Stephen Davey

Honorary Damehood for Sarina Wiegman

I reckon IAEA must be the hardest abbreviation to read out on live news. So many currently including @tomswarbrick.bsky.social trying to do it so carefully and failing miserably."..I, E, A, E..."

Normalising huge substrate scopes worsens wellbeing And holds up the pace of scientific progress

Increasing substrate scope is rarely addressed in discussions about the pressure that scientists face. Despite the growing awareness around burnout in research, larger tables are often welcomed, even when the extra work may not be scientifically valuable.

Don’t play Mariokart with Lando Norris, I guess. #F1 #SpanishGrandPrix

BEFORE THE BATHROOM SCALE WAS INVENTED, THE ONLY WAY TO WEIGH PEOPLE WAS MASS SPECTROMETRY.

Love today’s #xkcd comic on
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Delighted to be able to officially post news of this conference that I've been involved with organizing (and very much looking forward to attending.

Why does the media give Reform BS so much air time? Why do we always have to have the debate on their terms? The Swivel-eyed loons blame immigrants for anything bad and refuse to acknowledge that the country would be screwed without them.

I mean I totally get that people might be disappointed with some of the moves Labour have made - we all know what they are, child benefit cap and winter fuel are obvious examples. But why are people running to Reform? If you're pissed about these things, the obvious move is Lib Dem or Green.

So just to get this straight, the Tories spent 14 years screwing everything up, then having given Labour a little under a year to fix it all, the electorate have decided that it's time to switch to an even more extreme version of the Tories. Yep, that sums it up. #LocalElections2025

A good man in government And how they tried to destroy him.

The correct plural (pedant alert) of attorney general aside this by @iandunt.bsky.social is fantastic. Especially the line about injecting a clown's eyeballs with crystal meth.
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So Trump and his cronies have bought plenty of shares at a knock down price in the last few days, now they make a quick profit #TrumpTariffUturn

The proteins that could be Nature Reviews Chemistry, Published online: 04 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41570-025-00710-wIn 1998, a protein structure that had not yet been experimentally observed was designed from scratch. 27 years later this work still demonstrates the power of a field that is undergoing an exciting renaissance thanks to advances in machine learning.

ICYMI: 🧪

The proteins that could be - Nature Reviews Chemistry In 1998, a protein structure that had not yet been experimentally observed was designed from scratch. 27 years later this work still demonstrates the power of a field that is undergoing an exciting re...

This Old News & Views was inspired by the 2024 Nobel prize. It starts with a doozy of an opening sentence "There are really only two pursuits at the heart of protein science: understanding the proteins that are, and discovering the proteins that could be." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Model Bombe machine at #BletchleyPark

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Those who can, do. Those who can’t become politicians.

I clearly just don’t understand. If Thames Water is a failing business why will it cost £100B to buy (nationalise)? Surely it’s only worth a tiny fraction. Remember folks: ‘you may get back less than you invested’.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social is it just possible that the guy with the 'cinnamon sneezes' is sneezing in response to the presence of cinnamon, which others happen to smell at the same time?

Thames Water begs to be spared fines and costs, warning bidders will walk away Exclusive: Managers and lenders racing to find a buyer want regulator to agree to leniency amounting to billions of pounds

Absolutely no way this should be allowed. Let it go bust and tgen nationaluse it for a £1. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Yes indeed it is…I just can’t read properly which is concerning 😂

Where on earth has @lbc.co.uk managed to dig up such a rich seam of Putin apologists?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social "When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer… Bristow's only 27"

Just had a venison burger at the football, not quite a prawn sandwich but one wonders what Roy Keane would make of that? #WHUvLEI

Oh bugger, the problem of listening on catchup. It makes it seem like I was just stealing that answer.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Steam (>100°C) is invisible, water vapour (<100°C) isn't. Remove the heat source, the pot cools slightly and you have more water vapour less steam.

Never mind the quality, feel the money: central flaw of football’s ‘greatest show on earth’ | Barney Ronay Title race and relegation over by February? The Premier League is rich, but there’s no jeopardy and no real sense of excellence, at least not on the pitch

"Give me five years of Alex Ferguson creating a culture, but do it in three months....This is like trying to learn French on the way to the exam." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The lies are the point The Ukraine war has never been entirely military, or even territorial. It is epistemic.

"I decided I should avoid standing above an elderly couple and shouting directly at their faces about imperialism in a doctor's surgery." iandunt.substack.com/p/the-lies-a...

McConnell Retires: “My Work Destroying this Country is Done” “I retire with my head held high, knowing that I am leaving the country in smoldering ruins.”

“From torpedoing gun laws to boosting sexual assailants onto the Supreme Court, I have been tireless in my effort to make this land unfit for human habitation,” he said. www.borowitzreport.com/p/mcconnell-...

Yeah, don't come to London right now....it's only like 0 or 1 °C but it really gets into your bones.

That didn’t go well for the contestant…I scored more!

Ooh Uk chemists, tonight’s Mastermind on bbc2 now has a specialist round on the naming of chemical elements.