Bhav
@bhavkhatri.bsky.social
Theoretical physicist/biologist. Interested in evolutionary theory & inference, statistical mechanics of genotype-phenotype maps, virus evolution, and DNA/chromatin polymer physics.
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@bhavkhatri.bsky.social
· Jul 16
A new material constant of DNA is the major determinant of looping dynamics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.664086v1
I'm very pleased to share this work, which discovers a new material property of DNA—the bending friction— in essence how "sticky or viscous" DNA is as it bends & loops due to all the complex molecular interactions within itself & water
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More science funding—yes—but needs distributing more equitably. Current system has very poor success rates & rewards previous success not necess quality. Scientists spend huge proportion of time writing & reviewing grants. Need core funding+randomly allocate grants above quality threshold.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
More science funding—yes—but needs distributing more equitably. Current system has very poor success rates & rewards previous success not necess quality. Scientists spend huge proportion of time writing & reviewing grants. Need core funding+randomly allocate grants above quality threshold.
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Funny that Justin doesn't mention the fact that we have marginal pricing system where in order to meet demand the contributor which is most expensive sets the overall price even if it continues a minority to meet demand!
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it
From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Funny that Justin doesn't mention the fact that we have marginal pricing system where in order to meet demand the contributor which is most expensive sets the overall price even if it continues a minority to meet demand!
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
My recently published paper in @epljournal.bsky.social was written up for @physicsworld.bsky.social website.
TL;DR using branching process theory I calculated times to extinction of an epidemic, so if we'd stayed in 1st lockdown—in principle—we could have removed infections within a few months.
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TL;DR using branching process theory I calculated times to extinction of an epidemic, so if we'd stayed in 1st lockdown—in principle—we could have removed infections within a few months.
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Staying the course with lockdowns could end future pandemics in months – Physics World
New calculation of viral spread suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses is scientifically feasible, though social challenges remain
physicsworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My recently published paper in @epljournal.bsky.social was written up for @physicsworld.bsky.social website.
TL;DR using branching process theory I calculated times to extinction of an epidemic, so if we'd stayed in 1st lockdown—in principle—we could have removed infections within a few months.
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TL;DR using branching process theory I calculated times to extinction of an epidemic, so if we'd stayed in 1st lockdown—in principle—we could have removed infections within a few months.
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Calculating sentences by pen, paper & calculator just shows you consequences of Tory austerity. And sadly fact this Labour gov don't at the very least having a temporary software solution (I could write code to solve this in a matter of hrs) shows you effectively we still have austerity
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December 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Calculating sentences by pen, paper & calculator just shows you consequences of Tory austerity. And sadly fact this Labour gov don't at the very least having a temporary software solution (I could write code to solve this in a matter of hrs) shows you effectively we still have austerity
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I look forward to a time when we don't need to rely on people's charity to tackle something as basic as homelessness.
But apparently the gov spending to do something about this will spook the bond markets.
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But apparently the gov spending to do something about this will spook the bond markets.
#r4today
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I look forward to a time when we don't need to rely on people's charity to tackle something as basic as homelessness.
But apparently the gov spending to do something about this will spook the bond markets.
#r4today
But apparently the gov spending to do something about this will spook the bond markets.
#r4today
This panel is completely biased to right wing/centrist economic orthodoxy. The @greenparty.org.uk are offering an alternative viewpoint and polling the same as Labour and Tories, but there is no one to counter the economics of balance-the-books'ism.
#bbclaurak
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November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This panel is completely biased to right wing/centrist economic orthodoxy. The @greenparty.org.uk are offering an alternative viewpoint and polling the same as Labour and Tories, but there is no one to counter the economics of balance-the-books'ism.
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
This discussion shows the ridiculousness of having fiscal rules based on very flaky OBR projections!
Meanwhile people are still in poverty and investment in green technologies and insulating the UKs leaky homes is lacking!!
#bbclaurak
Meanwhile people are still in poverty and investment in green technologies and insulating the UKs leaky homes is lacking!!
#bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This discussion shows the ridiculousness of having fiscal rules based on very flaky OBR projections!
Meanwhile people are still in poverty and investment in green technologies and insulating the UKs leaky homes is lacking!!
#bbclaurak
Meanwhile people are still in poverty and investment in green technologies and insulating the UKs leaky homes is lacking!!
#bbclaurak
Why is the premise of Amol's questions to head of OBR that welfare spending is too large and that debt is bad.
We need the BBC to stop being a mouthpiece of orthodox economics and thereby the interests of the rich and powerful.
#r4today
We need the BBC to stop being a mouthpiece of orthodox economics and thereby the interests of the rich and powerful.
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Why is the premise of Amol's questions to head of OBR that welfare spending is too large and that debt is bad.
We need the BBC to stop being a mouthpiece of orthodox economics and thereby the interests of the rich and powerful.
#r4today
We need the BBC to stop being a mouthpiece of orthodox economics and thereby the interests of the rich and powerful.
#r4today
#r4today financial segment helping us be in hock to and being exploited by the bond markets!
The fact that they're ok with Reeves budget is not a good thing!
Instead we need govs to spend to tackle the many deep challenges in the UK and a BoE backing the gov instead of working against it.
The fact that they're ok with Reeves budget is not a good thing!
Instead we need govs to spend to tackle the many deep challenges in the UK and a BoE backing the gov instead of working against it.
Pretty sickening that the BBC are so pally with an investor in bond markets.
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#r4today financial segment helping us be in hock to and being exploited by the bond markets!
The fact that they're ok with Reeves budget is not a good thing!
Instead we need govs to spend to tackle the many deep challenges in the UK and a BoE backing the gov instead of working against it.
The fact that they're ok with Reeves budget is not a good thing!
Instead we need govs to spend to tackle the many deep challenges in the UK and a BoE backing the gov instead of working against it.
Pretty sickening that the BBC are so pally with an investor in bond markets.
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Pretty sickening that the BBC are so pally with an investor in bond markets.
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
Bond markets want to make profit from gov borrowing and have no interest in the social welfare of the country.
Again the BBC show complete bias towards orthodoxy on economic matters!
#r4today
For me the key thing about Farage's racist comments is that he could easily say that was who I was then, I've changed, I denounce them and apologise to those students.
But he didn't and that tells me everything you need to know.
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But he didn't and that tells me everything you need to know.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
For me the key thing about Farage's racist comments is that he could easily say that was who I was then, I've changed, I denounce them and apologise to those students.
But he didn't and that tells me everything you need to know.
#r4today
But he didn't and that tells me everything you need to know.
#r4today
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Haldane really disingenuous about @zackpolanski.bsky.social using perjoratives "lala land economics" & "funny money solutions": borrowing is not QE & he didn't advocate printing money! Haldane lashing out to avoid substance of argument: govs can borrow to command resources in economy.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Haldane really disingenuous about @zackpolanski.bsky.social using perjoratives "lala land economics" & "funny money solutions": borrowing is not QE & he didn't advocate printing money! Haldane lashing out to avoid substance of argument: govs can borrow to command resources in economy.
#bbclaurak
#bbclaurak
Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social actually talking economic sense and very clearly and forcefully stating that govs are not households!!
#r4today
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November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social actually talking economic sense and very clearly and forcefully stating that govs are not households!!
#r4today
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The goal of gov is not to get debt down—goal of gov is to spend to drive the economy, by giving money to people to spend in the economy to drive demand and to invest in the infrastructure: both encourage private investment.
As Keynes said "Anything we can actually do, we can afford"
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As Keynes said "Anything we can actually do, we can afford"
#bbclaurak
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The goal of gov is not to get debt down—goal of gov is to spend to drive the economy, by giving money to people to spend in the economy to drive demand and to invest in the infrastructure: both encourage private investment.
As Keynes said "Anything we can actually do, we can afford"
#bbclaurak
As Keynes said "Anything we can actually do, we can afford"
#bbclaurak
Feels like rewriting of history here—it was always about protecting NHS from being overwhelmed with COVID.
Also as my paper shows, we did not need an endless lockdown to eliminate COVID & but potentially a matter of months if we stayed in lockdown in June 2020.
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Also as my paper shows, we did not need an endless lockdown to eliminate COVID & but potentially a matter of months if we stayed in lockdown in June 2020.
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Happy that I have finally published this work at @epljournal.bsky.social which calculates the distribution of pandemic extinction times using only NPIs (yes lockdowns) & predicts that the covid pandemic could have been eliminated in a time of order months! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Feels like rewriting of history here—it was always about protecting NHS from being overwhelmed with COVID.
Also as my paper shows, we did not need an endless lockdown to eliminate COVID & but potentially a matter of months if we stayed in lockdown in June 2020.
#r4today
bsky.app/profile/bhav...
Also as my paper shows, we did not need an endless lockdown to eliminate COVID & but potentially a matter of months if we stayed in lockdown in June 2020.
#r4today
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What's shamebolic is a discussion of our economic future without saying capitalism has caused climate change and will cause future economic damage.
This is like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic, when we should be moving to a war-like economy to defeat climate change.
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This is like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic, when we should be moving to a war-like economy to defeat climate change.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What's shamebolic is a discussion of our economic future without saying capitalism has caused climate change and will cause future economic damage.
This is like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic, when we should be moving to a war-like economy to defeat climate change.
#r4today
This is like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic, when we should be moving to a war-like economy to defeat climate change.
#r4today
If you look at composition of BBC board of 13 (before resignations) then only one who you could say is out-and-out on the left (Muriel Gray) with the rest likely centrist or further right. So not a surprise that in fact there a bias against anything left wing, socially or economically.
#bbclaurak
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The Tube presenter, the former ballerina and the banker: the BBC board’s members
While the director general, Tim Davie, is often in the spotlight, here is what you need to know about the rest of the broadcaster’s leadership
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you look at composition of BBC board of 13 (before resignations) then only one who you could say is out-and-out on the left (Muriel Gray) with the rest likely centrist or further right. So not a surprise that in fact there a bias against anything left wing, socially or economically.
#bbclaurak
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Fact that Laura Kuenssberg asked both Mahmood and Phelps basically the same questions tells you everything you need to know!
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November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Fact that Laura Kuenssberg asked both Mahmood and Phelps basically the same questions tells you everything you need to know!
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What made me angry about Tories is they had knack of promoting ethnic minorities with callous views to positions of authority, since they calculate that it is more difficult to call them racist or immoral. It seems with Mahmood Labour are taking a leaf out of their playbook.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What made me angry about Tories is they had knack of promoting ethnic minorities with callous views to positions of authority, since they calculate that it is more difficult to call them racist or immoral. It seems with Mahmood Labour are taking a leaf out of their playbook.
#bbclaurak
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Someone should send Trump this!
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BBC Trust says Laura Kuenssberg report on Corbyn was inaccurate
Regulator says report on Labour leader’s views about shoot-to-kill breached impartiality and accuracy guidelines
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Someone should send Trump this!
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Lewis Goodall:
"I would have much more time for the Prescott dossier if it raised partiality questions across the spectrum – complaints about Reform over-representation, Green and Lib Dem under-representation, a tendency to follow orthodox economic analysis.."
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"I would have much more time for the Prescott dossier if it raised partiality questions across the spectrum – complaints about Reform over-representation, Green and Lib Dem under-representation, a tendency to follow orthodox economic analysis.."
#r4today
Trump’s attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
magazine.newstatesman.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Lewis Goodall:
"I would have much more time for the Prescott dossier if it raised partiality questions across the spectrum – complaints about Reform over-representation, Green and Lib Dem under-representation, a tendency to follow orthodox economic analysis.."
#r4today
"I would have much more time for the Prescott dossier if it raised partiality questions across the spectrum – complaints about Reform over-representation, Green and Lib Dem under-representation, a tendency to follow orthodox economic analysis.."
#r4today
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Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
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European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026
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