Reposted by ConorJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The lesson of these results is clear: it is time to bring Peter Mandelson back into government. 34607109
Reposted by ConorCarers Scotland @carersscotland.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Scotland’s unpaid carers save the country £15.9 billion every year – yet many live in poverty and poor health. The Scottish Budget must deliver real support for unpaid carers and local carer organisations. See our full statement here: www.carersuk.org/news/nationa... #CarersCantWait 022
Reposted by ConorBen Wetherall @wetherall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Capping off the year with some insane and impractical 6x17 photography using my recent obsession - a 3D printed medium format film camera. 051
Reposted by ConorCarers Scotland @carersscotland.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Too many unpaid carers in Scotland are struggling to make ends meet. We’re calling for a meaningful commitment from every political party for urgent action to ensure carers have financial security and recognition for the vital care they provide. #CarersCantWait #CarersVotesCount 111
Reposted by ConorRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 27/11/2023The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%. 481453417
Conor @lwlss.net · 16/11/2025Mo each gaolach A’ ruith tron achadh Càit a bheil thu a’ dol Le do crubhan-beaga a’ sèideadh Anns a’ ghaoith? photos.app.goo.gl/YBwifhBfYCyD...photos.app.goo.glNew video · Friday, Jun 7, 2019 🎬Tap to view! 100
Reposted by ConorLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue. 2051283248180
Reposted by ConorFrank Cvetkovic @gofrankgo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too! 73180805268
Reposted by ConorDakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating) The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength. 37864297
Reposted by ConorEwan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.comStaff ScientistAbout EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos... 2108117
Reposted by ConorBen Wetherall @wetherall.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Excited to see my first book chapter is out with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social 📖 edited by @binyammogessie.bsky.social Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6link.springer.comCanonical and Non-canonical Roles of the Nucleolus in Relation to Nucleolar Function in Oocyte MeiosisThe nucleolus is the most prominent nuclear organelle in almost all cells including mammalian oocytes and embryos. It is primarily responsible for ribosome biogenesis. However, non-canonical functions... 021
Conor @lwlss.net · 27/09/2025I am listening to this slightly sweary album by Camille Schmidt a lot. It is great! camillejschmidt.bandcamp.com/album/nude-9camillejschmidt.bandcamp.comNude #9, by Camille Schmidt10 track album 010
Reposted by ConorAlistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025) 351121201
Reposted by ConorMatthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025I added another problem and solution to my dice collection. It's problem 77. www.madandmoonly.com/doctormatt/mat… Here's the problem statement: "Suppose we play a game with a die. We roll once, and this first roll is the score. We may continue to roll and add to the […]mathstodon.xyzOriginal post on mathstodon.xyz 012
Reposted by ConorGraham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 02/08/2025It is depressing, but all too predictable, how swiftly we’ve gone from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium offering reassurances about the uses of behavioural polygenic scores to one of their lead authors marketing embryo selection for IQ 821282
Reposted by ConorSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/06/2025It isn't possible to design a school system where everyone leaves with the skills needed for the workplace because *they're all going to do different jobs*. Workplace training needs to be done by employers. 751148245
Reposted by ConorZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you. You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy. 711377422
Reposted by ConorProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/05/2025this is such a good article 1119466
Reposted by ConorMatthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2025Saturday night zoopraxiscope animating! From this LOC image: www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc… 011
Reposted by ConorScience Magazine @science.org · 02/04/2025A new study finds one of the most cited #AI models used to scan chest x-rays doesn’t accurately detect potentially life-threatening diseases in marginalized groups, including women and Black people. scim.ag/42uhnPOscim.agAI models miss disease in Black and female patientsAnalysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say 913359
Reposted by ConorIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Fiddling around to maintain your tentative fiscal position doesn't look strong. It looks like you've made yourself a permanent hostage to fortune. Ruling out tax rises when everyone can see they're necessary doesn't look tough. It looks mad and insincere. 1341586
Reposted by ConorCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Today I took a message to Rachel Reeves at the Treasury: it's time to rebalance the economy. A #WealthTax on multi-millionaires and billionaires would raise £24billion - nearly 5 times as much as the government is trying to save by taking support away from disabled people. 27577193
Reposted by ConorAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I’m finding it very hard to understand the stance of the Royal Society here. Science is part of society, not separate from it, existing in some strange metaphysical bubble. I look across the Atlantic, aghast at the damage being done to science and scientists. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comRoyal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon MuskExclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’ 1812165529
Reposted by ConorVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 23/03/202520 minutes ago here in Venetie, Alaska, the skies erupted in a beautiful auroral substorm. Here is just one of many real-time videos I recorded during the show to give you a sense of how fast and dynamic the aurora can move. 27687151566
Reposted by ConorMichael "Shapes Dude" Betancourt @betanalpha.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Hot off the presses: this year I am offering four brand new remote courses covering more advanced Bayesian modeling techniques: mixture modeling, survival modeling, pairwise comparison modeling, and ordinal modeling, www.eventzilla.net/e/advanced-b.... Tell your friends, colleagues, and frenemies.eventzilla.netAdvanced Bayesian Modeling In StanDespite the promise of big data, inferences are often limited not by the size of data but rather by… 1107
Reposted by ConorAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Former Irish PM Leo Varadkar on McGregor's White House visit: "Conor is a convicted criminal and a rapist. Good Irish dads teach their sons to detest men like Conor and their daughters to avoid men like him. Irish America - know this. Period!" 515549
Conor @lwlss.net · 18/03/2025Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLabour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe WilliamsThe messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams 010
Reposted by ConorPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I wholeheartedly agree with this piece from @kityates.bsky.social. The Royal Society has to take may things into consideration, including what its US members feel - but even so, I think the right course in this instance is very clear, and they ducked it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comElon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit YatesIt is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates 412723
Conor @lwlss.net · 20/02/2025New paper out today in @PLOS computaional biology Bayesian classification of OXPHOS deficient skeletal myofibres The progression of many types of mitochondrial disease occurs randomly in each of the (trillions of) cells that make up the patient. doi.org/10.1371/jour... 110
Reposted by ConorJennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 04/02/2025It has been brought to my attention that my article has been censored to exclude certain terms: asm.org/Articles/202... web.archive.org/web/20250114... #MicroSkyweb.archive.orgWomen in the History of Antimicrobial Development | ASM.orgWomen researchers played a key role in the development of antimicrobials during the mid-20th century. This article works to highlight their work, as their contributions often went unacknowledged. 43637385
Conor @lwlss.net · 28/01/2025A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances RyanRosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet NHS assessors think it’s fine to leave her alone for hours at a time, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 010
Reposted by ConorShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 17/01/2025As a hematologist, I highly recommend you keep as much of your blood in your body as possible* *with rare exceptions such as hemochromatosis or polycythemia 3425837
Conor @lwlss.net · 17/01/2025Visualizing the 2D Gaussian distribution with L*a*b and HSV colour spaces. Static images on flickr and slow looped videos on vimeo. www.flickr.com/gp/conchur/8... vimeo.com/showcase/115...flickr.comGaussExplore this photo album by Conor Lawless on Flickr! 000
Conor @lwlss.net · 14/01/2025Some yellow 1D videos on vimeo. vimeo.com/1046801427 vimeo.com/1046801345 000
Conor @lwlss.net · 13/01/2025New paper. I like this one, it shows spatial distribution of mitochondrial defects within individual cells. Useful data for testing ideas about progression of mitochondrial disease. Impressive experiment by Julie & Amy. doi.org/10.1038/s420...doi.orgMapping mitochondrial morphology and function: COX-SBFSEM reveals patterns in mitochondrial disease - Communications BiologyInnovative COX-SBFSEM method integrates mitochondrial function and morphology assessment to study muscle biopsies from patients with mtDNA deletions, revealing spatial patterns in oxidative phosphoryl... 021
Reposted by ConorToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The UK is an ageing population, but the ageing is uneven. Cities stay young, small towns and villages have aged quickly. Interesting stuff from @resfoundation.bsky.social 915852
Conor @lwlss.net · 10/01/2025Some more image generation using Julia. Revisiting 1D videos. I've written about them before: cnr.lwlss.net/1DMoovies/ cnrlwlss.github.io/1D/ Large collection of them on vimeo: vimeo.com/showcase/159... The latest ones are in 4K (see link above). I'll add some HD versions frames here too. 100
Reposted by ConorCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/01/2025Ready to ditch instagram. Where should I move my bird photos? (I haven't been impressed with Pixelfed, fwiw.) 2922911
Conor @lwlss.net · 03/01/2025I think that the programming language Julia, by @julialang.org, is ideal for image-based computing: tasks like scientific image analysis, automated video editing or computational art for examples. 100
Reposted by Conortachikoma @tachikoma.elsewhereunbound.com · 25/12/2024agent swarm framework aces spatial reasoning test 512930
Reposted by ConorOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/12/2024This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords. The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time. Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot 1701887752
Reposted by ConorApril aka cyberglot @cyberglot.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I got “redundanci’ed” from my $day-job and I’m looking for a new one starting in February. Ideally Rust, Haskell and/or compilers, dev tools. Let me know if you know something or someone! 🙋🏽💞 43126
Reposted by ConorSpace Odyssey @spaceodysssey.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Full moon rotation be like 1450765
Reposted by ConorCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social 782086709
Reposted by ConorTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 30/11/2024just finished shirley jackson's marvelously creepy "we have always lived in the castle," a delicious mouthful of poison that i greatly enjoyed, and also a rare depiction of agoraphobia in fiction 79138152