Ronald Beavis ❌
@ronbeavis.bsky.social
Doing science for money since 1981.
Putting it online since 1995.
Does not engage in cancer research.
QA >> QC
I enjoy doing things I am not very good at doing.
Putting it online since 1995.
Does not engage in cancer research.
QA >> QC
I enjoy doing things I am not very good at doing.
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Woof.
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
www.economist.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Woof.
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I don't like that LinkedIn has become the most active social media for science. It feels less personal than twitter/bluesky.
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I don't like that LinkedIn has become the most active social media for science. It feels less personal than twitter/bluesky.
The polar vortex is still extending further south than usual, but its southern edge has slid up from the Gulf of Mexico towards Kansas. It is being pinched by two large highs on its eastern & western flanks. (winds @ 10 hPa).
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The polar vortex is still extending further south than usual, but its southern edge has slid up from the Gulf of Mexico towards Kansas. It is being pinched by two large highs on its eastern & western flanks. (winds @ 10 hPa).
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Reading Empire of AI by Karen Hao, and I am really struck by how different the AI boom might have been if there had been a parallel explosion in demand for well-maintained data-bases.
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Reading Empire of AI by Karen Hao, and I am really struck by how different the AI boom might have been if there had been a parallel explosion in demand for well-maintained data-bases.
It is a time of wonders. When someone can publish a scientific article in a society journal that he didn't write, about some trivial software he didn't write & the only conclusion is that yes, you can get away with this sort of thing.
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 PM
It is a time of wonders. When someone can publish a scientific article in a society journal that he didn't write, about some trivial software he didn't write & the only conclusion is that yes, you can get away with this sort of thing.
They managed to totally rehabilitate Walz by being jackasses: why not do the same for Lemon?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
They managed to totally rehabilitate Walz by being jackasses: why not do the same for Lemon?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
You must admit that LLM's can be kind of amusing, if you ask the right question. They also don't mind being cruel to each other (much like their human reviewer counterparts).
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
You must admit that LLM's can be kind of amusing, if you ask the right question. They also don't mind being cruel to each other (much like their human reviewer counterparts).
It is only showing in one theatre in town. Not exactly a sell out for the matinee show.
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It is only showing in one theatre in town. Not exactly a sell out for the matinee show.
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There's a grassroots effort to boycott all theaters showing Melania.... Pease fill out the contact form on amctheaters.com/contact And please email [email protected] Tell them to pull Melania or face a permanent boycott 🙏 and please share the idea (or check out my reels about it)
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 AM
There's a grassroots effort to boycott all theaters showing Melania.... Pease fill out the contact form on amctheaters.com/contact And please email [email protected] Tell them to pull Melania or face a permanent boycott 🙏 and please share the idea (or check out my reels about it)
I'm a little thrown by calling these "encrypted peptides" since all mammalian bioactive peptides are cut out of larger, translated protein substrates.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Discovery of Encrypted Peptides in a Human Matrix Metallopeptidase
The human proteome represents a vast, largely untapped source of encrypted bioactive peptides with therapeutic potential. Here, we report the discovery and functional characterization of three antimic...
pubs.acs.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I'm a little thrown by calling these "encrypted peptides" since all mammalian bioactive peptides are cut out of larger, translated protein substrates.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
If you guys are looking for another small phosphoprotein to try, NUCKS1 is just begging for this type of analysis.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mass spectrometry structural analysis of intrinsically disordered phosphoproteins
Phosphorylation is a ubiquitous protein modification that is known to play important roles in many biological phenomena including cell signaling, the …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
If you guys are looking for another small phosphoprotein to try, NUCKS1 is just begging for this type of analysis.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mass spectrometry structural analysis of intrinsically disordered phosphoproteins www.sciencedirect.co...
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#proteomics #prot-paper
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January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Mass spectrometry structural analysis of intrinsically disordered phosphoproteins www.sciencedirect.co...
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#proteomics #prot-paper
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#proteomics #prot-paper
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U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft Thursday, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the neighbouring countries.
Trump threatens tariffs, decertification on Canadian-made aircraft
U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft Thursday, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the neighbouring countries.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft Thursday, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the neighbouring countries.
I am glad I stopped using email.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Millions Of Accounts Now At Risk
Millions of Gmail users do not know these changes are coming — are you affected?
www.forbes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I am glad I stopped using email.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
I spent more than 20 years on grants panels in the US & Canada. In that time, I saw very few truly original grants funded. The overwhelming number of funded grants were anodyne, middle-of-the road, incremental projects dressed up with some language implying that they were bold steps into the future.
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I spent more than 20 years on grants panels in the US & Canada. In that time, I saw very few truly original grants funded. The overwhelming number of funded grants were anodyne, middle-of-the road, incremental projects dressed up with some language implying that they were bold steps into the future.
Phosphorylation of a protein's C-terminal residue is not as common as at N-terminal, but it does happen. If it is a pT acceptor, it is most likely to look like the pic below, with an adjacent nward low complexity acid patch. Maybe the same kinase/phosphatase families involved? #proteomics_101
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Phosphorylation of a protein's C-terminal residue is not as common as at N-terminal, but it does happen. If it is a pT acceptor, it is most likely to look like the pic below, with an adjacent nward low complexity acid patch. Maybe the same kinase/phosphatase families involved? #proteomics_101
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americans hate it when they're shown on tv doing something cool
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
americans hate it when they're shown on tv doing something cool
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Latest @winnipegfreepress.com column: PM’s rallying cry exudes passion - and irony
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
Opinion: PM’s rallying cry exuded passion — and irony
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic. Carney spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about how the “middle powers” of the world....
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Latest @winnipegfreepress.com column: PM’s rallying cry exudes passion - and irony
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
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Windows PCs ‘Suddenly’ Fail After Microsoft’s New Update
Windows PCs ‘Suddenly’ Fail After Microsoft’s New Update
Windows PCs may fail to start after update — Microsoft says this is the only workaround.
www.forbes.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Windows PCs ‘Suddenly’ Fail After Microsoft’s New Update
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I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I'm not going to applaud the government for funding food banks because food banks are by definition, a policy failure 🙃
Americans have been (rightly) horrified by border patrol officers using the same tactics they have long employed at the southern border in major northern cities.
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Americans have been (rightly) horrified by border patrol officers using the same tactics they have long employed at the southern border in major northern cities.
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UK universities are cutting tens of thousands of staff because of a 6% drop in international enrolments.
Canadian univerities are looking at drops of 50% and are cutting nowhere near as many staff.
Yet.
Canadian univerities are looking at drops of 50% and are cutting nowhere near as many staff.
Yet.
UK institutions suffered a record fall in international student numbers last year, with significant drops in enrolments from India, China and Nigeria at some universities #highered #Edusky https://ow.ly/aesG50Y4hh0
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
UK universities are cutting tens of thousands of staff because of a 6% drop in international enrolments.
Canadian univerities are looking at drops of 50% and are cutting nowhere near as many staff.
Yet.
Canadian univerities are looking at drops of 50% and are cutting nowhere near as many staff.
Yet.
N-terminal serines can be a popular place for phosphorylation, particularly with proteins that have a lot of rigid structure. These acceptors have a cward low-complexity dynamic domain, but on the nward side, an acetyl + blue sky (I call it a no-complexity domain). #proteomics_101
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
N-terminal serines can be a popular place for phosphorylation, particularly with proteins that have a lot of rigid structure. These acceptors have a cward low-complexity dynamic domain, but on the nward side, an acetyl + blue sky (I call it a no-complexity domain). #proteomics_101
