Alan Kelly
@akellyucc.bsky.social
Personal ramblings about the world we live in and life in general, especially science and culture. Frequent puns and dogs. Professor and food scientist at @ucc.bsky.social
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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I only have space in my head for one Charles De Gaulle quote and it is: "How can you govern a country which has 246 kinds of cheese"
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I only have space in my head for one Charles De Gaulle quote and it is: "How can you govern a country which has 246 kinds of cheese"
A public guard of honour of Bernese Mountain Dogs. How beautiful and touching is that.
President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end.
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president.
#VMNews
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A public guard of honour of Bernese Mountain Dogs. How beautiful and touching is that.
Reading something about British politics and remembered that my most like-d tweet was just after their last election
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reading something about British politics and remembered that my most like-d tweet was just after their last election
The left wing?
Kristi Noem Reportedly Authorized Purchase Of Planes That Were Missing 1 Key Component
www.huffpost.com
Kristi Noem Reportedly Authorized Purchase Of Planes That Were Missing 1 Key Component
twp.ai
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The left wing?
Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazing how different Sean Bean looks in real life to the movies
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
(A joke that I accept will baffle many)
40 years ago They Might be Giants declaimed “filibuster vigilantly!”
Wise words that resonate today.
Wise words.
Wise words that resonate today.
Wise words.
Trump clings to filibuster demand as government shutdown drags on
Despite a week full of political rebukes, Trump is still insisting on killing the filibuster to resolve the shutdown that he caused.
Despite a week full of political rebukes, Trump is still insisting on killing the filibuster to resolve the shutdown that he caused.
Trump clings to filibuster demand as shutdown drags on
Despite a week full of political rebukes, President Donald Trump is still insisting on killing the filibuster to resolve the shutdown.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
40 years ago They Might be Giants declaimed “filibuster vigilantly!”
Wise words that resonate today.
Wise words.
Wise words that resonate today.
Wise words.
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A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Very poor account here of the contribution of Rosalind Franklin to the discovery of the double helix - not “a colleague”
James D Watson, who co-discovered DNA’s twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97
Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy, but later years marred by racist remarks
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Very poor account here of the contribution of Rosalind Franklin to the discovery of the double helix - not “a colleague”
Nope, you’re not moving. Forget it.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Nope, you’re not moving. Forget it.
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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Let him get forcibly deported so I could make a Smirnov ICE pun please
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Let him get forcibly deported so I could make a Smirnov ICE pun please
Take the bus to town, they said.
And so he did.
This is a great story
And so he did.
This is a great story
Man drove stolen bus to Dublin because other bus was full
A young man stole a Bus Éireann vehicle in Co Donegal and drove it to Dublin after being told another bus was full.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Take the bus to town, they said.
And so he did.
This is a great story
And so he did.
This is a great story
Every dog wags enthusiastically
The Purge but you can only do anything you want to people who let off fireworks
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Every dog wags enthusiastically
I saw the poster below at a scientific conference last week and couldn’t believe people still made posters from individual printed sheets but this is A SIGN ON THE FLIPPING WHITE HOUSE
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I saw the poster below at a scientific conference last week and couldn’t believe people still made posters from individual printed sheets but this is A SIGN ON THE FLIPPING WHITE HOUSE
There is a lot of talk about Bruce Springsteen at present and the Nesbraska era - an album I love (I think Highway Patrolman is his finest song).
Listening again to it now, a line in Johnny 99 annoys pedantic me though
“Prison for 98 and a year, lets call it even Johnny 99”
Even would be 100!!
Listening again to it now, a line in Johnny 99 annoys pedantic me though
“Prison for 98 and a year, lets call it even Johnny 99”
Even would be 100!!
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There is a lot of talk about Bruce Springsteen at present and the Nesbraska era - an album I love (I think Highway Patrolman is his finest song).
Listening again to it now, a line in Johnny 99 annoys pedantic me though
“Prison for 98 and a year, lets call it even Johnny 99”
Even would be 100!!
Listening again to it now, a line in Johnny 99 annoys pedantic me though
“Prison for 98 and a year, lets call it even Johnny 99”
Even would be 100!!
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
Yes but Ireland goes up to 11
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yes but Ireland goes up to 11
Why Autumn Man and not The Fall Guy?
Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt
Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt
BOSTON—The twigs and acorns crunching pleasurably beneath his boots, Mr. Autumn Man Dennis Clemons, 32, reportedly strolled down Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday wearing a gray sweater over a plaid c...
theonion.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why Autumn Man and not The Fall Guy?
Then: et al
Now: et AI
Now: et AI
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Then: et al
Now: et AI
Now: et AI
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I am really looking forward to attending this later today, and will be giving a talk on what we really mean by food processing and how dairy products evolved millennia ago as ways to safely and pleasantly preserve the nutritional richness of milk, at 3.00.
November 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I am really looking forward to attending this later today, and will be giving a talk on what we really mean by food processing and how dairy products evolved millennia ago as ways to safely and pleasantly preserve the nutritional richness of milk, at 3.00.
By this logic, BlueSky is probably illegal too
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
By this logic, BlueSky is probably illegal too
This prince from there once promised him MILLIONS but never paid up and he never forgot…..
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his criticism that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.
President Donald Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his criticism that the government is failing to re…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This prince from there once promised him MILLIONS but never paid up and he never forgot…..