CLOSING SOON: Early career faculty (Lyon, France) Tenure-track position in epidemiological modelling of animal and zoonotic diseases with @gfournie.bsky.social at INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the... More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2469

Good to know that @harvardoeb.bsky.social Harvard is doing the right thing by making sure that Nowak is not teaching or advising students. Thanks to @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social for keep us updated.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, following revelations of close ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

EXCLUSIVE: Harvard placed Martin Nowak on paid administrative leave amid a renewed investigation into his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a letter obtained by The Crimson. Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

My colleagues at @sfsu.bsky.social used 3 decades of data to show that students with low undergrad GPA have equal PhD completion rates compared to students with high GPA. @sfstatebio.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).

Trump can't steal the midterms. I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands. Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has. Me, in @thebulwark.com:

Student: I am considering working with person X. Me: Let's quickly check if he is in the #Epstein files. The new normal in academic science in 2026.

In 1996 new data came out from clinical trials using three-drug combinations for HIV. I drew a graph based on viral load data from two papers. It shows that 2 is better than 1, but 3 is way better than 2 drugs. Later the 3-drug therapies became even better. But this was huge.

This is so odd. All those years and no word from Martin Nowak about his connections with Epstein. Now he tries to explain an email. Instead he should apologize for what he did and offer to testify about what he knows. He should not be allowed to teach @harvard.edu. www.martinnowak.com/confusion

Trying to not support evil big tech companies. Small steps. I deleted my (free) chatgpt account #quitgpt , I cancelled my paid youtube music account and signed up for #Deezer. www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/10/1...

One thing I just learned from Bad Bunny is that very careful preparation and attention to every detail, moment by moment, in crafting a presentation can do wonders

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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What can you do to helpt turn climate change around? 🌱 Use GIS! 🌐 Register for our free course and learn how. We'll provide all the data and software you need: ow.ly/r4lf50Y6zUz #gischat #geogsky #geosky 🧪 🦑 ⚒️ 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏

Why would #Capgemini sell its subsidiary? That will allow the subsidiary to continue to provide services to #ICE. This will not solve anything (apart from its PR problem). They should keep the subsidiary and stop it from cooperating with ICE (& other federal agencies)!! @capgeminiglobal.bsky.social

America still has competitive elections. And more generally, in a complex modern society, the government – no matter the regime type – inevitably depends on millions of people following along to some degree. They depend on some measure of consent from institutions and individuals alike.

For my Davis folks - there's one happening in Winters on Saturday (Jan 31). Meet at 1pm in Rotary Park!

We in Silicon Valley can’t bend the knee to Trump. We can’t shrink away and just hope the crisis will fade. We know now that hope without action is not a strategy — it’s an invitation for Trump to trample whatever he can see, including our own business and security interests. Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn

This is a great action to support those in Minnesota who are protesting and those who need to stay home for safety.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

😲!! Impressive

Made a drawing to explain what a soft sweep is (and a hard sweep) in the context of drug resistance evolution in a viral population within a person's body. Anyone teaching about selective sweeps? Feel free to use. #populationgenetics #HIV #drugresistance #evolution #PopulationGenomics

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

If you need a sign for your protest, for your window or just a coloring page to keep your kids busy, I made some for you! #noice #nowar #nokings

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

My Friday night activity ... Will share printable soon. Thanks to all who are protesting! #noice #nokings #nowar

I love the videos and songs by @ellecordova.bsky.social . This one about science! Hope the link works ... www.facebook.com/share/v/1J4u...

Hey y’all! REMINDER: I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to award at least one scholarship to a Louisiana woman. And no Louisiana women have applied. This happens every year where we have to beg women in my own state to apply and Idk why. We’re in our 6th cycle! Come get this money! ThurmanPerryFoundation.org

List of companies with ties to ICE. Amazon / whole foods should be on this list too.

Good to see that this hunger strike is now getting some attention, at least in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I have started updating my website because I am no longer at San Francisco State. I also wrote on my website landing page that I am writing a book about my favorite topic: evolution of drug resistance. That's my biggest goal for the year! pleunipennings.wordpress.com

One of the things from 2025 that gives me hope for the future is the many people who protested in the US. The two biggest protests ever were in the summer and fall of 2025. 7 of the biggest 10 were during Trump 1 and 2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st...

Article about scientists leaving (or not leaving) the US - including me! I landed in a truly great spot - but what's happening in the US is messed up. @isemevol.bsky.social @sfstatebio.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

Important story www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Such good news for CSU east bay @calstate.bsky.social www.csueastbay.edu/news-center/...

Sorry to miss this. Have fun @petrovadmitri.bsky.social !

Losing your job as a tenured prof for peaceful protest against genocide is now possible even in California.

This is incredible - even now in the US - this story of a tenured prof losing her job over protests is worse than I have come to expect. She participated in a peaceful protest against the genocide in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is an awesome story of art inspiring science.

My 33rd birthday is next month & every year I give $20K-$25K to my student loan debt to pay it off quicker & manifest a financially prosperous new year. Im so happy. 2026 is my last FULL year of student debt. It was only 3 years ago @apnews.com wrote this article about me apnews.com/article/bide...

Today December 1st is #WorldAIDSDay. I remember the millions who have died. I celebrate the transformative progress that has been made. I resolve as an HIV researcher and advocate to keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Do you know you status? Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

Now free to read in Genetics (@genetics-gsa.bsky.social): "Preventing evolutionary rescue in cancer using two-strike therapy" #mathonco study by @srishtipatil.bsky.social, @armaanahmed.bsky.social, Yannick Viossat and me, determining the optimal time to switch treatments. doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Elizabeth Warren has urged Harvard to oust Larry Summers after revelations that he solicited advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to abuse his position and coerce his mentee to have sex with him. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Some really good news from my home country. After 15 years of protests against the zwarte piet / black face character, the last protest is canceled because it's no longer needed. Cultural change is possible. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/d...

Does anyone know how many research jobs have been lost since Jan 2025? @altnih4science.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @jeremymberg.bsky.social

The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world. That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness. And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.