Duncan MacCannell
@drm.bsky.social
Molecular #epidemiology & #publichealth. Pathogen #genomics, #microbiology, #emerginginfections, #AMR, (bio)tech and #opendata.
Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own.
https://duncan.bio
🦅 Low productivity public sector employee.
🔬🦠🧬🖥️💉🌻🍩🐸🥪
Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own.
https://duncan.bio
🦅 Low productivity public sector employee.
🔬🦠🧬🖥️💉🌻🍩🐸🥪
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If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, check out this teardown ➡️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, check out this teardown ➡️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...
I want to do this for my next job. At one point in my career, I almost did.
A next generation space antimicrobial: assessing microbial activity and reduction across the ISS https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.10.698798v1
January 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I want to do this for my next job. At one point in my career, I almost did.
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NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3.
Hutson's first career OT goal gives Canadiens 4-3 win over struggling Stars
Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3.
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#PPOD: Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. 🧪 🔭
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#PPOD: Team members working with NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover created this “postcard” by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. 🧪 🔭
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
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omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
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omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
Sequencing Instrument Outlook 2026
A computational biologist's personal views on new technologies & publications on genomics & proteomics and their impact on drug discovery
omicsomics.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
A minor cartographical change.
If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
A minor cartographical change.
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California, USA: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease – Over 100 Cases and 38 Cluster Events in Children Under Five
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=029087d8-228b-414a-b996-fbd611b911fa&eventid=dd3aefac-7d62-4f20-8a23-b5ea209059f9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=029087d8-228b-414a-b996-fbd611b911fa&eventid=dd3aefac-7d62-4f20-8a23-b5ea209059f9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
California, USA: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease – Over 100 Cases and 38 Cluster Events in Children Under Five
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=029087d8-228b-414a-b996-fbd611b911fa&eventid=dd3aefac-7d62-4f20-8a23-b5ea209059f9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=029087d8-228b-414a-b996-fbd611b911fa&eventid=dd3aefac-7d62-4f20-8a23-b5ea209059f9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost
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Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/02/m...
Missed first vaccines make babies far more likely to miss measles shot, study finds
Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, a new study finds.
www.statnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/02/m...
The energy I’m going into 2026 with.
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The energy I’m going into 2026 with.
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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Former U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, the first Native American chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a leader of the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, died Dec. 30. He was 92.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American senator, dies at 92
The Coloradan was the only American Indian in the Senate during his tenure and helped lead the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Former U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, the first Native American chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a leader of the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, died Dec. 30. He was 92.
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For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
This seems fine.
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This seems fine.
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💾 mlst 2.25.0 has been released!
Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases.
#bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/mls...
Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases.
#bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/mls...
Releases · tseemann/mlst
:id: Scan contig files against PubMLST typing schemes - tseemann/mlst
github.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
💾 mlst 2.25.0 has been released!
Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases.
#bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/mls...
Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases.
#bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/mls...
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The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
The end of an era; a passing of the baton in bacterial annotation.
Prokka was one of the first apps that opened my eyes to the potential of well-designed microbial bfx on a local machine. I have pestered the brilliant @torstenseemann.bsky.social ever since.
Prokka est mort. Vive le bakta.
Prokka was one of the first apps that opened my eyes to the potential of well-designed microbial bfx on a local machine. I have pestered the brilliant @torstenseemann.bsky.social ever since.
Prokka est mort. Vive le bakta.
💾 Prokka 1.15.6 is released!
This is the last major release of Prokka. But don't be sad, because @oschwengers.bsky.social already has an excellent replacement called Bakta you can migrate to.
#bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/pro...
This is the last major release of Prokka. But don't be sad, because @oschwengers.bsky.social already has an excellent replacement called Bakta you can migrate to.
#bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics
github.com/tseemann/pro...
Release Heading into the sunset · tseemann/prokka
The future
This is probably the last release of Prokka. I won't be making any code changes except bug fixes. I will update the databases occasionally. I strongly recommend you use Bakta by @oschwen...
github.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The end of an era; a passing of the baton in bacterial annotation.
Prokka was one of the first apps that opened my eyes to the potential of well-designed microbial bfx on a local machine. I have pestered the brilliant @torstenseemann.bsky.social ever since.
Prokka est mort. Vive le bakta.
Prokka was one of the first apps that opened my eyes to the potential of well-designed microbial bfx on a local machine. I have pestered the brilliant @torstenseemann.bsky.social ever since.
Prokka est mort. Vive le bakta.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Continued excellence. An absolutely indispensable piece of open source software.
💾 Shovill 1.4.1 has been released!
The best way to de novo assemble microbial genomes from Illumina FASTQ.
Major fixes to the SKESA module, plasmid mode for the Spades module, and more error checking.
#bioinformatiocs #genomics #microbiology
github.com/tseemann/sho...
The best way to de novo assemble microbial genomes from Illumina FASTQ.
Major fixes to the SKESA module, plasmid mode for the Spades module, and more error checking.
#bioinformatiocs #genomics #microbiology
github.com/tseemann/sho...
Releases · tseemann/shovill
⚡♠️ Assemble bacterial isolate genomes from Illumina paired-end reads - tseemann/shovill
github.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Continued excellence. An absolutely indispensable piece of open source software.
This is how we ride.
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is how we ride.
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die-hard | adjective | strongly or fanatically determined or devoted
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
die-hard | adjective | strongly or fanatically determined or devoted
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
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The globetrotting ‘starchitect’ created some of the world’s best-known buildings, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall: on.ft.com/48oRCDN
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The globetrotting ‘starchitect’ created some of the world’s best-known buildings, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall: on.ft.com/48oRCDN
