Mark D. Berry 🇨🇦
@markdberry.bsky.social
Yorkshireman in Canada. Human Biosciences professor https://www.mun.ca/human-biosciences/. Father. Science, Sports, Music. Prone to extreme sarcasm. General inability to suffer fools. Opinions personal
Would that be because it is sunken, damaged beyond repair, and beyond rescue?
The current US administration makes Liz Truss look like an intellectual behemoth
The current US administration makes Liz Truss look like an intellectual behemoth
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Would that be because it is sunken, damaged beyond repair, and beyond rescue?
The current US administration makes Liz Truss look like an intellectual behemoth
The current US administration makes Liz Truss look like an intellectual behemoth
This. Absolutely this.
Fcuk off the World Cup and let’s have a 2026 Euro’s instead! It’s the only way to deal with dictators 
Senior figures at top of Fifa and Uefa are “very concerned” about Greenland situation, and feel European football may need united stance - amid awareness itself that 2026 World Cup itself and idea of boycott could become a political football
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
This. Absolutely this.
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:32 AM
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
Lots of positivity about Carney's speech at Davos. This is what happens when you have serious, qualified, individuals in charge. This needs to be a general awakening. There needs to be a concerted movement away from the Poilievres, Farages, Badenochs, & pretty much 95% of USA politicians
January 21, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Lots of positivity about Carney's speech at Davos. This is what happens when you have serious, qualified, individuals in charge. This needs to be a general awakening. There needs to be a concerted movement away from the Poilievres, Farages, Badenochs, & pretty much 95% of USA politicians
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Current events have confirmed my long-held view that the 'special relationship' is very similar to the one I didn't have with Wendy James in the late 1980s.
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Current events have confirmed my long-held view that the 'special relationship' is very similar to the one I didn't have with Wendy James in the late 1980s.
What a fantastic piece of history and morning read from Popey #LUFC
Well, this is incredible www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Everton: Don Revie and the contract he never signed - found in a bungalow 50 years later
This is the story of how an unsigned contract that lay hidden in a bungalow for more than 50 years could have changed the course of English football.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
What a fantastic piece of history and morning read from Popey #LUFC
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‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
Red caps are becoming a symbol of protest in Denmark as Donald Trump ratchets up the pressure on Greenland
Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s Maga hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the US president’s threat to seize the frozen territory.
The caps reading “Make America Go Away” – parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan – have gained popularity, along with several variants on social media and at public protests, including a weekend demonstration held in freezing weather in Copenhagen. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
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It isn't silly at all. It's completely logical in fact.
And, if done as a bloc, it would work. He'd find a way of backing down. Bullies always back down when properly challenged.
And, if done as a bloc, it would work. He'd find a way of backing down. Bullies always back down when properly challenged.
It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It isn't silly at all. It's completely logical in fact.
And, if done as a bloc, it would work. He'd find a way of backing down. Bullies always back down when properly challenged.
And, if done as a bloc, it would work. He'd find a way of backing down. Bullies always back down when properly challenged.
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📢 Late breaking abstract submissions are now open for #WCP2026!
Submit your latest research and present to a global audience.
🗓 Closes: 16 Feb 2026
🔗 wcp2026.org/late-breaking/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
Submit your latest research and present to a global audience.
🗓 Closes: 16 Feb 2026
🔗 wcp2026.org/late-breaking/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
January 18, 2026 at 10:50 PM
📢 Late breaking abstract submissions are now open for #WCP2026!
Submit your latest research and present to a global audience.
🗓 Closes: 16 Feb 2026
🔗 wcp2026.org/late-breaking/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
Submit your latest research and present to a global audience.
🗓 Closes: 16 Feb 2026
🔗 wcp2026.org/late-breaking/
#IUPHAR #ASCEPT
If you think large parts of the #lufc game yesterday were dreary, do not watch this Wolves - Newcastle game. Dear God that first half has to be the lowest quality slowest paced game I've seen in years
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If you think large parts of the #lufc game yesterday were dreary, do not watch this Wolves - Newcastle game. Dear God that first half has to be the lowest quality slowest paced game I've seen in years
If that wasn't a handball by Sangare, then I am genuinely utterly lost as to what constitutes handball these days. How handball cannot be the easiest thing to understand in the game is beyond me
January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If that wasn't a handball by Sangare, then I am genuinely utterly lost as to what constitutes handball these days. How handball cannot be the easiest thing to understand in the game is beyond me
Love this answer from our president. Grenfell is a satellite campus. It is not an autonomous, independent, institution
Today, I asked MUN president Janet Morrison about Grenfell Campus’s autonomy. Her reply: “I balk a little bit about the notion of autonomy. There is one Memorial University. We have one budget. We have one line of accountability to the provincial government.” #Newfoundland www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Grenfell professor hopes campus won't be 'lost in the shuffle' as it loses its own VP | CBC News
An assistant professor at Memorial University's Grenfell Campus hopes the loss of its own vice president won't mean the end of autonomy at the west coast campus.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Love this answer from our president. Grenfell is a satellite campus. It is not an autonomous, independent, institution
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Today, I asked MUN president Janet Morrison about Grenfell Campus’s autonomy. Her reply: “I balk a little bit about the notion of autonomy. There is one Memorial University. We have one budget. We have one line of accountability to the provincial government.” #Newfoundland www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Grenfell professor hopes campus won't be 'lost in the shuffle' as it loses its own VP | CBC News
An assistant professor at Memorial University's Grenfell Campus hopes the loss of its own vice president won't mean the end of autonomy at the west coast campus.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Today, I asked MUN president Janet Morrison about Grenfell Campus’s autonomy. Her reply: “I balk a little bit about the notion of autonomy. There is one Memorial University. We have one budget. We have one line of accountability to the provincial government.” #Newfoundland www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Well there's another reason to utterly despise the Panthers and Tkachuk
Florida Panthers visit President Trump at White House to celebrate 2025 Stanley Cup win
The Panthers visited the White House for a second consecutive year.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Well there's another reason to utterly despise the Panthers and Tkachuk
Or, and here's a really radical novel idea, just bloody enforce the existing laws.
Quit f***ing around with the laws, that's what's causing 95% of the problems (see offside and handball laws as the most prominent examples)
Quit f***ing around with the laws, that's what's causing 95% of the problems (see offside and handball laws as the most prominent examples)
Football’s lawmakers will hold talks on how to combat deliberate time-wasting next week, with a countdown for throw-ins and goal-kicks and a time limit for substitutions being considered.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/697...
January 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Or, and here's a really radical novel idea, just bloody enforce the existing laws.
Quit f***ing around with the laws, that's what's causing 95% of the problems (see offside and handball laws as the most prominent examples)
Quit f***ing around with the laws, that's what's causing 95% of the problems (see offside and handball laws as the most prominent examples)
Exciting start to day. Publishers of a book I'm editing forwarded a cease & desist letter from a multi-national pharma company's lawyers, about one of the chapters having unauthorized proprietary information. We've received no drafts from the author of said chapter. Now I have to email the author.
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Exciting start to day. Publishers of a book I'm editing forwarded a cease & desist letter from a multi-national pharma company's lawyers, about one of the chapters having unauthorized proprietary information. We've received no drafts from the author of said chapter. Now I have to email the author.
@leedsunited.com Do the right thing. Quit supporting a platform that openly promotes sexual harassment, cyber abuse, and sexualization of children.
Delete your X account now
Delete your X account now
Sport England are leaving X/Twitter.
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
@leedsunited.com Do the right thing. Quit supporting a platform that openly promotes sexual harassment, cyber abuse, and sexualization of children.
Delete your X account now
Delete your X account now
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Good stuff.
It's time football clubs came off there as well. That would really have an effect.
Go on @leedsunited.com! Make us proud!
It's time football clubs came off there as well. That would really have an effect.
Go on @leedsunited.com! Make us proud!
Sport England are leaving X/Twitter.
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Good stuff.
It's time football clubs came off there as well. That would really have an effect.
Go on @leedsunited.com! Make us proud!
It's time football clubs came off there as well. That would really have an effect.
Go on @leedsunited.com! Make us proud!
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Sport England suspends X account over abuse of women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Sport England suspends X account over 'abhorrent' output
Public funding agency Sport England suspends its account on Elon Musk's X, claiming it
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Sport England suspends X account over abuse of women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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Do it @leedsunited.com it will be better for you. #lufc
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Do it @leedsunited.com it will be better for you. #lufc
I really hope this was a deliberate ploy by the Canadian team, to block an American's participation in the Olympics. Elbows up!
Skeleton race under investigation as USA slider accuses Canada
Canada's decision to withdraw athletes from the North American Cup on Sunday is being investigated by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I really hope this was a deliberate ploy by the Canadian team, to block an American's participation in the Olympics. Elbows up!
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The latest Concise Guide to Pharmacology (CGTP) has now been published bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14765381...
The 2025/26 edition provides overviews of the pharmacology of drug target families, key properties of ~1,900 human drug targets, and ~7,000 interactions, involving ~4,400 ligands
The 2025/26 edition provides overviews of the pharmacology of drug target families, key properties of ~1,900 human drug targets, and ~7,000 interactions, involving ~4,400 ligands
BPS Publications
The <em>British Journal of Pharmacology</em> (BJP), an official journal of the British Pharmacological Society, is the leading international general pharmacology journal.
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
The latest Concise Guide to Pharmacology (CGTP) has now been published bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14765381...
The 2025/26 edition provides overviews of the pharmacology of drug target families, key properties of ~1,900 human drug targets, and ~7,000 interactions, involving ~4,400 ligands
The 2025/26 edition provides overviews of the pharmacology of drug target families, key properties of ~1,900 human drug targets, and ~7,000 interactions, involving ~4,400 ligands
The value of Gruev certainly showed when he came off. Lost a little bit of control and Longstaff looked very rusty so good to get him some minutes in the legs. Tanaka MOM for me. #lufc
January 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The value of Gruev certainly showed when he came off. Lost a little bit of control and Longstaff looked very rusty so good to get him some minutes in the legs. Tanaka MOM for me. #lufc