Wait what?!

Here's a great post by @hannahritchie.bsky.socialwww.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/the-false-...

The false dichotomy of systemic and individual behaviour change

Individuals aren't going to solve climate change, but they are an important part of the system that will get us there.

I feel like this story of Pfizer missing the chance to win the jackpot on a GLP-1 drug (i.e. ozempic) has some parallels on the generally conservative way grant proposals are reviewed www.science.org/content/blog...

Missing Out on GLP-1

Perl used to have this feature where, at run time, you could change whether arrays were 0-indexed or 1-indexed Or 2-indexed perldoc.perl.org/perlvar#$%5B

Such a warm summer in Europe would have been practically impossible in pre-industrial times. Under the SSP2-4.5 scenario, a summer like 2024 will be unusually cold in 2100.

Predict antimicrobial resistance, master data-sharing, and enhance your expertise in AMR genomics using cutting-edge databases through this FREE online course starting on September 30th www.futurelearn.com/courses/anti...

I'm mainly here to talk about music, but look, the last paper I was involved in (just a bit) at my previous academic position has been published. It feels very much like an end-of-an-era moment. I'm happy to see it ended up in eLife, so I can go out on a high note. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

AI this, AI that, and we still don't have a speech to text thingy in Whatsapp to transcribe voice messages

Alien: southern Europe

And to some notes on our website on what we added w/r/t the preprint and the peculiar publication process and handling of open access fees: www.microbial-pangenomes-lab.org/2024/08/22/M...