Pete Ashton
@peteashton.bsky.social
Genomics/Bioinformatics Software Engineer mostly interested in pathogens, pests and parasites. Recovering core facility manager. Big fan of long reads in general and ONT in particular. Owns more guitars than seems sensible.
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Please stop calling normal things I have bought in my lifetime "vintage"
March 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Please stop calling normal things I have bought in my lifetime "vintage"
A fluke, but worth bragging!
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March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A fluke, but worth bragging!
Wordle 1,355 2/6*
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I remember being so worried about Jenny McCarthy & Andrew Wakefield and their antivax movement. I was told no one will listen to a celebrity & md who lost their license & had their paper retracted.
I’m so fucking pissed that I was right.
I’m so fucking pissed that I was right.
December 23, 2023 at 3:22 PM
I remember being so worried about Jenny McCarthy & Andrew Wakefield and their antivax movement. I was told no one will listen to a celebrity & md who lost their license & had their paper retracted.
I’m so fucking pissed that I was right.
I’m so fucking pissed that I was right.
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I can’t believe it’s the Winter Solstice and the the shops are full of Vernal Equinox paraphernalia already
December 21, 2023 at 9:05 AM
I can’t believe it’s the Winter Solstice and the the shops are full of Vernal Equinox paraphernalia already
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Let’s turn this poll Daily Excrement poll around! Link avoids giving them clicks. Please vote and share widely.
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No need to put in your email address! Just click submit.
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November 29, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Let’s turn this poll Daily Excrement poll around! Link avoids giving them clicks. Please vote and share widely.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
No need to put in your email address! Just click submit.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
No need to put in your email address! Just click submit.
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This week British government used a statutory instrument to massively increase spending and donations thresholds.
The result? It's now even easier for dark money, foreign influence and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
Me on Substack
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-b...
The result? It's now even easier for dark money, foreign influence and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
Me on Substack
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-b...
Revealed: Britain’s broken election laws have just got even worse
This week the government made it even easier for dark money, foreign influence and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2023 at 9:54 AM
This week British government used a statutory instrument to massively increase spending and donations thresholds.
The result? It's now even easier for dark money, foreign influence and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
Me on Substack
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-b...
The result? It's now even easier for dark money, foreign influence and the proceeds of crime to bankroll British politics
Me on Substack
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-b...
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There is a scientific fraud epidemic — and we are ignoring the cure Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good
Anjana Ahuja writes at Financial Times
www.ft.com/content/c886...
Anjana Ahuja writes at Financial Times
www.ft.com/content/c886...
There is a scientific fraud epidemic — and we are ignoring the cure
Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good
www.ft.com
November 22, 2023 at 7:33 AM
There is a scientific fraud epidemic — and we are ignoring the cure Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good
Anjana Ahuja writes at Financial Times
www.ft.com/content/c886...
Anjana Ahuja writes at Financial Times
www.ft.com/content/c886...
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Mobile genetic elements and climate change: a combination of two amazing topics! Sounds like a great opportunity. =)
Do soil mobile genetic elements mitigate the impacts of climate change in natural ecosystems?
The ACCE DTP is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or m...
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 22, 2023 at 8:18 AM
Mobile genetic elements and climate change: a combination of two amazing topics! Sounds like a great opportunity. =)
Have all Nandos stopped serving coffee, or is it just the one in York? They still have the coffee machine behind the counter - I get the impression they can be bothered to turn it on...
November 19, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Have all Nandos stopped serving coffee, or is it just the one in York? They still have the coffee machine behind the counter - I get the impression they can be bothered to turn it on...