Catherine Evans

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@JohnathanPerk I have noticed lack of Black/PoC in large social groups like this before and we've openly commented on it. I'm somewhat amazed that my social environment does not include more (... any...) black people but in terms of action, I'm not sure where to start

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@amy_hoggart @bessbell Also, solidarity, as breastfeeding is hard even when it goes smoothly. Worth going to Ikea to try out all the chairs and find the most comfortable one for feeding!

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@amy_hoggart @bessbell Genuine Q?? I guess first thing to think about is if it is actually low supply (normal breastfeeding patterns can be interpreted as 'low supply'). Or are you already working with a lactation consultant? How old is the little pickle?

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@amy_hoggart MILK! MILK! MILK! MILK! #milktwitter happy for the milk chat

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@BrittUK @Herring1967 Apparently there're some stories about George Osborne that are not being reported on. Coincides with this story being released and with overly sympathetic coverage on orange confetti, which just makes it seem even more coordinated to me.

[Veera Rajagopal  @doctorveera]

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in @Nature

In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (https://t.co/Rk8oZJ0bUj).

Today, a group of scientists from Indiana University reports how that minimal genome evolved over 2000 generations in comparison to the non-minimal genome.

The authors found that even when you reduce a bacterial genome to its absolute minimum where every nucleotide matters, the genome undergoes mutational events generation after generation as much as the non-minimal genome. One simply cannot stop the evolution.

Just over 300 days of evolution (equivalent to 40,000 years in humans) the minimal cell has gained everything it lacked in fitness on day one in comparison to the non-minimal cell.

When comparing the evolved traits between the minimal and non-minimal cells, the scientists found something striking. The evolutionary process increased the cell size of non-minimal cells but not that of the minimal cell. But that is not the striking part.

The scientists were able to identify the key mutation that resulted in cell size evolution. And it turned out that the mutation that helped the non-minimal cells to grow bigger is the same that helped the minimal cells to stay smaller. Growing bigger had a survival advantage for non-minimal cells and not growing bigger had a survival advantage for minimal cells. So, the mutation had a context-dependent effect. This just demonstrates that the evolutionary effects on traits have no absolute direction. All that matter is what is beneficial for the organism's survival.

The conclusion of the paper is metaphorically a quote from the Jurassic Park movie:

“Listen, if there’s one thing the history of evolution has taught us is that life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, and it crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but . . . life finds a way". (https://t.co/UlxRlb86CT)

https://t.co/zA9OAqSoAu

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@MatthewHall18 @68Langers @fesshole So she can counteract loss of muscle mass from menopause

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@AllForThe6_4 @68Langers @fesshole Women also have testosterone naturally (we actually have more testosterone than oestrogen) and during menopause take it as part of HRT.

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@fesshole Some people are thinking this is a dad. I think more likely it's a mum taking testosterone as part of HRT as she's (peri) menopausal, hence the muscle loss... Women have more testosterone than oestrogen.

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@jennyeclair Would say no chance of taking a bottle if mum is anywhere nearby

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@jennyeclair Ours was fed milk with syringes at around that age for a while, which worked ok combined with solid food and then breastfeeding after work. Took a few weeks of that before bottle feeding was reliable

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@Harry_Lyme_212 @Andrewdacanay @thehistoryguy Think it changed in 1983. When my son was born abroad, for him to get British citizenship I had to prove my that both I and his grandparents were born in the UK because I was born after 1983.

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@benpartridge Just doing the right thing 😎

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@benpartridge thought you should know someone is pretending to be you on twitter and DMing people. Reported and blocked.

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@benpartridge Nothing incriminating, just 'hi'. It seemed a bit bot-like so I unfollowed immediately

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@bethallisonbarr I'm guessing he didn't apply the same logic to men i.e. that it's unnatural for men to commute to work away from home and instead they should be doing hard agricultural work near their home, with their sons joining them from around the age of 7

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@lynnesandgate @francisbeckett @DavidHeadViews @BestForBritain If it helps, you can order directly from a Danish/EU website (if you use Google Chrome internet browser you can translate the website to English). We're in Switzerland and this method seems to work for grandparents sending gifts from UK

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@TVGordonU @fesshole Agree that kids should learn to take their own risks (I try not to use the word 'careful!'). But crossing the road this in the wrong context. Apparently accurate depth/speed perception doesn't develop until 10-12 years old. And the stakes are much higher than in a play ground!

[Catherine Evans @CatEvans987]

@smidon @chronicleflask This is how I remember it too!

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

Well done to Amnesty for the high level of detail here. Less well done to the many outlets pumping out so much disinformation it's making that level of detail a requirement, to prove something obviously true: Russia is indiscriminately bombing Ukraine.