The sad side of being married to an astronomer? On a lovely Wednesday morning you are told that the Solar System is chaotic! WTH!!

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Did I really believe I could put up a Christmas tree with two kittens in the house?

Wow, I have zero platform here, except when I criticize a "comrade" And here I thought that on this side of the divide we were still allowed to criticize so we can learn and grow better. Full disclosure: I have huge admiration and respect for @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the org she's created 1/2

"When we take back Congress, the fight is over" This is the most naive thing I've read in a long time.

Miriam Tucker reports from the IACFS/ME 2025 conference where researchers spoke about the underlying pathomechanisms of ME/CFS & long COVID and the potential for treatment approaches specifically targeting those identified abnormalities. [Sign in free to read] tinyurl.com/yc4suscx

This is why I said yesterday, and still say today: "good riddance!" Honestly, the double helix would have been discovered anyway, sooner or later, with or without him. The harm he did to people, would have not been done without him. As simple as that. Good riddance!

Yay, well done New York! 🥳🗽❤️

If any so-called "moderate democrat" still had any doubt, here's an inequivocabile sign that the kid has got talent! Go @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💪

A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif

My poor old, outdated native language! 😅🤣

Clinical Needs Assessment for ME Many pointed out that they had had #ME/CFS for a long time and support from specialist services was limited or, in many areas of Great Britain, non-existent. Consequently, they had worked out how to manage their Me and meet their needs as best they could themselves.

Happy Halloween, from our lab to yours! 🎃👻

The thing that drives me cazy is that, even from an economic standpoint, whole genome sequencing (which has become very cheap) as a starting point, not as a last resort, would save so much money to any health care system, whether national or based on private insurance.

Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.

Join experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists for a Social Media Action Hour on how to educate and activate your social media networks on Congress’s impacts on science over the past year. We need you to speak out and call out the harm! RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z

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Now amazing talk by @zalaly.bsky.social on #LongCovid

#IACFSME Medical and Scientific Conference kicking off with #FredFriedberg and #NancyKlimas talking about overlaps and synergies between #LongCovid and #ME/CFS. It's going to be an exciting meeting!

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

📣 AOC speaks out about fired federal workers in the sciences. "People's lives are literally on the line." FIGHT FOR SCIENCE ✊🌏 JOIN US TOMORROW! Stand in solidarity with our public servants! WHEN: 10/17 @3pm WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC HOW: In person & Virtual! zurl.co/LayiM

Some interesting data from postdoc Nate Serrano: “Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

So, let me get this straight: if you are committed to take down the anti-fascism movement (a.k.a. antifa), you are basically admitting to be pro-fascism, right?

same, but terrified for my son

Oh, say, can you see? 🥰

Hey, #MedSky & #SciSky! New text from Elsevier out today, "The Scientific Basis of Fatigue", with multiple chapters on different diseases, including #MECFS, COVID, Parkinson's, stroke and MS. Proud to be the co-author of the #MECFS chapter with authors from Mayo and Bateman-Horne! More info:🧪

This is what's it's about. Representing, and being accessible through service. Thank you AOC for doing the right thing by those students.

Every major Democrat has millions in their campaign account. The threat to democracy is big enough that we need to be funding mobilization and messaging right now - not just banking money for the next election. If we don't build right now, there might not be another election.

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety Who knows what will happen now Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC (europepmc.org )

Postdoc opportunity in muscle cell biology! You would not only be involved in an ambitious project but would also help develop cutting edge methods! Highly recommended! @robertseaborne.bsky.social

excellent news! Although, perhaps providing expectant women with REALLY OUTSTANDING FREE HEALTHCARE woukld have already been a good starting point.

Next thing I know, they'll resurrect the refrigerator mother theory

We are so AWESOME that we have TWO FACULTY POSITIONS this year! Come work with us, best department ever!!

Our department is hiring TWO tenure-track Assistant Professor positions! Join a fantastic group of biochemists, molecular, cell, and developmental biologists! www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bioc...

Trump hyped a huge autism announcement for months then followed through today with a press conference where his brain leaked out of his ears for an hour while he couldn't pronounce "acetaminophen" and yelled "DON'T TAKE ASPIRIN" over and over. Congratulations, America.

Repeat after ME: P E M Is Not Fatigue PEM Is Not fatigue #PEM≠fatigue #MECFS #PwME #PEM www.nih.gov/news-events/... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33071931/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37205352/

I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.

Training telephone

And no, it's not The Onion 🤬

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Pisconti-Armitage family has grown by two today! Meet twins Monsty and Buddy 😍

"A new Center-Right Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups" There, I fixed it for you. You're Welcome.

The best way to find typos in your grant proposal is to press submit.

I wrote about the war on science and the psychological toll it's taking on me for Psychology Today. How It Feels to Be a Scientist in 2025 | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-ne...

The fact that Jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people.

RIP Robert Redford

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Thank you Javier Bardem ❤️🖤🤍💚

Isn't it amazing how many previously lost things one finds when looking for something else in the basement?