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Duncan MacCannell

@drm.bsky.social

Molecular #epidemiology & #publichealth. Pathogen #genomics, #microbiology, #emerginginfections, #AMR, (bio)tech and #opendata. Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own. https://duncan.bio ๐Ÿฆ… Low productivity public sector employee. ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ’‰๐ŸŒป๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿฅช

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29.01.2026 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

www.science.org/content/arti...

27.01.2026 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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26.01.2026 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe truth is that we are all in this together. In public health, there is no โ€˜themโ€™, there is only โ€œusโ€. โ€” Dr. William H. Foege

25.01.2026 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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240 County Road, the Proctor Estate, New England Biolabs (1895) The former James H. Proctor estate was built in 1895. The Catholic Church purchased the property, where it was used as a novitiate by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and later became the Catholic sโ€ฆ

It could very well be from NEB - part of the campus includes the beautifully refurbished old Proctor mansion, which has likely been refurnished a few times. I was fortunate enough to get a tour of the campus and walking trails a few months ago during the shutdown. historicipswich.net/240-county-rd/

25.01.2026 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, not a lot of great options with those colors.

18.01.2026 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Brewster Kahle stands in front of a row of servers at the Internet Archive.

Brewster Kahle stands in front of a row of servers at the Internet Archive.

If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine, check out this teardown โžก๏ธ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...

13.01.2026 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 515    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

If he is still on social media, or wherever he is in life, I am sure he is using a lot of emojis.

13.01.2026 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just glad Gilligan pinned space virus biocontainment failure on RIID.

13.01.2026 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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About 10 years ago, I was pretty serious about a position at space biosciences. Got a cool sticker out of it, I guess.

11.01.2026 04:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember meeting with them when they came. I donโ€™t want to think about how long ago that might have been.

11.01.2026 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to do this for my next job. At one point in my career, I almost did.

11.01.2026 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack NPRโ€™s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

NPRโ€™s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

06.01.2026 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1167    ๐Ÿ” 567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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Hutson's first career OT goal gives Canadiens 4-3 win over struggling Stars Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3.

Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3.

05.01.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A panorama stitched together of two different photos, showing a yellow sky above the surface of Mars on the left and a pale blue sky on the right. At the bottom of the image is part of the Curiosity rover, which took the photos. The martian surface is covered in grey rocks and tan sediment, looking out between two mounds.

A panorama stitched together of two different photos, showing a yellow sky above the surface of Mars on the left and a pale blue sky on the right. At the bottom of the image is part of the Curiosity rover, which took the photos. The martian surface is covered in grey rocks and tan sediment, looking out between two mounds.

#PPOD: Team members working with NASAโ€™s Curiosity Mars rover created this โ€œpostcardโ€ by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ”ญ

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

05.01.2026 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sequencing Instrument Outlook 2026 A computational biologist's personal views on new technologies & publications on genomics & proteomics and their impact on drug discovery

Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026

My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies

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omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...

05.01.2026 03:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A minor cartographical change.

03.01.2026 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

California, USA: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease โ€“ Over 100 Cases and 38 Cluster Events in Children Under Five
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=029087d8-228b-414a-b996-fbd611b911fa&eventid=dd3aefac-7d62-4f20-8a23-b5ea209059f9&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

02.01.2026 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Missed first vaccines make babies far more likely to miss measles shot, study finds Babies who donโ€™t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, a new study finds.

Babies who donโ€™t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/02/m...

02.01.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Still kicking with furious energy.

01.01.2026 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Picture of a suspicious man feeding a suspicious bear.

Picture of a suspicious man feeding a suspicious bear.

The energy Iโ€™m going into 2026 with.

01.01.2026 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ate a bit too much at Dishoom last night, but I think I am still here.

01.01.2026 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measlesโ€”that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.

Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

31.12.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 926    ๐Ÿ” 601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Native American senator, dies at 92 The Coloradan was the only American Indian in the Senate during his tenure and helped lead the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.

Former U.S. senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, the first Native American chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and a leader of the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, died Dec. 30. He was 92.

31.12.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Hereโ€™s how we did it.

For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.

ProPublica built a tool to show you. Hereโ€™s how we did it.

22.12.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

This seems fine.

22.12.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Releases ยท tseemann/mlst :id: Scan contig files against PubMLST typing schemes - tseemann/mlst

๐Ÿ’พ mlst 2.25.0 has been released!

Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases.
#bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics

github.com/tseemann/mls...

22.12.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Measlesโ€™ Most Deceptive Trait Most cases are mild, obscuring the diseaseโ€™s worst outcomes.

The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:

18.12.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

The end of an era; a passing of the baton in bacterial annotation.

Prokka was one of the first apps that opened my eyes to the potential of well-designed microbial bfx on a local machine. I have pestered the brilliant @torstenseemann.bsky.social ever since.

Prokka est mort. Vive le bakta.

16.12.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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