William Lees

@[email protected]
329 Followers
351 Following
109 Posts
I am a computational immunologist at Birkbeck College, London, mainly studying the response of antibodies in disease. I campaign on green and social issues, and to build closer and better political links between the UK and EU.
Websitehttps://vdjbase.org
Githubhttps://github.com/williamdlees
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/WilliamDLees/
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-6840
William LeesJan 20, 2023
Kit YatesJan 20, 2023
Maybe just don't invite people with fringe views on in the first place?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaint/bbcnewschanneljanuary2023
BBC News Channel, interview with Dr Aseem Malhotra , January 2023 | Contact the BBC

We have received complaints from people who were unhappy with the interview with Dr Aseem Malhotra.

William LeesJan 18, 2023
Alistair DavidsonJan 17, 2023

Big thanks to #ElonMusk honestly. Although he misleadingly frames it as "your" fault, what he is explaining here is that #Twitter's algorithm is designed to pour oil on every fire it sees.

Some of us have been pointing out how dangerous that is for years now.

William LeesDec 28, 2022
Mastodon MigrationDec 28, 2022

#MastodonNews Dec 28, 2022

Seems not everybody is willing to sell out to evil billionaires.

Financial Times: Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to protect non-profit status >>>
https://t.co/TXNmtIPV3O

Twitter rival Mastodon has rejected more than five investment offers from Silicon Valley firms... The platform’s non-profit status was “untouchable”... Mastodon will not turn into everything you hate about Twitter.

News Archive >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d5Q6oyzrlfXBEhHsLI9cxltdFV_XPrZWQj1mj8Ivc7Q/edit?usp=sharing
#twittermigration

Client Challenge

William LeesDec 27, 2022
Prof. Stefan RahmstorfDec 22, 2022

Law suits against perpetrators of deliberate climate misinformation are gathering momentum. This will become a much bigger issue in coming decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/20/big-oil-is-behind-conspiracy-to-deceive-public-first-climate-racketeering-lawsuit-says

Big oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says

Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses

The Guardian
William LeesDec 20, 2022
dagDec 19, 2022

BLOGPOST

How the government won but also lost the court case on Rwanda removal policy

My post on how the terms of the government's victory means that actual removals are more legally difficult

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/12/how-the-government-won-but-also-lost-the-court-case-on-rwanda-removal-policy/

How the government won but also lost the court case on Rwanda removal policy

19th December 2022 Today the High Court handed down its judgment in respect of the many legal claims brought against the Rwanda removal policy. On the face of it, the government of the United Kingd…

The Law and Policy Blog
William LeesDec 20, 2022
Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖Dec 19, 2022
It appears that Elon’s jet has dumped another 38 tons of CO2 flying from the Gulf to a refuelling stop north of London so I guess it will dump another 40 tons or so completing the return trip to the US after getting his ear bent by one of his biggest investors. Oiks like you and me are blamed for an average CO2 footprint of around 4 tons per year so the man baby has wasted 40 years of my carbon footprint on this round trip to see a football match he didn’t look interested in.
William LeesDec 20, 2022
Kit YatesDec 19, 2022
“It’s not fair to blame it on the pandemic any more, is it?
Because actually we had problems in the NHS before we went into the pandemic.
We were short of doctors, we were short of beds going into the pandemic, so I think it’s really wrong to blame it on the pandemic.”
William LeesDec 20, 2022
Chris KendallDec 20, 2022

Tory Brexiter MP tells brown man “I hate you, go back to Bahrain” - takes free gifts from Bahrain - issues non-apology

Would be great if the UK media salivating over the corruption recently exposed in a foreign parliament also gave this their full attention

William LeesDec 19, 2022
JohnGraddonDec 2, 2022

RT @[email protected]

A former Downing Street advisor explains why @[email protected] is heading for victory in 2024: "there may not be much in it between @[email protected] @[email protected], but then voters look over their shoulders at who heads a rabble of mad bastards". #GeneralElectionN0W https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/02/politics-keir-starmer-labour-tories-number-10

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jonathanboote/status/1598717110770728965

What would politics look like if Starmer’s plan was working? Like it does now

His own party remains cautious, but Tories are pretty sure he is heading for No 10, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian
William LeesDec 19, 2022
Sasha Costanza-ChockNov 21, 2022
Some quick notes on how we might build some of the essential infrastructure and governance processes that will be needed if #Mastodon is really going to be sustainable and viable as a mass-adoption social network (1/n):