Professor of Algorithmic and Microbial Genomics at the University of Bath (UK). Pangenomes, drug resistance (esp TB), data structures for DNA search, plasmid evolution, global microbial surveillance. Open Data, reproducibility. https://zam-iqbal-lab.org/
i'm really proud of this policy. it's not perfect, but i think it's close to the best that was possible given all the constraints. i'm excited that this will make things easier for mods and reviewers, and hopeful that it will spark change in Rust's governance. blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/...
rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy | Inside Rust BlogWant to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!blog.rust-lang.org
Well that was a dramatic sunrise from Glastonbury Tor! More photos to follow later as it went from a very dark inky blue with flashes of red appearing in the clouds to this beautiful golden sunrise. Put it this way, I had to move quickly to capture it all 😂
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
Rob hints at this but it’s worth reiterating that a major failure of the Starmer government was their inability to convey a consistent antiracist message or uphold norms. They confused anger about ‘the boats’ with generalised racism and since they couldn’t denounce the former they avoided the latter
Rob FordThis is what happens when anti-racism norms erode, and elites bear a lot of the responsibility for norm erosion, as they have disproportionate power to set and enforce norms
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
Hey, geology friends, my nephew would like to know what we’re looking at here. This is from a beach in Maryland.
It's been two and a half months since the Ebola outbreak in the DRC was declared and it is now the biggest the country has ever experienced and the second largest the world has ever seen. Dozens of cases continue to be reported each day across three separate provinces. 🧪 insp.cd/sitrep-n077-...
The ‘Buck Moon’ at the Kelpies in Falkirk. The full moon last night rising between Baron and Duke 🌝🐴🐴 #falkirk #scotland #kelpies #fullmoon
On our Close Readings subscription podcast: @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺, with readings by Hazel Holder Apple – lrb.me/odysseyapple Spotify – lrb.me/odysseyspotify Website – lrb.me/odysseyweb Get 50% off a 12-month Close Readings subscription with code SUMMER50: lrb.me/atasummer50
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
This may be the biggest mistake I’ve ever heard of anyone making in an undergraduate microbiology laboratory - and it wasn’t the students’ fault. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposureLab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.arstechnica.com
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
I am in the funniest possible situation I am trying to go see The Odyssey but may not get there because of transportation delays
After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”
Alvaro M. BedoyaPeople think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
Kat KerlinSome avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Would like to see this on every social media website, and I’m glad we’re calling it what it is now
Tits McGeeOh my God, this is not a drill - LinkedIn has added 'seems like AI slop' as an option on posts Genuinely thought it was a joke until I clicked on a few posts