When some says they "think AI could do [thing]", you can take that as them saying "I dont really understand or care about the quality of [thing]"

🎶Your own buttery jesus🎵

Mika Fae Queen of Night 🏳️‍⚧️@msmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 4d ago

according to my wife Christ is etymologically butter

Imagine a computer like a PDP-11 but with more than 3 billion SP4T switches. The switches are various combinations of 'magic' and 'more magic' the authors of the code are dead, there are no comments except for old code, and sometimes the comments run anyway and it's wet this is biology.

The E of E. coli fame. I did not know this story - fascinating! #IDSky #Microsky

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4d ago

The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.

"A computer can never be held accountable" was supposed to be a warning. But it has been widely interpreted as a strategy.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 6d ago

I'm not saying that anyone ever sat down and said, "Parents with sick children will pay whatever we charge for a thermometer at 2AM." They didn't have to: this is the kind of thing an automated system can do without any human intervention: www.ftc.gov/system/files... 15/

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is ”Children’s books about scientists convey demotivating messages.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/oTon50ZuLj3 For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/TsjY50ZuLj2.

“This may be scary to some people… a dystopian future” Quite, Bryan. That’s why it’s been the plot of several SF horror stories and novels and more than one film. Horror stories evolved as warnings. You’re not supposed to hear them and think, ‘ooh, good idea’.

Biohacker Bryan Johnson says he’s ‘cloned himself as a baby’ to harvest its organs

‘This technology gives us a path to reverse aging,’ says 48-year-old tech entrepreneur

independent.co.uk

Musk just has a hard time wrapping his head around a story where a man’s wife and child care if he comes home

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Musk seethes as ‘The Odyssey’ conquers at the box office www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

From the folks complaining about improper interpretation of Greek works: ‘federal agencies “should prioritize foundational research in the biological over the life sciences.”’ Biology, derived from Greek, literally means ‘science of life’. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

the shodessey

One for @timbale.bsky.social ? BBC Breakfast 06:33. “That’s the statistical situation but what’s the reality.” Then does vox pop.

Again, not dissimilar to where I am from in the far north of the Scottish Highlands. Visitors often talk about the beauty of the hills and vast peat moors, but that's not the landscape our ancestors would have known.

“Used ChatGPT as my search engine” 👀 🫠 Editor-in-Chief of Science

Holden Thorp@holdenthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi, this is Holden emerging from my Bluesky hiatus to tell everyone that when checking the links in the piece, I used ChatGPT as my search engine (does anyone use Google anymore?). The piece was written by me and edited by humans. So all the links were checked by me and again by our copyeditors.

Keyboard moss is a pleasing addition to office atmosphere. Moss, rotifers, bacteria and all kinds of life keeping one company. There should be more of it.

happy hagfish crashiversary to all who celebrate www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/u...

No leadership here. The Church of England is against restoring nature www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030

Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landowners

theguardian.com

Change in Headline

Had an oustanding time at the Hempitera-Plant Interactions Symposium #HPIS2026 in Montpellier this week. Hat tip to the organisers.

This isn't just a paper about insects. It's a demonstration of what decades of biodiversity inventory, conservation, and scientific collaboration can achieve. Congratulations to Dan & Winnie, the parataxonomists, and all the authors on this remarkable PNAS publication. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

So long #LHC and thank you for all the collisions 👋 Today, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, comes to the end of an extraordinary chapter in its scientific journey. Find out more: home.cern/cern-bids-fa...

This is remarkable.

#InsectWeek is back and bigger than ever 🪰 Whether you're fascinated by butterflies, curious about beetles or simply want to spend more time connecting with nature, there's something for everyone! Join us in celebrating the little things that run the world 🔽 buff.ly/gCVYfHw #StandTallForTheSmall

Insect Week 2026 Expands Across Five City Hubs to Inspire a New Generation of Nature Champions

The Royal Entomological Society announces ambitious nationwide programme for Insect Week 2026 On the leadup to a big week in the insect science community, the Royal Entomological Society has unveiled…

buff.ly

a dad bod? you mean a father figure

Can't resist reposting this after a flurry of "what about people who live in the countryside and need to drive massive cars (into the city)?" replies

Prof. Ian Walker@ianwalker.bsky.social · 2y ago

I might buy a private island and then spend my life demanding free helicopter parking and laughing at people who suggest it's possible to live without a helicopter

Honestly the best summary of cryoET I have seen

Florent Waltz@florentwaltz.bsky.social · last yr.

Ribosomes for everyone

It does seem like voters finding out how awful Reform candidates actually are once elected is a useful process

Alistair Wilson (Big Al Wilson)@alistairwilson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Important to note that not only did Reform fail in three by-elections but on the same night they lost local elections in Essex (their heartland of South East Essex) where sitting councillors were defeated. This may be the watershed moment in more ways than one.

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Also: I like that they're not bothering to ban bluesky cos they know everyone here is (apologies to whoever said this for not attributing it) 46.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps TikTok YouTube Snapchat Instagram X Reddit Facebook Twitch Kick Threads