I've bitten the bullet and set up a BlueSky account, @milescollier.bsky.social. Let's see you over there too (still on here until it gets even worse)

I'm looking forward to attending Festival of Genomics in London next week... its always fun to catch up with #Genomics folks. Let me know if you'd like to speak about 3D Genomics, Genome Assembly, Genetic Variants or just to shoot the breeze go.dovetailgenomics.com/l/98…

Today, of all days… @EricBandRakim #EricBIsPresident #HipHopRules

Throwback to when Boris Johnson said money was being "spaffed up the wall" in investigating historic child abuse.

Manze’s Deptford closes I think end of month 😞 Nan worked there early 1930’s. Anyone interested in #London culture should visit before the aprons get hung up #Deptford #Greenwich #Millwall ⚽️🇬🇧

If you are a scientist or science-curious, I really recommend Bluesky (a) lots of scientists there, happily posting away (b) better/cleaner block function (c) no weird adds / timeline insertion of unwanted stuff. It's less newsy than here (though that might change)

That’s the Muppet’s Christmas Carol watched at the new cinema in town… now, I’m raring to go #TheMostWonderfulTime

A few compute issues, but just in time for Christmas 🎄 #Arthropod #Genome Assembly Assessment Catalogue: #A3Cat v.2024-12-01 🐝🦋🐞🦂 195 new assemblies making a total of 7'039 a3cat.unil.ch/ 🗨️Methods & Motivation @GigaScience academic.oup.com/gigascience…

This company was awarded a £161m contract to supply Covid identifying RT PCR kits in 2020, despite no track record in this area, and previous products in the realm of very dubious science.

New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton. (Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)

Let’s Nog!!! #TheMostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear

NME Writers top 50 albums for 1994 How many of those did you buy...?

As we celebrate 20 years at the pub this weekend let's look back at how the beating heart of the Portland, the venue has evolved over the years. It's amazing to think how it's grown from a 100 cap to over 200 now! Have you a memory or great photo to share? #portland20

MPs have voted for Sarah Olney's Bill to introduce proportional representation. This is a crucial step towards fixing our broken electoral system and ensuring every vote counts.

At this time of year, its worth remembering that Baileys Irish Craem is as Irish as I am! irishtimes.com/culture/books…

We were all wrong! And we ended up discovering that humans have about 20,000 protein-coding genes. But I would like to point out that my estimate was much LESS wrong than the estimate of Francis Collins…

Our final #VenueoftheMonth for 2024 is @CambJunction! Celebrating their 35th Birthday in 2025, this multi-functional arts & entertainment space hosts over 600 performances a year in its Main room, Junction2 and J3 - featuring everything from theatre, comedy, creative workshops and of course live music. A charity and a social enterprise, they invest a lot into creative learning and artist development - working intensively with young people and local communities on inclusive projects and events to ensure even more people share in the benefits of being part of something. Over the years they've hosted legendary acts like Radiohead, Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran, St Vincent, Lewis Capaldi and many, many more. They've got some great shows coming up this month - from artists like @maxcoopermax, @bernardbutler,@Lightning_Seeds and more! Swipe for the dates 👉 or hit the link below for more listings: gigseekr.com/venue/88m

Time to get your colouring pencils and pens out…