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Microbiologist @ Vet School, genomics/pathogens. Views, compliments and rants are my own. ORCID: 0000-0003-0203-1305. Am trying to avoid getting politics in my mentions, science and cats OK!
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Academic nuisance email blocklist https://twitter.com/robinnkok/status/1139515629466202112?s=20 Robin N. Kok @robinnkok ·Jun 15, 2019 Many thanks to @dutchscientist for the initial bulk list of domain...
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For those receiving a lot of #predatoryjournal #spam, a long time ago Robin N Kok and I created an Outlook list with lots of those domains linked. Any email from such domain automatically goes in the Junk Email, and you can add to it.
#idsky #microsky
For those receiving a lot of #predatoryjournal #spam, a long time ago Robin N Kok and I created an Outlook list with lots of those domains linked. Any email from such domain automatically goes in the Junk Email, and you can add to it.
#idsky #microsky
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Another happy cat claims their lap mat.. buy yours in my Etsy shop before they sell out! Your cat would never forgive you!
They arrived today and Bruce already appropriated both of them within a few minutes. I am sure his more shy sister CeCe will get one as well 😇
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Another happy cat claims their lap mat.. buy yours in my Etsy shop before they sell out! Your cat would never forgive you!
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Funding shortage? I'm sure that Shabana Mahmood is willing to ordering more robberies of valuables from foreigners.
Funding shortage? I'm sure that Shabana Mahmood is willing to ordering more robberies of valuables from foreigners.
Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Funding shortage? I'm sure that Shabana Mahmood is willing to ordering more robberies of valuables from foreigners.
Funding shortage? I'm sure that Shabana Mahmood is willing to ordering more robberies of valuables from foreigners.
Frothing xenophobes.
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Frothing xenophobes.
copenhagenizeindex.eu
My home city (Utrecht) is the most cycling-friendly city in the world. All hail Utrecht and follow Utrecht's example!
(just in case people wonder why I want to move back to the Netherlands when I retire)
My home city (Utrecht) is the most cycling-friendly city in the world. All hail Utrecht and follow Utrecht's example!
(just in case people wonder why I want to move back to the Netherlands when I retire)
Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
copenhagenizeindex.eu
My home city (Utrecht) is the most cycling-friendly city in the world. All hail Utrecht and follow Utrecht's example!
(just in case people wonder why I want to move back to the Netherlands when I retire)
My home city (Utrecht) is the most cycling-friendly city in the world. All hail Utrecht and follow Utrecht's example!
(just in case people wonder why I want to move back to the Netherlands when I retire)
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
The Grauniad strikes again, with someone leaving Autocorrect on and talking about the DR Conga. Come on in, Miami Sound Machine! @theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Grauniad strikes again, with someone leaving Autocorrect on and talking about the DR Conga. Come on in, Miami Sound Machine! @theguardian.com
Fun! And lots of cat pictures.
Superb article, in which I learn that St. Hugh's college has a cat called Admiral Flapjack
If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you: oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Fun! And lots of cat pictures.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
So, frothing xenophobe, they don't have to pay for national insurance then?
The brainless stupidity is so difficult to endure.
So, frothing xenophobe, they don't have to pay for national insurance then?
The brainless stupidity is so difficult to endure.
Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans
Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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So, frothing xenophobe, they don't have to pay for national insurance then?
The brainless stupidity is so difficult to endure.
So, frothing xenophobe, they don't have to pay for national insurance then?
The brainless stupidity is so difficult to endure.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Well done, Staffordshire University. Daylight robbery, no academic standards.
Way to go to make sure students will avoid you.
Well done, Staffordshire University. Daylight robbery, no academic standards.
Way to go to make sure students will avoid you.
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Well done, Staffordshire University. Daylight robbery, no academic standards.
Way to go to make sure students will avoid you.
Well done, Staffordshire University. Daylight robbery, no academic standards.
Way to go to make sure students will avoid you.
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I am sure the people smuggling gangs are happy to hear that.
Maybe a lobotomy would make her smarter.
I am sure the people smuggling gangs are happy to hear that.
Maybe a lobotomy would make her smarter.
Shabana Mahmood: Paying failed asylum seekers to leave is value for money
Home secretary says she will consider
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November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I am sure the people smuggling gangs are happy to hear that.
Maybe a lobotomy would make her smarter.
I am sure the people smuggling gangs are happy to hear that.
Maybe a lobotomy would make her smarter.
The annual BMJ fun!
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The annual BMJ fun!
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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Very happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky
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Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure
Bacterial immune systems have evolved in response to diverse molecular "parasites", yet their ecological roles remain poorly understood. This Essay explores how interactions between mobile genetic ele...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky
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journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Happy to share our new AMR resource which has phenotypic AMR (usually MIC data) collected from publications and databases. This is paired with assemblies and annotations
We're excited for users who might train new models, find phenotype/genotype mismatches, or any other use
We're excited for users who might train new models, find phenotype/genotype mismatches, or any other use
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care.
EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
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EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
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A new gateway to global antimicrobial resistance data
New online portal connects bacterial genomes with experimental resistance data to support antimicrobial resistance research.
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy to share our new AMR resource which has phenotypic AMR (usually MIC data) collected from publications and databases. This is paired with assemblies and annotations
We're excited for users who might train new models, find phenotype/genotype mismatches, or any other use
We're excited for users who might train new models, find phenotype/genotype mismatches, or any other use
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care.
EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🧬💻
EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🧬💻
A new gateway to global antimicrobial resistance data
New online portal connects bacterial genomes with experimental resistance data to support antimicrobial resistance research.
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care.
EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🧬💻
EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.
#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
🧬💻
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Dutch language but very funny. Belgian parliament member tried to filibuster a vote, spoke for 45h and was creative (even got pizza delivered), but got stopped because the rule is that he has to stay on-topic. When he started repeating himself, he got stopped.
Dutch language but very funny. Belgian parliament member tried to filibuster a vote, spoke for 45h and was creative (even got pizza delivered), but got stopped because the rule is that he has to stay on-topic. When he started repeating himself, he got stopped.
Belgische politicus wordt na 45 uur woord ontnomen, zitting eindigt in geruzie
De Belgische politicus Vincent Van Quickenborne is woensdagmiddag na bijna 45 uur het woord ontnomen in de Belgische Kamer. De parlementariër probeerde met zijn marathonspeech een stemming te blokkere...
www.nu.nl
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...
Dutch language but very funny. Belgian parliament member tried to filibuster a vote, spoke for 45h and was creative (even got pizza delivered), but got stopped because the rule is that he has to stay on-topic. When he started repeating himself, he got stopped.
Dutch language but very funny. Belgian parliament member tried to filibuster a vote, spoke for 45h and was creative (even got pizza delivered), but got stopped because the rule is that he has to stay on-topic. When he started repeating himself, he got stopped.
Well done @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social 🥂
Marjory Stephenson Prize 2026: Professor Mark Buttner — @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Outreach and Engagement Prize 2026: @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social — @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
Translational Microbiology Prize 2026: @alanlparker.bsky.social — @cancerwales.bsky.social
Outreach and Engagement Prize 2026: @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social — @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
Translational Microbiology Prize 2026: @alanlparker.bsky.social — @cancerwales.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Well done @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social 🥂
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Happy cat, happy human. Buy my lap mats..
Meg loves her mat. It allows her to be next to me, get petted at her own convenience. Very recommended.
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy cat, happy human. Buy my lap mats..
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Thinking about #RFKJr, and this song came around on the headphones. Can't be clearer, what a nasty family...
Thinking about #RFKJr, and this song came around on the headphones. Can't be clearer, what a nasty family...
Denis Leary - The Kennedys
YouTube video by kubacheck
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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Thinking about #RFKJr, and this song came around on the headphones. Can't be clearer, what a nasty family...
Thinking about #RFKJr, and this song came around on the headphones. Can't be clearer, what a nasty family...
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Dutch Estate Agent does a "Black Friday Deal". Only on Fri 28 Nov, the house is 25k "cheaper".
Except for that the house was first increased in price last month, so they make it seem like a deal. Seriously, they think they can get away with anything...
Dutch Estate Agent does a "Black Friday Deal". Only on Fri 28 Nov, the house is 25k "cheaper".
Except for that the house was first increased in price last month, so they make it seem like a deal. Seriously, they think they can get away with anything...
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Dutch Estate Agent does a "Black Friday Deal". Only on Fri 28 Nov, the house is 25k "cheaper".
Except for that the house was first increased in price last month, so they make it seem like a deal. Seriously, they think they can get away with anything...
Dutch Estate Agent does a "Black Friday Deal". Only on Fri 28 Nov, the house is 25k "cheaper".
Except for that the house was first increased in price last month, so they make it seem like a deal. Seriously, they think they can get away with anything...
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Larry Summers keeps on teaching, he needs access to young students to target and harass?
The @harvard.edu leadership is a bunch of
The @harvard.edu leadership is a bunch of
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Larry Summers keeps on teaching, he needs access to young students to target and harass?
The @harvard.edu leadership is a bunch of
The @harvard.edu leadership is a bunch of