Lonely Joe Parker
@lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social
Science and music, lectures a bit. Sleeps more. A few bike/active travel/public transport bits.
@lonelyjoeparker on all the socials.
@lonelyjoeparker on all the socials.
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The Tree of Life: A ton to be thankful for phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-to...
A ton to be thankful for -- here is one part of that - all the acknowledgement sections from my scholarly papers
A blog about microbiology, genomics and metagenomics, sequencing, evolution, ecology, and open science.
phylogenomics.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Tree of Life: A ton to be thankful for phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-to...
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“Because the truth is, no one wins in the false choice between safety and freedom. But if we centre care, equity, and imagination, we might just build an internet that lets us all breathe easier.”
We need online communities that are safe and inclusive. We can build them with care, joy, and justice.
We need online communities that are safe and inclusive. We can build them with care, joy, and justice.
Women deserve safety and privacy online. Why are we still being made to choose?
Seyi Akiwowo interviews sex workers, policy leads, and parents about online safety.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Because the truth is, no one wins in the false choice between safety and freedom. But if we centre care, equity, and imagination, we might just build an internet that lets us all breathe easier.”
We need online communities that are safe and inclusive. We can build them with care, joy, and justice.
We need online communities that are safe and inclusive. We can build them with care, joy, and justice.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wow. Really? Christ almighty they need to grow up a bit over the pond, don't they?
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Wow. Really? Christ almighty they need to grow up a bit over the pond, don't they?
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Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Er... Lads could be forgiven for thinking the way to make the unreasonable Russians reasonable is to... Smash them all the way back into their own borders?
Too simple? Perhaps it'll dawn on the grownups eventually 🙄
Er... Lads could be forgiven for thinking the way to make the unreasonable Russians reasonable is to... Smash them all the way back into their own borders?
Too simple? Perhaps it'll dawn on the grownups eventually 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Er... Lads could be forgiven for thinking the way to make the unreasonable Russians reasonable is to... Smash them all the way back into their own borders?
Too simple? Perhaps it'll dawn on the grownups eventually 🙄
Er... Lads could be forgiven for thinking the way to make the unreasonable Russians reasonable is to... Smash them all the way back into their own borders?
Too simple? Perhaps it'll dawn on the grownups eventually 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
('former') Reform UK top brass jailed for a decade on Russia bribe charges, you say? I am SHOOK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Doesn't sound very patriotic... But maybe just a wee bit Nationalist🤔🤫🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Doesn't sound very patriotic... But maybe just a wee bit Nationalist🤔🤫🤣
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
('former') Reform UK top brass jailed for a decade on Russia bribe charges, you say? I am SHOOK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Doesn't sound very patriotic... But maybe just a wee bit Nationalist🤔🤫🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Doesn't sound very patriotic... But maybe just a wee bit Nationalist🤔🤫🤣
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
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The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@davidkernohan.bsky.social congrats!! ⚽🏆
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@davidkernohan.bsky.social congrats!! ⚽🏆
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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2/5 The fossil fuel industry has a long history of spreading misinformation and disinformation while blocking meaningful climate action.
Despite this, lobbyists received almost 60% more passes to COP30 than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061).
Despite this, lobbyists received almost 60% more passes to COP30 than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061).
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
2/5 The fossil fuel industry has a long history of spreading misinformation and disinformation while blocking meaningful climate action.
Despite this, lobbyists received almost 60% more passes to COP30 than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061).
Despite this, lobbyists received almost 60% more passes to COP30 than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061).
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In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
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In 2019, we did something transformative: we set up a specialist Violence Reduction Unit to intervene and take a preventative approach.
The impact has been huge ⬇️
The impact has been huge ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In 2019, we did something transformative: we set up a specialist Violence Reduction Unit to intervene and take a preventative approach.
The impact has been huge ⬇️
The impact has been huge ⬇️
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
Anyone else struggling to upload pics?
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Anyone else struggling to upload pics?
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So excited about the upcoming release of Equator! "We began to imagine a new cultural venture, one that rejects the nihilistic idea that the powerful do what they please, and success is the only measure of moral virtue."
"Equator is founded on our conviction that the storied titles of the Anglophone West cannot be internally reformed, nor redeemed by their periodic U-turns and belated mea culpas. The time has come to create something new."
Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.
Join us: www.equator.org
Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.
Join us: www.equator.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
So excited about the upcoming release of Equator! "We began to imagine a new cultural venture, one that rejects the nihilistic idea that the powerful do what they please, and success is the only measure of moral virtue."
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Got a bad case of the Mondays
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Got a bad case of the Mondays