Rhys Davies
@quinnfeld.bsky.social
Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases doctor. A bit...odd. Bugs, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll, baby!
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Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
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The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
First time back at yoga after maybe a month off.
The heartburn will kill me.
The heartburn will kill me.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
First time back at yoga after maybe a month off.
The heartburn will kill me.
The heartburn will kill me.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Flu is coming soon. That epi curve looks a bit ominous. #IDSky
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Flu is coming soon. That epi curve looks a bit ominous. #IDSky
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good explainer article & public health message 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hey ID Fellows, what are your favorite ID consults? Asked that question during a recent visit to the ID division at Johns Hopkins, and here's what their fellows said. #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Favorite ID Fellow Consults: Johns Hopkins Edition
Just back from a visit to the Infectious Diseases Division at Johns Hopkins, thanks to the kind invitation of current ID chief Dr. Amita Gupta and her predecessor, Dr. David Thomas. On a personal note...
blogs.jwatch.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hey ID Fellows, what are your favorite ID consults? Asked that question during a recent visit to the ID division at Johns Hopkins, and here's what their fellows said. #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Influenza is taking off already. If you can get vaccinated, please do (I did 2 weeks ago).
If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Influenza is taking off already. If you can get vaccinated, please do (I did 2 weeks ago).
If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
If you think you have ‘flu but aren’t so ill as to need medical care, please do the right thing and isolate. Influenza is still a very serious infection for many people.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Kanoya Kanpachirou (PR chief of Kanoya City) is a skilled dancer with the head of an amberjack.
October 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kanoya Kanpachirou (PR chief of Kanoya City) is a skilled dancer with the head of an amberjack.
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The first three words of "look at this asshole" is always "look at this". Don't give Bastards free PR!
Remember:
- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals
- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks
- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to
This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.
- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals
- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks
- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to
This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The first three words of "look at this asshole" is always "look at this". Don't give Bastards free PR!
Heating has come on in my office for the first time this season. Excellent.
October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Heating has come on in my office for the first time this season. Excellent.
Saucepan.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Saucepan.
Just been to see House of Dynamite, the new film by Kathryn Bigelow.
I think it gave me a stomach ulcer. It's great! 👍
I think it gave me a stomach ulcer. It's great! 👍
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just been to see House of Dynamite, the new film by Kathryn Bigelow.
I think it gave me a stomach ulcer. It's great! 👍
I think it gave me a stomach ulcer. It's great! 👍
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Choosing to believe that Count Orlok and Count Dracula existed at the same time, carrying out the same plan, and it was just a really bad year for estate agents
October 31, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Choosing to believe that Count Orlok and Count Dracula existed at the same time, carrying out the same plan, and it was just a really bad year for estate agents
Yoga instructor went full sicko mode in tonight's class. Excellent stuff
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yoga instructor went full sicko mode in tonight's class. Excellent stuff
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Start doing yoga now
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Start doing yoga now
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The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
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Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...