Sigh. Lots of circular firing squad stuff filling my timeline. PSA#1: members of a group do not require 100% concordance and compromises are needed for the greater good PSA#2: Multiple, complementary approaches applied in parallel to achieve a desired outcome is faster than a serial, stepwise plan

I’ve been so inspired by the qed ranking system that I developed my own competitor. Take the first number this site gives you, multiply it be the number of times you name drop Haaaahvahd per day. You’re welcome 🙏

Sealant Team Six 💀💀💀

The question mark after "we will fix it" is *chef's kiss*

Juneteenth marks the celebration of America's second independence day. Like the people in this photo—Texans celebrating Juneteenth in 1900—we know that progress hasn't made our union perfect. But we can recommit to reaching toward that more perfect union together. Happy Juneteenth.

Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it, particularly those who ignore scientific advances. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Today in Chicago, Barack and Michelle Obama reminded Americans how we can be our best as a country, just as they did during their eight years in the White House.

What are the odds of TWO master orators married to one another? Listening to them speak was uplifting, inspirational and exhilarating. A reminder of another, better time when leaders spoke to our better angels & offered hope & optimism rather than divisive vulgarisms. #ChangeIsComingNovember3rd

Full article link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Michelle Obama appreciation post, our forever First Lady. 💙

3 new papers on Covid boosters today 1. Less major adverse cardiovascular events in US Veterans jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 2. High effectiveness for older adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 3. Improved outcomes across all adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

There once was killer from Sweden Who was hired to cause a bleedin' But he drove the wrong way and died the same day Self death from roundabout speedin'

Great job Porter and Mahan.

False Only True Nominally Was Never Open I agree, it is too cheap, please increase the gas tax False False Was true until you killed most of the IRA

Lol what, we are really still doing this in 2026? 🫪

As I said previously, if it’s not Becerra v Steyer in November, Porter and Mahan can kiss their statewide political careers goodbye.

Οι παράκτιοι #Κύπριοι #ψαράδες μας χρειάζονται ουσιαστική στήριξη αφού έρχονται αντιμέτωποι με λιγότερα ψάρια, ξενικά είδη, ρύπανση, υψηλά κόστη, αργές αποζημιώσεις και αγωνία για το μέλλον του επαγγέλματος από την επόμενη γενιά. #Cyprus #Κύπρος Έκθεση & εισηγήσεις👉 europe.oceana.org/wp-content/u...

Today, Coefficient Giving is launching the Strep A Vaccine Fund, a multi-donor initiative to accelerate vaccine development against one of the world's most neglected infectious diseases relative to its scale. Strep A kills ~639,000 people a year. There is no vaccine. I think that can change 🧵

Great to see this initiative!

Gotta be a good sign, right?

Memorial Day calls us to remember our war dead; to honor through action the lives they lived, the families who carry their memory, and the sacrifices that make possible our way of life.

Don’t forget the State, DoD and other government civilians who were stationed overseas and died in the line of duty.

Hey, Mitch. You could have prevented ALL THIS by voting to convict him and bar him from holding office again. Asshole.

I'm looking for postdoc opportunities for the 2026-2027 academic year. If you're looking for a postdoc with a broad skill set spanning evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, and various omics methods, feel free to reach out. Some recent pubs: (1) doi.org/10.1126/scie... (2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The moral arc of the universe is long, and these preprints will have to go through peer review 🙃

The short answer is that stratospheric warming is disruptive to atmospheric circulation which in turn affects weather/climate/atmospheric chemistry.

While I navigate the policy hiring timeline, I am opening up bandwidth for freelance bioinformatics consulting and meta-omics data analysis (especially if you’ve got microbial eukaryotes in there!) If your microbiome data is fighting you, or your pipeline needs a structural edit, my DMs are open.

Many mysteries remain. Central among these: both the lipids and viruses of modern eukaryotes are derived from bacteria, not archaea. This requires explanation. Experiments on new model organisms bring us closer than ever to answering these questions. A great time to do evolutionary cell biology!

Suddenly Republicans are against free enterprise and private property www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u...

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

It’s time Livingforgod Andcountry et al. California gubernatorial candidates currently polling <10% to drop out. Ballots go out May 4, and it would be good to focus on the handful who have a legitimate chance at winning.

x.com/sunrisemvmt/... Wut.

Sigh, RIP JCV. He was exceptional and shotgun sequencing was revolutionary. His efforts sped completion of the HGP, but they relied on scaffolding built from mapping and YAC/BAC data collected by government/university labs. It was a collective effort.

But, Solyndra

This NYT magazine article on longevity science, reversing aging with cellular reprogramming, is over the top. We have no proof that rejuvenation of a human organ is possible, no less the whole body, and there is risk of inducing cancer. gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/m...

Iykyk

Drowsy Donny

JFC.

He went from Bond-villain-esque to full blown Bond villain who got away with it on this one.

I talked with Meta employees about the company's move to track their computer use and turn them into training data. Is this the future of knowledge work? www.platformer.news/meta-mci-mon...

Great to see an extraterrestrial GC-MS plot get published! FWIW, our go to internal standard was C19FAME. C9/C9FAME is too volatile as they discovered😁

I wonder who could be propagating these lies..... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

www.bbc.com/news/article... 69. The illegal tariffs essentially ended up being a way to transfer money directly from consumers to producers while damaging the economy and collecting mo tax revenue.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Dammit it’s already happening