Cahir O'Kane
@cahirokane.bsky.social
Genetics professor: axon ER & degeneration in Drosophila, spastic paraplegia. Rejoin EU. Not the GAA commentator. Speak only for myself. Gaeilge, Deutsch. Maghera (Co Derry), Cambridge (UK).
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane
Yes BBC, correct the edit. But paying even a penny to Trump for harm caused to him would be a travesty. If it comes to court, bring on all the other footage and witnesses of Jan 6th.
Panorama should just re-edit the programme.
Removing the edit Trump complains about.
Replacing it with the last 1 minute 16 seconds of his speech, unedited.
In which he repeats exactly what Panorama put in the edit.
From 69:36 to 70:52.
www.marketwatch.com/video/trump-...
Removing the edit Trump complains about.
Replacing it with the last 1 minute 16 seconds of his speech, unedited.
In which he repeats exactly what Panorama put in the edit.
From 69:36 to 70:52.
www.marketwatch.com/video/trump-...
Trump's Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6 - MarketWatch
At a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, former President Trump repeated his unsubstantiated claims of fraud in both the November election and the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, saying "We will never g...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yes BBC, correct the edit. But paying even a penny to Trump for harm caused to him would be a travesty. If it comes to court, bring on all the other footage and witnesses of Jan 6th.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Awwww!
The portrait of Michael D Higgins has already been taken down from its central position just inside the main entrance door to Leinster House
Higgins portrait taken down from Leinster House entrance
The portrait of Michael D Higgins has already been taken down from its central position just inside the main entrance door to Leinster House.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Awwww!
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Lysosomal and mTORC1 signaling dysregulation underpin the pathology of spastic paraplegia type 80
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lysosomal and mTORC1 signaling dysregulation underpin the pathology of spastic paraplegia type 80 - Nature Communications
Familial spastic paraplegia (SPG) is a rare heritable neurodegenerative disorders. Here, the authors show SPG80-associated protein UBAP1 deficiency disrupts lysosomal and mTORC1 signal, indicating rap...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lysosomal and mTORC1 signaling dysregulation underpin the pathology of spastic paraplegia type 80
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Spanish public television has published the first audiovisual map showing the 6,000 mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the subsequent Francoist dictatorship (1939-1975). A testimony of what happens when fascism wins -something unknown in most of Europe.
El #MapaFosasRTVE es el primer mapa audiovisual con las 6.000 fosas comunes de la guerra civil y el Franquismo.
Los restos de más de 17.000 víctimas se han podido recuperar, pero otras 12.000 personas podrían ser aún exhumadas.
rtve.es/noticias/fos...
Los restos de más de 17.000 víctimas se han podido recuperar, pero otras 12.000 personas podrían ser aún exhumadas.
rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Spanish public television has published the first audiovisual map showing the 6,000 mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the subsequent Francoist dictatorship (1939-1975). A testimony of what happens when fascism wins -something unknown in most of Europe.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
Enjoy your retirement, a Uachtaráin. Two great legacies from Michael D's former life as Culture Minister are the Irish Film Board, and the Irish Language TV channel TG4.
At midnight, President Michael D Higgins’s term in office will come to an end.
Here's a look back at some of the defining images of his 14-year stint in Áras an Uachtaráin.
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Here's a look back at some of the defining images of his 14-year stint in Áras an Uachtaráin.
jrnl.ie/6870277
President Michael D Higgins’s 14 years in office
President Micheal D Higgins leaves Áras an Uachtaráin as a figure who has inspired memes and tea cosies.
jrnl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Enjoy your retirement, a Uachtaráin. Two great legacies from Michael D's former life as Culture Minister are the Irish Film Board, and the Irish Language TV channel TG4.
Good. I hope so.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Good. I hope so.
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.”
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Excellent news. ~AA
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
How a microprotein, adipogenin, fine-tunes seipin conformation to regulate lipid movement from ER into lipid droplets and lipid storage capacity
Fat storage in the body relies on specialized structures called lipid droplets. In a new Science study, researchers identified the microprotein adipogenin as a regulator of adipocyte lipid droplet size, revealing a key mechanism in lipid homeostasis.
Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nFEGO7
Learn more this week: https://scim.ag/4nFEGO7
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
How a microprotein, adipogenin, fine-tunes seipin conformation to regulate lipid movement from ER into lipid droplets and lipid storage capacity
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I love to see the endoplasmic reticulum (ER, cyan) hitchhiking over microtubules (MTs, orange).
Also the membrane dynamics are lovely.
It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy
#scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬
Also the membrane dynamics are lovely.
It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy
#scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I love to see the endoplasmic reticulum (ER, cyan) hitchhiking over microtubules (MTs, orange).
Also the membrane dynamics are lovely.
It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy
#scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬
Also the membrane dynamics are lovely.
It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy
#scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬
A genomic perspective on the origins of different synaptic functions
The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins and their changing roles in different organisms across evolution — a Review by Jeffrey J. Colgren & Pawel Burkhardt
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins and their changing roles in different organisms across evolution - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Recent studies have shed further light on the evolutionary origins of chemical synapses, In this Review, Colgren and Burkhardt explore how ancient proteins were co-opted into functional assemblies and...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A genomic perspective on the origins of different synaptic functions
Signed. I know it's ta ough time for language learning in the UK, but a university with ambitions like Nottingham is lacking in ambition if it lies its modern language courses.
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Signed. I know it's ta ough time for language learning in the UK, but a university with ambitions like Nottingham is lacking in ambition if it lies its modern language courses.
The last time I heard a President getting booed like this was Ceausescu in 1989
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The last time I heard a President getting booed like this was Ceausescu in 1989
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87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
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Eight child abusers were jailed today.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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At a Berlin diplomatic party tonight in 1989 a German politician confided to a UK official (who told me 30yrs later) that he thought the Berlin Wall could come down around the year 2000.
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
At a Berlin diplomatic party tonight in 1989 a German politician confided to a UK official (who told me 30yrs later) that he thought the Berlin Wall could come down around the year 2000.
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
Minutes later a staff member approached the diplomat & told him the wall was coming down.
Now
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Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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While we can reminisce about "delightful dinners," I can tell you that encountering Watson and being trapped by him or sideswiped by his racism in this culture of silence was hell for anyone who was different. OUR dinners were in the basement apartments in CSH (all grads can afford), trying to...
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
While we can reminisce about "delightful dinners," I can tell you that encountering Watson and being trapped by him or sideswiped by his racism in this culture of silence was hell for anyone who was different. OUR dinners were in the basement apartments in CSH (all grads can afford), trying to...