Stuart Neil
@tetherin.bsky.social
Virologist, comparative virus/host interactions of HIV, Flu, Ebola and SARS CoV-2
Unashamed fan of loud shouty music. Not left-wing, not right-wing, not too fond of historical or present day fascists.
Unashamed fan of loud shouty music. Not left-wing, not right-wing, not too fond of historical or present day fascists.
I’m confused. Someone dancing and singing in Spanish is a ‘slap in the face to America’…but destroying its public institutions, enriching your mates, establishing ICE as your personal Sturmabteilung and redacting yourself out of the biggest pedophile scandal in history, is not.
Just checking
Just checking
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I’m confused. Someone dancing and singing in Spanish is a ‘slap in the face to America’…but destroying its public institutions, enriching your mates, establishing ICE as your personal Sturmabteilung and redacting yourself out of the biggest pedophile scandal in history, is not.
Just checking
Just checking
An angry @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social take on the Mandelson affair, it’s monumental mishandling by Starmer, and how the usual Labour navel gazing and right wing client press not holding most of the real villains to account is gifting the fascists a free pass
www.youtube.com/live/ng1P7cv...
www.youtube.com/live/ng1P7cv...
Alastair Reacts to Starmer-Mandelson Turmoil
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
An angry @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social take on the Mandelson affair, it’s monumental mishandling by Starmer, and how the usual Labour navel gazing and right wing client press not holding most of the real villains to account is gifting the fascists a free pass
www.youtube.com/live/ng1P7cv...
www.youtube.com/live/ng1P7cv...
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Not really a surprise, but it's still surprising to me that some chose to believe his lie
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Not really a surprise, but it's still surprising to me that some chose to believe his lie
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They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
Interesting discussion on @newsagents.bsky.social on Starmer and Mandy
I would hazard they thought that because Mandelson is gay and therefore was ‘insulated’ from Epstein’s crimes (afawk!) that his assoc within a pedophile and assurances that he didn’t know was enough.
Starmer has to go IMO
I would hazard they thought that because Mandelson is gay and therefore was ‘insulated’ from Epstein’s crimes (afawk!) that his assoc within a pedophile and assurances that he didn’t know was enough.
Starmer has to go IMO
Starting to think Starmer has to go over his lack of judgement over Mandelson.
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Interesting discussion on @newsagents.bsky.social on Starmer and Mandy
I would hazard they thought that because Mandelson is gay and therefore was ‘insulated’ from Epstein’s crimes (afawk!) that his assoc within a pedophile and assurances that he didn’t know was enough.
Starmer has to go IMO
I would hazard they thought that because Mandelson is gay and therefore was ‘insulated’ from Epstein’s crimes (afawk!) that his assoc within a pedophile and assurances that he didn’t know was enough.
Starmer has to go IMO
Starting to think Starmer has to go over his lack of judgement over Mandelson.
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
February 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Starting to think Starmer has to go over his lack of judgement over Mandelson.
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
He knew he was dodgy but was panicked by needing a Littlefinger to whisper to Trump
Ultimately the knock on effect of Trump’s destabilization of international relations is going to do for Keir
This is finally out.
Very short take home. All the variation in spike that produced the immune escape characteristics of Omicron can occur in one single persistently infected individual over the period of a year.
This is why persistent infections matter
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Very short take home. All the variation in spike that produced the immune escape characteristics of Omicron can occur in one single persistently infected individual over the period of a year.
This is why persistent infections matter
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Antibody escape drives emergence of diverse spike haplotypes resembling variants of concern in persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections
Snell et al. develop sequencing methodology to identify full-length spike haplotypes
and show that persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections drive divergent haplotype emergence,
accelerating viral evolution an...
www.cell.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is finally out.
Very short take home. All the variation in spike that produced the immune escape characteristics of Omicron can occur in one single persistently infected individual over the period of a year.
This is why persistent infections matter
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Very short take home. All the variation in spike that produced the immune escape characteristics of Omicron can occur in one single persistently infected individual over the period of a year.
This is why persistent infections matter
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Given that the schysters, lunatics and frauds on X (inc head of NIH and the crybabies from BSNow that he fired) are ‘celebrating’ Proximal Origin’s birthday with their usual crap calling for retraction, prosecution and, here, execution…
…perhaps someone can show me what the article got wrong.
…perhaps someone can show me what the article got wrong.
I totally forgot - it's Happy Feb 1 Secret Teleconference Day!!!
Luckily - and even now, six years later - the A Team over on The Other Site is already celebrating 🙇🙏🥳.
Luckily - and even now, six years later - the A Team over on The Other Site is already celebrating 🙇🙏🥳.
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Given that the schysters, lunatics and frauds on X (inc head of NIH and the crybabies from BSNow that he fired) are ‘celebrating’ Proximal Origin’s birthday with their usual crap calling for retraction, prosecution and, here, execution…
…perhaps someone can show me what the article got wrong.
…perhaps someone can show me what the article got wrong.
When you find yourself getting schooled by Grok and you have to cry to Elon that his otherwise dodgy AI is not validating your particular conspiracy theory, I would hope I would have the self awareness to wonder where I went wrong.
Richard on the other hand howls ‘stooges’ into the void
Richard on the other hand howls ‘stooges’ into the void
February 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
When you find yourself getting schooled by Grok and you have to cry to Elon that his otherwise dodgy AI is not validating your particular conspiracy theory, I would hope I would have the self awareness to wonder where I went wrong.
Richard on the other hand howls ‘stooges’ into the void
Richard on the other hand howls ‘stooges’ into the void
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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
Despite early seminal discoveries in retroviral oncogenesis, Duesberg destroyed his reputation promoting fringe theories and conspiracy. His championing of AIDS denialism was so pernicious and influential, partic in S Africa, it literally killed 100s of thousands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
Peter H. Duesberg, 89, Renowned Biologist Turned H.I.V. Denialist, Dies
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Despite early seminal discoveries in retroviral oncogenesis, Duesberg destroyed his reputation promoting fringe theories and conspiracy. His championing of AIDS denialism was so pernicious and influential, partic in S Africa, it literally killed 100s of thousands.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
It’s amazing how quickly the MAGA has a problem with the second amendment…..
….which they fought to preserve so citizens could protect themselves against a tyrannical government.
I guess they expected that a tyrannical government would threaten to change toilet door signs and not be their gestapo
….which they fought to preserve so citizens could protect themselves against a tyrannical government.
I guess they expected that a tyrannical government would threaten to change toilet door signs and not be their gestapo
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It’s amazing how quickly the MAGA has a problem with the second amendment…..
….which they fought to preserve so citizens could protect themselves against a tyrannical government.
I guess they expected that a tyrannical government would threaten to change toilet door signs and not be their gestapo
….which they fought to preserve so citizens could protect themselves against a tyrannical government.
I guess they expected that a tyrannical government would threaten to change toilet door signs and not be their gestapo
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This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
Trump on stage at Davos
Rambling, embarrassing, nonsensical senility peppered with outright untruths many of which I’m sure he actually believes.
Isn’t this what the 25th Amendment is for?
Rambling, embarrassing, nonsensical senility peppered with outright untruths many of which I’m sure he actually believes.
Isn’t this what the 25th Amendment is for?
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trump on stage at Davos
Rambling, embarrassing, nonsensical senility peppered with outright untruths many of which I’m sure he actually believes.
Isn’t this what the 25th Amendment is for?
Rambling, embarrassing, nonsensical senility peppered with outright untruths many of which I’m sure he actually believes.
Isn’t this what the 25th Amendment is for?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
If cbs has any guts, they would not air any of it and explain why…. But of course now the newsroom is run by MAGA conspiracist Bari Weiss they will just roll over for their master.
If cbs has any guts, they would not air any of it and explain why…. But of course now the newsroom is run by MAGA conspiracist Bari Weiss they will just roll over for their master.
White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to broadcast new interview with president in full and without edits
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
If cbs has any guts, they would not air any of it and explain why…. But of course now the newsroom is run by MAGA conspiracist Bari Weiss they will just roll over for their master.
If cbs has any guts, they would not air any of it and explain why…. But of course now the newsroom is run by MAGA conspiracist Bari Weiss they will just roll over for their master.
I guess technically getting a slight bruise counts as ‘internal bleeding’…..or maybe in the ‘excitement’ his haemorrhoid burst.
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I guess technically getting a slight bruise counts as ‘internal bleeding’…..or maybe in the ‘excitement’ his haemorrhoid burst.
A point of clarification. Enoch Jenrick did NOT defect to Reform. He had already been fired and chucked out of the Tories. He wasn’t affiliated to any party when he had to rush prematurely to his new fuhrer and hurriedly sign on the dotted line…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Barbs and a betrayal as Jenrick joins Reform after Badenoch gives him boot
Former shadow justice secretary shares stage with Nigel Farage in wake of being summarily sacked by Tory leader
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A point of clarification. Enoch Jenrick did NOT defect to Reform. He had already been fired and chucked out of the Tories. He wasn’t affiliated to any party when he had to rush prematurely to his new fuhrer and hurriedly sign on the dotted line…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One is a former army and intelligence officer, Administrator of an Iraqi province, Foreign Service representative in Afghanistan, former MP and Cabinet minister, Charity head, author, Yale Professor and co-presenter of a highly popular podcast.
The other is an ‘opinion journalist’ with a Substack.
The other is an ‘opinion journalist’ with a Substack.
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
One is a former army and intelligence officer, Administrator of an Iraqi province, Foreign Service representative in Afghanistan, former MP and Cabinet minister, Charity head, author, Yale Professor and co-presenter of a highly popular podcast.
The other is an ‘opinion journalist’ with a Substack.
The other is an ‘opinion journalist’ with a Substack.
Interesting that the UK’s volkisch press hasn’t covered Iran at all but finds time to bash the BBC for its coverage that is the leading story on their sites.
Plus how do expect any media to cover anything in depth when we have a protofascist mafioso flooding the zone with destabilizing nonsense?
Plus how do expect any media to cover anything in depth when we have a protofascist mafioso flooding the zone with destabilizing nonsense?
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Interesting that the UK’s volkisch press hasn’t covered Iran at all but finds time to bash the BBC for its coverage that is the leading story on their sites.
Plus how do expect any media to cover anything in depth when we have a protofascist mafioso flooding the zone with destabilizing nonsense?
Plus how do expect any media to cover anything in depth when we have a protofascist mafioso flooding the zone with destabilizing nonsense?
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Workouts From the Cringe
Take the Matt and Jay Challenge: How much DGOF can you cancel before it comes out that you do it yourself?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Jay & Matt hope you watch their incredible pushup form instead of the $500M they gave themselves based on work that is definitively “dangerous gain-of-function” (DGOF) research. They also terminated grants doing similar work for being DGOF.
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Hypocrites
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/workouts-f...
Might explain why Bryce K Incels and Ed ‘the hamster’ Hammond* were left with such a bad taste in their mouths after working for him.
*(he’s not a real hamster though is he)
*(he’s not a real hamster though is he)
I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Might explain why Bryce K Incels and Ed ‘the hamster’ Hammond* were left with such a bad taste in their mouths after working for him.
*(he’s not a real hamster though is he)
*(he’s not a real hamster though is he)
Excellent. Fund deeply unethical trials by antivax apologists that will put neonates at risk of HBV transmission. And do it in a developing country and run away.
Nice to see the lesson RFKjr took from Tuskegee is not do it in America
Nice to see the lesson RFKjr took from Tuskegee is not do it in America
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excellent. Fund deeply unethical trials by antivax apologists that will put neonates at risk of HBV transmission. And do it in a developing country and run away.
Nice to see the lesson RFKjr took from Tuskegee is not do it in America
Nice to see the lesson RFKjr took from Tuskegee is not do it in America
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Latest article from Rebecca Youle in Taylor lab at Crick in collaboration with Chad Swanson and my labs on the enzymatic activity of KHNYN, cofactor for ZAP
It is a highly active endoribonuclease with cleavage site preferences and an absolute dependence on manganese
Latest article from Rebecca Youle in Taylor lab at Crick in collaboration with Chad Swanson and my labs on the enzymatic activity of KHNYN, cofactor for ZAP
It is a highly active endoribonuclease with cleavage site preferences and an absolute dependence on manganese
KHNYN is a manganese-dependent endoribonuclease required for ZAP-mediated antiviral restriction
Abstract. Zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is a cytoplasmic protein central to host innate immunity to viral infection. ZAP has no intrinsic catalytic a
academic.oup.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Latest article from Rebecca Youle in Taylor lab at Crick in collaboration with Chad Swanson and my labs on the enzymatic activity of KHNYN, cofactor for ZAP
It is a highly active endoribonuclease with cleavage site preferences and an absolute dependence on manganese
Latest article from Rebecca Youle in Taylor lab at Crick in collaboration with Chad Swanson and my labs on the enzymatic activity of KHNYN, cofactor for ZAP
It is a highly active endoribonuclease with cleavage site preferences and an absolute dependence on manganese