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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 12h

🏺🧪 Potentially for any zooarchaeologists out there!

Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 13h

The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 13h

The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 1d

My fantastic colleagues in Young Academy Ireland (Patrick Bresnihan, Sarah Carol, Maeve O'Rourke, and Niamh Wycherly) have led a report stemming from the "Science in Conflict Zones" roundtable event earlier this year. Could not be more vital and timely.
@yai.ie @ria.ie

www.ria.ie/assets/uploa...

www.ria.ie

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

Very happy to see our pre-print on ancient Irish goat genetics on bioRxiv #aDNA #spiergorm

I want to acknowledge this was only possible through the work of the late Dr. Judith Findlater, along with Prof. Eileen Murphy at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

Old Goats: 3,000 years of genetic connectivity of the domestic goat in Ireland

The domestic goat likely first arrived to the island of Ireland as part of the introduction of agriculture approximately 5,900 years ago, and remains a part of the island's biocultural heritage. Howev...

www.biorxiv.org

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I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · 5d

The response from the Minister's representative at yesterday's meeting in Leinster House was shocking.

It's very clear that this government is not taking road safety seriously and people will die as a result.

www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-n...

Jason Cullen from the Dublin Commuter Coalition said a response from a staff member from the Junior Transport Minister, Sean Canney's office, during that presentation, was alarming.

"The clear indication that we got from the Minister's staff member there, was that it would be at least 18 months before we see any form of instruction to local county councils.

'When I pointed out to him that within that time 20 to 30 cyclists will probably have been killed on our roads due to the current trends that we're seeing, the response from him was that it is 'regrettable' that that will happen.

"It really took my breath away."

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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 5d

This is an utterly appalling statement for a government representative in a democratic republic to make. It’s the sort of stuff you’d expect from a dictatorship. “Regrettable” - I can’t think of a more apt word than “evil” to describe that statement.

I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · 5d

The response from the Minister's representative at yesterday's meeting in Leinster House was shocking.

It's very clear that this government is not taking road safety seriously and people will die as a result.

www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-n...

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 8d

Now with a fixed flyer!

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 8d

As ever, you can sign up to our #aDNA seminar list below.

AaRC Talks Sign Up Sheet

Please provide your contact details to be provided the link to the AaRC Talks seminar series. We would ask you to complete two optional short survey questions on career stage and background so we can...

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 31st October to celebrate Día de los Muertos with some #ancientDNA from Mexico! Two very exciting talks on 🦣 and 🪴, by Federico Sánchez-Quinto and Marcela Sandoval-Velasco of LIIGH UNAM.

Note the later 3pm London time!

#aDNA @aarc-community.bsky.social

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Population and Statistical Genetics Group at UCPH @popgendk.bsky.social · 9d

Our new paper on Indonesian cattle #genomics is out on @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
Did you know Indonesian #cattle 🐂 were a mix of two species?
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Great work by Xi, @sagitaninta.bsky.social, Casia, Rasmus & co-authors
Read 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#popgen #evolution #agriculture

The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression - Nature Communications

Indonesian cattle are unique due to their history of admixture involving both zebu and banteng. Here, Wang et al. identify ~3.5 million novel introgressed SNP variants and provide a genomic map of banteng introgression within and across many cattle breeds, each with unique introgression histories.

www.nature.com

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Jolijn Erven @jolijnerven.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in goats 🐐? Read our pre-print on ancient Irish goats and their connection to the Old Irish goat breed

Just look at this dashing individual, courtesy of the Old Irish Goat society

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 9d

GOAT 🐐 PAPER

Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

Very happy to see our pre-print on ancient Irish goat genetics on bioRxiv #aDNA #spiergorm

I want to acknowledge this was only possible through the work of the late Dr. Judith Findlater, along with Prof. Eileen Murphy at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

Old Goats: 3,000 years of genetic connectivity of the domestic goat in Ireland

The domestic goat likely first arrived to the island of Ireland as part of the introduction of agriculture approximately 5,900 years ago, and remains a part of the island's biocultural heritage. Howev...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

And of course we should acknowledge our funders, including @researchireland.ie.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 13d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

This is very exciting as the OIG was nearly extinct a few decades ago, and this is the first nuclear genome data we have confirming its link to goat on the island, thousands of years ago.

We'll leave the further discussion to after the peer review process.

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

@jolijnerven.bsky.social was also instrumental in putting together the manuscript.

Very briefly, we managed to recover DNA from Bronze Age and Late Medieval goat remains from Haughey's Fort and Carrickfergus. Despite poor DNA preservation, we found a genetic connection with the Old Irish Goat.

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 10d

Very happy to see our pre-print on ancient Irish goat genetics on bioRxiv #aDNA #spiergorm

I want to acknowledge this was only possible through the work of the late Dr. Judith Findlater, along with Prof. Eileen Murphy at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

Old Goats: 3,000 years of genetic connectivity of the domestic goat in Ireland

The domestic goat likely first arrived to the island of Ireland as part of the introduction of agriculture approximately 5,900 years ago, and remains a part of the island's biocultural heritage. Howev...

www.biorxiv.org

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 13d

#PhyKIT update! v2.1.2

9 functions have been #optimized 🏃💨

Speed ups range from 1.34 - 17.9x faster!💥

Many thanks to #Codex for the helping hand👋😄

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 13d

Just had a scone and feel great x

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 14d

Medical science: humanity's greatest gift to itself.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · Sep 5

I will be recruiting two PhDs for my ERC Project HERDPATH - let's discover out how livestock and pathogens evolved together using #aDNA. Projects will be animal or pathogen focused but will be in dialogue.

Details at my quaint website below. Deadline 3rd October.

kevingdaly.github.io

Ruminant Palaeogenomics - Kevin G. Daly: Ruminant Palaeogenomics

kevingdaly.github.io

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 15d

Tower of Llyod represent on #traitorsIRL

This is #meath content.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 17d

Your reminder that legislation to curb the rights of trans people to use restrooms or do anything else means everyone's behaviour, clothing etc will be opened up to intrusive and unwanted scrutiny and potential challenge in our daily lives. This is not a 'them' issue. Trans rights are human rights.

Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 17d

Adult Human Female hockey star kicked out of women’s restroom by ‘gender police’ who thought she was a man -

www.outsports.com/2025/5/21/24...

PWHL hockey icon Madison Packer 'told to go to men’s restroom' - Outsports

After a 'humiliating' experience, Madison Packer calls bathroom policing a by-product of anti-trans propaganda.

www.outsports.com

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Audrey Lin, DPhil @undeaddandy.bsky.social · 18d

Join us @aarc-community.bsky.social this Friday 26 Sep. 2pm GMT/3pm CET/9am ET for new exciting research on butterflies and ferrets! Get the Zoom link by joining our Element channel tinyurl.com/2upt6e7s OR our mailing list! tinyurl.com/3rm7s2aj

This seminar is sponsored by @arborbio.bsky.social 🧬

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