Senior Editor at @PLOSBiology; Scientist, Humanist, Optimist and Recovering Academic. Also https://xitter.cf/t.co/RNqdw6U28D All opinions my own.
Cambridge UK
Joined January 2013
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I'll still keep a toe in this cesspool for now, but for science-related stuff I'm moving over to Bluesky - please find me and follow me there: bsky.app/profile/roliroberts…
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You silly fool. It’s both - a fatal combination as you may soon find out to your cost.
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This could have been taken today - or it could have been an album cover in the 1970s - but it is a timeless self-portrait which was actually taken 115 years ago in 1910. The subject (and photographer) was the playwright and novelist Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919).
This glass plate autochrome is original colour and not colourised.
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Excited to share our pre-print on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells🧬🔬
w/ @jpkreysing, Johannes Betz,Turoňová lab, @MarinaLusic, Hummer lab, @Beck_Laboratory, @MPIbp
🔗 Preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.09.6…
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
- Bertrand Russell
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Trumpism is alive and well in Britain.
Several major UK politicians backed the president in some quite shocking ways – and must now be held accountable.
Here are 7 of them:
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Many thanks @wolfblitzer for hosting me @CNNSitRoom on a very large and dangerous measles epidemic in West Texas with our first reported measles death in an unvaccinated school-aged child, an awful tragedy. But we’re still early…
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‘Nightmare scenario’: Fears grow as RFK Jr. downplays deadly measles outbreak, my interview tonight @MSNBC @allinwithchris msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-nigh…
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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
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Is there ANYTHING that Trump has done in the last 40 days - inside the US, or with Canada + Germany to Ukraine - that is not EXACTLY what Putin wanted?
Could the Russian intelligence services have ever dreamt of a more perfect candidate and policies to serve Russia’s interests?
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Word of the day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (19th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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Last week, the new owners of the Observer wrote to tell me they would *not* be issuing me with a new contract.
So...I want to say publicly that it was an absolute privilege to speak on behalf of my Observer colleagues during our strike. I don't regret doing so. And I learned so much from it.
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Star Observer writer @carolecadwalla has had her contract ended by @tortoise ahead of take-over of the title on 20 April. NUJ expresses "serious concern" that her exit follows her making public criticism of deal.
pressgazette.co.uk/publisher…
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A historic, shameful moment in US history as it votes with Belarus, Russia at the UN.
The gamekeeper has become the poacher.
Churchill & Roosevelt turn in their graves.
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So the Tories who hollowed out our armed forces over 14 years are furious that Labour hasn’t rebuilt them fast enough and refuse to accept any responsibility whatsoever for the state of affairs.
Have I got that right?
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I'm not a "believer" in vaccines
It's not a religion or faith or cult.
I support vaccines because there is overwhelming evidence that vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives.
That's it.
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27% of those (mostly children) infected in the West Texas measles epidemic so far have been hospitalized. In the infographic from my @PLOSGPH article last month I estimated about 20% typically require hospitalization
13 people hospitalized as ongoing measles outbreak in west Texas rises to 48 cases
abc13.com/post/13-people-hos…
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The reality: whenever I allow public comments I receive a flood of antisemitism, swastikas, things I don’t even want to mention. I’m not happy about shutting off comments, but that’s X. Tell Elon: he broke it, he can fix it. Meanwhile it’s the only way I can remain on Twitter.
