Simon Cook
@drsimoncook.bsky.social
Researching Cell Signalling at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social Walker; watching woodpeckers; tree hugger; listening to The Jam. European. Views my own. I could go on for hours and I probably will....
I am posting this for no other reason than it is a glorious and joyful piece of music. This is Dizzy's Quintet live in 1967. A quintet! Sounds like there ought to be 8=9 players www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1j...
Dizzy Gillespie - Kush
YouTube video by Brother John
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I am posting this for no other reason than it is a glorious and joyful piece of music. This is Dizzy's Quintet live in 1967. A quintet! Sounds like there ought to be 8=9 players www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1j...
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Great news. MPs should also pay attention to our campaigns:
● Remove the 26 bishops
Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy.
● Scrap parliamentary prayers
Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
● Remove the 26 bishops
Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy.
● Scrap parliamentary prayers
Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Great news. MPs should also pay attention to our campaigns:
● Remove the 26 bishops
Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy.
● Scrap parliamentary prayers
Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
● Remove the 26 bishops
Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy.
● Scrap parliamentary prayers
Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (9 February 2026) APPEAL AFTER GOLDEN EAGLE SHOT IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Wildlife officers are appealing to the public for information after a four-year-old golde…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
What the actual **ck is wrong with people?!!!! raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (9 February 2026) APPEAL AFTER GOLDEN EAGLE SHOT IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Wildlife officers are appealing to the public for information after a four-year-old golde…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
What the actual **ck is wrong with people?!!!! raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...
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Democrats’ gains shake up Republicans
Republicans woke up in a panic last Sunday. Why? Because the night before, Democrat Taylor Rehmet had pulled off a 32-point swing in a Texas state senate district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
That’s right — in Texas.
Republicans woke up in a panic last Sunday. Why? Because the night before, Democrat Taylor Rehmet had pulled off a 32-point swing in a Texas state senate district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
That’s right — in Texas.
thehill.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Democrats’ gains shake up Republicans
Republicans woke up in a panic last Sunday. Why? Because the night before, Democrat Taylor Rehmet had pulled off a 32-point swing in a Texas state senate district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
That’s right — in Texas.
Republicans woke up in a panic last Sunday. Why? Because the night before, Democrat Taylor Rehmet had pulled off a 32-point swing in a Texas state senate district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
That’s right — in Texas.
There's no way you could do a worse job!
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February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
There's no way you could do a worse job!
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"we reveal striking age-related reductions in ER volume across diverse tissues and a morphological shift from rough sheets to tubular ER. This morphological transition corresponds with large-scale shifts in ER proteome composition from protein synthesis to lipid metabolism"
ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy - Nature Cell Biology
Donahue et al. show that ageing is associated with changes in ER morphology. ER-phagy drives age-associated ER remodelling through tissue-specific factors.
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"we reveal striking age-related reductions in ER volume across diverse tissues and a morphological shift from rough sheets to tubular ER. This morphological transition corresponds with large-scale shifts in ER proteome composition from protein synthesis to lipid metabolism"
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Well said!
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Well said!
My favourite BB King track
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHr...
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
My favourite BB King track
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHr...
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good to see this landmark work published
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists create replica human womb lining and implant early-stage embryos
Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
good to see this landmark work published
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Just out @natrevimmunol.nature.com
RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.
RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.
RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity - Nature Reviews Immunology
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) considerably expand the information content of the genome and can determine the lifespan, localization and function of RNA, thereby controlling when, where and how much pro...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Just out @natrevimmunol.nature.com
RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.
RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.
Had to run an errand before work this morning. This is ‘rush hour’ in Soham, Cambridgeshire
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Had to run an errand before work this morning. This is ‘rush hour’ in Soham, Cambridgeshire
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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You can now read this on #HumanistHeritage, alongside profiles of Nicholas Winton – the British humanist who helped save more than 650 Jewish children, Harold Blackham’s wartime address – and other fascinating archives exploring humanism and anti-fascism.
heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...
heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
You can now read this on #HumanistHeritage, alongside profiles of Nicholas Winton – the British humanist who helped save more than 650 Jewish children, Harold Blackham’s wartime address – and other fascinating archives exploring humanism and anti-fascism.
heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...
heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This is profoundly depressing. Anti-vax lies by anti-vax liars will ultimately impact global health.
US anti-vax quackery from RFK and friends has global consequences for vaccine availability
Moderna have announced that they won't run new phase three trials now with massive impacts for new vaccine development- why- its because of RFK Jr and his anti-vaccine campaigns and cancelling mRNA vaccine research which affect the sales the company can then make 🧪🧵 #PublicHealth
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This is profoundly depressing. Anti-vax lies by anti-vax liars will ultimately impact global health.
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Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.
January 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."