Some scattered (but nonetheless depressing) thoughts on COP26 and The Future ftollon.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/a-n…

Busy day on B.1.1.529 - a variant of great concern - The world should provide support to South Africa and Africa and not discriminate or isolate it! By protecting and supporting it, we will protect the world! A plea for billionaires and financial institutions. 1/8 tweets

There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as @PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, Nextstrain clade 21K and World Health Organization (WHO) Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16

Simpson's paradox: an apparent trend in data can be the reverse of the actual trend, as you discover when you control for a confounding variable. Here it's at work in vaccination data. flowingdata.com/2021/11/30/sim…

One woman’s six-word mantra that has helped to calm millions – psyche.co/ideas/one-woma… via Psyche Magazine She's right. I know from experience how valuable her mantra is. put it in your first aid kit.

Some more pictures of the visit of President Ramaphosa The Presidency 🇿🇦 , Minister Blade Nzimande and Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong to CERI today. Lots of scientific action and happy students and staff to see our president and minister of Science and Innovation. Stellenbosch University Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI)

What a day, here we are our president, the minister of science, and with the two Novaseqs6000 donated by Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong! Making a difference in Science and Innovation in Africa! Illumina Francis deSouza

It’s a concrete, clear and feasible target – 2% more to save our future. To help spread the word, retweet this message. And to find out where this number comes from, visit sapienship.co/decision-maker…. #2PercentMore

NEW FINDING: Cash support for low-income families changes their infants' brain activity. The first study from our #BabysFirstYears randomized control trial of poverty reduction is out, in @PNASnews. pnas.org/content/119/5/… ( 🧵)

To all of those in #Ukraine who are looking for an emergency exit from the country, #Poland has just opened eight locations at the border accepting Ukrainian refugees offering warm food, medical help and information for all the refugees. #PleaseShare

Ukraine's interior ministry says dozens killed, hundreds injured civilians after massive GRAD shelling of Kharkiv *while negotiations are ongoing". If true, these are the worst faith "negotiations" recent history has seen. Via [email protected]

Hi #writerscommunity! I write book and film reviews on my blog, amongst other things. Am just starting out on twitter now, it’s a little intimidating and I would love love love some support! Will follow for follow 🧚‍♀️💖#ShamelessSelfpromoSunday #writerslift a-lived-experience.com

So far, most DNA-loop-extrusion data were taken on naked DNA. But what happens on chromatin in cells where DNA is loaded with many proteins? Will SMC proteins (that are fast but weak motor proteins) get blocked? Or find a way to translocate the roadblock into the extruded loop? /

A Brief History of People Have Lost Their Sense of Humour 🧵

Wait a second, these are not real error bars … the author literally just put the letter “T” above the bar graphs 😭

No they didn't create a wormhole. It's a bullshit headline that deliberately misinforms the reader and I think you should unfollow and unsubscribe from every outlet that promotes this nonsense. x.com/QuantaMagazine…

Alyssa, a 13-year old T-cell leukemia (ALL) patient in the UK, was the first person to receive a base editing therapeutic—T cells with three base edits—and the first patient reported to benefit from base editing: complete remission, 6 months later. 1/3 bbc.com/news/health-63…

The EFF are not my vibe. But far-right American pundits using them as a scare tactic in their petty culture war (“wokeness”, “CRT”, etc.) is both racist and ignorant. (The EFF don’t exist because of secularism, wokeness, or CRT)