Dr. Ali Barry
@aliibarry.bsky.social
Bioinformatician • UTDallas, previously UniOxford | pain, proteomics, multi-omics & open science | chronic migraines | raised on unceded Algonquin, Anishinabek territory | she/they 🌈🍉
Busy getting some snow in before I swap it for Dallas sunshine in a few weeks
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Busy getting some snow in before I swap it for Dallas sunshine in a few weeks
Sometimes things are actually really good
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Sometimes things are actually really good
Reunited with my favourite swiss puppy
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Reunited with my favourite swiss puppy
this is what the tunnels are for
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
this is what the tunnels are for
it's very hard to complain about the alps!
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
it's very hard to complain about the alps!
it's a very valid curation method! i'm currently 8 hours into a train journey and am avoiding the other work by now. only reason this is happening. although time spent on bsky is rapidly increasing in parallel
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
it's a very valid curation method! i'm currently 8 hours into a train journey and am avoiding the other work by now. only reason this is happening. although time spent on bsky is rapidly increasing in parallel
it's turning into a guessing game as to why i ever downloaded these in the first place. got all the way to the end of the first article... still no idea
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
it's turning into a guessing game as to why i ever downloaded these in the first place. got all the way to the end of the first article... still no idea
trying to clean up my desktop by reading through some of the papers i've abandoned there
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
trying to clean up my desktop by reading through some of the papers i've abandoned there
if you home office from a train, you get train views
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
if you home office from a train, you get train views
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No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium.
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The science community is letting Palestine and the wider Arab community down
At a neurodevelopment conference I recently attended, where the focus is child health and development, I was astounded that not one voice…
medium.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium.
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'Every state not calling out this blatant aggression helps hold the axe that shatters the international order.'
Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️
Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️
Expert Comment: The illegality of the US attack against Venezuela is
Professor Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, outlines why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela
www.ox.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
'Every state not calling out this blatant aggression helps hold the axe that shatters the international order.'
Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️
Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️
much appreciated. my goodness it's rough on this side
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
much appreciated. my goodness it's rough on this side
made the mistake of selling off lamps in anticipation of a move and now I'm stuck using overhead lighting. how do the straight live? this is horrible
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
made the mistake of selling off lamps in anticipation of a move and now I'm stuck using overhead lighting. how do the straight live? this is horrible
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This went under the radar but answers a fundamental question in Epigenetics...
From many hundreds of olfactory receptor genes, each neuron selects expression of only single one (near-randomly). How?
Outstanding work from Mathieu Boulard and colleagues
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
From many hundreds of olfactory receptor genes, each neuron selects expression of only single one (near-randomly). How?
Outstanding work from Mathieu Boulard and colleagues
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The transcription of a single olfactory receptor per neuron is enforced by epigenetic silencing of their enhancers
The ability to discriminate thousands of odors in our environment requires each olfactory neuron to express a single olfactory receptor from hundreds of available genes. The biochemical mechanism enfo...
www.biorxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This went under the radar but answers a fundamental question in Epigenetics...
From many hundreds of olfactory receptor genes, each neuron selects expression of only single one (near-randomly). How?
Outstanding work from Mathieu Boulard and colleagues
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
From many hundreds of olfactory receptor genes, each neuron selects expression of only single one (near-randomly). How?
Outstanding work from Mathieu Boulard and colleagues
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Mary Somerville - the person for whom the word scientist was coined by William Whewell in his 1834. She was a polymath, an intellectual tour de force at a time when teaching women to read and write let alone think deeply was frowned upon or ignored ⚒️🧪🌊
www.geological-digressions.com/mary-somervi...
www.geological-digressions.com/mary-somervi...
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Mary Somerville - the person for whom the word scientist was coined by William Whewell in his 1834. She was a polymath, an intellectual tour de force at a time when teaching women to read and write let alone think deeply was frowned upon or ignored ⚒️🧪🌊
www.geological-digressions.com/mary-somervi...
www.geological-digressions.com/mary-somervi...
how many nervous breakdowns are y'all scheduling into a day? asking for a friend
January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
how many nervous breakdowns are y'all scheduling into a day? asking for a friend
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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*how* grok produced porn and CSAM shouldn’t be of primary importance/concern to regulators. rather, they should treat this as evidence of failure to comply with rules and proceed to enforcement i.e. ban the platform till X shows it complies with regulations
Britain demands Elon Musk's X answer concerns about sexualised photos on Grok reut.rs/3YJrspL
Britain demands Elon Musk's X answer concerns about sexualised photos on Grok
Britain has demanded Elon Musk's social media site X explain how its AI chatbot Grok was able to produce undressed images of people and sexualised images of children, and whether it was failing in its legal duty to protect users.
reut.rs
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
*how* grok produced porn and CSAM shouldn’t be of primary importance/concern to regulators. rather, they should treat this as evidence of failure to comply with rules and proceed to enforcement i.e. ban the platform till X shows it complies with regulations
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🚨🧵on Venezuela
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
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While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🚨🧵on Venezuela
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see.
I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions...
1/11
This is the most predictable continuation of events and just for once I think everyone paying attention deserves to be wrong with our expectations. How about next time we get a "oh, I thought this would have been much worse" and then we all go to bed happy
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This is the most predictable continuation of events and just for once I think everyone paying attention deserves to be wrong with our expectations. How about next time we get a "oh, I thought this would have been much worse" and then we all go to bed happy
Is anyone serious? No. But the world is different today than it was yesterday and it's not for the better.
January 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Is anyone serious? No. But the world is different today than it was yesterday and it's not for the better.
A runway closed at Heathrow and the murmur from the crowd is that there's a non-zero chance Starmer was kidnapped
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A runway closed at Heathrow and the murmur from the crowd is that there's a non-zero chance Starmer was kidnapped
Is anyone serious? No. But the world is different today and not in a good way.
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Is anyone serious? No. But the world is different today and not in a good way.
Pretty tired of grown men taking war room photos as if it's a video game night with their pedo friends and not mass murder
January 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Pretty tired of grown men taking war room photos as if it's a video game night with their pedo friends and not mass murder
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times