Mirko Pegoraro PhD
@3volution.bsky.social
Lecturer in Epigenetics at Liverpool John Moores university. Focus on understanding Evolution via Natural Selection at multiple levels. I am interested in Genetics, Epigenetics and Molecular Biology. 🐝🪰🦟🐜🦠🧬🌈he/him
Web: https://shorturl.at/WF8o3
Web: https://shorturl.at/WF8o3
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13 Labour MPs voted in favour of the bill, which was tabled by the Lib Dems.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
13 Labour MPs voted in favour of the bill, which was tabled by the Lib Dems.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
Nigel Farage did not vote.
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People are choosing a politics of decency, courage and imagination.
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
We need hope, not cynicism
The Green Party is ready for the change people are demanding
www.newstatesman.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are choosing a politics of decency, courage and imagination.
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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"Brexit has caused a lot of damage to our growth and public finances.
"A UK EU customs union would start to put that right."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
"A UK EU customs union would start to put that right."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Brexit has caused a lot of damage to our growth and public finances.
"A UK EU customs union would start to put that right."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
"A UK EU customs union would start to put that right."
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
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Tories “won’t go on the record saying Farage is unfit to lead the country, even if they suspect it to be true, because they also suspect they may be propping up his government, or pleading for jobs in it, by the end of the decade”
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Tories “won’t go on the record saying Farage is unfit to lead the country, even if they suspect it to be true, because they also suspect they may be propping up his government, or pleading for jobs in it, by the end of the decade”
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
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Harnessing anti-CRISPR to suppress, subtract, and segregate Cas9 activity for precision CRISPR in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692848v1
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Harnessing anti-CRISPR to suppress, subtract, and segregate Cas9 activity for precision CRISPR in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692848v1
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Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
www.muellershewrote.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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I've been seeing horrifying bigoted messaging from US government departments but I had hoped I would not see an echo of outright anti-immigrant messaging from a government (not a politician) account under a "progressive" Labour government. #cultureofcruelty
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've been seeing horrifying bigoted messaging from US government departments but I had hoped I would not see an echo of outright anti-immigrant messaging from a government (not a politician) account under a "progressive" Labour government. #cultureofcruelty
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Young Frankenstein (1974)
Directed by Mel Brooks
Directed by Mel Brooks
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Directed by Mel Brooks
Directed by Mel Brooks
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“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Here's the whole interview.
youtu.be/DMlj-Tn2_BA?...
youtu.be/DMlj-Tn2_BA?...
Former Farage classmate tells James O'Brien why he came forward
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here's the whole interview.
youtu.be/DMlj-Tn2_BA?...
youtu.be/DMlj-Tn2_BA?...
I am reading that some funding bodies are exploring LLMs as “third reviewer” or “meta-reviewer” on grant applications. Man, it is already hard to convince humans to fund my research and we share language & experiences, but how am I going to convince an LLM? We don’t even share 🧬 #Skyacademics
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I am reading that some funding bodies are exploring LLMs as “third reviewer” or “meta-reviewer” on grant applications. Man, it is already hard to convince humans to fund my research and we share language & experiences, but how am I going to convince an LLM? We don’t even share 🧬 #Skyacademics
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The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family.
And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
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Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
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A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
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On this day in 1984, #Dune as directed by #DavidLynch premiered in the US. It's one of my favourite films of all time.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On this day in 1984, #Dune as directed by #DavidLynch premiered in the US. It's one of my favourite films of all time.
“human attention — the scarcest resource in science”
Very measured critique. Given the discourse from the past few days, it made me wonder how LLMs would have reviewed the first LLPS papers. Maybe they would have saved @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social a lot of heartburn...
@nature.com asked me to write an op-ed on the perspective of the AI reviewing process, prompted by the recent partnership between @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social and @qedscience.bsky.social
Hope my perspective adds value to the conversation.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hope my perspective adds value to the conversation.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“human attention — the scarcest resource in science”
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Assuming no change in the rate of taxation, and all other things being equal, the exchequer will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year.
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Reeves could have chosen to halve the 20% rate of VAT with money to spare."
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Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...
Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems | University of Helsinki
A new study from the University of Helsinki reveals that artificial light at night significantly affects freshwater invertebrates and their ecosystems.
www.helsinki.fi
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...
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A comprehensive review of genomic-scale genetic engineering as a strategy to improve bacterial productivity. Published Open Access and fee-free in Microbiology using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/mic.... #MicrobioJ #PublishAndRead
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A comprehensive review of genomic-scale genetic engineering as a strategy to improve bacterial productivity. Published Open Access and fee-free in Microbiology using a Publish and Read agreement: doi.org/10.1099/mic.... #MicrobioJ #PublishAndRead
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Brexit was exactly that. A petulant door-slamming. A rejection of cooperation, protection and opportunity for all of us because the wealthy rightwing elites didn’t want to play by shared rules. And knew they could exploit ignorance/prejudice to achieve that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brexit was exactly that. A petulant door-slamming. A rejection of cooperation, protection and opportunity for all of us because the wealthy rightwing elites didn’t want to play by shared rules. And knew they could exploit ignorance/prejudice to achieve that.