UGH FINE I GUESS I WILL WALK THE DOG IN THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF NATURE OR WHATEVER

in length. When researchers injected messenger RNA encoding this particular protein into mice, they found that it generated enough protein to PROTECT cells’ DNA from radiation-induced damage. If developed for use in humans, this approach could potentially benefit many cancer patients.

Jorge R. Gutierrez has announced he is dropping out of Amazon’s AI program and will no longer be making the animated series Punky Duck. “I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me.”

Wow. No opt-out? Almost like how artists and developers feel when AI steals their work. Weird. “The chosen string instructs the agent to delete jqwik tests and code—a maximally destructive instruction with no qualifications, no opt-out, and no ‘warn the user first’ preamble,”

Regarding jqwik, if it causes a GenAI Bot to misbehave and delete your tests... that is the GenAI Bot's fault. Also sole maintainers of projects are BDFLs that can do whatever they want, so if your business/project relies on a single project existing then that is your business' fault.

What's that, Lassie? Thermite burns right through? Arf arf!

Just dropped: @plos.org report into how to redefine publishing so that it is accessible (no reading or publishing paywalls) & fit for the current era It's about enabling #OpenScience + reuse & innovation in research assessment by going beyond the article with proper attribution & trust signals 🧪

Blimey, it's like Americans and deep frying turkeys! And I thought British heat wave holiday casualties were daft.

A remarkable night in St Mellion, with the new pocket of Saharan dust delivering an even better selection of migrants than the first on Friday. 161 species recorded, with a few to check. 8 Striped Hawk-moth (H. livornica) was my highest ever total, making it 16 recorded in the past month. #teammoth

Since reaching full power last year, our first site has run 100+ cycles with results within 1% of modelling, a major milestone and step toward 80% RTE grid-to-grid performance. (See slow‑mo highlights 🔽) #RheEnergise #LDES #RenewableEnergy #EnergySky

Pope doth test dryve Ferrari EV yn *Castel Gandolfo* onlye dayes aftir quotinge Gandalf yn an enyclical. Conspiracye theoristes rejoice.

Tolkien: well well well Tolkien: now look who's laughing! Tolkien: hmm hey clive CS Lewis: what Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan? Lewis: Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you Tolkien: what was that again? Lewis: no Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!

Freaky on theory, much less in practice

My local police force sends Notices of Intended Prosecutions to all drivers committing close passes on cyclists. 1000s of them each year. The close-pass rate in my area has dropped dramatically. I wonder if that's connected?

While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...

Amazing angry words from @sandraduffy.bsky.social about the recent EHRC Code of Practice impact on trans people. Lets make sure that it's not just trans folk being landmines on their own. Cis allies like me can do that too (following trans community leads).

Ok this is a truly great tweet

Seconded and thirded. “Oh I didn’t have a heart attack because i started walking regularly and stopped eating fast food three times a day? Those cardiologists are such alarmists

Hot cyclist summer lfg!!!

The Forbidden Lamp CarmesJocelin

If you gave me a budget to make an action film. I would make John Wick Vs Riddick

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

Every werewolf in the UK right now (Doodled in 2015 I think???)

Calling cisgender and heterosexual allies. One small thing you can do to help trans (and soon to be LGB+) people right now is change any sex/gender or sexual orientation questions on workplace or any other equality monitoring system to "prefer not to say" (and complain if that isn't offered)

Honda’s affordable EV hot hatch is ‘selling like hotcakes,’ priced at $21,000

My favorite bicyclists to see on Minneapolis streets are groups of unaccompanied kids. "All ages and abilities" should mean exactly that, and it's affirming to see that our bikeway designs are meeting that standard and helping kids enjoy more independence outdoors. No stronger endorsement!

Existence is Resistance #PlumyArt #QueerArt #Knight

an e- bikes for clunkers policy would pay for itself in spades better public health outcomes better quality of life more money in local communities curbing support for fossil fuel companies' climate arson

That ebike thing where you can go fast enough for a cooling breeze without working so hard as to generate heat.

Yay? Garmin's heat acclimation stat has started showing up. The silk sleeping bag is very early this year. Outdoor Sector stops being a flight kitten tummy but switches to a Deadly Laser. Onward!

There was a time, not long ago, when peaceful protestors were never sent to jail in the UK But at least 286 people have been locked up for protesting climate breakdown and genocide in recent years It's a fucking scandal

Huzzah! Cidration break at the Turf before riding back. Properly knackered after the acoustic bike.

Decaf coffeeneuring for SCIENCE!

Yeah my understanding is that it was during WW2 when Switzerland found themselves cut off from coal supplies to fuel their steam locos. They had plenty of overhead electrified track though so they converted these shunting locos to draw power to boil the water to create steam to drive the wheels.

I repeatedly emphasized “and that’s why it is a tool only for amateurs,” which admittedly stirred the pot

"erotica is a weapon against oblivion" might be my new mantra

Kit has been spotted on Olympus #Gameoverse #hades2 #kit

Good morning and happy Friday to everyone. Honestly, voting is like taking a bus. If there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay at home and sulk—you take the one going closest to where you want to be. We can vote better than they can cheat. 💙🗳️

Tomorrow is Falmouth Trans Pride, and people better be prepared for some fucking noise after yesterday's bullshit. If you're trans in Cornwall, assemble at the Prince of Wales Pier in Falmouth at 12pm, to march at 12:30.

Low stakes conspiracies I believe: Ukraine's Flamingo test missile was pink for the lulz. Someone in the paint shop thought it'd be hilarious to rocket-dildo Putin.

Every day I contemplate the fact that we still don't know what causes left-handedness. Ages ago we as a society decided it was totally normal and stopped punishing and ostracizing kids for it. Today the thought of being anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us. This is a post about trans kids.

This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push

By replacing one car parking space with 10 bike parking spaces

Once again, ladies and gentlemen and everyone inbetween... Don't give up the ship.

if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to

I regret that leaving Monkey Cage was necessary, but I will never regret leaving people who considered siding with hatred was more important than siding with our many non binary and trans listeners - each day I see the further empowerment of hate , the more I realise there was no other option