🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.

Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!

somebody please tell me how to get my hands on the thermo fisher holiday sweater and matching beanie if I don’t work in research anymore 😭

why does everyone think their city is the only place where it gets dark super early in the wintertime

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

lotta folks I had optimistically released from mute jail getting locked back up tonight

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

this one is for me and like maybe 5 other people

In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

The hater to constructive ratio of this website is generally pretty bad, but man, when someone you hate dies. What a community

didn’t happen to me personally but I was certainly warned multiple times that it was a possibility during the ~month I was there lol

Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions

Introducing the Seattle Torrent and the Vancouver Goldeneyes! Our two new team identities are here! Get to know them at the links below: Torrent ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/seattle-torrent Goldeneyes ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/vancouver-goldeneyes

I was really hoping for the pwhl seattle name + logo to be.. better

it is yorgos lanthimos time once again

A short life to them, and a jolly death.

live view from cuomo hq

is there a worse bus route in seattle than the 45 be honest

A student just casually dropped by my office to ask why Shigella and E. coli are in different genera and I don’t think he was prepared for the answer to be so dumb

I’ve replied “stop” to like four different Bruce Harrell campaign texts this stupid race cannot be over quickly enough

parents, be sure to check your kids’ candy this halloween. I just found a novel phage defense system inside this snickers

new @filthyloot.bsky.social haul arrived just in time for halloween, hell yeah

making tea just to warm up my hands because my office could easily double as a walk-in fridge

truly

extremely satisfying to get to vote against bruce harrell and sara nelson on the same ballot 🗳️

you guys it’s katamari time

Just putting it out there that, if AI can write your review paper for you….maybe the review paper isn’t necessary at that time

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it’s that time of year again folks 🏒🦑

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts! Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking! Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November. SquidFacts.net

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

Krasznahorkai Nobel prize omg they finally gave it to him

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

me when I’m about to err

Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪 1/12

everyone in seattle should have access to a form titled “kenji lopez-alt blew up my spot” that you can submit to receive compensation every time kenji lopez-alt blows up your spot

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Things I found in my desk on my first day (non-exhaustive): -padlocks: 15 (padlocks with keys: 4) -loose unlabeled keys: at least 40 -loose scalpel blades: 2 -clipboards: 7 -a receipt from 1978 -a peanut

lmao my dog is “everything”

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advocating for open access research and objecting to companies feeding your work to the plagiarism engine are not incompatible or even conflicting opinions

Postdoc position (please re-post) A funded postdoctoral position, will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology. If interested in more information, please contact Hank Seifert [email protected] #MicroSky

teacher’s pet

thum mak tua (lao papaya salad w/ green beans instead of papaya), lao sausage, & crispy fried egg 🧑‍🍳🤌💋

Every single time I’ve donated blood during a giveaway they’ve been out of the giveaway item UNTIL TODAY

Is there even a single woman in existence who prefers ankle length pants to actual pants length pants. You cannot possibly convince me that for the past decade+ the vast majority of women would rather look like a child who outgrew last year’s clothes. I hate ankle length pants so much