Michael Clerx
@michaelclerx.com
I do sums to learn why heart cells beat. Computational biologist. Biological computer. Sometimes does experiments. Whippet owner. Makes bad jokes. He/him.
🎶 Why do burps, suddenly appear?
Every tiiiiime, I drink beeeeer?
Could it be, they want to be
Wife: No.
Every tiiiiime, I drink beeeeer?
Could it be, they want to be
Wife: No.
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
🎶 Why do burps, suddenly appear?
Every tiiiiime, I drink beeeeer?
Could it be, they want to be
Wife: No.
Every tiiiiime, I drink beeeeer?
Could it be, they want to be
Wife: No.
"[T]he members of animal bodies move at the command of the will, namely, by the vibrations of this spirit, mutually propagated along the solid filaments of the nerves, from the outward organs of sense to the brain and from the brain into the muscles. ...
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"[T]he members of animal bodies move at the command of the will, namely, by the vibrations of this spirit, mutually propagated along the solid filaments of the nerves, from the outward organs of sense to the brain and from the brain into the muscles. ...
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New World Economic Forum Global Risks data provides a stark warning: While short-term crises dominate headlines, "Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse" jumps to the 2nd highest risk over the 10-year horizon.
The long term is sooner than we think. Science-based policies via IPBES are crucial.🌍
The long term is sooner than we think. Science-based policies via IPBES are crucial.🌍
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
New World Economic Forum Global Risks data provides a stark warning: While short-term crises dominate headlines, "Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse" jumps to the 2nd highest risk over the 10-year horizon.
The long term is sooner than we think. Science-based policies via IPBES are crucial.🌍
The long term is sooner than we think. Science-based policies via IPBES are crucial.🌍
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Britain’s @royalsociety.org still happy with one of its fellows running a company that enables creation and distribution of non-consensual sexualised images of women & children. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Britain’s @royalsociety.org still happy with one of its fellows running a company that enables creation and distribution of non-consensual sexualised images of women & children. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes.
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes.
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social
Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
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Reform is a private Limited company majority-owned by one man, in the interests of making money for that man and the shareholders.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
I keep seeing people on the left talking as if Reform are a shoo-in for the next government, and I beg you, please don't do that. If we on the left talk about them as if their victory is inevitable, it will become inevitable. Every time we talk about a Reform government, we legitimise that idea...
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Reform is a private Limited company majority-owned by one man, in the interests of making money for that man and the shareholders.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
Rewatching S17. Nick Mohammed's piano playing for Assistant's day is just... 5 points doesn't cut it
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Rewatching S17. Nick Mohammed's piano playing for Assistant's day is just... 5 points doesn't cut it
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
Still very pleased with this guide to making figures (in theory, in inkscape, and in matplotlib): github.com/MichaelClerx...
I'm sure someone with graphical talents could do better, easily, but still haven't quite found that. So here's my uneducated but daily practicioner's guide...
I'm sure someone with graphical talents could do better, easily, but still haven't quite found that. So here's my uneducated but daily practicioner's guide...
GitHub - MichaelClerx/making-figures: Tips on figure making, plus help with Inkscape and Matplotlib.
Tips on figure making, plus help with Inkscape and Matplotlib. - MichaelClerx/making-figures
github.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Still very pleased with this guide to making figures (in theory, in inkscape, and in matplotlib): github.com/MichaelClerx...
I'm sure someone with graphical talents could do better, easily, but still haven't quite found that. So here's my uneducated but daily practicioner's guide...
I'm sure someone with graphical talents could do better, easily, but still haven't quite found that. So here's my uneducated but daily practicioner's guide...
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My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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“I Can’t Keep Up The Lie, My Parents Think I’m In Fontaines D.C.” https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/01/i-cant-keep-up-the-lie-my-parents-think-im-in-fontaines-d-c/
“I Can’t Keep Up The Lie, My Parents Think I’m In Fontaines D.C.”
WWN’s Opinion series gives a voice and platform to people we really shouldn’t. This week is the turn of failed musician and welfare recipient Ian O’Dowd, who told his parents he was in the band …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“I Can’t Keep Up The Lie, My Parents Think I’m In Fontaines D.C.” https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/08/01/i-cant-keep-up-the-lie-my-parents-think-im-in-fontaines-d-c/
January highlights so far are "More Than Pink" by Silent Siren, and "Día" by Ela Minus
Inspired partially by James Acaster's 2016 obsession, partially by just wanting to keep up, I've started listening to (almost) every album on this list of 2025 releases en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
But also open to unlisted stuff people throw at me
But also open to unlisted stuff people throw at me
List of 2025 albums - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
January highlights so far are "More Than Pink" by Silent Siren, and "Día" by Ela Minus
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Also the first recorded sighting of Feathers McGraw.
✨A monument of Delos ✨
If you’ve ever wondered where the Roman fascination for phalluses came from, look no further than Delos. The Greek island is home to some monumental phallic sculptures dedicated to the god of wine and revelry, Dionysus.
If you’ve ever wondered where the Roman fascination for phalluses came from, look no further than Delos. The Greek island is home to some monumental phallic sculptures dedicated to the god of wine and revelry, Dionysus.
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Also the first recorded sighting of Feathers McGraw.
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Do you guys mind if I desperately cling to something beautiful
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Do you guys mind if I desperately cling to something beautiful
Desperately sad that it's come to this
Europe Urges Citizens to be Prepared for Crisis or War
Many countries are encouraging citizens to prepare for emergencies with essential supplies & first aid kits. With tensions rising worldwide, these tips may prove to be invaluable.
newsentinel.org/posts/europe...
#preparedness
#war
#firstaid
Many countries are encouraging citizens to prepare for emergencies with essential supplies & first aid kits. With tensions rising worldwide, these tips may prove to be invaluable.
newsentinel.org/posts/europe...
#preparedness
#war
#firstaid
Europe Urges Citizens to be Prepared for Crisis or War
Many European countries have distributed pamphlets to citizens to help them be prepared for crisis or war. Here are the top tips therein.
newsentinel.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Desperately sad that it's come to this
Used to read Scary go Round a decade ago. Then got distracted. Meanwhile, these comics have gotten better and better. A true delight to read: badmachinery.com/comic/2021-0...
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Used to read Scary go Round a decade ago. Then got distracted. Meanwhile, these comics have gotten better and better. A true delight to read: badmachinery.com/comic/2021-0...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Again. Would the Prime Minister merely express concern if you, or I spent three weeks generating hundreds of thousands of non-consensual nudes and child sexual abuse images, while bragging about, and profiting from, so doing? And would he praise us simply for promising that we'd stop doing so soon?
PM Starmer tells Emily Darlington MP he has been informed this morning that "X is now acting to to ensure full compliance with UK law". He welcomes this, if true,
That may/may not turn out to be true re Grok stripping women without consent.
This is demonstrably untrue on racist hate crimes on X
That may/may not turn out to be true re Grok stripping women without consent.
This is demonstrably untrue on racist hate crimes on X
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Again. Would the Prime Minister merely express concern if you, or I spent three weeks generating hundreds of thousands of non-consensual nudes and child sexual abuse images, while bragging about, and profiting from, so doing? And would he praise us simply for promising that we'd stop doing so soon?
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I find it astonishing that the idea that children should upload selfies to X as part of a state-mandated age verification scheme is still being floated.
Particularly unhappy with the attempt to move discussion off the X illegal abuse image factory to the pre-existing Garda wish to bring in age verification to allow surveillance of all adults and children’s access of *lawful* material.
These are incomparable issues in terms of seriousness.
These are incomparable issues in terms of seriousness.
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I find it astonishing that the idea that children should upload selfies to X as part of a state-mandated age verification scheme is still being floated.