Richard Barrett-Jolley
@richardbj.bsky.social
Chair of Neuropharmacology
Chair BBSRC Committee A
Veterinary School Senior Tutor University of Liverpool
#IonChannels, ML, modelling
Also a little veterinary research.
Personally: DOGS!
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-9972
Chair BBSRC Committee A
Veterinary School Senior Tutor University of Liverpool
#IonChannels, ML, modelling
Also a little veterinary research.
Personally: DOGS!
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-9972
Pinned
So of course having adopted BlueSky partly due to the *lack* of algorithm, I've made myself one for "trending" dogs... 🙄 bsky.app/profile/did:...
...and now WITH the hashtag #DogsOfBlueSky
...and now WITH the hashtag #DogsOfBlueSky
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Last call to sign up for this free event. A recording will be available to those who register, and you can submit questions in advance (so if you can't make it live, you can still ask a question and get the answer in the recording). www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/06/ask-...
Ask Me Anything About Dog Bites with Zazie Todd PhD and Carri Westgarth PhD
Join us for this Ask Me Anything with two dog experts. Bring your questions about dog bites or simply watch and learn.
www.companionanimalpsychology.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Last call to sign up for this free event. A recording will be available to those who register, and you can submit questions in advance (so if you can't make it live, you can still ask a question and get the answer in the recording). www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/06/ask-...
Could you not just use DeepFake technology to replace Greg Wallace with Carrie Fisher?
#masterchef
#masterchef
July 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Could you not just use DeepFake technology to replace Greg Wallace with Carrie Fisher?
#masterchef
#masterchef
The specific part of my brain Freddie is boosting is the yelling—shut—up—area. Generally.
Cats & dogs may be exercising more than just your patience: they could be keeping parts of your brain ticking over too.
Researchers have found that owning a 4-pawed friend may slow cognitive decline, by preserving specific brain functions as we age.
🧪🧠🐱🐶
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Researchers have found that owning a 4-pawed friend may slow cognitive decline, by preserving specific brain functions as we age.
🧪🧠🐱🐶
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Owning dog or cat could preserve some brain functions as we age, study says
Fish or bird ownership showed no significant link to slower cognitive decline in study with implications for ageing societies
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The specific part of my brain Freddie is boosting is the yelling—shut—up—area. Generally.
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This video shows the passage of my puppy smuggling bill, from raising the issue my maiden speech to the third reading in Parliament yesterday.
I'm so proud to have delivered this massive win for animal welfare exactly a year after becoming an MP!
I'm so proud to have delivered this massive win for animal welfare exactly a year after becoming an MP!
Lib Dem MP @DannyChambers.bsky.social's Private Members' Bill has passed in the House of Commons! 🐶
This bill will ban puppy smuggling and mutilation. This is a huge step forward in protecting our pets and people alike.
This bill will ban puppy smuggling and mutilation. This is a huge step forward in protecting our pets and people alike.
July 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This video shows the passage of my puppy smuggling bill, from raising the issue my maiden speech to the third reading in Parliament yesterday.
I'm so proud to have delivered this massive win for animal welfare exactly a year after becoming an MP!
I'm so proud to have delivered this massive win for animal welfare exactly a year after becoming an MP!
#Eurovision… and Switzerland invented… the internet???
May 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#Eurovision… and Switzerland invented… the internet???
Found a new trick to see *why trending* on bsky at least. Running bsky in Edge, click on the trending topic then ask copilot to summarise?
May save me quite a bit of scrolling of a morning!
May save me quite a bit of scrolling of a morning!
April 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Found a new trick to see *why trending* on bsky at least. Running bsky in Edge, click on the trending topic then ask copilot to summarise?
May save me quite a bit of scrolling of a morning!
May save me quite a bit of scrolling of a morning!
I see ClaudeAI are now advertising $200 a month plan! That seems extraordinarily expensive doesn’t it?
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I see ClaudeAI are now advertising $200 a month plan! That seems extraordinarily expensive doesn’t it?
A near universal annoyance of sci-fi. Helmet lights point in which would render the wearer blind to anything outside of the helmet! Always style over substance.
April 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A near universal annoyance of sci-fi. Helmet lights point in which would render the wearer blind to anything outside of the helmet! Always style over substance.
These rockhopper penguins have had it easy for too long, and dont get me started on so called King penguins. Who do they think they are strutting about like they were emperors?
About time we sorted them out.
Tariffs #tariffs
Pic from @justinwolfers
About time we sorted them out.
Tariffs #tariffs
Pic from @justinwolfers
April 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
These rockhopper penguins have had it easy for too long, and dont get me started on so called King penguins. Who do they think they are strutting about like they were emperors?
About time we sorted them out.
Tariffs #tariffs
Pic from @justinwolfers
About time we sorted them out.
Tariffs #tariffs
Pic from @justinwolfers
Illegally imported puppies
@britishvets.bsky.social on Bluesky
New data shows 1 in 5 UK small animal vets saw illegally imported puppies last year. #BVAVetVoice
With increased concerns around imported diseases like rabies, we're urging Govt to progress the #PuppySmugglingBill into law. 1/2
@dannychambers.bsky.social
https://www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blog/news-article/1-in-5-uk-vets-report-seeing-illegally-imported-puppies-last-year-as-bva-calls-on-government-to-act/
bsky.app
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Illegally imported puppies
@fullfact.org another one for your list?
Not much being said on what the Trump Tariff table (LHS) really shows? It is distributed widely, but what is the column on the left? Buried on the BBC website it suggests =round(100 x (trade surplus)/GDP)? Seems strange to get so little discussion. Deficit does not equal tariff or barrier obvs.
April 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
@fullfact.org another one for your list?
Not much being said on what the Trump Tariff table (LHS) really shows? It is distributed widely, but what is the column on the left? Buried on the BBC website it suggests =round(100 x (trade surplus)/GDP)? Seems strange to get so little discussion. Deficit does not equal tariff or barrier obvs.
April 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Not much being said on what the Trump Tariff table (LHS) really shows? It is distributed widely, but what is the column on the left? Buried on the BBC website it suggests =round(100 x (trade surplus)/GDP)? Seems strange to get so little discussion. Deficit does not equal tariff or barrier obvs.
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An image is being shared online with claims it shows a man who came to the UK by boat and is taking the government to court over his housing.
But it’s actually a 2016 stock photo from Malaysia. We’ve found no evidence of such a legal challenge.
But it’s actually a 2016 stock photo from Malaysia. We’ve found no evidence of such a legal challenge.
Image shared with claim about family in London is 2016 stock photo from Malaysia - Full Fact
Social media posts have claimed the photo shows the family of a person called “Khalil”, who supposedly arrived in the UK by boat and lives in a five-bed home in north London.
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
An image is being shared online with claims it shows a man who came to the UK by boat and is taking the government to court over his housing.
But it’s actually a 2016 stock photo from Malaysia. We’ve found no evidence of such a legal challenge.
But it’s actually a 2016 stock photo from Malaysia. We’ve found no evidence of such a legal challenge.
PhD position at UCL…
New *Funded PhD opportunity* for UK students to work with me at UCL (London), researching auditory training interventions to improve speech understanding in noisy environments. Deadline 28th April. Full details and job description: bit.ly/4ccbbzj @uclpals.bsky.social [please share]
Divisional Vacancies
Job Vacancies in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
PhD position at UCL…
There is an irony, is there not, in an employer sending emails to staff about compulsory cyber-security training courses… that contain an html link to an external site…. that one is supposed to click to do the course?
March 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
There is an irony, is there not, in an employer sending emails to staff about compulsory cyber-security training courses… that contain an html link to an external site…. that one is supposed to click to do the course?
A bit late on this, but it’s cool. Who gets it!?
March 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A bit late on this, but it’s cool. Who gets it!?
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What 9 months in space does to the human body.
The human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years to fully recover from. 🧪🚀🦵🏼
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years to fully recover from. 🧪🚀🦵🏼
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What nine months in space does to the human body
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?
www.bbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What 9 months in space does to the human body.
The human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years to fully recover from. 🧪🚀🦵🏼
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years to fully recover from. 🧪🚀🦵🏼
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Who else buries the vodka, Gavascon and Imodium under the vegetables in the supermarket trolley, when you see an influx of your students filling the shop.
March 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Who else buries the vodka, Gavascon and Imodium under the vegetables in the supermarket trolley, when you see an influx of your students filling the shop.
Finally meeting peep IRL I have known from zoom over about 5years. Also one fellow scientist I’ve not met in person for over 30 years…. And we still had anecdotes about mutual colleagues from back then.
@ukri.org
@ukri.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Finally meeting peep IRL I have known from zoom over about 5years. Also one fellow scientist I’ve not met in person for over 30 years…. And we still had anecdotes about mutual colleagues from back then.
@ukri.org
@ukri.org
Vestibular modulation by stimulant derivatives in a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel
@britpharmsoc.bsky.social
@[email protected]
#Ionchannels
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70011
@britpharmsoc.bsky.social
@[email protected]
#Ionchannels
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70011
March 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Vestibular modulation by stimulant derivatives in a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel
@britpharmsoc.bsky.social
@[email protected]
#Ionchannels
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70011
@britpharmsoc.bsky.social
@[email protected]
#Ionchannels
https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70011
Desperate times….
March 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Desperate times….
A controversial choice I know…. (Apologies to vegan friends)
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A controversial choice I know…. (Apologies to vegan friends)
I hear Arne Slot had a good shout at the #LFC players during the break. I wonder why he doesn’t just shout at them before the start and save us all the stress?
March 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I hear Arne Slot had a good shout at the #LFC players during the break. I wonder why he doesn’t just shout at them before the start and save us all the stress?
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As a measles outbreak spreads across western Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is trying to convince some parents that vitamin A, touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus, will not protect their children reut.rs/4kxgvRC
Doctors push back as parents embrace Kennedy and vitamin A in Texas measles outbreak
Dr. Ana Montanez is working overtime in Lubbock to contact vaccine-hesitant parents, explaining the grave risks posed by a disease that most American families have never seen, and one that can be prevented through immunization.
reut.rs
March 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As a measles outbreak spreads across western Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is trying to convince some parents that vitamin A, touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus, will not protect their children reut.rs/4kxgvRC
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The most important thing you can do for a fearful dog is help them feel safe. Management is one of the ways to do that. There are some tips (and what to do when it goes wrong) here: www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2022/03/stay...
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The most important thing you can do for a fearful dog is help them feel safe. Management is one of the ways to do that. There are some tips (and what to do when it goes wrong) here: www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2022/03/stay...