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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.’ You can read 52 of her essays and poems in the LRB archive. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Anne Carson · Poem: ‘Oh What A Night (Alkibiades)’

A symposium was usually a gentleman’s drinking party. This is an unusual one. It has been going on for hours with no...

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finished it a bit in the oven. Pork was perfect, slightly overcooked the courgettes. Could have put more chilli in!

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No, we had a very Parmesany cauliflower cheese yesterday.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Parsley garlic and chilli will go in towards the end.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve also got some fresh red chillis and parsley. Might add some potatoes and other veg and go for some type of one-pan-wonder.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve got some baby aubergines and a couple of pork chops. Will see where that takes me when I get home.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Postdoctoral position available in my lab, co-supervised by Chris Stefan. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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Regulation of the V-ATPase by CASM and PIKfyve during membrane stress and infection

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know I’m very late to this particular party, but I just wanted to point out that the Toyota Verso implies the existence of a Toyota Recto.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is a chicken curry that my son made. Banging!

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Important context missing from all the reporting I have seen so far is the fact that Kadlec is a major Lab Leaker and with one of the craziest “hypotheses” to boot - that SARS-CoV-2 was a bioweapon, specifically created to target the brain but, weirdly, also a vaccine… That’s critical context.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No, he would have preferred it crunchier.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

He was slightly cross because there were small children in attendance.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Pasta alla Norma here was recreated for @flossieteacake.bsky.social justice now. The other photo really was our starter, featuring Basque skewers amongst other delicacies.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lab retreat last week - we had some really delicious food prepared by various different lab members. My contribution was Pasta alla Norma (yes, that’s Ricotta Salata). Many thanks to University of Bristol people (Jon, Berni, Harriet) for hosting!

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I Fagiolini @ifagiolini.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Took us 40 years but here it is: Monteverdi 1610 recording with @ecse1610.bsky.social Buy it (buy it?) here or stream for free of course... orcd.co/ifagmont1610 (Actual release Sep 4th but a few films are appearing now.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Well the otherwise classic Italian tomato sauce was good, included yesterday’s meat juices.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The pasta was shop bought! Can’t count that.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And because @darklyadapted.bsky.social was demanding more food photos and because I didn’t take one of yesterday’s pork chops and salsa verde here’s the crackling.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pasta. Bit of spinach. Bit of sauce.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yesterday it was pork chops with salsa verde and spring greens. Probably pasta tonight, maybe spaghetti alla Nerano.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Best ever! Three 50s, averaging over 30. But got injured last week…

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

On the plus side this doesn’t look like a cabinet prepared to spend political capital on the so called assisted dying bill. Let’s hope.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In the past 10 years there have been 10 education Secretaries of State and 9 for health. This is no way to run anything, leadership of my second XI village cricket team has been more stable (and probably on average more able individuals).

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I’ve missed this series! Awful cold so I chickened out and got a takeaway curry. Haryali Murgh Masala, very tasty. Full of green chilis, mint and coriander.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Went to an incredible concert tonight at Sir Ian McKellan’s house. Simon O’Neill singing Dichterliebe accompanied by my father. Surreal, in the best way.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Sir Ian a total legend obviously.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Fantastic paper, found out about it from @dalan-bailey.bsky.social himself today!

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Paccheri stuffed with aubergine, spinach and ricotta in tomato sauce with scamorza affumicato.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Really extraordinary Easter Vigil Mass I sang at: 37 confirmations!!!! Mostly also getting baptised rather than switching denominations. Nothing like it in my lifetime. We sang Byrd Haec Dies.

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Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Wonderful news from Scotland. So many congratulations to my colleagues campaigning against assisted dying who never gave up.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Am at the Old Vic. Lady behind me is recounting how she went to the opening night of Arcadia with Isaiah Berlin. Who apparently remarked “oh it’s just too clever clever clever”.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Good thread. The bill is really, really bad.

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Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Fresh from organising #ksautophagy25 with Christie and Leon I’m now off to #ksautophagy26 - doesn’t seem that long ago! Hopefully people will be interested to hear about viruses and CASM.

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 16/01/2026

Did they read what they cite? In @natmed.nature.com, NIH& NIAID leaders complain about a decrease in public trust, and cite a survey pointing to the Republicain administration as responsible for the recent decrease! www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/public-confi...

quotes from the linked websites:
" We recognize that much of the American public lost trust in the NIAID, the National Institutes of Health (NIH; of which the NIAID is a part), and in the greater scientific community.
Taubenberger, Powers & Bhattacharya, Nature Medicine
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-04160-1

Reference 4: Public confidence in U.S. health agencies slides, fueled by declines among Democrats. ASAPH/Annenberg Science Knowledge surveys (Annenberg Public Policy
Center, 2025).
https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/public-confidence-in-u-s-health-agencies-slides-fueled-by-declines-among-democrats/
"The decline in confidence among Democrats comes amid
persistent attacks by leaders in the Republican administration about the competence and integrity of the health agencies.
" Confidence in Fauci, who stepped down from his NIAID post at the end of 2022, is statistically unchanged since
October

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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My main PhD paper is finally out! 🎉 After ~5 years, it’s published today in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. @natimmunol.nature.com It all started with an unexpected observation 🔍: 👉 Mice lacking the dendritic cell receptor DNGR-1 developed tumours earlier ⏩ and more frequently 📈 than wild-type mice. 1/11 🧵

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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Vaults. They are cell biology's greatest puzzle! This preprint from Martin Beck's lab shows them docked on ER membranes with a ribosome inside. What on earth is going on there?? #CellBiology #WTFology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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The vault associates with membranes in situ

The eukaryotic vault particle is a giant ribonucleoprotein complex that assembles into an iconic barrel-like cage. Its cellular function has remained elusive despite extensive characterization. Using ...

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