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Sarah Cook, PhD
@scquack.bsky.social
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🇬🇧 in 🇺🇲. Immunologist studying glioblastoma at Duke. Grimsby Town fan. Crochet & knitting enthusiast. She/her.
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Reason number 10000000001 that AI is just so dumb. Bearing in mind - I'm posting this at 0-0, 16 minutes into the match. I'm particularly impressed Myles Lewis-Skelly is going to score, considering he's not even in the squad.
Screen shot of a Google AI overview of Albania Vs England football match. The AI says "AI overview: Albania and England recently played a FIFA World Cup Qualifier on November 16, 2025, where England won 2-0. The match was the final group game for both teams and took place in Tirana, Albania. England's goals were sacked by Myles Lewis-Skelly and Harry Kane"
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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We are delighted to announce the signing of new Grimsby Town fan, Eli. Although Eli was ineligible for the Man U Game due to not being born yet, it is hoped that the Mariners' new chief dribbler will make his debut for #GTFC on Saturday against Cambridge.
September 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Snap!
August 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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I'm ready!! Come on you Mariners #GTFC #UTM
Tablet showing Grimsby Town Vs Manchester United in the lab
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Americans really will use anything except the metric system won't they
Email from American company Babylist detailing "Your pregnancy at 38 weeks". It states that "your baby is 13.4" this week. That's about the size of a Hello Kitty Boom Box". A picture of the Hello Kitty Boom Box is above the text
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Ah the Grimsby Telegraph. This is the write up the Grimsby-Crawley match and for some reason Swindon were also there?

Never change Telegraph, never change 🤣 #GTFC
Screen shot of the Grimsby telegraph website showing the write up of Grimsby Town Vs Crawley Town. The text reads "Town had strong penalty appeals waved away soon after for a clear pull on the shoulder of McEachran, and Swindon almost scored down the other end as Kabongo Tshimanga lobbed just over the bar."
August 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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When you can't watch the #Lionesses in the US so your sister video WhatsApp calls you from England...
July 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Proud of @kiritsingh.bsky.social for spearheading this work on T cell migration to the glioma TME.

IL-7–mediated expansion of autologous lymphocytes increases CD8+ VLA-4 expression and accumulation in glioblastoma models
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
Graphical abstract of JCI paper. CD8 (cytotoxic) T cells were expanded in vitro with addition of either IL2 or IL7 cytokinesis. IL2 induced effector T cell skewing, decrease in VLA4 expression and subsequent decrease in cell migration. However, IL7 increased memory T cell skewing, increase in VLA4 and so increase in cell migration to the glioma tumour microenvironment.
June 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I can't listen to TMS in America, but the BBC live text commentary of Test Cricket never fails to disappoint. Come on England #EngVsInd #Cricket 🏏
At 12:51 BST a text from Dave in Farnham to BBC Cricket reads "The Indian openers look bulletproof to me. Yes, this is an attempt to provoke a string of wickets" In the next post of the Live Cricket coverage on the BBC, England take a wicket. The text reads "Dave in Farnham delivers! KL Rahul faces four balls from Brydon Carse without scoring and then slashes at his fifth, sending an edge flying towards the cordon. Joe Root grabs it at first slip, falling back and taking the catch with his fingers pointing up. A vital wicket just before lunch" And just 5 balls later, England take another wicket. The text reads "it's a duck on debut! A delivery that's heading down the leg side and Sudharsan tries to glance but can only edge to be gathered by a diving Jamie Smith. That smells of a plan for the debutant - the previous delivery was along a similar line and Sudharsan almost offered an edge there, and England had a leg slip and backward square in" In response, Katie from North Wales texts in "And another one? Hat trick for Dave in Farnham?" Anon texts in "Arise, Sir Dave in Farnham" and Dai, in Cardiff, texts in "What a great bit of cricket from Dave in Farnham"
June 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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I saw this headline yesterday instantly said "seems moronic", then read it & found myself agreeing with parts. But I'm not a #lawyer or #barrister & have no experience in #law - I'd be interested in the opinions of those here that have expertise in these areas? Especially #humanrights campaigners?
Guardian headline "Here's a radical way to save England's collapsing justice system: get rid of juries" by Simon Jenkins. Quote "we're saddles with an archaic system. As record numbers of trials stall and costs soar, it's time for us to ditch this relic"
May 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Hey @petegreensolo.com ... Hope you know that your article still comes in use when it turns out I hang around with heathens
Text chain involving someone telling me I'm basically a Yorkie because I'm from Grimsby.
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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FILTH #GTFC
April 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I was last in my #MarchMadness bracket the entire time because I chose winners based on the cool-ness of their logo. UNCW got very far in my bracket.
But I flew up to second at the very last minute, and regret nothing
March Madness bracket for my work. Top had 152 points, second (me) had 100 points, and both had Florida to win. Third, fourth, and fifth had Duke to win and 93, 85, and 72 points respectively. 6th had Texas to win and 67 points
April 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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So.. who do we reckon this is then #GTFC fans?
Text from mother in law states: Had a long chat with Joseph, a UNCW student from Germany, at the dog park today. I've seen him before, but we were the only people there for the entire 1.5 his, so we had a longer/deeper conversation. He's a soccer player and played in the UK for a couple of years (Nottingham and one other). I told him you were from Grimsby and his whole face lit up. "Grimsby town! I've played them!"
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Really great fun to do an elementary school science night. Each bead represents a different inheritable trait and you could compare the different colours between people. Loved the kids seeing how similar they were to their parents and different from each other.
Long table of different inheritable traits that each participant had to collect a bead for Final product of churning genetic traits - different order of beads on a pipe cleaner that you can compare between people
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Hey Google... Tell me the most American headline to ever exist
March 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Gutted to be missing this but I have a Drs appointment that I can't miss. But I'll be there in spirit. Here's a flashback to the Science funding protest in Apr 2017. Thank you everyone able to attend today - and do us proud! #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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SITC is still keeping and funding their DEI grant. Not bowing to pressure like other organisations. Proud SITC member here!
SITC (society for immunotherapy in cancer) offering a one year diversity, equity, and inclusion in cancer immunotherapy fellowship. Sum is $100k
March 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Hey #Immunosky ... If you were titrating a CD86 antibody and twice now have found that the CD86 population is in the CD3+ population... Would you assume the company sent you the wrong antibody, or that you've discovered something that's definitely going to win you the Novel Prize? 🤞🤞 for Nobel
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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£4 million in social value, with nearly half of it being mental health support, is a really incredible achievement. Well done all at #GTFC Foundation
February 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Is there anyone more if a coward than Senator Tillis of #NCPol? Refusing to take calls of his constituents (straight to voicemail) & confirming Trump's pro-Putin candidates while sending out this email & video (link next Skeet). He's absolutely right, but actions speak louder than words, Mr. Tillis
Email from senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina. It reads "Friend, Last week, I attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany, representing the U.S. Senate in my capacity as the co-chair of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group. Following the conference, I traveled to Ukraine to speak with elected leaders, civilians, and the brave soldiers who are fighting Putin's illegal invasion. The most profound moment of the trip was visiting Bucha and seeing the site of the Russian military's massacre of hundreds of innocent Ukrainian civilians. It was a reminder of the depravity of Putin, a cold-blooded killer and war criminal who we cannot trust. I just spoke on the Senate floor sharing my thoughts on the visit to Ukraine and what needs to happen to end this war. Please take a quick moment to watch. Sincerely, Thom Tillis"
February 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The most perfect paragraph in reporting doesn't exis....

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Asked about possible conflicts of interest as a result of Musk gutting agencies that either are investigating his companies for regulatory noncompliance or that have contracts with his companies, such as the defense department, Musk suggested there were none. “First of all, I’m not the one filing the contract. It’s the people at SpaceX or something,” said Musk, the founder, chief executive, chief engineer and chair of SpaceX.
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Genuinely thought my husband had bought #GTFC branded shoes for a second there
February 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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A private citizen billionaire has hacked the treasury systems & taken the information of everyone in 🇺🇸 onto unsecured drives

The felon president is purging the government of anyone he classes at disloyal to him. He's also called for ethnic cleansing of Gazans.

Anyway, Wordle? Completed it mate✌️
Played 1000 games of Wordle in a row with 100% win rate.
February 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM