LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD: It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS. I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

Of course my smoke detector waited until 1 am to start complaining it needed a new battery.

#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵... The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle. theconversation.com/fifty-years-...#OTD#Nobel#Physics#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Jamelle was cooking. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

This week is “First Generation Week”. My mother went up to the fifth grade, and a father barely finished high school. I am the first in my extended family to go to college. It was only possible because of the free public education in Argentina. Education opens doors and minds, it matters.

I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name He did this six times Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel

Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵 I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding). First, some background: Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically). However, the are usually funded on an annual basis. 1/18

This is an excellent description of good and bad practices in presenting data.

Fresh-baked chocolate babka

Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

🎓 Thinking about graduate study? Don't miss our next virtual information session! 📅Thurs, Nov 13 📍Zoom 🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr... #URochester #URochesterBME #GradSchool #medtech #PhD #MS #CMTI #BME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Startlingly good effects of LNP-mRNA vaccines when given to cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy. More vaccine research please. More mRNA!

BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes. Please Use it and SHARE! ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...

“BREAKING NEWS”

It’s official: ChatGPT can't draw a GPCR, but you’ll master them in the Filizola Lab 😜 Join Us! (send your CV and the names of at least two references to my institutional email) #Postdoc #scientist #research

It seems like time, once again, to post the link to this 84-year-old article that has grown increasingly relevant to the US political climate over the past nine months: harpers.org/archive/1941...

Moreover, you shouldn’t rely *just* on your advisor’s page. Set up a Google Scholar page and an ORCID account — the latter in particular can serve as a permanent place to locate you (even if you change your name).

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

This article focusing on Kurt Vonnegut is a riveting read.

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14

The latest in a long series of Nobels for work in immunology - and it won’t be the last (!)

Question to all Molecular Dynamics / Biophysics people here: As I had to find out that my beloved "Leach" isn't being printed anymore, I currently am searching for a recent textbook for undergrad students on biomolecular simulations, best with outlooks on Docking, Free Energy calculations and 1/2

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

I guess they’re hoping this work will … go viral? Sorry, I’ll show myself out.

So exhausting..

Biophysical Journal seeks candidates to be its next Editor-in-Chief beginning in 2027. Applications and nominations will be accepted until March 1. More information is available at www.biophysics.org/blog/call-for-applications-editor-in-chief-of-biophysical-journal.

Since there is some discussion that NIH institutes should not simply use paylines to determine which grants to fund, I thought I would share some old data. These are plots of funding probability fas a function of percentile score for 9 institutes. 1/7

Because this administration thinks everyone believes the rules only matter when it helps “your side” (like they do), they are counting on Comey’s unpopularity to normalize this. Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪 Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360 PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies! Let me briefly explain what we're looking for: 1/10

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available... jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

“What I've spent years in trauma therapy dealing with isn't the original harassment. It's everything that came afterwards," Lindsey Boylan told me. Thank you for this incredibly important piece on surviving and survivors @chloenazra.bsky.social

hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol here👋 Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering here's what you need to know 🧵

This fall I will have a blind student in my coding class for the first time. Do any other instructors or visually impaired coders have advice beyond making sure my book has useful alt-text for the images? #rstats #accessibility Class book: psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v5/

Enjoying the beautiful fall weather with an evening tennis match. I have grant proposals to read later, but it’s perfect out here.

I love when trucks park in the “compact cars only” spots in the garage, blocking half the lane. The spot is on the first floor, so it’s clear they didn’t even try to find another spot.

Rochester folks: any idea where I can get ingredients to cook Mexican food? Some things, I can order online (eg achiote paste), but Wegmans doesn’t seem to carry many of the peppers, etc. I think it would be a fun cuisine to learn, but I’m stumbling over ingredients.

I want to deliver a plant to a friend in Silver Spring - I’d prefer a living plant but a floral arrangement would be okay too. Does anyone have a favorite florist or gardening shop that delivers to Silver Spring?

A brief bluetorial about VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) Self-reported data about adverse effects occurring contemporaneously with vaccinations are useful but have many limitations

A small joy: cooking paella for my girlfriend’s birthday.

@jeremymberg.bsky.social again doing some very nice analysis

wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation