Mike Macgregor
@notthatdrmike.bsky.social
British scientist based in Berlin | Researching novel & heterologous metabolic pathways in E. coli | Passionate about drugs reform, left-wing politics and history.
NB: All opinions are my own.
NB: All opinions are my own.
The far-right has always been about protecting girls and women...
Unfortunately, it's also always been about protecting "our" girls...
That is... The ones they feel they own and are entitled to.
Unfortunately, it's also always been about protecting "our" girls...
That is... The ones they feel they own and are entitled to.
Nigel Farage has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban if he becomes prime minister.
The Reform UK leader's position on the topic hasn't been clear, after previously saying in August that he wouldn't send women back to the regime.
Read more: trib.al/hOghqJd
The Reform UK leader's position on the topic hasn't been clear, after previously saying in August that he wouldn't send women back to the regime.
Read more: trib.al/hOghqJd
September 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The far-right has always been about protecting girls and women...
Unfortunately, it's also always been about protecting "our" girls...
That is... The ones they feel they own and are entitled to.
Unfortunately, it's also always been about protecting "our" girls...
That is... The ones they feel they own and are entitled to.
@gurpreetnarwan.bsky.social if you're going to write an article about adhd... At least get it right: it's a neurological condition; not a mental one.
Awful job, @skynewsrss.bsky.social!
Awful job, @skynewsrss.bsky.social!
August 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
@gurpreetnarwan.bsky.social if you're going to write an article about adhd... At least get it right: it's a neurological condition; not a mental one.
Awful job, @skynewsrss.bsky.social!
Awful job, @skynewsrss.bsky.social!
The most frustrating thing about the #LocalElections2025 is that I've no doubt that @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will take ALL of the wrong lessons from this and tact further right wards.
May 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The most frustrating thing about the #LocalElections2025 is that I've no doubt that @teamlabouruk.bsky.social will take ALL of the wrong lessons from this and tact further right wards.
I swear if I hear one more person talk about "common sense", I'm going to throw something at their head.
(This is in response to the recent news regarding Ice Hockey England's decision on the participation of trans players)
(This is in response to the recent news regarding Ice Hockey England's decision on the participation of trans players)
March 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I swear if I hear one more person talk about "common sense", I'm going to throw something at their head.
(This is in response to the recent news regarding Ice Hockey England's decision on the participation of trans players)
(This is in response to the recent news regarding Ice Hockey England's decision on the participation of trans players)
March 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Trump administration can't understand the difference between "transgenic" and "transgender"....
We're all going to be wiped out by a bunch of fucking idiots, aren't we?
We're all going to be wiped out by a bunch of fucking idiots, aren't we?
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Trump administration can't understand the difference between "transgenic" and "transgender"....
We're all going to be wiped out by a bunch of fucking idiots, aren't we?
We're all going to be wiped out by a bunch of fucking idiots, aren't we?
It got published nearly 5 years ago, but I have to say... The fact that my literature review has been cited 38x now does have a tendency to stroke one's ego.
portlandpress.com/emergtoplife...
portlandpress.com/emergtoplife...
Tuberculosis diagnostics: overcoming ancient challenges with modern solutions
Rapid, sensitive, accurate and portable diagnostics are a mainstay of modern medicine. Tuberculosis is a disease that has been with us since time immemorial and, despite the fact that it can be treate...
portlandpress.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It got published nearly 5 years ago, but I have to say... The fact that my literature review has been cited 38x now does have a tendency to stroke one's ego.
portlandpress.com/emergtoplife...
portlandpress.com/emergtoplife...
Having lived in Germany for the last 3 years, I can easily sum up what Keir Starmer needs to do:
Actually do something and abandon neo-liberalism.
Simple
Actually do something and abandon neo-liberalism.
Simple
🇩🇪 "This German election offers a daunting insight into the threats Labour could face from the right in three years’ time."
✍️ @progbrit.bsky.social's Sofia Aujla-Jones on what lessons Labour should learn from Germany's election:
labourlist.org/2025/02/germ...
✍️ @progbrit.bsky.social's Sofia Aujla-Jones on what lessons Labour should learn from Germany's election:
labourlist.org/2025/02/germ...
'Germany's election offers insights into the threats Labour could face going forward' - LabourList
With just days to go before Germany heads to the polls in what will be a crucial federal…
labourlist.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Having lived in Germany for the last 3 years, I can easily sum up what Keir Starmer needs to do:
Actually do something and abandon neo-liberalism.
Simple
Actually do something and abandon neo-liberalism.
Simple
Has anyone else's Facebook timeline become a cesspit of far-right material lately? Or is it just me?
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Has anyone else's Facebook timeline become a cesspit of far-right material lately? Or is it just me?
Welp, it's finally happened!
I hit "reply all" in response to an email to my entire research group 🥲
I hit "reply all" in response to an email to my entire research group 🥲
February 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Welp, it's finally happened!
I hit "reply all" in response to an email to my entire research group 🥲
I hit "reply all" in response to an email to my entire research group 🥲
It's crazy how much the production quality of music has changed since I was a teenager.
I'm seeing Trivium & BFMV on Friday on their Poisoned Ascendency tour... Those albums are 20 years old.
I love those albums to this day, but the difference between them and recent releases is night & day!
I'm seeing Trivium & BFMV on Friday on their Poisoned Ascendency tour... Those albums are 20 years old.
I love those albums to this day, but the difference between them and recent releases is night & day!
February 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's crazy how much the production quality of music has changed since I was a teenager.
I'm seeing Trivium & BFMV on Friday on their Poisoned Ascendency tour... Those albums are 20 years old.
I love those albums to this day, but the difference between them and recent releases is night & day!
I'm seeing Trivium & BFMV on Friday on their Poisoned Ascendency tour... Those albums are 20 years old.
I love those albums to this day, but the difference between them and recent releases is night & day!
I'm proud to be a scientist, but at which point can I just have my own private lab without having to deal with people? 😅
February 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm proud to be a scientist, but at which point can I just have my own private lab without having to deal with people? 😅
Reposted by Mike Macgregor
If you'd like to complain to Ofcom, here's the link: ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/Si...
The comments were aired on the GB News show "Headliners" on 22nd January 2025 at 11.40pm
The full video is on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0W...
HT @notthatdrmike.bsky.social
The comments were aired on the GB News show "Headliners" on 22nd January 2025 at 11.40pm
The full video is on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0W...
HT @notthatdrmike.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you'd like to complain to Ofcom, here's the link: ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/Si...
The comments were aired on the GB News show "Headliners" on 22nd January 2025 at 11.40pm
The full video is on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0W...
HT @notthatdrmike.bsky.social
The comments were aired on the GB News show "Headliners" on 22nd January 2025 at 11.40pm
The full video is on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0W...
HT @notthatdrmike.bsky.social
As a scientist, one thing that angers me is when there are needlessly dragged out meetings that could have been emails.
I think it often surprises people when I try to ensure that meetings I chair run exceptionally short and to the point.
I think it often surprises people when I try to ensure that meetings I chair run exceptionally short and to the point.
January 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As a scientist, one thing that angers me is when there are needlessly dragged out meetings that could have been emails.
I think it often surprises people when I try to ensure that meetings I chair run exceptionally short and to the point.
I think it often surprises people when I try to ensure that meetings I chair run exceptionally short and to the point.
On a serious note, how does one engage with people from rural communities when it comes to anti-intellectualism and anti-science stances?
It's anecdotal, but it's difficult to engage when facts are dismissed as "opinions" and "arrogance".
It's anecdotal, but it's difficult to engage when facts are dismissed as "opinions" and "arrogance".
January 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On a serious note, how does one engage with people from rural communities when it comes to anti-intellectualism and anti-science stances?
It's anecdotal, but it's difficult to engage when facts are dismissed as "opinions" and "arrogance".
It's anecdotal, but it's difficult to engage when facts are dismissed as "opinions" and "arrogance".
Deeply, deeply frustrating that my hometown have co-opted a staunch anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist as a councillor.
That's it... That's the post.
That's it... That's the post.
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Deeply, deeply frustrating that my hometown have co-opted a staunch anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist as a councillor.
That's it... That's the post.
That's it... That's the post.
"That threat... remains... we also see acts of extreme violence... young men in their bedroom... desperate for notoriety... "
Just call it for what it is, Keir... Male entitlement and misogyny.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Just call it for what it is, Keir... Male entitlement and misogyny.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Axel Rudakubana: Keir Starmer making statement on Southport murders after public inquiry announced
On Monday, Axel Rudakubana admitted murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Bebe King - and his long history of violence was revealed.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"That threat... remains... we also see acts of extreme violence... young men in their bedroom... desperate for notoriety... "
Just call it for what it is, Keir... Male entitlement and misogyny.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Just call it for what it is, Keir... Male entitlement and misogyny.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Sycophant, noun: a servile self-seeking flatterer
See, David Lammy
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
See, David Lammy
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Most of the world is glad Donald Trump is back, says Lammy
Foreign secretary says new president is ‘gracious and generous’ ahead of inauguration
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sycophant, noun: a servile self-seeking flatterer
See, David Lammy
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
See, David Lammy
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
At first I saw a photo and thought someone had taken it out of context... No, no, they did not.
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
At first I saw a photo and thought someone had taken it out of context... No, no, they did not.
Reposted by Mike Macgregor
“I know you are just said you are what am I then? Ner ner.”
Elon Musk is what happens when a 12 year old still gets whatever he wants despite being an irritating little shit.
Elon Musk is what happens when a 12 year old still gets whatever he wants despite being an irritating little shit.
January 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“I know you are just said you are what am I then? Ner ner.”
Elon Musk is what happens when a 12 year old still gets whatever he wants despite being an irritating little shit.
Elon Musk is what happens when a 12 year old still gets whatever he wants despite being an irritating little shit.
The 6 biggest banks in the US have pulled out of the "net-zero banking alliance"...
Capitalism is literally going to be the death of us!
Capitalism is literally going to be the death of us!
Alle sechs großen US-Banken sind aus der Klima-Koalition „Net-Zero Banking Alliance“ ausgetreten. Umweltschützer befürchten drastische Folgen.
Umweltschützer besorgt wegen US-Banken: Wall-Street-Banken verlassen Klima-Bündnis
taz.de
January 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The 6 biggest banks in the US have pulled out of the "net-zero banking alliance"...
Capitalism is literally going to be the death of us!
Capitalism is literally going to be the death of us!
Reposted by Mike Macgregor
Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
January 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fact checking is not censorship.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
It's an essential public service.
Disinformation kills. Period.
Reposted by Mike Macgregor
Now they're going after VPNs.
*Pay attention* to what's happening in places like Turkey, India, Russia and China — and how tech companies are complying, or not, with state surveillance. As we've seen in the past month, they'll do the same when prompted here.
*Pay attention* to what's happening in places like Turkey, India, Russia and China — and how tech companies are complying, or not, with state surveillance. As we've seen in the past month, they'll do the same when prompted here.
January 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Now they're going after VPNs.
*Pay attention* to what's happening in places like Turkey, India, Russia and China — and how tech companies are complying, or not, with state surveillance. As we've seen in the past month, they'll do the same when prompted here.
*Pay attention* to what's happening in places like Turkey, India, Russia and China — and how tech companies are complying, or not, with state surveillance. As we've seen in the past month, they'll do the same when prompted here.
Reposted by Mike Macgregor
Someone else has already made this point but Gisèle Pelichot is the real person of the year
December 12, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Someone else has already made this point but Gisèle Pelichot is the real person of the year
Apparently sandwiches aren't real food...
The question is: Is that a quote from Colin from Portsmouth? Or leader of the Tories, @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social ?
#UKPolitics
The question is: Is that a quote from Colin from Portsmouth? Or leader of the Tories, @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social ?
#UKPolitics
December 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Apparently sandwiches aren't real food...
The question is: Is that a quote from Colin from Portsmouth? Or leader of the Tories, @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social ?
#UKPolitics
The question is: Is that a quote from Colin from Portsmouth? Or leader of the Tories, @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social ?
#UKPolitics