I dropped off my ballot at a polling place tonight, and a bumper sticker in the parking lot said "Gavin Newsom pees sitting down" That person's vote counts as much as mine. I can't stop thinking about that.

HAPPENING TODAY! Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... Yes, it will be recorded (register to be sent the recording). We have ASL and multi language closed captioning. It’s happening right after McNutt’s address and that is on purpose. #StandUpForScience

Unplug and explore. There is more to life than screens and pavement.

I saw @lukelukeluke.bsky.social was back, and figured I would share some mushrooms I encountered this weekend. Cheers!

You may not "do politics" as a scientist, but politics is doing you. Might as well start fighting now! events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for...

Crazy data fabrication from Thermo. Buyer beware!

I've been waiting for this!

Agreed on the duration of impact. But could this lead to new public/private funding mechanisms? If the main products of academia are the trainees and basic Biomedical research, what if industry stepped up to keep the innovation pipeline flowing? Or they'll just turn to AI. Yeah, probably that.

I wonder if this will be the thing that gets scientists off their tails and fighting for democracy...

"The valley of death cannot be “bridged” with enough money or efficiency, the valley of death must be wandered... To improve the efficiency of progress, we have to first see that there is no valley, and no straight lines, just an ecosystem waiting to be born." What a fun distillation @agapakis.com

This is insane. It will probably get me on a watch list- but good. This lawless BS has crossed a line. What's next? Arresting reporters who covered January 6th and called it what it was- domestic terrorism? Make it make sense.

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My Bluesky feed is all dead dogs and poetry again! Nature is healing.

Watching the new @stuffmadehere.bsky.social and I saw plotter art from @michaelfogleman.com! Hah!

Brutal.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Proud of my Danish heritage.

LOL. We're a startup again! Rise and grind you lowly peons...

"...we are being lead by a swarm of incompetent ideologues and ignorant grifters who are relentlessly ruining everything they touch. Every part of the federal government is being degraded right in front of us..." Dark days for the FDA, biotech, pharma, and science. Going in the wrong direction.

Deputy Dirtbag thought he was smoking meth he confiscated, but it was fentanyl - and he OD'd on the job. Sad ending. But he didn't OD from just touching it!!! Another example for @ryanmarino.bsky.social www.kcra.com/article/sacr...

Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."

Media: "Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoths body" Any scientist who has ever worked with RNA, even in the best of conditions: No F'n way... www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Aurora in Northern California!!!!

If you brag that you fired 5 rounds, create 7 holes, and the person survives. Then you're a terrible shot. And a douchebag.

So my congressman Kevin Kiley (R) just had his CA-3rd district redrawn blue. Adios re-election plans! He can now do the funniest thing: sign on to release the Epstein files, and go down in history for breaking both the shutdown- and the fascist aspirations of Trump. #LetsGoKevin #prop50 #CA3rd

In short: immigration makes us better, and kinder. Great piece on baseball and society by James Rainey. www.latimes.com/california/n...

FINAL: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 ▪️ THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE 2025 MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 🏆🔵⚪️ #WorldSeries #MLB #baseball

It bears repeating: the opioid epidemic, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives, was sparked by the activities of U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies and distributors. It was a homegrown, man-made plague.

We used to call these "weineritos"

The former Director of the NIGMS is trolling the current Director of the NIH and I am here for it.

This is the ideal patriot. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. (Article here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c... )

Kitted out for WW3 and dude is wearing Vans.

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

2025-09-08: Scouting America has dropped it's DEI training and old links to the training receive a 404 page not found error. I'm not surprised. But man, what crappy leadership.

@duke-of-neural.bsky.social Is this my aggie Dr Phil? Howdy!

Trees are literally solar powered, converting sunlight into wood. This group wants to culture tree cells in reactors- which would require feeding the culture sugars processed from another plant. Am I missing something here? There's no way the economics work. Thoughts @synbio1.bsky.social ? #woodgang

On this date in 2008 RATM was scheduled to perform at a protest festival against the RNC in Minneapolis. As we approached the stage the cops blocked us, pulled the plug and threatened arrest.

“This is my rake. There are many like it, but this one is mine.”

Perfect! Between "Physical Inactivity" and type II diabetes, most Americans are still eligible for a covid booster!

Which big pharma will be first to cut a deal? Would 10% equity convert to faster and guaranteed FDA approvals? Less rigorous clinical trials? Less scrutiny of adverse events? No black box warnings?

I do not want, nor will I live under a dictator.

I worked with an Israeli woman who called Palestinians "cockroaches" back in ~2005. I will never forget that moment. It's disgusting how people can equate another human with insects or rodents or anything less than human. Sad and disgusting.

Drug approval these days...

Not now plague. Read the room! www.kcra.com/article/sout...

I need to do more. We all need to do more. Except maybe @cdelawalla.bsky.social - she's probably at her limit with @standupforscience.bsky.social and finishing grad school and raising young kids!!! And thanks for all you are doing @jeremymberg.bsky.social

Keeping tabs on authoritarianism and logging miles on Strava. Respect!

It was me. I did it. I threw the sandwich.