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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 6h

"Usutu, which mainly infects birds, was first detected in London blackbirds in 2020 and has been found in birds or mosquitoes every year since, making it now endemic to the UK … Usutu often establishes first, with West Nile following as temperatures rise."

theconversation.com/first-eviden...

First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika

The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.

theconversation.com

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 6h

🚀 We’re hiring!

#ECDC is looking for new leaders to strengthen Europe’s defences against infectious diseases.

🧭 Head of Unit – Resource Management Services
🗣️ Head of Section – Science & Public Health Communication

📅 Apply by early November → bit.ly/ECDCjobs

#ECDC #EUJobs #EUCareers

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 6h

This conspiracy is a bit ironic, as it highlights the hunger for universal healthcare among the MAGA base.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 9h

They've only just noticed!?

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 9h

It looks like the US CDC has helpfully archived the important things

stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6023

Cover of Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic by the US CDC

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 9h

When it comes to this sort of behaviour, nowadays you need to be more specific...

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 9h

I suspect that I'm going to be repeating "these books are medicinal" a lot.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h

doomscroll break

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 9h

"The administration wants to be able to do ‘ideological purity’ testing before helping after [a natural disaster, such as] a tsunami"

Given this is how Trump sees internal disaster relief, it's no surprise that this attitude would be turned outward.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

Trump administration reported to be planning expansion of ‘global gag rule’ to halt any initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion

www.theguardian.com

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 10h

Sounds like something that emerged from the Musk worldview that this is all a game of Sims.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, so that's why he froze. I wasn't paying attention to what he was actually saying.

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 11h

Under First Past the Post, an extreme, even anti-democratic party can take full power on a fraction of the vote - without the consent of the majority.

In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.

That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 11h

Computational PhDs - this is a really special post-doc opportunity to join @hkoohy.bsky.social's lab at the @imm.ox.ac.uk in Oxford. It is part of a dream collaboration to identify the antigens recognised by Tregs - I'm so excited that we are really doing this!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX009/s...

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology at University of Oxford

Discover Senior Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · Aug 29

“Humor can chip away at a regime’s façade of invulnerability—and allow laughter itself to become an act of defiance.”

www.usip.org/blog/2019/05...

Not Just a Punchline: Humor and Nonviolent Action

In the span of a few weeks in April, two longtime North African dictators—Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria and Omar al-Bashir in Sudan—were toppled by nonviolent movements. These successes further bols...

www.usip.org

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14h

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 14h

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology

As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...

www.fz-juelich.de

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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 14h

This is interesting as we realise something similar for hepatitis #viruses… maybe we should talk less about ‘resistance’ (binary) and more about ‘susceptibility’ (shades of grey).
#AMR #HBV #AntimicrobialResistance #Infection #IDSky 🧪

Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 14h

Pleased to see this out today in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... We estimate the independent effects of AMR genes on MIC at a drug-bug level and challenge the idea that resistance is a binary phenomenon.

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study

Surveillance and prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli relies on curated databases of genes and mutations. We aimed to quantify the …

www.sciencedirect.com

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12h

New research article

Duration of the serological response and effectiveness of the inactivated #influenza #vaccine in healthy adults aged 18–65 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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

#IDSky #ViroSky #ClinMicro #OpenAccess #OA

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12h

New research article

Invasive #Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis compared with Streptococcus pyogenes in Australia, 2011–23, and the emergence of a multi-continent stG62647 lineage

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

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OpenAccess #OA

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 12h

New research article

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study

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

#IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #WGS #OpenAccess #OA

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Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 14h

Pleased to see this out today in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... We estimate the independent effects of AMR genes on MIC at a drug-bug level and challenge the idea that resistance is a binary phenomenon.

Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli: an observational study

Surveillance and prediction of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli relies on curated databases of genes and mutations. We aimed to quantify the …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Joana F Neves @nevesjf.bsky.social · 1d

PhD opportunity to study intestinal immune cells using our pioneer human organoid models at the Joana F Neves and Robin Dart labs @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social through #MRC Doutoral training program
kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/deco...
Applications opening soon!
#gdTcells #IBD #gut #organoids

Decoding γδ T cell-epithelial interactions in the human intestine in health and disease - MRC DTP

The human gut epithelium performs vital absorptive functions, while simultaneously forming a physical barrier between the gut contents and the body. As such it is essential for health and its dysregul...

kcl-mrcdtp.com

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 2d

Published today!

'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'

A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant

The laboratory contaminant strain Noodlococcus was named for its coccoid cells and unusual colony morphology, which resembled a pile of noodles. Along with laboratory characterisation and electron mic...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1d

I was taken aback by Pelech's gibberish. But the real icing on the cake was Bilinski claiming that ostriches survived the meteor strike 65 million years ago.

This piece is so informative. Without a twitter account I can't keep up with the craziness.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/last-stand...

Last Stand in Bird Flu Ostrich Land

The BC ostrich convoy enters the "find out" stage of FAFO and so have we all

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 1d

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1d

“It is just shocking how far we have come from the very rigorous research policy decisions of the former ACIP.”

www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t...

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots

There's no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.

www.statnews.com

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