Borg by @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social. It's a great read and I love all the style they imbued in the large format book. To help my players visualise their Orcs I drew up the below.