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Andy MacLeod

@nailest

Sometime geneticist in Edinburgh with interest in public engagement. Music, comedy, science and all-round geek. Apart from the thing with the chickens. He/Him.

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Joined June 2009
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they threw beans on him
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Happy Hogswatch! Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Happy festive greetings to everyone, especially my #Playschool Babies. Wishing you all much peace, joy and happiness wrapped up with unconditional love 🎄🎄❤️❤️🎄🎄
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Friendly reminder, Fuck the Tories for partying during the 2020 lockdown: #DrWho #DoctorWho
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The name for hamburger by US county
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The winner of The Edinburgh City Award is @hiddendoorarts! 🏆 Congratulations to the winner and our finalists: @art27scotland @EdSciFest and Young Edinburgh Storytellers.
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The letter X will be holding a press conference later today. #TwitterX
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Dear Reddit, excellent work. Attn: r/pics — have at it...
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Huge relief as big majority vote for #PrivilegesCommittee report 354 for, & just 7 against - the collective gaslighting of a nation is finally over. But so many Tories abstained & are thus complicit with Johnson’s contempt of parliament. Our standards system still needs reform
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Wow Edinburgh- you sparkled in the sunshine, raising more than £135,273 for life-saving research at Cancer Research UK's Race for Life. Thank you to everyone who helped make the day such a success. Together we will beat cancer. Here's some of the best bits. #raceforlife
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A big hand from one of the race marshalls to everyone who took part in the @CR_UK @CRUKEventsScot #RaceForLife in Holyrood Park today. You were all amazing. Well done! 🤗
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Huge thanks to the talented @RockChoir set to entertain supporters @Raceforlife at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh this weekend. 🌟🏃‍♂️💙 Can't wait to celebrate 30 years of Race for Life, funding life-saving research. Still time to sign up here: bit.ly/2YtitNw 📷@lesleympix
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Noel Edmonds: a thread of horror. Carrie (Dir: Brian De Palma, 1976)
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A reminder as #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek draws to a close, that mental health and mental illness are not interchangeable terms.
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fuck hopes
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Oh, hey Dean. 😎 #Edinburgh #Scotland #DeanVillage #WaterOfLeith instagr.am/p/CsMU8DuIVl_/
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Michael Baym@baym10 May 2023
<chefs kiss> arxiv.org/abs/2304.01393
Every Author as First Author

Every Author as First Author

We propose a new standard for writing author names on papers and in bibliographies, which places every author as a first author -- superimposed. This approach enables authors to write papers as...

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Had to abandon our picnic, but still wanted to pay tribute to Charlie-boy for getting a new hat #Edinburgh #Scotland #Pubs #Beer #CoronationDay #TheRoyalDick instagr.am/p/Cr6ID7boael/
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The @beltanefiresociety Beltane Fire Festival actually finished in the wee hours of Monday morning. Someone may have forgot to tell the Beastie Drummers. 😃👹🥁 #Edinburgh #Scotland #Music #Drums #Beasties #Beltane #HorseyBoi instagr.am/p/Cr5vqbgI-rH/
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