Reposted by David morrisonErik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This Day in Labor History: September 25, 1891. A battle broke out in Lee County, Arkansas, between members of the Colored Farmers Alliance and others, both black and white, who opposed their organizing for better wages in cotton picking. Two men died and the Alliance was crushed! 24719
Reposted by David morrisonJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My quote of the day Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson 17911
Reposted by David morrisonNature @nature.com · 03/09/2026Top artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code. go.nature.com/4rbHdmNgo.nature.comMutating every DNA letter of a genome shows surprising effects — and the limits of AITop artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code. 14824
Reposted by David morrisonShaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 A growing number of children are "sitting ducks" for preventable diseases as uptake for all vaccinations for 1-yr-olds fall again: www.thetimes.com/article/fcdc...thetimes.comGPs urged to offer out-of-hours appointments for child jabsFalling immunisation rates for measles and other diseases have led to calls for family doctors to do more to encourage parents to act 1238
Reposted by David morrisonThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 27/08/2026Professor Bonnie Bassler is awarded the Copley Medal for her discovery of the universality of chemical communication in bacteria and for her idea that interfering with this communication could form the basis of novel anti-bacterials. #RSMedals royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/… 413836
Reposted by David morrisonSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I’m always happy when this type of map gets an update. The GDP of US states compared to countries. Australia has the same GDP as Florida. Russia = Texas. What’s the funniest country-state pairing here? Source: buff.ly/lxN6Qax 52710
Reposted by David morrisonOni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"Linking county-level data on the proportion of enslaved people in 1860 with structural inequality indicators from 1990 to 2000 and mortality outcomes from 2010 to 2020, we find that historical slavery is robustly associated with contemporary racial mortality gaps..."pnas.orgHistorical slavery predicts contemporary disparities in mortality between Black and White Americans | PNASWe tested whether contemporary Black–White mortality disparities in the United States may be rooted in the historical legacy of slavery and perpetu... 114871
Reposted by David morrisonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I've been following the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the DRC closely Many of the same challenges, delayed detection, conflict, mistrust, and under-resourced public health systems continue to shape the course of epidemics. bktitanji.substack.com/p/weve-seen-...bktitanji.substack.comWe've Seen This Ebola Story Before, We Cannot Afford to Repeat ItHow delayed detection, conflict, funding gaps, and fading global attention allowed the largest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's history to outpace the response 04720
Reposted by David morrisonBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 10/08/2026According to an *Economist* editorial, "AI is breaking the British state" by making it too easy to file complaints, demands and appeals, which will "drown the state" with "demands as well-crafted as a first-class lawyer's": archive.is/VTrj9 1/ 811135
Reposted by David morrisonStefan Pöhlmann @snpoehlm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026British ‘First Fleet’ brought smallpox to Australia—and may have killed millions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgBritish ‘First Fleet’ brought smallpox to Australia—and may have killed millionsTwo papers pin the deadly disease’s introduction on British colonists and suggest the continent held far more people than previously believed 152
David morrison @dcmorr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026@mackayim.bsky.social did you see this about Bundabugyo? www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgEXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detectedA remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says 121
Reposted by David morrisonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top. 618147483870
Reposted by David morrisonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Very important phase1/2 trial of a 6-valent group B strep vaccine. The vaccine was both safe and immunogenicity in pregnant and non pregnant persons. Sets the stage for ph3 studies. GBS sepsis is a major cause of neonatal sepsis causing 91,000 newborn deaths/yr. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comMaternal 6-valent group B Streptococcus vaccine in non-pregnant and pregnant females: a randomized phase 1/2 trial - Nature MedicineA phase 1/2 study found maternal hexavalent 6 polysaccharide−protein conjugate group B Streptococcus vaccine (GBS6) to be safe and immunogenic and to have induced antibody responses to vaccine serotyp... 14719
Reposted by David morrisonMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 25/07/2026This is REALLY good 44415
Reposted by David morrisonSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The Iran War is on track to become the deepest oil shock in modern history, with projected losses eclipsing the 1973 embargo, the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War. Source: buff.ly/lvndd5O 517291
Reposted by David morrisonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Important @nejm.org correspondence today. Investigators found that licensed Ebola vaccines generate cross-reactive binding antibody responses against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV) in humans. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 25718
Reposted by David morrisonPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 22/07/2026👇🏼Count Binface out of costume looks the consummate professional political candidate for Clacton Versus a thin skinned, grifting, unhinged, dodgy old man who’d look better with a bin on his head C’mon #Clacton “Farage fooled you once, shame on you; if he fools you twice, there’s no helping you”❗️🤷🏼♂️ 23316
Reposted by David morrisonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17/07/2026If podcasts are your thing, I chatted with the host of the Naked Scientists Pod this week about the clinical trial underway in the UK. You can listen using the link below. www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...thenakedscientists.comEbola vaccine enters clinical trialsOxford researchers develop the jab in record time 03921
Reposted by David morrisonTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Come to Oxford for our three-day Summer Academy in August! Exciting programme, heavily subsidised, a taster for postgraduate study: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/events/oxfor...phc.ox.ac.ukOxford Summer Academy for the Social Science of Health Innovation 2026Following the success of our inaugural Academy last year, we are delighted to offer our second Translational Health Sciences Summer Academy. Building on the successful MSc in Translational Health Scie... 05123
Reposted by David morrisonPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 17/07/2026By now, you have probably heard that the culprit in this cyclospora outbreak has been identified as shredded iceberg lettuce, and while we now know which vegetable is to blame, let us not forget that another culprit are those that shredded our cyclospora monitoring. 07217
Reposted by David morrisonScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Swapping one lithium salt for another produced a 57% wider stability window in a lithium-ion electrolyte. The shift was driven by 3D ion arrangement that text-based models miss. doi.org/hcbp9ftechxplore.comWith machine learning, researchers embrace the atomic-scale complexity of batteriesFor grid-scale energy storage and national energy resilience, the U.S. needs better batteries. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are tackling that challenge in many ways, but one approach is making a significant impact: physics-informed machine learning. 041
Reposted by David morrisonOnisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I'd go further, not only do they lack consciousness, they lack intelligence. The models are just reflecting back the intelligence embedded in the ingested data. We're looking at a mirror and thinking that there's someone trapped behind the glass. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comOnce again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts | Anil SethDespite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to achieve sentience than a simulation of a weather system is likely to generate a real hurricane, says Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and compu... 0105
Reposted by David morrisonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 08/07/2026My latest Perspective is out in PLOS Global Public Health: The Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Emergency and the Erosion of Global Health Security. ( open access) Global health security depends on investing before not, after the next outbreak. journals.plos.org/globalpublic...journals.plos.orgThe Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Emergency and the erosion of global health security 13512
Reposted by David morrisonKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“It’s a really important step,” says Vasee Moorthy, who leads R&D blueprint work at WHO’s Office of the Chief Scientist. “It’s hope for the community.” I wrote about the first ever clinical trial to test drugs against Bundibugyo, that started today. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgFirst-ever treatment trial for Ebola Bundibugyo kicks off in the CongoScientists will test an antiviral drug and an antibody cocktail designed to tame the burgeoning outbreak 110444
Reposted by David morrisonDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The conclusion the French built some of the world's most beautiful ships is a post Hoche fallacy 3331239
Reposted by David morrisonflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Again: how was a guy with no observable political skills and no allies, whom nobody liked or wanted, able to not only seize unquestioned control of the opposition but shitehouse his way to power with no plans for how to govern the country? Is that normal, does that happen in other democracies. 2213935
Reposted by David morrisonSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Very cool animated #history map of #Europe. One frame for every year starting in 400 BC. The link goes through to YouTube. Be aware the video is 11 minutes long. Utterly fascinating though! Link: buff.ly/2EPAoPc 06915
David morrison @dcmorr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026@dankaszeta.bsky.social Frecnh infantry at Waterloo, did you see this? 000
Reposted by David morrisonSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I loved Moby Dick when I first read it many moons ago. I had forgotten how far the journey described in the book was. Source: buff.ly/5Z2mKIy 0325
Reposted by David morrisonTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“Brian got some hair gel and now he thinks he’s a f***ing unicorn.” 747670
Reposted by David morrisonThijs Kuiken @thijskuiken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Now that highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (bird flu) has been detected for the first time in wildlife in Australia, this online lecture from 2024 at the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute may be of interest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFD...youtube.comThe global expansion of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza - Prof Thijs KuikenYouTube video by Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute 11915
Reposted by David morrisonProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A truly wild thing about our MAGA/MAHA government is how they go on & on about how evil the government is & how the government lies & how nobody should trust government public health agencies Um, THEY ARE THE GOVERNMENT And trust in these agencies has plummeted under their watch—due to THEM! 1173
David morrison @dcmorr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026@mackayim.bsky.social hiya Ian, did you have an interest in Ru tank arsenal? seem to remember a conversation.Jompy has just written a new article 120
Reposted by David morrisonKristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Phone ban, social media ban & curfew, trans bathroom ban, trans youth healthcare ban, repeated protest ban, arrests of peaceful protestors for Palestine. All this government seems able to do is ban, ban, ban. No positive vision of the future, just kneejerk authoritarian crackdowns. 261199506
Reposted by David morrisonBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Titanic Men Going Home, Belfast, painting by Cupar Pilson, Irish artist. 652279
Reposted by David morrisonJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 28/05/2026It’s a stupidly high bar but I believe this to be Craig Brown’s finest work 521183358
Reposted by David morrisonScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In advanced melanoma, better responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors were more often linked to Faecalibacterium in the gut. Other pathways appeared to align with resistance. doi.org/hb46ssmedicalxpress.comGut bacteria linked to immunotherapy success in melanoma patientsResearchers at The George Washington University, working with Weill Cornell Medicine, have identified specific gut bacteria linked to better responses to cancer immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma. 042
Reposted by David morrisonDr. Céline Gounder @celinegounder.com · 15/05/2026Congo’s New Ebola Outbreak Has No Vaccine, No Treatment, and Has Already Crossed a Border Bundibugyo ebolavirus confirmed in Congo and Uganda. The world has no approved countermeasures for it. Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/ebola-bund...celinegounder.comCongo’s New Ebola Outbreak Has No Vaccine, No Treatment, and Has Already Crossed a BorderBundibugyo ebolavirus confirmed in Congo and Uganda. The world has no approved countermeasures for it. 12212
Reposted by David morrisonDutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026In the first inventory of its kind, the Wageningen researchers counted some 9,000 mounds, three times as many as previously thought.dutchnews.nlNL is littered with ancient dwelling mounds, research shows - DutchNews.nlTerpen, or the ancient man-made dwelling mounds the Dutch built to protect their farmland and homes from flooding, were much more common in the Netherlands than previously thought, a new study by… 031
Reposted by David morrisonPhilip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Told Austrian TV how Russian fighters in Africa have committed atrocities while propping up juntas & how they’re weaponizing the continent as a launchpad for disinformation ops flooding Europe with lies to sow chaos and division. Africa is paying in blood. Europe in instability 08326
Reposted by David morrisonlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 14/05/2026my favorite genre of international dialogue 693873647
David morrison @dcmorr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026@gregggonsalves.bsky.social hi gregg, did you see this? from doctor daoud www.instagram.com/reel/DYGktxe...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 000
Reposted by David morrisonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/05/2026Crows going nuts, dive-bombing the top of a pine. First 6 then 12 then 24. A gigantic red-tailed hawk emerged, crows swarming, pulling wing feathers and tail. Hawk dropped a large rabbit with a loud thud on the neighbors roof. Now the crows are celebrating like they just won the World Series. 581869226
Reposted by David morrisonDelthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Cancer cells can insidiously trick immune system cells into becoming their allies by reprogramming immune defenders into aiding the deadly activities of the cancer. New research. By Delthia Ricks medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...medicalxpress.comTurning immune cells into tumor allies: A cancer cell protein can reprogram frontline defendersCancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, dis... 095
Reposted by David morrisonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...health.org.uk 951868792
Reposted by David morrisonOnisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Makes me think of this: bsky.app/profile/onis... 022