Steven Sutcliffe

I have decided to keep an old iPhone around just to avoid using the Sonos app on my android phone. That's how bad the Sonos app is.

My iPod renaissance was short lived

No one understands the law of diminishing returns more than a toddler:
1st bookmark blew her mind
2nd okay cool, it's different then the last one
3rd ... . . .

Love love love this album. A perfect piano album for Sunday

In Canada, Alberta and Quebec are charging for the COVID vaccines. Looks like Canada is running a realtime experiment on vaccine access

I haven't settled on my music setup yet, but currently trying to have android, Sonos, apple music, LastFm, and PlexAmp all play nice is a nightmare.

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In my journey of exiting music streaming services, I noticed how much my music habits changed. I feel in love with making playlists: having all the world's music at my fingertips. Back to albums!

Decided to cancel my Spotify and host my pre-streaming days music library on a mini-pc! Might just bust out the iPod classic!

Today's commit history show a hilarious spiral of trying to implement a simple feature. Thankfully I have the weekend to flush all the cortisol from my brain and try again on Monday.

Sometimes I look at the locations of predatory conference invites and think "well that could be a nice city to visit"

Multi-country and intersectoral assessment of cluster congruence between pipelines for genomics surveillance of foodborne pathogens - Nature Communications In the era of global foodborne pathogens’ genomic surveillance, this study shows that large-scale inter-laboratory comparisons are needed and feasible, opening good perspectives for efficient and coop...

An interesting and important read. Communicating between agencies and governments is essential for improving surveillance. A paper covering pipelines for genomic surveillance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As a dad, do I make a request for the world war history books or is it granted to me automatically when I turn 40?

Don't if it means anything, but your work on wastewater surveillance was inspiring, and this is a devastating loss.

Anyone using ARM computers for bioinformatics? Tried the other day, but the support for conda/docker was crippling for pipeline development

When I am not doing science, I make playlists. I've been continuously making one called "the sunday afternoon radio" for that relaxed coffee sipping vibe, take a listen! open.spotify.com/playlist/221...

As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really? Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

Good explainer on measles, immunity and the current Texas outbreak.

As the Texas outbreak grows, how contagious is measles, really?
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

caroline, by caroline 10 track album

Some albums creep into my heart -- been listening to caroline's "S/T" debut for three years now. But today, it really sunk its teeth. For fans of post-rock, folk, and midwest emo caroline.bandcamp.com/album/caroline

U.S. hasn't sent essential seasonal flu data to WHO ahead of key vaccine meeting | CBC News Seasonal flu vaccines need to be updated each year because the virus changes so frequently. But the U.S. hasn't contributed its information on what's spreading there since January, a World Health Orga...

Terrific example of how US health is intertwined w/ the rest of the globe.

"Seasonal flu vaccines need to be updated each year bc the virus changes so frequently. But the US hasn't contributed its information on what's spreading there since Jan., a World Health Organization (WHO) official said."🛟🧪

GenX "music snob" recommendation algorithm: "only the albums before they got big and sold out"

Scarlett fever is going around, and I am so grateful for antibiotics. I will never take them for granted

Been on the building and testing of the pipeline side for a minute, but finally returned the joy of running a big analysis. Go lil' machine, crunch that big dataset!

We asked for climate change action but instead we outsourced meme generation to AI

The kicker is, I had bought three watch batteries and replaced them in an old fashion singing book. I was proud that I had learned from my forefathers this valuable lesson.

Discovering we have moved from the era of "make sure you have batteries for toys on Christmas" to "make sure you pre-downloaded the app for Christmas"

The importance of microbiology reference laboratories and adequate funding for infectious disease surveillance Microbiology reference laboratories perform a crucial role within public health systems. This role was especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Viewpoint, we emphasise the importance of microbiology reference laboratories and highlight the types of digital data and expertise they provide, which benefit national and international public health. We also highlight the value of surveillance initiatives among collaborative international partners, who work together to share, analyse, and interpret data, and then disseminate their findings in a timely manner.

As a public health employee, I am biased, but I think this article does a great job of highlighting the value of the work we do: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Getting my flu/COVID vaccines, meanwhile I have a toddler at daycare

Any Canadian Microbiology bluesky starter packs out there?

Just next generation dinosaurs?

My bluesky feed is finally taking off! Might start using it actively now!