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Microbiologist @ Vet School, genomics/pathogens. Views, compliments and rants are my own. ORCID: 0000-0003-0203-1305. Am trying to avoid getting politics in my mentions, science and cats OK!
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Academic nuisance email blocklist https://twitter.com/robinnkok/status/1139515629466202112?s=20 Robin N. Kok @robinnkok ·Jun 15, 2019 Many thanks to @dutchscientist for the initial bulk list of domain...
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For those receiving a lot of #predatoryjournal #spam, a long time ago Robin N Kok and I created an Outlook list with lots of those domains linked. Any email from such domain automatically goes in the Junk Email, and you can add to it.
#idsky #microsky
For those receiving a lot of #predatoryjournal #spam, a long time ago Robin N Kok and I created an Outlook list with lots of those domains linked. Any email from such domain automatically goes in the Junk Email, and you can add to it.
#idsky #microsky
New cholesterol medication with as possible side-effect "flatulation". I am going to be very popular in meetings 😂
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New cholesterol medication with as possible side-effect "flatulation". I am going to be very popular in meetings 😂
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Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus
Author summary Cryptococcus is a genus of fungi that includes both pathogenic species capable of causing life-threatening infections in humans and many environmental species that inhabit soil, fruit, ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Democrats doing the GOPs dirty work:
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Democrats doing the GOPs dirty work:
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I think a lynch mob taking out Robbie Gibb with pitchforks, the hounding of Samir Shah and the cruxificion of the pro-Tory/Reform presenters like Fiona Bruce, Kuenssberg, Mason etc would do a lot more to restore public trust.
I think a lynch mob taking out Robbie Gibb with pitchforks, the hounding of Samir Shah and the cruxificion of the pro-Tory/Reform presenters like Fiona Bruce, Kuenssberg, Mason etc would do a lot more to restore public trust.
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Senior insiders admit concern about big editorial errors and fear attacks are part of ongoing campaign to undermine the broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I think a lynch mob taking out Robbie Gibb with pitchforks, the hounding of Samir Shah and the cruxificion of the pro-Tory/Reform presenters like Fiona Bruce, Kuenssberg, Mason etc would do a lot more to restore public trust.
I think a lynch mob taking out Robbie Gibb with pitchforks, the hounding of Samir Shah and the cruxificion of the pro-Tory/Reform presenters like Fiona Bruce, Kuenssberg, Mason etc would do a lot more to restore public trust.
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So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
Interview for a senior role at BBC News
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
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November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So I made this video 4 years ago - and somehow things have got worse since then… youtu.be/bJnT2yL66Kw?...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
I still think this system should be turned around and make the MPs and civil servants the suspects. Withhold their salaries if they decide fraud but can't prove it 100% certain.
They will suddenly be very cautious.
Howard Webb can prepare his excuses again for employing Stevie Wonders on VAR. That was such a clear penalty kick for Brentford after the foul from Burn.
#BRENEW #PremierLeague
#BRENEW #PremierLeague
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Howard Webb can prepare his excuses again for employing Stevie Wonders on VAR. That was such a clear penalty kick for Brentford after the foul from Burn.
#BRENEW #PremierLeague
#BRENEW #PremierLeague
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🟢🟡 The First Domino Falls, but Dark Clouds Still Hover Over NR1.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
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▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🟢🟡 The First Domino Falls, but Dark Clouds Still Hover Over NR1.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
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This is interesting and sounds to me much more realistic than many other accounts...
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Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is interesting and sounds to me much more realistic than many other accounts...
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Delighted that our review on resistance to last-resort antibiotics in Enterococci has been published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan... (accepted manuscript version)
TL;DR: the Enterococci are really good at evolving resistance to antibiotics in new and creative ways.
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan... (accepted manuscript version)
TL;DR: the Enterococci are really good at evolving resistance to antibiotics in new and creative ways.
Resistance to last-resort antibiotics in enterococci
Abstract. The genus Enterococcus comprises a diverse group of species, many of which are commensal members of the gut microbiota of humans and animals. The
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November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Delighted that our review on resistance to last-resort antibiotics in Enterococci has been published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan... (accepted manuscript version)
TL;DR: the Enterococci are really good at evolving resistance to antibiotics in new and creative ways.
academic.oup.com/femsre/advan... (accepted manuscript version)
TL;DR: the Enterococci are really good at evolving resistance to antibiotics in new and creative ways.
About 30 years ago, I read an autobiography of #Crick and later The Double Helix from #Watson. They left me with very different impressions of the characters.
Crick was a genius and somewhat pompously seemed to agree with that. May have been the translation, may have been dry humour.
Crick was a genius and somewhat pompously seemed to agree with that. May have been the translation, may have been dry humour.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This.
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
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Wouldn't this make a great present? Or just get one for yourself..
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November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wouldn't this make a great present? Or just get one for yourself..
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Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
🧬 🖥️ #genomics/bioinformatics
Anyone advice for a simple program to transpose large tab-delimited files. I have 50k columns and up to 5000 rows of alleles, and spreadsheets don't like that number of columns. Transposed it would be fine. The Transpose TSV websites struggle with the file size. Thanks!
Anyone advice for a simple program to transpose large tab-delimited files. I have 50k columns and up to 5000 rows of alleles, and spreadsheets don't like that number of columns. Transposed it would be fine. The Transpose TSV websites struggle with the file size. Thanks!
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🧬 🖥️ #genomics/bioinformatics
Anyone advice for a simple program to transpose large tab-delimited files. I have 50k columns and up to 5000 rows of alleles, and spreadsheets don't like that number of columns. Transposed it would be fine. The Transpose TSV websites struggle with the file size. Thanks!
Anyone advice for a simple program to transpose large tab-delimited files. I have 50k columns and up to 5000 rows of alleles, and spreadsheets don't like that number of columns. Transposed it would be fine. The Transpose TSV websites struggle with the file size. Thanks!
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It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
James D. Watson died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 97.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
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Chapter 1 Karen demands a rebate
Chapter 2 Karen has a fit about "best by" dates
Chapter 3 Karen demands to see the manager
Chapter 4 Karen has a row with the self-checkout
Chapter 5 Karen goes home empty handed and fuming
THE END
Chapter 2 Karen has a fit about "best by" dates
Chapter 3 Karen demands to see the manager
Chapter 4 Karen has a row with the self-checkout
Chapter 5 Karen goes home empty handed and fuming
THE END
Perhaps if someone were to write a Karen Goes Shopping illustrated children's book, it might get through to them.
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Chapter 1 Karen demands a rebate
Chapter 2 Karen has a fit about "best by" dates
Chapter 3 Karen demands to see the manager
Chapter 4 Karen has a row with the self-checkout
Chapter 5 Karen goes home empty handed and fuming
THE END
Chapter 2 Karen has a fit about "best by" dates
Chapter 3 Karen demands to see the manager
Chapter 4 Karen has a row with the self-checkout
Chapter 5 Karen goes home empty handed and fuming
THE END
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"The Cuomintang government has fled to Staten Island and has vowed to retake the mainland after it fell to Mamdanism"
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"The Cuomintang government has fled to Staten Island and has vowed to retake the mainland after it fell to Mamdanism"
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Associate Lecturer - Philosophy
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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