Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
Genuinely scary that people now say stuff about race the BNP would never have dared say, and the media carry sentiment that would have been rejected as totally out of bounds in the 1990s. These are the fruits of sheer hatred, directed by politicians and 'commentators'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Further arrests in Thetford as disorder continues for third night
The arrests follow disturbances linked to anti-immigration protests in the market town.
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Just to be clear this isn’t an anti-Norfolk comment - it’s more that somewhere I’ve felt relatively safe and at home has a different vibe (in my experience) at the moment and I’m worried about it.
Helen Walden@hw1o9.bsky.social · 3w agoI come to Norfolk each year to visit family (it’s where I’m ‘from’). This year feels very different - young men in pub tell me I’m insane to think Reform are a bad idea, and that it’s ‘only the illegals’ they’ve a problem with (it’s not). My nephew (from Dereham) being told to ‘go back to Nigeria’ 😔
I come to Norfolk each year to visit family (it’s where I’m ‘from’). This year feels very different - young men in pub tell me I’m insane to think Reform are a bad idea, and that it’s ‘only the illegals’ they’ve a problem with (it’s not). My nephew (from Dereham) being told to ‘go back to Nigeria’ 😔
How do phosphorylation and palmitoylation talk to each other? 🤔 Our new preprint identifies #phosphorylation of Kv4.3 as a priming event that promotes channel #palmitoylation and shapes channel activity. A fascinating example of PTM cross-talk in the heart. ❤️⚡ doi.org/10.64898/202...
A phosphorylation‑dependent mechanism controls splice variant-specific S‑palmitoylation of cardiac Kv4.3
S-palmitoylation modulates the activity of many cardiac ion channels, yet the upstream signals that control this post-translational modification (PTM) are poorly defined. Here we identify a phosphoryl...
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You know you’re old when the family group chat erupts at the possibility of the Mexico-England game being brought forward #sleepisgood
News of England taking the lead against Congo has reached the House of Lords, and the steel bill
There must be a compound German word for this feeling of seeing Germany go out on penalties….
For my 30th birthday, my lab members bought me a copy of The God Delusion. I found it (the book) sexist, patronising, and other (then) unfashionable things. For my 50th, my lab members bought me champagne and a super cute necklace. I consider this excellent progress!
The House of Commons Education Committee is out today with a report on Higher Education... I'm quoted four times! There's a lot of good meat in there, even if I think the recommendations don't meet the case. But the policy disaster is very clear. (1/2) committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament
Today MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re...
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A no from BBSRC with nothing but positive feedback after excellent reviews. Strong prelim data, excellent rebuttal, excellent application. But no funding. Time to consider moving to a country that takes science funding seriously? So disappointed 😔
Job alert! We are seeking a rodent in vivo electrophysiologist to work on coordination between anterior thalamus and hippocampus in rats using Neuropixels. Beautiful Scotland, leading university (Glasgow) and vibrant intellectual setting. Post is 23 months but hopefully extensible. Details here 👇
Ref definitely had too much influence on the game. Ah well. #ncfc
Take a look at Martin’s new preprint on discovering a FANCD2-interacting motif, and his helpful summary posts!
Martin Rennie@martinrennie.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to share our new paper uncovering how FANCD2 recognises various DNA repair proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @hw1o9.bsky.social
Actually hilarious! I got “cute cats making cookies is the biggest betrayal of the Brexit mandate”. Seems about right.
Martin Nicholls@martinnicholls.bsky.social · 6mo agoIn honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app
I cannot believe how exciting it is watching people go down an ice slide headfirst 🤣
📚New Episode📚 A forty-year slow-motion disaster in higher education is reaching its climax – and Labour is left holding the bag. @gsoh31.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to ask if the problems can be solved ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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As of roughly half an hour ago, I am now the parent of an adult 😱 Where does the time go?!