DefinitelyNotAlice
@alicele.bsky.social
Evolutionary scientists, curious epidemiologist, plasmid enthusiast, old school social!
Sardinian, Italian and European in the Uk.
Briton in training, loves BCN.
Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher. Gardener.
Very opinionated & opinions are my own.
Sardinian, Italian and European in the Uk.
Briton in training, loves BCN.
Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher. Gardener.
Very opinionated & opinions are my own.
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OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
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Yesterday I posted about my 44 year dream of seeing the albatross colony in Dunedin. My other dream that has been 44 years in the making has been to visit Rakiura, Aotearoa New Zealand’s third island.
I flew in this afternoon.
I flew in this afternoon.
February 7, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Yesterday I posted about my 44 year dream of seeing the albatross colony in Dunedin. My other dream that has been 44 years in the making has been to visit Rakiura, Aotearoa New Zealand’s third island.
I flew in this afternoon.
I flew in this afternoon.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Si tratta di un patogeno molto infettivo, che provoca gastroenteriti acute. Fortunatamente i sintomi non sono gravi, ma rimane alta l’allerta www.wired.it/article/cos-...
Cos’è il norovirus che ha causato un focolaio nel Villaggio olimpico di Milano mettendo ko le atlete finlandesi?
Si tratta di un patogeno molto infettivo, che provoca gastroenteriti acute. Fortunatamente i sintomi non sono gravi, ma rimane alta l’allerta
www.wired.it
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Discutiamo la divisa italiana...
Cosa la ispira?
La divisa delle fiamme gialle?
La giacca degli alpini e' molto più stilosa!
(Cercando la foto ho trovato la divisa da "siamo fatti così", eh nulla, stiamo su una brutta china...)
Cosa la ispira?
La divisa delle fiamme gialle?
La giacca degli alpini e' molto più stilosa!
(Cercando la foto ho trovato la divisa da "siamo fatti così", eh nulla, stiamo su una brutta china...)
February 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Discutiamo la divisa italiana...
Cosa la ispira?
La divisa delle fiamme gialle?
La giacca degli alpini e' molto più stilosa!
(Cercando la foto ho trovato la divisa da "siamo fatti così", eh nulla, stiamo su una brutta china...)
Cosa la ispira?
La divisa delle fiamme gialle?
La giacca degli alpini e' molto più stilosa!
(Cercando la foto ho trovato la divisa da "siamo fatti così", eh nulla, stiamo su una brutta china...)
This weather is killing me!
a close up of a man 's face with the words it can 't rain all the time
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words it can 't rain all the time
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This weather is killing me!
ski jump penis doping story only underscores the advantages of shape and drape over slim fit clothing
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
@archeosilviag.bsky.social : case!
Declutter coach Katy Wells @katyjoywells debunks the myth of Pinterest-inspired decluttering and the damage it can do on our psyche.
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 AM
@archeosilviag.bsky.social : case!
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Super excited to announce the release of gene and intergenic region annotation from the largest bacterial genome and MAG datasets available, including AllTheBacteria, GTDB, SPIRE, HRGM, mOTUs and MGnify - dereplicated and available from HuggingFace huggingface.co/AllTheBacteria
Hugging Face – The AI community building the future.
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
February 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Super excited to announce the release of gene and intergenic region annotation from the largest bacterial genome and MAG datasets available, including AllTheBacteria, GTDB, SPIRE, HRGM, mOTUs and MGnify - dereplicated and available from HuggingFace huggingface.co/AllTheBacteria
Really interesting study!
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Really interesting study!
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Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Pedro Sánchez está que se sale 😂👏👏
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Pedro Sánchez está que se sale 😂👏👏
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What a nice and fruitful discussion with @pessoabrain.bsky.social and many other colleagues about one of his latest papers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I think that we need more interdisciplinary discussions, w/ the same positive and open mind I have seen in the last 2h.
#ComplexSystems
I think that we need more interdisciplinary discussions, w/ the same positive and open mind I have seen in the last 2h.
#ComplexSystems
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
What a nice and fruitful discussion with @pessoabrain.bsky.social and many other colleagues about one of his latest papers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I think that we need more interdisciplinary discussions, w/ the same positive and open mind I have seen in the last 2h.
#ComplexSystems
I think that we need more interdisciplinary discussions, w/ the same positive and open mind I have seen in the last 2h.
#ComplexSystems
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Declutter coach Katy Wells @katyjoywells debunks the myth of Pinterest-inspired decluttering and the damage it can do on our psyche.
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Declutter coach Katy Wells @katyjoywells debunks the myth of Pinterest-inspired decluttering and the damage it can do on our psyche.
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
Hear more on our NEWEST SuccessFULL With ADHD Podcast episode
👉https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com/successfull-with-adhd
#successfullwithADHD #adhdpodcast #adhd
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'There were no fancy pieces of equipment, no incomprehensible statistical analyses (...) Instead, it merely involved a researcher, some petri dishes & a lab book in which to record the results of crosses that were intellectually complex to conceive of, but which were remarkably simple to carry out.'
A breakthrough from 60 years ago: “General nature of the genetic code for proteins” (1961)
In 1961, Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner, together with two Cambridge colleagues, published an article in Nature that used simple genetic experiments to demonstrate that the genetic code was almost ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM
'There were no fancy pieces of equipment, no incomprehensible statistical analyses (...) Instead, it merely involved a researcher, some petri dishes & a lab book in which to record the results of crosses that were intellectually complex to conceive of, but which were remarkably simple to carry out.'
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✨ Tomorrow!
🎙️ Dr Zoe Dyson explores Salmonella Typhi genomics using the TyphiNET AMR dashboard
➕ ECR spotlight: Dr Parul Sharma on large-scale AMR surveillance
📅 Thurs 5 Feb, 12pm GMT
👉 Save your spot: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/th...
🎙️ Dr Zoe Dyson explores Salmonella Typhi genomics using the TyphiNET AMR dashboard
➕ ECR spotlight: Dr Parul Sharma on large-scale AMR surveillance
📅 Thurs 5 Feb, 12pm GMT
👉 Save your spot: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/th...
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
✨ Tomorrow!
🎙️ Dr Zoe Dyson explores Salmonella Typhi genomics using the TyphiNET AMR dashboard
➕ ECR spotlight: Dr Parul Sharma on large-scale AMR surveillance
📅 Thurs 5 Feb, 12pm GMT
👉 Save your spot: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/th...
🎙️ Dr Zoe Dyson explores Salmonella Typhi genomics using the TyphiNET AMR dashboard
➕ ECR spotlight: Dr Parul Sharma on large-scale AMR surveillance
📅 Thurs 5 Feb, 12pm GMT
👉 Save your spot: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/th...
I very much agree with this!
Also, you rarely see real math until you get to university level, so the fact that you find high school maths boring does not mean anything on your future potential!
Finally, beware on asking this question to girls (because societal bias)!
elpais.com/mamas-papas/...
Also, you rarely see real math until you get to university level, so the fact that you find high school maths boring does not mean anything on your future potential!
Finally, beware on asking this question to girls (because societal bias)!
elpais.com/mamas-papas/...
¿Eres de ciencias o de letras? La pregunta a los adolescentes que debería reformularse
Sobre los 15 años, muchos jóvenes tienen que tomar una decisión sobre su futuro académico. Los padres tienen que acompañarles para que se conozcan mejor y vean con más claridad sus gustos, sus límites...
elpais.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I very much agree with this!
Also, you rarely see real math until you get to university level, so the fact that you find high school maths boring does not mean anything on your future potential!
Finally, beware on asking this question to girls (because societal bias)!
elpais.com/mamas-papas/...
Also, you rarely see real math until you get to university level, so the fact that you find high school maths boring does not mean anything on your future potential!
Finally, beware on asking this question to girls (because societal bias)!
elpais.com/mamas-papas/...
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Omg, thread, I love it when people are so thorough
The simplex algorithm is super efficient. 80 years of experience says it runs in linear time. Nobody can explain _why_ it is so fast.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.
Beyond Smoothed Analysis: Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book
Narrowing the gap between theory and practice is a longstanding goal of the algorithm analysis community. To further progress our understanding of how algorithms work in practice, we propose a new alg...
arxiv.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Omg, thread, I love it when people are so thorough
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Lebanese-British barrister Amal Clooney was born #OnThisDay in 1978. The vintage fashion fan was photographed in New York wearing a late 1960s navy wool André Courrèges coat with contrasting ivory facings and a belt. Coat sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Lebanese-British barrister Amal Clooney was born #OnThisDay in 1978. The vintage fashion fan was photographed in New York wearing a late 1960s navy wool André Courrèges coat with contrasting ivory facings and a belt. Coat sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory
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Greetings from Kyiv.
It’s cold outside.
It’s cold inside.
But we plan to make it through this winter.
Wishing you a gentle week wherever you are.
It’s cold outside.
It’s cold inside.
But we plan to make it through this winter.
Wishing you a gentle week wherever you are.
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Greetings from Kyiv.
It’s cold outside.
It’s cold inside.
But we plan to make it through this winter.
Wishing you a gentle week wherever you are.
It’s cold outside.
It’s cold inside.
But we plan to make it through this winter.
Wishing you a gentle week wherever you are.
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Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham.
Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...
Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...
Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Discover Research Fellow jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham.
Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...
Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...
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Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Castañeda-Barba, Top and Stalder use the One Health framework to synthesize the recent literature on the ecological and evolutionary factors that determine the successful local and glo...
www.nature.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hello February 🌹
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Hello February 🌹
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...