McEnkidu
@mcenkidu.bsky.social
Glaswegian Londoner, Statistician, Immunologist, Virologist, Data Scientist, Celtic Fan.
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I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
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By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4oQ8bxO
go.nature.com/4oQ8bxO
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4oQ8bxO
go.nature.com/4oQ8bxO
Hibs man. Meme club.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hibs man. Meme club.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for him
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea
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The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
www.vox.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The consumer backlash to data centers is here.
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
Right now, you’re paying more for your electricity because of AI data centers you’ve never seen — and that may never be built. Advocates for ratepayers in Maryland are pushing back.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4650...
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Macron now his July election has backfired
December 4, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Macron now his July election has backfired
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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Mo Salah is asking the right questions
August 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mo Salah is asking the right questions
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UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
August 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
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The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
Why should the US decide who can have certain tech?
Restrictions on Iranian and Chinese technology are about preserving US geopolitical power
www.disconnect.blog
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
I wouldn't have chosen this hill to die on. RFK has lots of stupider ideas:
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Breaking news: Contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC continues to recommend the coronavirus vaccines for healthy children, according to new documentation posted to the agency's website.
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids
While RFK Jr. said coronavirus vaccines would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I wouldn't have chosen this hill to die on. RFK has lots of stupider ideas:
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There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
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Asked GPT to (impossibly) "write a Bluesky post 100% guaranteed to go viral"
Its suggestion: "just saw a guy confidently order a "croissantini" at the coffee shop and the barista nodded like that was a normal word. i live in a simulation."
Then I said "Make it more viral" and things got weird... 🧵
Its suggestion: "just saw a guy confidently order a "croissantini" at the coffee shop and the barista nodded like that was a normal word. i live in a simulation."
Then I said "Make it more viral" and things got weird... 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Asked GPT to (impossibly) "write a Bluesky post 100% guaranteed to go viral"
Its suggestion: "just saw a guy confidently order a "croissantini" at the coffee shop and the barista nodded like that was a normal word. i live in a simulation."
Then I said "Make it more viral" and things got weird... 🧵
Its suggestion: "just saw a guy confidently order a "croissantini" at the coffee shop and the barista nodded like that was a normal word. i live in a simulation."
Then I said "Make it more viral" and things got weird... 🧵
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We're so not ready for the AI slop deluge.
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’ – Pivot to AI
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’ – Pivot to AI
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’
Peter Purgathofer looked over “Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy” by Nanasaheb Thorat, published in March by Springer Nature. On page 25, he found why we pay Springer the big bucks: [h…
pivot-to-ai.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
We're so not ready for the AI slop deluge.
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’ – Pivot to AI
$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’ – Pivot to AI
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Happy Star Wars Day.
Here’s an ANDOR inspired place name change special because we absolutely andor this series and think it's a masterpiece. 🙌
Any suggestions from the series?
#StarWars #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou #Andor
Here’s an ANDOR inspired place name change special because we absolutely andor this series and think it's a masterpiece. 🙌
Any suggestions from the series?
#StarWars #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou #Andor
May 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy Star Wars Day.
Here’s an ANDOR inspired place name change special because we absolutely andor this series and think it's a masterpiece. 🙌
Any suggestions from the series?
#StarWars #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou #Andor
Here’s an ANDOR inspired place name change special because we absolutely andor this series and think it's a masterpiece. 🙌
Any suggestions from the series?
#StarWars #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou #Andor
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The refusal to grasp the bull by the horns is increasingly baffling
Farage left an open goal the other week by spouting off about how immigrants are somehow responsible for people struggling to see a GP...
...in a country where 46% of GPs were born overseas.
Literally no response from gov comms
Farage left an open goal the other week by spouting off about how immigrants are somehow responsible for people struggling to see a GP...
...in a country where 46% of GPs were born overseas.
Literally no response from gov comms
May 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The refusal to grasp the bull by the horns is increasingly baffling
Farage left an open goal the other week by spouting off about how immigrants are somehow responsible for people struggling to see a GP...
...in a country where 46% of GPs were born overseas.
Literally no response from gov comms
Farage left an open goal the other week by spouting off about how immigrants are somehow responsible for people struggling to see a GP...
...in a country where 46% of GPs were born overseas.
Literally no response from gov comms
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this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
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“One should call this phenomenon by name: This is incitement to genocide.”
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“One should call this phenomenon by name: This is incitement to genocide.”
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️
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My work in making artificial intelligence fair has been noticed by US officials intent on ending ‘class warfare propaganda’
https://go.nature.com/431DygD
https://go.nature.com/431DygD
My ‘woke DEI’ grant has been flagged for scrutiny. Where do I go from here?
My work in making artificial intelligence fair has been noticed by US officials intent on ending ‘class warfare propaganda’.
go.nature.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My work in making artificial intelligence fair has been noticed by US officials intent on ending ‘class warfare propaganda’
https://go.nature.com/431DygD
https://go.nature.com/431DygD
so good..
youtu.be/Ugt3j4zdHhc?...
youtu.be/Ugt3j4zdHhc?...
china before vs. after the trade war
YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
so good..
youtu.be/Ugt3j4zdHhc?...
youtu.be/Ugt3j4zdHhc?...