Some thoughts on the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 so far, how it compares to other viruses, and what might happen next... 1/

This is my Daughter’s 5 birthday in June of 2020. We chalked lines on the drive to create a gap because we didn’t think her and the one invited friend would be able to stay apart. I’m absolutely furious today!

a demo of chromostereopsis

Even when the Tories are in power they aren’t in power, it seems. The right-wing constantly seek to portray themselves as having no real power (cf “enemy of the people” judges, “the blob” etc.) and so they take no responsibility for their ongoing shitshow.

King Charles III is an inspiration for postdocs everywhere

Well. Older readers may recall that 12 days ago @GBNews posted this from its twitter account. Oddly it wasn't emailed to me or my agent. Even more oddly nobody seems to have been daring enough to sign it. It’s just signed “GB News”.

1/ Elon Musk has too large an audience to simply ignore this, and others have eloquently told him to fuck off already (which I'm here for) but I'd like to go point by point and explain why his ideas are misguided and impractical.

Tweeps: you’re being treated cruelly and unfairly and I’m truly sorry this is happening to you. Please reach out if you need a referral to AWS or any other sort of support. My thoughts are with you, and Elon is a douche.

Don’t get me wrong, the public isn’t stupid for not understanding the very basics of the question: they’ve been directly lied to by politicians from Farage to Braverman & many pundits too. The lie that real refugees can take non-existent safe routes to the UK has stuck #r4today

Government now telling us they aren’t in power anymore. What is the point of them?

On Jeopardy! yesterday, the students all failed to answer the most important question in the history of the show. HT @butro for video!

Don't care about the coronation? Here's why you should. 👇🏾

This Bahraini torture survivor has a message for King Charles: don’t toast with my torturers at your Coronation today.

Raycast’s new Pro subscription adds AI and syncing features theverge.com/2023/5/11/2371…

i really wish someone on here would tell me about the AI tools i’m missing out on

It’s six years since Matt Bors drew ‘Mr Gotcha’ and still Camilla Long wrote this 👇🏻 at the weekend:

Strange definition of ‘closed’, I’ve just come through. It’s currently a shamefully disorganised clusterfuck. Staff behind barriers not letting people through, a crush of confused people wondering why they aren’t allowed on their trains. No proper announcements or staff out front