iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ESCMID-funded observerships offer an excellent opportunity for young scientist members and early-career LMIC members to gain experience and exchange knowledge at one of the over 100 ESCMID Collaborative Centres. Learn more and apply today! ow.ly/hwQg50ZN9SX

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the CDC director needs to resign.

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you are a fisherman in the Caribbean and are even suspected of having drugs on the boat, the Trump regime claims it has the “right” to automatically kill you. However, if you run one of the biggest drug rings in the US, you get a Trump pardon and then a speech at the GOP convention.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Imagine having more money than you could ever need and instead of using it to tackle poverty or disease you give it to a bunch of entitled grifters who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another Pennsylvania #measles death, this time in an unvaccinated 40 year old woman. 3 deaths with less than 700 confirmed cases suggests this outbreak is much larger than reported (no surprise).

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Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says

The 40-year-old woman, who was from Jefferson County was unvaccinated, according to the coroner.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s fucking intolerable that the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the United States of America is a science-denying anti-vaxxer. It’s a disgrace that another unvaccinated person has just died of measles. Her life mattered.

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The crypto billionaire, who pled guilty to financial crimes in America in 2022, has smashed the record for the biggest ever donation to a British political party.

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Ben Delo: the man who just gave Reform £36m

One man has been propelled into the spotlight after his record-breaking donation to Reform UK of £36m, but who really is Ben Delo?

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It may be useful for others to see how this unfolds. Entitlement and weaponized ignorance are designed to waste our time. Don't let it. People can engage in good faith, and ask questions and learn. This is NOT that. It is important to be able to tell the difference.

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Dad?" "Yes, son." "Do you think things would be different now if we hadn't allowed democracy to be sold out to a few billionaires?"

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can toasters feel pain? Is the nozzle bit the vacuum cleaner's nose or its mouth? Does stone like being part of a building? Is that cloud a bunny rabbit?

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 11/09/2026

#TrendingNow | Using a modified host, this study adds 36 new phages to the BASEL collection of phages that infect E. coli, revealing key roles of the O-antigen barrier in host recognition and restriction-modification systems in bacterial immunity. #ICYMI #MicroSky 🧪 buff.ly/grvuhX2

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Completing the BASEL phage collection to unlock hidden diversity for systematic exploration of phage–host interactions

The BASEL collection of phages that infect E. coli has been a valuable resource, but is limited by the peculiarities of the host strain used. This study uses a modified host to expand the collection…

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In 1988, Sesame Street mocked a greedy real estate tycoon named Ronald Grump who wanted to bulldoze the neighborhood for luxury towers. Sound familiar?

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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

maybe we all understand that it's straight to the veins propoganda. but worth sitting with the fact that the entire war on DEI/CRT is based on mythology sized distortion and caricature of university life.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In 2011, one chick held the record for most plastic ever found in the species: 276 pieces, 64g. We thought that was as bad as it could get. We were wrong. The record fell in 2023. Fell again in 2024. Then in 2025: 894 pieces in a single chick. (Photo: worst chicks in 2010, 2015, 2021, 2025)

Photographs of plastic on a black background from the most affected shearwater chick in 2010 (A; maybe 20 cm2), 2015 (B; maybe 20 cm2), 2021 (C; now 15x20 cm) and 2025 (30x20 cm)

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This story is a perfect example of how broken reporting of the mobs roaming Britain's streets now is - and the political response. What would have been the appropriate response if this hadn't been a sports team? Trash the hotel? Force them out into the street? What about other people staying there?

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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants

Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Who knew ammonia-oxidizing archaea could be “flexitarians”? Our new study in Science Advances shows that #AOA living inside marine sponges can assimilate branched-chain amino acids, an unexpected talent that may even shape how they interact with their hosts 🧽🤝🦠 🎉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Branched-chain amino acid assimilation enables mixotrophy of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal sponge symbionts

Marine sponges and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) represent one of the earliest animal-microbe symbioses. AOA are considered metabolically constrained chemolithoautotrophs that remove nitrogenous was...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📌 ICYMI — Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism — Karam Bales The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department

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Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism

The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The race for Congress has been getting a lot of the attention. But what happens in state legislatures this November could matter just as much, if not more. Don't sleep on it.

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Trifecta Watch: The States Where Democrats Are Hoping To Win Full Government Power

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 07/09/2026

At the start of 2026, EMBL lost long-serving colleague and Interim Director General Peer Bork. Join us in commemorating Peer and his legacy at the #EMBLBorkMemorial. Submit your abstract by 10 November: s.embl.org/pbs27-01-bl

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m interested in the emotional response (I have it too) whereby anger at the worst people is immediately displaced on to institutions you think should be calling them out. Labour and the BBC’s weak response to fascists arouses more fury than the fascists themselves. Must be a term for it

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

According to these figures London is safer than many if not all major North American cities. In 2025, there were 1.1 killings for every 100,000 residents of London, compared to 2.8 in New York, 5.6 in Los Angeles, 10.5 in Houston and 12.3 in Philadelphia www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A Reform government would force schools to sing the National Anthem and if they don't oblige parents will be encouraged to report them to the authorities. Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...

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Reform: 'There will be consequences for not singing anthem'

Braverman believes parents will tip her off if heads don't follow her anthem and hymns rules

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Almost Retired @nimrodmr2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race." — Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Will the AfD winning in Saxony-Anhalt I've taken the paywall off the post I wrote last year about how memories of WW2 are being distorted by them and other radical right parties. "Never again?" samf.substack.com/p/never-agai...

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Never again?

Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

having seen it in Sydney (!) i can confirm this is totally brilliant!

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In case you had any doubts about the judgement and moral standards of my (former) Chief of Staff, Dan Jukes, here he is with Andrew Tate.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just spitballing here, but maybe it shouldn’t be legal to allow a private company owned by Nigel Farage to impersonate a political party

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A study of over 4 million kids & young adults concludes that those who receive a Pfizer/Biotech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine have a lower risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, and death than those who do not

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 25/11/2025

NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1

World map showing students from 26 countries and in 9 languages.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

👏🏽👏🏽 Thanks to vaccines, Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...

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20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine

Gardasil 20-year anniversary story.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

More evidence that RFKJr lied to Congress during his hearings about his trip to Samoa- accumulating evidence shows he explicitly visited to look at vaccines esp mmr but he denied this repeatedly. Democrats considering charges now.

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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate

Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RFK Jr. claimed in a Congressional hearing that his May 2019 visit to Samoa “had nothing to do with vaccines”. This letter, dated January 20th, 2019, says otherwise; he is clearly sowing fear of vaccines. By the beginning of 2020, 83 people in Samoa had died from measles due to vaccine refusal.

The Honorable Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister
Independent State of Samoa
January 20", 2019
Dear Honorable Prime Minister,
Fa'afeiloa i.
I am writing this letter to you in the hope that we might be helpful to the people of your great nation.
specific vaccination events.
It is, however, known that vaccines vary both lot-to-lot from specific manufacturers, and between manufacturers for a single vaccine type. This makes the likelihood of adverse lot and manufacturer specific effects higher for smaller nations where all vaccine can be from few or a single lot and manufacturer.
I believe the deaths associated recently with MMR vaccine in the Independent State of Samoa may have been manifestations these effects.
To evaluate whether or not this has been experienced in Samoa, 1 would propose my team conduct detailed health informatics assessment in Samoa of what happened with your MMR vaccines. My team includes a physician who has performed informatics work for ministries of health in 48 countries over the past 30 years. He believes this work can be completed quickly.
Going forward, Samoa would be well served to expand capacity for quickly performing this class of analysis for all pharmaceuticals prescribed and dispensed. This is invaluable not only for investigation of severe adverse events, but also for the systematic improvement in management of chronic illnesses like essential hypertension and diabetes. It will also be fully consistent with the Samoa Halth System Strengthening Program.
I wish to congratulate you and your Minister of Health for your quick attention to the tragic deaths temporally associated with MMR vaccines.
I look forward to your reply to my proposal.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Children's Health Defense
Peachtree City, GA 30269
1227 N. Peachtree

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Joana Lobo Antunes @joanala.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.” Thank you, Dolly Parton. (How cool, to have a singer and actress celebrated in Nature? Uber cool). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science

The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Researchers celebrate Dolly Parton's contributions to science The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to science

The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 27/08/2026

Professor 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/…

A woman with dark hair and a light blue shirt smiles at the camera in front of a bright white background.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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European Journal of Immunology @eurjimmunol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📣Join us for an interactive workshop on scientific publishing, peer review, research integrity, and AI in research. Looking forward to an engaging discussion! Ask your questions here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/HLAkDxiqmn

Ask your questions here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/HLAkDxiqmn. We'll answer them live in Munich!

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is not an isolated event. It and other "unusual" changes in the Earth's topography and oceans are a result of climate change taking place, caused by denial of science. #BlueEarth #DV1 #ProudBlue #Pinks nautil.us/an-ice-islan...

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An Ice Island as Big as Manhattan Just Broke Off Greenland

An Ice Island as Big as Manhattan Just Broke Off Greenland: It’s a “remarkable” parting of the ways

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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 25/08/2026

This would completely destroy the entire US academic system (which I'm guessing might be their intent...)

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Please ignore the fact that small boat crossings are down 44%, deportations are at their highest level in ten years and immigration is 82% lower.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Coverage of the Canada trade war seems to be underselling an important point: Trump tore up NAFTA and made everyone sign a new agreement more to his liking in 2020 with a 16-year renewable term. Now he's tearing up that agreement. If his signature is meaningless why would Canada agree to anything?

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