David Williams

Evolutionary biologist studying microbes and public health using bioinformatics (but mostly (re)tweeting about other stuff). Bon vivant.

[Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦 @DuncanStott]

I feel the FT has buried the lede here. The key development is that the govt has paused the winding up of HS2 phase 2a. Positive news! https://t.co/P3dZeS8HvW

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

NASA drops new images of Jupiter...

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Inevitably there’s considerable interest in what impacts a Valencia type of rainfall event would have on the UK.

A 🧵

https://t.co/arzaGmRWyK

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

People - including top US journalists, perhaps especially top US journalists - don’t quite get how bad it’s going to be. How beyond term one it’ll be. How bad the Musks and RFKs will be.

I don’t think even I fully accept how bad it’s going to be and I have been shouting how bad it’s going to be for years.

[David Williams @dave__uu]

RT @WHOAFRO: Tomorrow, @WHO, @UNEP and @UNHABITAT will launch the Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) at the World Urban F…

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Elon Musk paid Black people to campaign for Trump in Michigan and then fired them and left them stranded in the streets when they complained about unsafe working conditions for being shipped around in the back of a U-Haul without seats or seatbelts.

https://t.co/Y4mFKJ5jLP

[David Williams @dave__uu]

@KristieDeGaris I have no idea if people are doing what you say, but if so, that's very surprising given there's an actual test for it people can do at home.

[David Williams @dave__uu]

@toady @KristieDeGaris If your covid tests are negative, it probably isn't covid. In any case, rest and I hope you get well soon.

[Dr. Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA @EllaRobertaFdn]

30% of lung cancer cases are due to air pollution.

“In hotspots in London the pollution is similar to passive smoking between 10-15 cigarettes daily”- Pr Jonathan Grigg

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

💯@bbcworldservice Never more important in an age of #disinformation and impunity. Something to be proud of and nurture.

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

a few days ago two new detailed testimonies of Palestinians violently raped by genocidal Israelis were published at the UN. You didn't hear about it because the entire Western media class intentionally ignored it and erased it from view. Here they are read out in full:

[Free Software Foundation (FSF) @[email protected] @fsf]

Interested in helping us help others to make their first steps toward #userfreedom? Collaborate with us on the freedom ladder, our new guide to help people take their first steps in software freedom: https://t.co/9ViyVjSuoa

[Drew Harwell @drewharwell]

New: On @elonmusk’s X, Republicans go viral as Democrats disappear.

We analyzed 100 top political accounts and found that Republicans are getting followed more and going viral more now that the world’s richest Trump supporter is running the show.

Look at these charts:

[Rachel Salvidge @RachSalv]

Very excited to announce the launch of
THE WATERSHED POLLUTION MAP!

River health, landfills, sewage, road run-off, intensive farming, big industry, forever chemicals, abandoned mines, bathing waters, flood risk, protected areas and so much more... 🧵

https://t.co/upIKfAJQhP

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Polluting water companies to face lighter punishments despite public outrage.

Because that would show improvement in company performance.

Companies will dump more sewage, hike customer bills.

Govt/OFWA, deregulation protecting companies, not people.
https://t.co/HbKCmqSuhG

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Journalists are meant to speak truth to power. That's our job. But what do you do when that power is your own news org?

This thread (professional suicide note?) is about @guardian & @ObserverUK's future. Because it turns out you can’t believe everything you read on a poster..
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[David Williams @dave__uu]

@DJDanzadotcom @Tussell_UK Pre-election figures

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

“We depend on nature in every aspect of our lives – it underpins our economy, health and society – yet progress to restore wildlife and habitats has been too slow.

UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline. Great stuff ⁦@SteveReedMP⁩ https://t.co/xZjV3H3Nbs

[Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz]

@DavidDavisMP @amnesty @BylineTimes @foxglovedev @GoodLawProject @NoTech4Tyrants @Harryslaststand @DawnButlerBrent @labourlewis @GreenJennyJones @AmnestyTech @SteveBarclay @openDemocracyUK @mehdirhasan @mikegalsworthy @peterjukes @TheDA_UK @WritesBright @NafeezAhmed @campbellclaret @guardiantech @WiredUK @WIRED @TelegraphTech @CampaignTechUK @FLGenomics @prospect_uk @nytimestech @BBCRosAtkins @digitalhealth2 @NHSMillion @EveryDoctorUK @ukfci_chair @TheLancet @richardhorton1 @bmj_latest @JME_BMJ @AmnestyUK @joepike @vicderbyshire @Vin_Diwakar @BBCr4today @Foxglovelegal @karamballes @martha__dark @DrEricDing @OliverDowden @NHSEngland 150/. “NHS data chief, Ming Tang, was ‘guest of honour’ at #Palantir lobbyist’s dinner” @FT

We only know this thanks to an FOI request

“This underscores the fact that there needs to be proper transparency over how these contracts are awarded” @AmnestyUK
https://t.co/W4JEDfyA9r