The cruelty is the point.

They are using this as an excuse to fire even more of our best, most dedicated scientists, researchers, and civil servants.
They do this because they do not believe in science, and they do not genuinely care about the health of America.

I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

BTW the last link is thanks to @dieworkwear.bsky.social . Grifters gonna grift bsky.app/profile/diew...

I should have paid more attention to friends trying to convince me that solipsism is the only explanation for this world...

The reaction of everyone who actually works in health is 'What a ridiculous idea!'
People come to the GP surgery because they're unwell, many are anxious already and having what are widely perceived as the 'benefits police' on site will make this worse.

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

We’re launching a major #recruitment call for staff scientists in #ComputationalBiology, #DataScience, and #AI to strengthen Sweden’s life science research. 🧪🖥️

Positions are based at SciLifeLab sites across Sweden’s leading universities.

Learn more and apply ↓
www.scilifelab.se/news/scilife...

It is hard to break the loop of 1) selecting excellent researchers using traditional indicators of excellence (=prestige); and 2) expecting these beneficiaries of old-school prestige to lead on more inclusive, forward-looking indicators.
But current data shows it is only all bark, no bite.

I'm trying to reconcile REF's expressed need for NTOs and their described priority for "EDI and broader diversity" (e.g. 2029.ref.ac.uk/wp-content/u... (PDF)), with their selection, in practice, of established Professors (in the case of UoL all are Professors news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/04/s...).

The number of deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance is predicted to rise from 1 millio to 2 million death per year by 2050. Reasons:
- Too few new drugs
- Excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture
- Antibiotics overuse in medical practice
- Lack of awareness
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Many days I pass in front of a plant-based meals restaurant. And here I was, naively thinking how good the expression "plant-based" is. It's inviting, avoids moral arguments, and it does what it says on the tin.

I'm mostly a carnivore, but I also eat a lot of plant-based food!

The most important paper in evolutionary biology I'd never heard of:

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New blog post! 🚨

Reflections on my first year as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in Denmark — the science, the challenges, and the journey toward independence. 🌱

nasmillelarkemejia.com/one-year-as-...

#uArctic_project

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇.

Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes.

Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍

Invasive mosquito vector species detected in surveillance traps in United Kingdom

because the stakes are so low, it's easier to burn the royal society to the ground than to admit a mistake.

I can’t promise this will be the last time I talk about inequity — or equity washing — in science. But after the multitude of responses to my Nature piece, I know something has shifted. Many came from the Global North. That alone feels like a small win. 👉 rdcu.be/eGEun

In fact: in more cases than not, immigration is actually at least part of the answer to address the real issue. So basically: anti-immigration policies constitute a *double negative* - they prevent addressing the real issues by providing the wrong focus and they likely make the real issue worse.

Voluntary work, notwithstanding unpaid labour implications, isn’t a requirement for people who already live here, native or not and many (most) don’t do any at all. So charities etc will soon rely on immigrants as already happens in the NHS.

This week, we lost a leading scientist. Prof Amilcar Tanuri, who died with 67 years after leading the scientific response to Zika, HIV, COVID-19 and multiple other epidemics in Brazil. I was so fortunate to have Prof Tanuri as a mentor and friend for over 3 decades. Rest in peace my friend.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!