Thank you Chris, we are really excited for this brilliant opportunity 🎉

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Thank you! We are very excited to join the network and to share our expertise and resources through it! 😎

University of Southampton joins ELIXIR-UK as it newest member The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK, bringing expertise in computational biology, bioinformatics, clinical data, and data stewardship.

The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK 🎉 From open-access glycan databases to data stewardship, Southampton brings a wealth of expertise to the network.

Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/un...

@elisafadda.bsky.social @glycoshape.org #openscience #bioinformatics #datastewardship

Thank you *very much* 🙏🏻 to Rob Ewing @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social for leading the application 😎🎉

We are proud to be part of @elixiruknode.org as the @unisouthampton.bsky.social node, and to share our expertise in structural and computational glycoscience 🧪, together with our OA resources thought it. Check out the announcement below for more information ⬇️ 🥳

I didn't mean to turn this into a short thread, but once I started ranting ...
So here it is, on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...

elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched ALT: elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched

Well done #SallyNugent 🔥🔥🔥🔥 roasting that hypocrite Kemi Badenoch on BBC breakfast! I was about to turn off the TV as soon as I saw her on, glad I didn't miss that bit 😎

The dangerous myth of ‘neutral’ technology The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it

Ah, this Technological Public manifesto from Karp at Palantir... What better illustration of why I wrote this?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...

Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

One of those books that will always stay with me. Absolute perfection

1 yr ago I wrote a massive thread on @iea.org huge AI / energy report.

WELL it's one year later and they've released an update, but notably, there is no chatbot. Well....I'm going to read it anyway, and you're all going to get spammed with notes :)

that's means a NEW ULTRATHREAD 🧵

Yasssss!! ♥️

For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post

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1/8

Feels like this paper on protein-templated DNA synthesis by a natural enzyme warrants some comment.
So here's a 🧵. /1
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Best of luck Fiona! You'll be great! 👍🏻😎

We need to win big on May 7.

Thousands of Green candidates are standing across England and Wales.

This is a real chance to change politics - to give communities a stronger voice and challenge parties backed by big money.

Support the campaign 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...

I asked ChatGPT who I am. It said I'm Chris Chambers.

I am not Prof. Chris Chambers, and I didn't reveal myself as Chris Chambers (or anyone else) in 2015...

I can see the logic in thinking that we're the same person, since we agree on a lot of things, but it's not true! And it gets worse...

whoa, Kent State and Wright State are eliminating their chemistry BS degree programs #chemsky

Ugh.. it is really a sad state of affairs across the world

Red and pink orangey tulips with greenery all around

Pink purple and white tulips with greenery all around

An extraordinarily gorgeous pink tulip

An extraordinarily gorgeous white and rose tulip

Some of this year tulips 🌷🩷♥️💚

Looks amazing!

Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

Please RT!

The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026.

More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109

@uciphyssci.bsky.social

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bsky is acting up again, isn't it?

Some people have misunderstood this.

We literally saw how Claude itself, coded by Claude, turns one API call into a DOS of thousands upon thousands of API calls done in the sloppiest fucking way possible.

This postmortem shows Bluesky vibecoded a function to DOS itself, in a similarly stupid way.

Bluesky confirms DDoS attack is cause of continued app outages | TechCrunch Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET. on April 15.

Bluesky under attack. (Maybe you noticed that Thursday.)

"Bluesky’s website and app are still struggling on Friday after experiencing service interruptions that chief operating officer Rose Wang attributed to an ongoing cyberattack." techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/i...

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As usual, all feed back is welcome and encouraged! Ojas and I will be happy to help with any question 👍