Guy Leonard
@guyleonard.bsky.social
Bioinformatician w/ Tom Richards & Team at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social
Homebrewer. WSET Beer Level 2.
Rejoiner 🇪🇺🤝🇬🇧
AI is not 'inevitable', resist its uncritical adoption.
Constant politics-doom ruined the other place.
Homebrewer. WSET Beer Level 2.
Rejoiner 🇪🇺🤝🇬🇧
AI is not 'inevitable', resist its uncritical adoption.
Constant politics-doom ruined the other place.
Pinned
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b
Endosymbiosis is a major driver of evolutionary innovation and underpins the function of diverse ecosystems. The origins and evolution of endosymbiosis are challenging to study experimentally due to t...
doi.org
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b.
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Cerveza Polar, Venezuela, c1950.
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Cerveza Polar, Venezuela, c1950.
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I rarely get this angry, but this pisses me off.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point…
CogSci: It’s not science. It’s not simple. And it’s not teaching & learning.
This diagram has enraged thousands of teachers thousands of times, because it renders something hugely complex (teaching & learning) as something pretty straight-forward. Yet, the speakers at ten thousand lecterns point to it and tell us – ‘Ah, but really, it’s actually far more complex than you would have yourself believe. Because this, colleagues, is Science. And this diagram is but a simplification of what we know – scientifically – happens when children learn.
masteringwritingmastery.wordpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I rarely get this angry, but this pisses me off.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
Just because a bunch of fools started calling what they do "cognitive science" when it isn't science, doesn't mean that what we do as cognitive scientists isn't.
Go read Von Eckhardt's "What is cognitive science?" if you doubt me.
The subtitles on the BBC news feed for the new year are clearly AI. There were terrible.
#stoptheslop
#stoptheslop
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The subtitles on the BBC news feed for the new year are clearly AI. There were terrible.
#stoptheslop
#stoptheslop
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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A good time of year to remember some who said no to a royal Honour:
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A good time of year to remember some who said no to a royal Honour:
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
David Bowie
Albert Finney
Alan Rickman
Ken Loach
Michael Sheen
Paul Weller
Danny Boyle
John Lennon
LS Lowry
John Cleese
CS Lewis
Stephen Hawking
Jim Broadbent
Francis Bacon
Alan Bennett
Feel free to add ✊️
Even more reason to like her!
Nigella Lawson turned down OBE title in New Years Honours
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
Nigella Lawson turned down OBE title in New Years Honours
Former Oxford University student and TV cook Nigella Lawson turned down an OBE in the New Year's Honours.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Even more reason to like her!
My mum put this TV show on today about the uranium-rush in 1950s America.
It showed how uranium was put into everything from plates to toothpaste to hamburgers to cigarettes and more.
It reminds me of now, and how AI is put into everything!
It will end just as badly...
It showed how uranium was put into everything from plates to toothpaste to hamburgers to cigarettes and more.
It reminds me of now, and how AI is put into everything!
It will end just as badly...
December 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My mum put this TV show on today about the uranium-rush in 1950s America.
It showed how uranium was put into everything from plates to toothpaste to hamburgers to cigarettes and more.
It reminds me of now, and how AI is put into everything!
It will end just as badly...
It showed how uranium was put into everything from plates to toothpaste to hamburgers to cigarettes and more.
It reminds me of now, and how AI is put into everything!
It will end just as badly...
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The countdown begins 🚀 Set your reminders for the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI: 28, 29 and 30 December at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer.
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
December 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The countdown begins 🚀 Set your reminders for the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI: 28, 29 and 30 December at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer.
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
Has anyone found a (red) Dark Terry's Chocolate Orange this year yet? There's a real shortage in Oxford! :(
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Has anyone found a (red) Dark Terry's Chocolate Orange this year yet? There's a real shortage in Oxford! :(
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We did a genome. Not just any genome. A Eukaryote! Telomeres, centromeres, introns! What the hell?! With megabrains @guyleonard.bsky.social Tom Richards, Fiona Savory at Oxford. A fun collaboration! Keep em peeled for more algal preprints coming soon!
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b.
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b
Endosymbiosis is a major driver of evolutionary innovation and underpins the function of diverse ecosystems. The origins and evolution of endosymbiosis are challenging to study experimentally due to t...
doi.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We did a genome. Not just any genome. A Eukaryote! Telomeres, centromeres, introns! What the hell?! With megabrains @guyleonard.bsky.social Tom Richards, Fiona Savory at Oxford. A fun collaboration! Keep em peeled for more algal preprints coming soon!
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BREAKING: Our Renting Wrapped 2025, including some huge wins‼️
➡️ The Renters' Rights Act finally became law
➡️ Rent controls coming in Scotland
➡️ End of the two child benefit limit
➡️ Over 50k people signed our petition calling for limits to rent increases in England
➡️ The Renters' Rights Act finally became law
➡️ Rent controls coming in Scotland
➡️ End of the two child benefit limit
➡️ Over 50k people signed our petition calling for limits to rent increases in England
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
BREAKING: Our Renting Wrapped 2025, including some huge wins‼️
➡️ The Renters' Rights Act finally became law
➡️ Rent controls coming in Scotland
➡️ End of the two child benefit limit
➡️ Over 50k people signed our petition calling for limits to rent increases in England
➡️ The Renters' Rights Act finally became law
➡️ Rent controls coming in Scotland
➡️ End of the two child benefit limit
➡️ Over 50k people signed our petition calling for limits to rent increases in England
I cancelled Netflix ages ago. Today they emailed:
"Emily in Paris Season 5 is now here"
That is the LAST thing that would get me to return.
So many good shows cancelled at Season 2, and that televisual lobotomy gets a 5th season! WTAF.
"Emily in Paris Season 5 is now here"
That is the LAST thing that would get me to return.
So many good shows cancelled at Season 2, and that televisual lobotomy gets a 5th season! WTAF.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I cancelled Netflix ages ago. Today they emailed:
"Emily in Paris Season 5 is now here"
That is the LAST thing that would get me to return.
So many good shows cancelled at Season 2, and that televisual lobotomy gets a 5th season! WTAF.
"Emily in Paris Season 5 is now here"
That is the LAST thing that would get me to return.
So many good shows cancelled at Season 2, and that televisual lobotomy gets a 5th season! WTAF.
Ooof so many from the @royalsociety.org - come on you can do better than this!
Great resource though!
Great resource though!
I have become a slop collector. 😮💨 Dirty job, but someone has to do it.
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
Pulled From the Trough: Slop Images in Academic Journals
This project collects images created using generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) that have appeared in academic journals.If you run across examples of gen AI images in journals or books - whethe...
doi.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ooof so many from the @royalsociety.org - come on you can do better than this!
Great resource though!
Great resource though!
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I have become a slop collector. 😮💨 Dirty job, but someone has to do it.
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
Pulled From the Trough: Slop Images in Academic Journals
This project collects images created using generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) that have appeared in academic journals.If you run across examples of gen AI images in journals or books - whethe...
doi.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I have become a slop collector. 😮💨 Dirty job, but someone has to do it.
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
I’m compiling gen A.I. images in academic journals. This is an ongoing project, and version 1 is here:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Version 2 in January with at least three 3️⃣ new illustrations.
#AcademicChatter
7 Hells.
No one wants this. Stop it.
No one wants this. Stop it.
According to an Amazon spokesperson, “To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out.”
Kindle’s New AI Feature Can Answer Questions About Your Books (Whether Authors Want It or Not)
The Kindle app's new feature will provide AI-generated tips to explain your book's plot or how the characters relate to one another, though it's currently only available on the iOS version.
www.pcmag.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
7 Hells.
No one wants this. Stop it.
No one wants this. Stop it.
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
They won't be the first to do this, nor the last.
We need to stop this insidious use of AI where there is no call, and no need for it.
They won't be the first to do this, nor the last.
We need to stop this insidious use of AI where there is no call, and no need for it.
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
They won't be the first to do this, nor the last.
We need to stop this insidious use of AI where there is no call, and no need for it.
They won't be the first to do this, nor the last.
We need to stop this insidious use of AI where there is no call, and no need for it.
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A new brewery and taproom in Osney Mead promises to revive the ‘Oxbrew’ name. Aaron Baldwin founded Oxbrew in Enstone in 2016, but it ceased independent operation after a merger with another West Oxfordshire brewery, Little Ox.
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new brewery and taproom in Osney Mead promises to revive the ‘Oxbrew’ name. Aaron Baldwin founded Oxbrew in Enstone in 2016, but it ceased independent operation after a merger with another West Oxfordshire brewery, Little Ox.
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b.
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b
Endosymbiosis is a major driver of evolutionary innovation and underpins the function of diverse ecosystems. The origins and evolution of endosymbiosis are challenging to study experimentally due to t...
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b.
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Justin Hawkes departs Moor Beer. Left Handed Giant bosses save the company from administration. Hurrah. I can drink Old Freddie Walker again.
www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...
www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...
Embattled Bristol brewery saved from administration
Moor Beer's new owners say "there will be no return to the behaviours of the past" and pledge to rebuild the business "on firmer foundations"
www.bristol247.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Justin Hawkes departs Moor Beer. Left Handed Giant bosses save the company from administration. Hurrah. I can drink Old Freddie Walker again.
www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...
www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...
Oh come on. I killed Chrome for security concerns. Now I have to kill Firefox too?
AI enshitification keeps on rolling.
AI enshitification keeps on rolling.
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Oh come on. I killed Chrome for security concerns. Now I have to kill Firefox too?
AI enshitification keeps on rolling.
AI enshitification keeps on rolling.
Let's keep this going!
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Let's keep this going!
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Are you very busy but still want to learn what Aphelids are and why they are important to understand the evolution of Fungi?
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Are you very busy but still want to learn what Aphelids are and why they are important to understand the evolution of Fungi?
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Why do these articles never ask "how much has this cost"?
If you can afford LLMs to do 'peer review' then you can afford to pay human reviewers.
This will entirely be Garbage In; Garbage Out.
www.science.org/content/arti...
If you can afford LLMs to do 'peer review' then you can afford to pay human reviewers.
This will entirely be Garbage In; Garbage Out.
www.science.org/content/arti...
A new preprint server welcomes papers written and reviewed by AI
With human peer review struggling to keep pace with machine-generated science, aiXiv enlists bots to help
www.science.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Why do these articles never ask "how much has this cost"?
If you can afford LLMs to do 'peer review' then you can afford to pay human reviewers.
This will entirely be Garbage In; Garbage Out.
www.science.org/content/arti...
If you can afford LLMs to do 'peer review' then you can afford to pay human reviewers.
This will entirely be Garbage In; Garbage Out.
www.science.org/content/arti...
I've seen IMC live multiple times along with other versions as stage shows over the years.
Such a shame it came to this, the BBC has been broken.
I hope the strawberry can live on independently in a new form where it's free to be itself.
Such a shame it came to this, the BBC has been broken.
I hope the strawberry can live on independently in a new form where it's free to be itself.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I've seen IMC live multiple times along with other versions as stage shows over the years.
Such a shame it came to this, the BBC has been broken.
I hope the strawberry can live on independently in a new form where it's free to be itself.
Such a shame it came to this, the BBC has been broken.
I hope the strawberry can live on independently in a new form where it's free to be itself.