Mike Taylor 🦕
By day I am a computer programmer with Index Data, where I have been happily and gainfully employed for 20 years.
By night, I am a vertebrate palaeontologist with the University of Bristol, specialising in sauropods: the biggest and best of all dinosaurs.
I am an advocate for open access, open data and open source, and I'm beginning to think pre-publication peer-review might be a mistake. I support #LFC.
Email: mike@miketaylor.org.uk
ORCiD: 0000-0002-1003-5675
#fedi22
Mike Taylor 🦕I was just thinking to myself "It would be good if #Mastodon let you follow someone's original posts without seeing all the stuff they boost, which is not relevant to me".
Then it occurred to me to look and see if it does ... and it does! Click on the person's username, then click the three-dots menu near top right of their profile, then choose "Hide boosts from …"
This is a game-changer!
Mike Taylor 🦕In the news today:
"New mRNA vaccine stops malaria transmission in its tracks"
vs.
"RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts"
https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/wehi-mrna-vaccine-malaria-transmission/
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-s1-5493550/rfk-jr-funding-mrna-vaccine-development