Social media isn’t what it used to be but isn’t this a cracking photo … so many questions to be answered ?!

Jeepers!

That went well …

Colourful image from the webpage of the Royal Society. Background is a mix of images of electronic circuits and silicon wafers. Text reads: "Welcome to the Royal Society. We are the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity."

FOR THE RECORD: one year on, I lay out clearly how Elon Musk FRS has breached the @royalsociety.org’s code of conduct, why the Society’s failure to defend its values has been so damaging, & what they need do to recover their standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/...

Although vaguely remembering this fact from school I was not aware of the CBS connection … or the fenian ram! but it seems the Irish navy still don’t have a sub;-) … a horrible history episode is a must

Oh and some new fiction see the thread!

Interesting history

BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES YouTube video by Billy Bragg

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

I’m afraid my room is just a lighter shade of beige from the carpet I won’t torture u with photographic evidence

I will revert to ceilings … watch this space …

Not a good start for hotel carpets 2026 @scurry.bsky.social

DESY campus some innovative cooling mechanism for machine parts ;-)

Jammed packed visit to HH for DESY and euXFel user meetings and the SPB/SFX consortium meeting!

🚨New job opportunity!

We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI

⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday

Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers

Identifying Antifungal Drug Targets by Solving TRL1 ATP-Ligase Binding Domain Structure Instruct-ERIC is a pan-European research infrastructure in structural biology, making high-end technologies and methods available to all European researchers.

See our latest science highlight, as researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the CNR in Italy accessed @igbmc.bsky.social through Instruct, utilising crystallisation sample preparation techniques to obtain structures of Antifungal Drug Targets!

instruct-eric.org/scientifichi...

Strange times indeed

MISO: microfluidic protein isolation enables single-particle cryo-EM structure determination from a single cell colony.

Or from a single dish of HEK cell culture in the case of two membrane proteins.

Out in Nature Methods now! lnkd.in/gpyBSceg

Wonderful collaboration with the Efremov lab.

Goodday Bluesky

The Day of the Dead (1924) by Diego Rivera

Really interesting interview. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I were also fortunate to chat with David Baker on our podcast which you can catch here: Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA

AI in Protein Design: Hype vs. Reality Explained by David Baker In this GEN interview, Nobel Laureate David Baker, PhD, emphasizes that designing proteins from scratch is reality and unpacks what's needed for AI to transform medicine.

AI in Protein Design: Hype vs. Reality Explained by David Baker
In this GEN interview, he emphasizes that designing new proteins from scratch is now a reality. Whether AI transforms medicine will require improving our understanding of biology's complexity

Stagnant salaries is another big factor as the cost of living increases unabated … during the low inflation years no desire to keep a pace with this (which would have been easy) has led to a very serious problem which has been very well articulated by the medics but all other sectors are suffering

So its v good ?… i bought it for summer hols but still on shelf as im a slow reader

Watching us open on sky sport’s … paying for the day for the first time EVER ;-) …there are adverts and the commentary is uht milk level … bbc Wimbledon coverage superb and value for money and impeccable…just saying …

Behind the Scenes of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' 'Waiting for Godot' Jamie Lloyd's production of 'Waiting for Godot' stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves of 'Bill and Ted' — and is soon opening on Broadway.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... …bill and tes meets sam

Awesome work!

The boys are back in town ;-)

They do a breakfast burrito at the ral canteen @diamondlightsource.bsky.social we should compare notes ;-)

Desert Island Discs - Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist - BBC Sounds Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

Carol Robinson on Desert Island Discs - have a listen friends: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
An inspirational scientist & friend. An example of combining scientific excellence, courage, hard work and really importantly; kindness. (Yes I’m biased, but it’s true nevertheless)
@kavlioxford.bsky.social

Ceiling of venue hosting the final ASAP all hands meeting somewhere in Europe

Continuing the theme of venue ceilings (admittedly its had poor uptake and i think no one else has succumb to this potentially riveting trend) but as the hotel carpet at this event is not going to impress @scurry.bsky.social i submit this interesting (if i do say so myself) ceiling venue …

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’ Elders group urge targeted sanctions on Israeli prime minister and security cabinet

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’