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....
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Trial begins today for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/11/t...
Trial begins today for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate
A trial begins today at Perth Sheriff Court for a Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate. The alleged incident took place on 12 February 2024 on a shooting…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed". Yes! By him and his ilk. But of course he wont accept responsibility. I'm waiting for "If it had been my Brexit it would all have been fine; sunlit uplands"
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed". Yes! By him and his ilk. But of course he wont accept responsibility. I'm waiting for "If it had been my Brexit it would all have been fine; sunlit uplands"
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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DDX3X acts as a selective dual switch regulator of mRNA translation in acute ER stress
DDX3X acts as a selective dual switch regulator of mRNA translation in acute ER stress
Shawky et al. show that DDX3X selectively promotes or represses mRNA translation in a stress-dependent manner. This bidirectional regulation involves position-specific binding to the mRNA 5′ UTR and early coding region, reflecting distinct mechanisms, including initiation control during 48S scanning and translational repression associated with ac4C post-transcriptional modification.
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Regressive, anti-environment talk from… the Lib Dems’ Tim Farron.
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
Tim Farron calls for rethink over plans to reintroduce sea eagles to Cumbria
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has written to the Lake District National Park Authority, raising concerns about the impact the potential reintroduction of sea eagles will have on sheep farms i...
www.wfelibdems.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Regressive, anti-environment talk from… the Lib Dems’ Tim Farron.
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
From the Govt who just blocked 'Swift Bricks' in new build houses in the Lords. A tiny change that would cost bobbins but make a huge difference for a declining species www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
From the Govt who just blocked 'Swift Bricks' in new build houses in the Lords. A tiny change that would cost bobbins but make a huge difference for a declining species www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If Labour are willing to bin their manifesto pledges on tax rises, why not on Brexit?
That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further.
What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?
That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further.
What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If Labour are willing to bin their manifesto pledges on tax rises, why not on Brexit?
That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further.
What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?
That would win them far, far more votes than raising taxes ever will. Indeed, tax rises are likely to crater their weak support even further.
What's so magical about Brexit that it must remain untouchable?
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BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
Samir Zitouni.
A true British hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Samir Zitouni.
A true British hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
Samir Zitouni.
A true British hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Samir Zitouni.
A true British hero.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Volume 138 Issue 20 | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
Journal of Cell Science publishes cutting-edge science encompassing all aspects of cell biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit organisation.
journals.biologists.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
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Book review 📚 Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
go.nature.com/4oJQAra
go.nature.com/4oJQAra
Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
A thoroughly researched account of the history and relationships that shaped the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Book review 📚 Sex, drugs and the conscious brain: Francis Crick beyond the double helix
go.nature.com/4oJQAra
go.nature.com/4oJQAra
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Black is the new gold. Album by Brooke Combe
An absolute banger!!
An absolute banger!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Black is the new gold. Album by Brooke Combe
An absolute banger!!
An absolute banger!!
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Brexit sees another international institution abandon Britain in order to remain in EU and the single market
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit sees another international institution abandon Britain for Europe
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has become the latest major international institution to announce plans to close its doors on its headquarters in the UK
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Brexit sees another international institution abandon Britain in order to remain in EU and the single market
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Gillian Wearing’s statue of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett, 2018, Parliament Square, London. The words are a quote from Fawcett on the death of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, killed when walking in front of the King’s horse at the Derby,1913, to highlight the women's cause.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Gillian Wearing’s statue of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett, 2018, Parliament Square, London. The words are a quote from Fawcett on the death of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, killed when walking in front of the King’s horse at the Derby,1913, to highlight the women's cause.
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I'm old enough to remember when feeding the poor, housing the homeless and caring for the vulnerable was considered a good thing.
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm old enough to remember when feeding the poor, housing the homeless and caring for the vulnerable was considered a good thing.
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Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
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This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
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Signs of fascism
1. Racial profiling of minorities
2. Appointing incompetent loyalists
3. Using military against US civilians
4. Persecution of political opponents
5. Mixing religion w/ govt
6. Replacing evidence based science w/ ideology.
Cfhunfiltered on FB, seen at a #NoKings Protest
#Pinks 🔥
1. Racial profiling of minorities
2. Appointing incompetent loyalists
3. Using military against US civilians
4. Persecution of political opponents
5. Mixing religion w/ govt
6. Replacing evidence based science w/ ideology.
Cfhunfiltered on FB, seen at a #NoKings Protest
#Pinks 🔥
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 October 1914. American medical researcher Dr Jonas Salk was born in New York City. He created the 1st approved polio vaccine in 1955. Polio cases fell from 58,000 per year in 1952 to 6,000 by 1958. Salk’s vaccine was replaced by a new one developed by Albert Sabin in 1962.
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 October 1914. American medical researcher Dr Jonas Salk was born in New York City. He created the 1st approved polio vaccine in 1955. Polio cases fell from 58,000 per year in 1952 to 6,000 by 1958. Salk’s vaccine was replaced by a new one developed by Albert Sabin in 1962.