Doing a *very slow* run after a long time out with injury - thumbs up and smiles from other runners are incredible, what a great community ❤️
Eileen Parkes
@eileenparkes.bsky.social
Assoc Prof Oxford MD PhD. Oncology, early phase trials, tumour microenvironment #womenInSTEM #immunology
The wildfires in Suffolk are the reality of a fossil-fuelled climate emergency that is making our summers hotter and more extreme. If we have any chance of preventing the worst of the climate crisis, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Is it possible to have grant writing PTSD? i.e. a certain font size and spacing will set off feelings of dread....
Nice Surfers Against Sewage Post box topper just appeared at the end of Ramsay Road in Headington, Oxford. 😀 @headingtonnews.bsky.social #YarnBombing @sascampaigns.bsky.social
The best live show I have ever had the privilege of being at - rest in peace www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
Frontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama Once
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35.4% of pts with very high risk died within 48 hours of surgery, and 77.2% of those changed to end-of-life/comfort care in that time. This is clearly nonbeneficial. We all (pts and relatives included) need to get better at deciding when *not* to operate. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Nonbeneficial Emergency Surgery in Older Adults at Risk for Early Mortality
This cross-sectional study examines the incidence of and factors associated with early mortality among older adults undergoing emergency general surgery as a marker of nonbeneficial surgery.
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Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun
Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun
If OpenAI loudly proclaims how dangerous AI is, investors will hear how powerful it is. And who benefits from that?
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Don't forget that the EACR-Worldwide Cancer Research Collaboration Fellowships are a new initiative this year, and you could be one of the first fellows! Application deadline: 03 September 2026 Apply here: eacr.org/collaboratio...
1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.
The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science
As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...
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Absolutely - AI will lie rather than not answer a question, a fatal flaw that means all scientists should not be using this for anything meaningful (never mind the stolen IP etc)
Adrian Liston@labliston.bsky.social · 2w agoMe trying out AI, yet again: Me: How can I generate a tool to do X? AI: Commonly scientists do Y (citation) Me: Which figure shows this? AI: I can't actually read papers, it is the vibe Me: This paper shows the opposite AI: To clarify, it is the opposite Me: That is not clarification AI: I panicked
I spoke with a nurse who has worked at a Bronx Hospital for 39 years and is now being laid off, along with 11 other nurses, to be replaced by AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike
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English politicians ignorance of the Good Friday Agreement was demonstrated abundantly in Brexit already
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3w agoReform: For the "you couldn't make it up" file. “It’s discriminatory to the other indigenous languages of the UK." bylinetimes.com/2026/07/13/r...
This @nature.com Q&A with Ryan Rising covers his own journey – and his work to help others – to get a PhD after being incarcerated. So easy to take for granted the raw power of higher education. As told to @virginiagewin.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I want to see a prison-to-PhD pipeline
Ryan Rising creates programmes that help people who have been incarcerated to access academic opportunities.
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If you're at #ECMTB26 (or wish you were), you might be interested in our modelling paper out today in Plos Comp Biol! In which talented (ex-)student Nic Fan develops a #Chaste agent-based model to describe vascular remodelling in tumour growth models! journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Exploring the relationship between vascular remodelling and tumour growth using agent-based modelling
Author summary We have created an agent-based model (ABM) that accounts for mechanical interactions between tumour cells and associated vasculature. The model simulates vessel occlusion and pruning du...
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Progress against cancer not shared by poorer countries, WHO report finds
Progress against cancer not shared by poorer countries, WHO report finds
‘Persistent’ inequities found to exist in access to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, annual global review says Remarkable scientific progress against cancer has changed very little for millions of patients globally, who face devastating physical, emotional and financial consequences after diagnosis, a new World Health Organization report has warned. One person in five will develop cancer, according to WHO estimates, and the disease will touch 92% of people, either through their own diagnosis or that of a close family member. Continue reading...
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Inattentive drivers have collided with me three times in recent years. One of these led to my injury, ruined my confidence and destroyed my bike. You bet I'm going to let the police know if I see any of them on their phones. www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/comment...
The last thing drivers need is cyclists snitching on us to the authorities
As well as scrutiny from inside and outside our cars, bicycle-mounted busybodies are policing minor infractions
telegraph.co.uk
How I survived the record Paris heatwave while seven months pregnant
How I survived the record Paris heatwave while seven months pregnant
It feels as if we are being abandoned to our fate by those in power, with further extreme heat expected next week
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"you're one of one... unprecedented.. Why would you cede that to a machine?" As a tool, AI/LLM has uses - but agree with Eggers that we should jealously guard our ability to think www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’
As his new novel is published, the US author talks about nurturing the next generation of creatives, debating Sam Altman – and why he writes on a boat in San Francisco Bay
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With US science in unprecedented turmoil, can Europe step up to become the free world's science superpower? We crunched the data on Europe's strengths and weaknesses, plans & what headwinds the bloc faces 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Europe as science superpower: what it will take to rival the US and China
Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.
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With both the EACR and AACR hosting conferences on Early Onset Cancers recently, the organisers joined together to co-author an article on this topic: The Rising Burden of Early-Onset Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1158/2159...
It's insane to get an email about "Department of war" funded research opportunities
Evidence suggests that AI-driven ‘deskilling’ is starting to happen in medicine, computer science and other fields go.nature.com/4vtwEN1
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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What you need to know about the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)☝ This outbreak shows that cuts to humanitarian aid have real consequences for people and has left health services struggling to cope.
In some areas, clinics have closed, medicines are running low, and disease monitoring has weakened.Communities are left more exposed under weakened health systems. This means that outbreaks spread faster.
With our government leading the way on sanctions against companies involved in illegal settlements in Palestine - this is timely. I’d expect this event to be banned - it’s a disgrace that it’s even been planned. bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/k...
English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens! When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story. This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism. 1/
A tumour-host feed-forward loop contributes to the growth of chromosomal instability-induced tumours. -> link.springer.com/article/10.1...
IRB Barcelona@irbbarcelona.org · 2mo agoA new study led by @milanlab.bsky.social's team at #IRBBarcelona shows that tumours with chromosomal instability can promote their own growth by damaging the surrounding healthy tissues. ➡️ https://shorturl.at/s4xr5 📌 @emboreports.org DOI: 10.1038/s44319-026-00811-7 #IRBScience #CancerResearch
