Dr Mel T
@drmel.bsky.social
🇦🇺Microbiologist in 🇬🇧 again adrift from Academia…. Disabled STEMMinist who has grown weary of discrimination in STEMM. #FuckMS #OneHealth 🌈 pan&poly she/her
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Dr Mel T
@drmel.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Welcome to BlueSky! This is my vibe, new followers! (There will also be #SciComm #DisabilityInSTEM #OneHeakth #Microbiology and nostalgia for the quaint (now obsolete) concept of Public Health. Ah, remember when we cared for the vulnerable? And had IPC? THOSE WERE THE DAYS, my friends!
He’s such a milquetoast 🤦♀️
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
He’s such a milquetoast 🤦♀️
💯👇🏼
For years I watched established journalists fumble to explain trump. "Maybe he's playing 4D chess," they'd say.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
No, he's just a stupid, impulsive criminal. And you normalised him.
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
💯👇🏼
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Review of 212 human viruses reported between 1900 and 2024 concludes:
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A century of emergence: trends and patterns in human viral pathogens, 1900–2024, a systematic review - BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention and contro...
link.springer.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Review of 212 human viruses reported between 1900 and 2024 concludes:
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I wonder if they're planning to install that lady who won the Nobel Peace Prize as puppet dictator. And if the Nobel committee expected any of that ...
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I wonder if they're planning to install that lady who won the Nobel Peace Prize as puppet dictator. And if the Nobel committee expected any of that ...
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
This. Trump and his cronies might decide the UK really needs Farage in charge. Elno has already had pops at Starmer. Australia is always a sycophantic lap dog regardless, we are bank rolling them via AUKUS mythical submarine deal.
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
This. Trump and his cronies might decide the UK really needs Farage in charge. Elno has already had pops at Starmer. Australia is always a sycophantic lap dog regardless, we are bank rolling them via AUKUS mythical submarine deal.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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It can't be overstated how much every single Vichy journalist who carries water for the Nazis, absolutely needs to share their fate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
It can't be overstated how much every single Vichy journalist who carries water for the Nazis, absolutely needs to share their fate.
I’m seeing lots of shocked pikachu posts that Orange Hitler turned out to be a fascist dictator right now. He is literally a felon. What did you all expect?
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I’m seeing lots of shocked pikachu posts that Orange Hitler turned out to be a fascist dictator right now. He is literally a felon. What did you all expect?
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when trump is out of power the us would have to be a signatory
currently he can't be tried for anything he does as potus per scotus
we're under fascism
currently he can't be tried for anything he does as potus per scotus
we're under fascism
This is a thing that bothers me. Who will try them? The US is not a signatory to the ICC, and has law on the books to justify invasion of The Hague if anyone even tries.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
when trump is out of power the us would have to be a signatory
currently he can't be tried for anything he does as potus per scotus
we're under fascism
currently he can't be tried for anything he does as potus per scotus
we're under fascism
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Interesting…and sobering #IDSky
Emergence and re-emergence of viral infections are not rare, but an on-going threat. When better surveillance and tools are used, more are seen.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Review of 200 novel human viruses over a century a reminder that pathogen emergence isn’t rare
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Interesting…and sobering #IDSky
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Yeah, no. “Slop” is ubiquitous now. The normies say slop. Even “AI” as a derogatory noun for something that looks in any way crappy is commonplace. The opportunity to prevent that was before they released an unfinished, unpolished technology on the masses. Now we’re here.
as if the onus for improving quality and usefulness is somehow on the critics or the consumer
Microsoft's Satya Nadella wants you to stop saying AI "slop" in 2026
In closing comments of 2025, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an update on the company's mindset for 2026 — shocker, it's all about AI.
www.windowscentral.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Yeah, no. “Slop” is ubiquitous now. The normies say slop. Even “AI” as a derogatory noun for something that looks in any way crappy is commonplace. The opportunity to prevent that was before they released an unfinished, unpolished technology on the masses. Now we’re here.
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“Commentators routinely conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism and attack the “woke left” for undermining Western and “Judeo-Christian” civilisation. This creates a closed informational loop.”
theaimn.net/unholy-trini...
theaimn.net/unholy-trini...
Unholy Trinity: The Convergence of Evangelical, Neoliberal, and Zionist Power Networks - A Forensic Audit
Preface This report examines the documented convergence of three distinct but now mutually reinforcing ideological systems: American Christian Evangelicalism, Neoliberal Capitalism, and Political Zion...
theaimn.net
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 AM
“Commentators routinely conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism and attack the “woke left” for undermining Western and “Judeo-Christian” civilisation. This creates a closed informational loop.”
theaimn.net/unholy-trini...
theaimn.net/unholy-trini...
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Imagine having to "pressure" a publication to accept reality
Good for Reuters for changing their headline. Pressure works. Grok did not do this. Elon Musk did.
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Imagine having to "pressure" a publication to accept reality
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You get less time in prison for multiple murder of your opposition as a literal white power terrorist than a black man get when caught with a plant.
That’s how white power works to remake society in its grotesque image.
That’s how white power works to remake society in its grotesque image.
White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026
unicornriot.ninja/2026/white-s...
unicornriot.ninja/2026/white-s...
White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026 - UNICORN RIOT
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen "Lance" Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
unicornriot.ninja
January 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM
You get less time in prison for multiple murder of your opposition as a literal white power terrorist than a black man get when caught with a plant.
That’s how white power works to remake society in its grotesque image.
That’s how white power works to remake society in its grotesque image.
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holy fuck
OMG 😭
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's is an inherited disease that's like Alzheimers + Parkinson's all in one. NOW: "once the gene therapy has been delivered into the brain... [it] injects a piece of DNA to reprogram the neuron to become a factory for its own cure."
LIFE SAVING!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhEx...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
holy fuck
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If you or someone you know have been a victim of the sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and would like to discuss your civil legal options, DM me or reach out on Signal at riot.95. I can connect you with excellent free legal counsel.
Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
If you or someone you know have been a victim of the sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and would like to discuss your civil legal options, DM me or reach out on Signal at riot.95. I can connect you with excellent free legal counsel.
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Please remember that as this happens, women are also being stripped of the right to control their own bodies, young women are being pushed into tradwife bullshit, and a new generation of conservative men increasingly argue that women shouldn’t even have the right to vote
bsky.app/profile/mhar...
bsky.app/profile/mhar...
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Please remember that as this happens, women are also being stripped of the right to control their own bodies, young women are being pushed into tradwife bullshit, and a new generation of conservative men increasingly argue that women shouldn’t even have the right to vote
bsky.app/profile/mhar...
bsky.app/profile/mhar...
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Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients www.croakey.org/health-servi... #publichealth
Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
www.croakey.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients www.croakey.org/health-servi... #publichealth
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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#ScienceHaters think that huge-sounding grants are simply given out like sweets at Halloween and put straight into the pocket of the lead professor's lab coat; if you try to explain they are highly competitive, and cover the equipment, lab time, and salaries of a large number of people for years...
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
#ScienceHaters think that huge-sounding grants are simply given out like sweets at Halloween and put straight into the pocket of the lead professor's lab coat; if you try to explain they are highly competitive, and cover the equipment, lab time, and salaries of a large number of people for years...
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You gotta stop giving them money. You absolutely don’t need to do crosswords and wordles and shit
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
You gotta stop giving them money. You absolutely don’t need to do crosswords and wordles and shit