The Sept 2023 UK-EU agreement on association to @horizoneu.bsky.social offered the possibility of huge advantages for the UK.

Ahead of the 2nd anniversary of the deal, what has the impact been on UK science – and how are Horizon projects supporting growth in key sectors like life sciences? 🧵

My mate says this is the absolute worst film to take someone on a date to.

"Always choose the lesser of two weevils" is one of my favourite puns.

Saturday morning podcast fun, as we sail the ocean wave in Master And Commander...

Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!

Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?

Enter the garden.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”

So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

In honour of #NationalPuppyDay, a #Roman sculpture from #Pompeii of four little pups curled up together & sleeping peacefully - a lovely piece of ancient art, made more than 2000 years ago #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology AncientBlueSky 🏺

Interested in how we can tackle the scourge of research fraud? And meeting people in the delightful city of Oxford? Join us at the FAIRS meeting in April - in-person and online options.
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)

THREAD

So your Attention Score went down because people are rage-deleting their Twitter accounts.

Why is that happening? Should I be worried? Should I see my doctor?

Let's get into what the Attention Score actually is, how it's impacted by posts and deletions, WITH THE HELP OF MEMES.
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Sheffield researchers are turning toxic liquids into sustainable materials ♻

Prof Jagroop Pandhal and his team are leading research on microbial systems engineering methods to convert components in different wastewaters into useful biochemicals.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/tur...

Abandon the REF? Few would mourn its passing, but a UKDayOne report that recommends replacement hasn't thought hard enough about how to do that well.
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2024/...

i-CASE PhD with AstraZeneca (+6-months paid placement). If you are or know of students undecided between going into industry or do a PhD ask them to apply! With
@ijayas.bsky.social
Structural biology, enzymology, innate immunity RNA and super-resolution imaging ✨
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I think the Klingons love Metal. Slayer in particular, but they're not very particular. Vulkans like Ambient and Minimal. The Ferengi probably love KPop.

In the last few years I've collaborated with two companies who subsequently dropped promising therapeutics, based on financial viability, and two friends lost jobs when their companies, with shiny new FDA approvals, hit the wall. It's all broken...

www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...