Congrats to all of the well deserved inductees. The ceremony was incredible. I might have to watch it again.

This was the album that made me fall in love with Neil Young’s music. I was a late arriver, but that love has deepened and broadened over the past 30+ years. I finally have it in #johnsvinyl!! And it sounds glorious. #nowplaying

Starting my day loudly. Inspired by last night’s RRHoF induction and performance! Two black holes in #joihnsvinyl that need filling. RIP Chris Cornell #johnsCDs #nowplaying

This #slystone tribute is amazing! I just tuned in to the RRHoF ceremony. Didn’t know I could watch it live!

Super clean early pressing picked up yesterday in Iowa City (Record Collector). Nawlins funk FTW. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

On my want list for a while. Glad to find a reasonably priced, clean repress today. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Arrived yesterday! I’ve had Sleeps with Angels and Mirror Ball on my want list for years. OPs are fairly rare and pricy. So glad that NY archives finally re-rereleased them. I will also enjoy Unplugged and an upgrade for Harvest Moon! #johnsvinyl

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

54 years ago, Led Zeppelin released their untitled fourth album. In over 410,00 Collections on Discogs, it's the band's best-selling album.

Picked this up just now at Vinyl Cup in Des Moines. Crossing another off my want list. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Perfect, Jonathan.

Here is the full letter: collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:...

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

"If you publish your book now, in the teeth of my opposition, history will condemn you” “the tone used to describe Rosalind's work in the Epilogue is perfectly reasonable, but contrasts ludicrously with the descriptions of her in the text itself.” -Francis Crick Letter criticizing Watson’s book 🧪

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Filmmaker, author, comedian, and cultural icon extraordinaire, John Waters, 79, returns with his 2nd Christmas parody single, “John Waters covers ‘Little Cindy’” b/w “A Pig Latin Visit From St. Nicholas”. Secure one (or more) today at yr local indie record store-> music.subpop.com/johnwaters_h...

On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5

Picked this record up cheaply and giving it a 1st spin. Loved the film. Enjoying the soundtrack #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Fairly clean US OP recently acquired to complement my MoFi repress of this fantastic album. @bunnymen.com #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

My favorite DP album. Disc spinning is a visibly scratchy slab found in a dollar bin recently (without an outer sleeve). Outer sleeve from my other copy—a later repress (being cleaned as I write). These green labels often sound better than they look. So far no skips. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

My top 5 artists

First up this morning and a 2nd play this afternoon. An excellent Rocktober release from #Rhino. Picked it up recently from Zzz @zzzrecords.bsky.social Glad to have it in #johnsvinyl to #replaceCD. #nowplaying

NOTE: Please follow these links to access the articles: Whole-Genome Sequence of Potamopyrgus antipodarum—A Model System for the Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction—Reveals a Recent Whole-Genome Duplication 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... Highlight: 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Nice highlight of new genome paper. ❤️ emphasis on leadership of ECR Potamomics team members @kylemcelroy.bsky.social @chelseahiggins.bsky.social @jsharbro.bsky.social Genome Duplication in a New Zealand Snail Holds Clues for the Persistence of (A)sexual Reproduction: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

News feature about our research.

Jalinsky et al. present a high-quality genome assembly for the New Zealand snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum, revealing a whole-genome duplication and evidence for rediploidization. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf192 #genome #evolution #WGD

Super interesting!

Arrived today. The 2025 2x45rpm pressing. And it sounds glorious. #Funkadelic #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

I’m new to this excellent podcast, and i am already obsessed with it. I’m only on episode 14 of >181 so it will be a while @500songspodcast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

I’m in. Are you?

Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕

New Charlesworth & Charlesworth just dropped!!! 🧪🧬 HJ Muller and the relationship between sex chromosome degeneration and the evolution of dosage compensation url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Our collaborative genome project is now published!

Also picked up this super clean OP of the 12” single (which is really an EP with 5 tracks). I especially enjoy this era of JC. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Picked up this super clean OP last weekend. My original is fairly worn from frequent play. Saw JC on this tour. ❤️ #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Digging through some recently acquired slabs. This is a fairly clean US OP that will nicely complement my repress. #Bowie #berlintrilogy #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Another recent pickup, 1st play/listen. Thus 2024 slab is his 75th solo record. #78 comes out this week. Long live Willy! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

First spin of this new (to me) #Stranglers record that I picked up last weekend. Hugh and Jet (RIP) are not here, but Dave is (although he passed away before its 2021 release). #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Another inexpensive used pickup from yesterday. I recently got a new repress of this, but I couldn’t pass on the US OP. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Next up is this newly acquired slab that has been on my want list for quite a while. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Picked this up a few weeks ago and giving it a 1st spin/listen. I had no dub in #johnsvinyl until now. It’s about time! #nowplaying

More newly acquired ska for today. No poster, alas #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Many people who are in the market for a turntable! I’m guessing that many have bought one record as a keepsake only. “50 per cent of consumers who have bought vinyl in the past 12 months own a record player, compared to 15per cent per cent among music listeners overall” www.nme.com/news/music/s...

First up this morning. Picked up a clean used copy yesterday. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

This song hits so very different than the version that was a hit. Hard to blissfully ignore the lyrics as many did…

Some new records showed up today! #johnsvinyl

Another pickup from this afternoon. I have a fairly rough US pressing of this, so I couldn’t pass up this extra clean euro press. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

A fantastic episode, gentlemen! I’m with Dave about the goth label, I’m mostly used to it, but I feel it’s broadly misapplied. Of course I know all of the artists, but not the last two tracks. That David J song is hard-hitting. I’ve seen four of five live in some iteration (not Sisters yet). Cheers!

Picked this up today and giving it a 1st spin. Super cool and ethereal. And I just love Gary’s voice #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Lost and found hat from last night turns into an Annie costume.