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Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal. (Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-028)

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 20h

Time to feast on the microbial goodness!

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15h

When Kleya is looking at the hospital in series 2 episode 10 of Andor, she’s actually standing in front of the real Lancet office building.

Thee Spooky BlackSky👨🏾‍🍳 @xavierbeloved.blacksky.app · 1d

Tell me a Random Fact you know

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15h

I keep looking, but I haven't come across any yet.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 16h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15h

And some, hopefully, soothing words

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Rejection doesn't mean your paper was bad

It's disappointing, but try to not take it personally.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 16h

A few more tips are in order

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Demystifying the other side of the journal submission process

What do Editors do with your submission?

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 16h

Make sure you get the name of the journal that you're submitting to right in your cover letter

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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 16h

Is a healthy microbiome one that is rich in phages? 🦠 Excited to share our paper out in Lancet Microbe with @bkoskella.bsky.social & @dholtappels.bsky.social where we test whether virome diversity can be used a broad signature of microbiome health 📈

The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 1d

New research article

Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of #microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Phage #OpenAccess #OA

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 16h

orange man sad

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 16h

It's funny that this has reached newsworthy status.

When I originally used strava it was just for cyclists. And my first garmin took AA batteries.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Explain it to me quickly: why are runners and riders freaking out about a feud between Strava and Garmin?

Strava, the Instagram for exercise, is suing Garmin for allegedly copying its features. Josh Taylor explains it to Miles Herbert

www.theguardian.com

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18h

😮

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Stand Out at Parties with Our Adult Full Body Funny Inflatable Capybara Mascot Costume – Perfect for Entertainments!

"Looking for the best funny inflatable capybara costume for parties? Our adult full body funny inflatable capybara mascot costume guarantees laughs at any event! Designed with breathable materials and...

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18h

I can't put my finger on why, but I have the sudden urge to buy an inflatable animal costume...

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18h

Looking through this, as you do, and got alarmed. Then saw "change in case definition since 2021 has led to a steep increase" 😅

ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/environmenta...

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18h

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 18h

This is starting to look like a seasonal pattern ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 19h

I think the abundance of schadenfreude on BlueSky is slowing it down 😆

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 20h

Just reading that: Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

www.reuters.com

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 22h

Melioidosis—it's a fatal but preventable infection. Why is it not classed as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD)? Sophie Cousins reports in The Lancet.

Read in the latest issue 👉 tinyurl.com/zz65vbup

Cover of The Lancet, Oct 11 issue. The quote, "Melioidosis is a disease so neglected it is not on WHO's list of Neglected Tropical Diseases."

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 20h

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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.bsky.social · 20h

Oops!

A grumpy old man

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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.bsky.social · 20h

Oops!

A grumpy old man

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 20h

Time to feast on the microbial goodness!

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John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 1d

in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller

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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1d

Coincidentally, this has just appeared youtu.be/vlKDQ3fwI5w?...

The Making Of Stephen Miller - SOME MORE NEWS

YouTube video by Some More News

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome. It’s queued up

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1d

"This suggests that control strategies used for iGAS, like giving antibiotics to close contacts, may not work as well for iSDSE."

www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/...

Little-known strep bacteria behind growing number of severe infections

A joint venture between The University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

www.doherty.edu.au