Anthony Wilson
@arboviral
Epidemiology and risk of foodborne + (formerly) vector-borne diseases. Dad and husband. Ex-academic. Values equality, diversity & inclusion. Terrible tapdancer, occasional viking. He/him. Views are my own.
I admit I was unfamiliar with the term altogether, but Wikipedia is here to help apparently en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_guy
A scorpio would help with the launch though And actually I know a guy...
None of the people reacting with horror in the replies appear to be familiar with this photo of Stewart as a teenager...
Surprisingly good, but not what Karel Čapek is best remembered for. Battletoads also works of course 😁
No β-D-arabino-Hex-2-ulofuranosyl α-D-gluco-hexopyranoside for you? Or 2-Hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid?
We regularly dogsit a pom-yorkie-chihuahua cross who is adorable but _so_ anxious (we dogsit because he gets too anxious when left alone), but I think that's the other two breeds; the pomeranian just makes him very licky
(Also a weird coincidence seeing this on the way home from a two-day meeting in the former chapel of the Radcliffe Infirmary)
Very informative project review meeting in Oxford this week; always nice to pop back...
In Peterborough today for the Food Safety Research Network STEC workshop - exciting stuff!
Back in Oxford for #CampyUK this week! The schedule looks amazing - looking forward to some great talks.
I only learned about them in 2004 or so and was so excited Also my favourite MP3 player ever is one that looked - and crucially _could be used as_ a cassette tape; you could FF/RWD to skip tracks and it modulated the magnets where the tape would be so it played in a tape deck I think it was this:
Spotted a familiar name in the announcement that FDA has approved three new food dyes: butterfly pea flower! I have this as a tea and the colour is amazing (also if you add acid or hibiscus it turns reddish-purple) www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/05/fda-...
A relaxing day at the extremely photogenic Fountains Abbey yesterday
Breaking up the work with an exciting opportunity to meet industry stakeholders today - the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SoFHT) Awards Ceremony! (With a lecture on washing up by Ruth Goodman, for those into food/kitchen history!)
After a busy risk assessment meeting in London, almost at ISOPOL for a packed week of Listeria!