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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him)
@befriendabacterium.bsky.social
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Researcher interested in evidence synthesis and other evidence-based things, most often to do with microbes (e.g. veterinary microbiology in livestock, pollution in bathing waters).

Associate Research Fellow at University of Exeter

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Dr Matt Lloyd Jones (he/him) @befriendabacterium.bsky.social · Jun 11
Lil intro to our early-stage rayyanR R package, from the first day of #ESMARConf2025 (youtu.be/dmcTZ-0eC18?...). Please beta test it and find its inevitable bugs/missing features so I can fix them/incorporate them (you can help us if you like!) 🙏
@ecehh.org @eshackathon.bsky.social #medlibs
ESMARConf2025: Presentation - {rayyanR}: an R package to interface with Rayyan - Matt Lloyd Jones
YouTube video by ESMARConf
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tom.medsky.social
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
Sly Dunbar. Absolute legend. Rest in peace.
youtu.be/xu97vf_QeO8?...
Inner City Blues
YouTube video by Sly Dunbar - Topic
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
Just realised Star Wars Day (May 4th) is a public holiday this year in the UK. Start of a trend?
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
incidentally “three hares (holy trinity)” is the pet name I have for my chest hair
weirdmedieval.bsky.social weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 8d
three hares (holy trinity) germany, 16th century
a brown ink drawing of three hares arranged in a triangle, each sharing an ear with both of the other two hares
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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mariabustillos.com
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING

wat

CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
For example, an Amazon delivery driver, who sits in a cabin surrounded by AI cameras that monitor the driver’s eyes and take points off if the driver looks in a proscribed direction, and monitors the driver’s mouth because singing is not allowed on the job, and rats the driver out to the boss if they do not make quota.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
thought i’d got rain in my new headphones and broken them but was relieved to find out it was an arthur russell song i’d never heard
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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statsepi.bsky.social
I think that the mass enthusiasm we see around gen AI is manufactured, and I think this because it doesn't exist for renewable energy, despite it being more measurably impactful (and also technologically wonderous)
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
(carly rae jepsen voice)
rajandelman.bsky.social Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 13d
Using a bidet....this is crazy
January 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
Protein is protein fibre is fibre neither are new and fibre has been a wellness trend since the settlement of the fucking Fertile Crescent
Screenshot of BBC News notification reading “Is fibre the new protein? The surprising health benefits of the latest wellness trend”
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
The best videos of ICE agents eating shit in the brutal Minneapolis winter
The Best Videos of ICE Busting Their Asses in the Brutal Minneapolis Winter
Watch out for that ice, you fascist clowns.
gizmodo.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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vintageobscura.net
Stephen Cheng - Always Together [China, Rocksteady] (~1967)
https://redd.it/27dfl7
https://youtu.be/QgPTgq-rN3U
Stephen Cheng - Always Together [China, Rocksteady] (~1967)
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January 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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epilorenzo.bsky.social
🚨Finally on #CRAN!!
🔗 cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
#rstats
Screenshot of the CRAN webpage for my R package orcidtr.
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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3788mg.bsky.social
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’

“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”

BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
In an academia where scientists’ willingness to get in front of a camera is increasingly valued over their actual science skills, can I just say how refreshing it is to receive a departmental email titled “Media request” that is just someone asking for some MacConkey agar
January 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
Since the dumbasses in Washington think Greenland is bigger than it really is, it seems appropriate to re-post this:
xkcd.com/977/
Map Projections
xkcd.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
When I was a freelance BBC science presenter, I wrote in support of Professor Dorothy Bishop and was then told I should not be critical of the Royal Society. Now I’ve resigned, so I can say I think @profrachelgan.bsky.social is making an important point here.
profrachelgan.bsky.social Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 18d
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial. I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
in a flash of overconfidence in my welsh language progress, i turned my phone language to welsh and well fuck
Picture of a CAPTCHA reading “Dewiswch bob creadur a allai lochesu yn yr eitem a ddangosir yn yr enghraifft” with a picture panel variously featuring several cats and dogs lined up together, as well as a few blurry garden birds on their own.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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mcastd.bsky.social
Very happy to say I will be starting a NERC Independent Research Fellowship in April with the University of Exeter 🥳

This 5-year project will be looking at how environmental conditions determine the impact of phage on microbial communities 🧫🦠

Thank you to the lovely ppl who helped along the way!
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
I tried this but it Undermind my research
Screenshot of "Undermind"'s home page reading "Undermind: Condense weeks of research to minutes. An AI assistant that carefully explores the scientific literature for you. Find exactly what you need, no matter how complex"
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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nbcnews.com
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86
Colvin, at age 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
nbcnews.to
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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vintageobscura.net
Patty Pravo - Bello [Italy, New Wave, Synthpop] (1978), Cover of Talking Heads' "Love → Building on Fire"
https://redd.it/1kviw7a
https://youtu.be/NfQEgMM0S6k
Patty Pravo - Bello [Italy, New Wave, Synthpop] (1978), Cover of Talking Heads' "Love → Building on Fire"
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January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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williamzabka424.bsky.social
The worst music festival ever just dropped.
A music festival celebrating 250 years of America (lol) with some of the worst musicians ever headlined by Kid Rock.
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
That’s why we’re helping you slow time down by ensuring that you have to work well into your 120s
Screenshot of USS pension scheme marketing material reading “The older you get, the quicker time flies” with a picture of a calendar with drawing pins on it in the background. The bottom right reads “Pension power”.
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
befriendabacterium.bsky.social
had a dream i wasnt permitted to take a cat-shaped mug in my hand luggage to mexico so engaged a cartel to smuggle me across the border, first disguised as meat on the production line of a meat factory, then buried alive in sand on the back of a truck and that's why you shouldnt eat gouda before bed
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 AM