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Mastodon newbie. Binfie. Assembler of genomes. Lover of evolutionary biology. Drinker of coffee. Sometimes tired and cranky. Opinions my own. #bioinformatics #evolution #genomics
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Don't make fun of kids who still believe in Father Christmas, there are adults out there who think trickle-down economics is real...

It is crazy how much land has been burned this year in Canada. Just look at this graph

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66550759

#Canada #wildfire #ClimateChange

Canada wildfires: Residents scramble to flee fires in Kelowna and Yellowknife

A fast-moving fire in Kelowna, British Columbia forces escaping locals to jump into the local lake.

BBC News
I’ve fought over 350 BC coastal wildfires from 1981-93 and I’ve never seen anything like what’s happening now in our country with the current wildfire behaviour, prevalence, areas covered and consistency.
Canada is burning. #globalwarming #travel #canada #fossilfuels #science
Hey Genomics Mastodon, what’s your favourite tool for making and/or visualising a vertebrate pangenome made from a small number of chromosome-level haplotypes? #genomics #pangenomes #bioinformatics #tools

One of the first projects I've been involved in at Minderoo (running some bioinformatics analyses) has now been published!

'Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia'

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37066-4

Seafood label quality and mislabelling rates hamper consumer choices for sustainability in Australia - Scientific Reports

Seafood mislabelling and species substitution, compounded by a convoluted seafood supply chain with significant traceability challenges, hinder efforts towards more sustainable, responsible, and ethical fishing and business practices. We conducted the largest evaluation of the quality and accuracy of labels for 672 seafood products sold in Australia, assessing six seafood groups (i.e., hoki, prawns, sharks and rays, snapper, squid and cuttlefish, and tuna) from fishmongers, restaurants, and supermarkets, including domestically caught and imported products. DNA barcoding revealed 11.8% of seafood tested did not match their label with sharks and rays, and snappers, having the highest mislabelling rate. Moreover, only 25.5% of products were labelled at a species-level, while most labels used vague common names or umbrella terms such as β€˜flake’ and β€˜snapper’. These poor-quality labels had higher rates of mislabelling than species-specific labels and concealed the sale of threatened or overfished taxa, as well as products with lower nutritional quality, reduced economic value, or potential health risks. Our results highlight Australia’s weak seafood labelling regulations and ambiguous non-mandatory naming conventions, which impede consumer choice for accurately represented, sustainable, and responsibly sourced seafood. We recommend strengthening labelling regulations to mitigate seafood mislabelling and substitution, ultimately improving consumer confidence when purchasing seafood.

Nature

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My in-depth comparative review of eight Mastodon apps for iPhone

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https://transponderings.blog/2022/05/21/eight-mastodon-apps-for-iphone/

Eight Mastodon apps for iPhone

An in-depth comparative review of eight Mastodon apps for iPhone: Fedi, Mast, Mastodon, Mercury, Metatext, tooot, Toot! and Tootle.

transponderings

If you download your #Twitter archive it arrives wrapped as a static HTML page, which is not very useful for doing anything with, and worse: it requires the original account to be still active to do useful things like enlarge the images since they use t.co links.

So here's a #Python script to convert a Twitter archive to #markdown or other formats: https://github.com/timhutton/twitter-archive-parser

Now you can archive your tweets in any way you want.

GitHub - timhutton/twitter-archive-parser: Python code to parse a Twitter archive and output in various ways

Python code to parse a Twitter archive and output in various ways - timhutton/twitter-archive-parser

GitHub

I'm about to head off to the middle of nowhere in Australia for a relaxing holiday (I am on leave at the moment after all).

We have some mods to take care of content, so report anything you think breaches the instance rules or isn't quite right.

I've got some bots set up to look after various things for while I'm away so everything should run smoothly. Saying that, try not to burn the place down while I'm gone. πŸ˜…

Last day to apply for one of our bioinformatics research assistant positions! Come, assemble fish genomes with us! 🦈🐑🐠🐟🧬πŸ–₯️ http://edwardslab.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-ocean-genomes-lab-is-hiring.html #bioinformatics #jobs #genomics
The Ocean Genomes Lab is hiring - Bioinformatics and Sequencing technicians wanted!

Adding to the recently advertised Sequencing technician posts (closing 27 October), we are now pleased to advertise two bioinformatics re...