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At risk of spreading fear, I'm retweeting this without looking into the details

I had an amazing experience at my first @hhmi.org Science Meeting! It was very fun to hear about the cool work done by HHMI labs across disciplines. It was also very interesting to see the commonalities and differences in approaches used by scientists from diverse fields.

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Look at these masked losers. This morning on 10th and Harrison.

Trump is acting like a Chinese Communist Party asset: Trying to kill the American clean energy industry — ensuring an energy shortage & skyrocketing costs — as China smartly rockets ahead with massive clean energy expansion.

Major milestone achieved Wednesday: my very first grad student delivered his exit seminar. Dr. Cyrrus Espino is a science rock star and I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to contribute to his development. Very excited to see what’s to come in what will surely be a successful career. Cheers Doc!

Happy to share the my lab's latest preprint, where we investigated sensorimotor circuit formation in the developing spinal cord. We show that proprioceptive axons target motor neurons in neighboring spinal segments to give rise to intersegmental reflex responses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you sent me an email in the last few weeks, my bad. This is how it found me 😎 promise I’ll get back to you soon.

Happy August 5 to all who celebrate! 😊🙌🏾#Alabamabrawl #Fadeinthewater #Thebruhsdonotplay #Aquamayne #IYKYK

Notes my daughter took during my talk at the 2025 @faseborg.bsky.social Ion Channel Regulation Meeting 🥰🥰🥰

Bloomberg argues Zeldin’s plan to revoke EPA’s 2009 greenhouse‑gas finding is fiscally reckless: it might save ~$1T in compliance but risks ~$87T in climate damages. Legally shaky and economically absurd, it shifts massive costs to the public, on top of massive health risks. zurl.co/Evupj

There are Black people in the future 👽

On our way to the FASEB Ion Channel Regulation Meeting! Passed by a lovely exhibition at SFO. Surprised to see it still standing! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 @drcontrexin.bsky.social

Yesterday I had the chance to let @mikethompson.house.gov know just how important it is he continue advocating against the destructive federal research funding cuts. I spoke about the importance of our research and how the cuts are affecting future generations of scientists.

Texas Republicans, at Trump’s request, are redrawing their Congressional district lines to steal FIVE additional seats. They’re undoing democracy to keep themselves in power. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

Large-pore channels: the Transformers of membrane proteins, versatile, dramatic, and never just selective or passive conduits. Not just simple (typical) ion channels, they’re molecular multitaskers we’re beginning to comprehend. Don’t miss the first-ever special issue dedicated to this!

"NIH, EPA, & now NASA. The federal government’s scientists & science-adjacent employees are in open revolt against an administration that wears its disdain for such work and expertise on its sleeve..." Support the brave #NASA employees here ➡️zurl.co/jHKbx zurl.co/zhiwg#NASA #VoyagerDeclaration

The problem with this headline writing style is now that it is possible for a vehicle to actually do this without human guidance it’s actually a problem that AP refuses to say that a person drove their vehicle into a crowd Which is terrible

More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests. We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.

If you see AI videos of a man in a Guy Fawkes mask speaking and pretending to be Anonymous, those are fake and are being generated by MAGA. Be aware and know the signs. It's cringe, don't fall for it.

Art can't just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford to live and create, and where musicians don't just receive recognition but fair pay. That's what @local802.bsky.social organizes for and I'm so proud to have their endorsement.

Meet Kyndall Nicholas, an HHMI Gilliam Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (@upenn.edu). She studies how our everyday diet can build resilience against traumatic brain injury, asking what we can eat daily to help protect our brains.

“I said I just know how the constitution works” 🔥 Coach intervened as Trump’s Gestapo showed up in NYC… at a kids baseball practice 😳

Senator @johnfetterman.com — whose wife was an undocumented immigrant, and who said he was grateful that her family “broke the law” — now speaks up supportively of ICE as they terrorize others. What a tremendous hypocrite. WATCH:

Domestic terrorists…

“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”

Trump’s Tax Scam makes ICE the largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the republic. To put that in perspective, here are the sizes of other federal law enforcement agencies:

To this point, we are being told to vacate our apartment immediately, with no help, no resources and nowhere to go.

I want everyone to be aware that there is no help for many of these families: no FEMA because there is no federal disaster declaration yet and I called 211, and they said there is not even shelters or ‘churches’ helping yet.

I don't know what's going on, but people are pre-ordering the hell out of this book. Thanks for doing that. ☀️ A win for one Black author is a win for all Black authors. #booksky #blacksky

🚨 NYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. Gift link:

"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

No matter where you live, there’s likely an Indivisible group near you that’s organizing the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power. Find your local group: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help connect you with your nearest organizers: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

curious if we're far enough from the Cold War that liberals are going to regularly start talking like this

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is. In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol. And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Three things 1. “He was not accepted at Columbia.” 2. The man is literally an American who was born in Uganda and grew up in South Africa 3. This bullshit hit piece based on a FERPA violation and using intel from a neo-natalist is meant to manipulate Black voters and all commentary should say that

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org

Is "winning key concessions" for her State the same thing as receiving bribes? Her state was exempted from federal program cuts if she voted the bill through. She will cut your benefits, so long as you leave her State alone.

I am happy to share that I’ve been awarded tenure here at Columbia University. Alhamdulillah. I thank my wife, parents, mentors, colleagues, friends, and family. I thank my lab members, present and past, for entrusting their careers in my hands and making this a thrilling journey.

Mike Johnson is voting to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

This is Derrick Van Orden (R-WI). If he votes for this bill, 32,669 of his constituents would lose access to healthcare. 34,393 of his constituents could lose access to their food assistance. 1,808 energy jobs in his district could be lost. At least 1 rural hospital in his district could close.

This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill, 37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare. 27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance. 578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.

ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

Independent California Institute's YouGov poll shows 44% support for peaceful secession from the US. This is a record high. I suspect numbers will continue to rise. Let's put it to a vote! [see profile for how to sign petition] #calexit

Offline for the next two weeks celebrating all the blessings. See ya’ll in a bit 🌞🌊🌈🌴😘🌞

“Cancelling grants without any reasoning, rationale, or due process is unlawful. Cancelling grants that fund Congressionally-mandated programs violates the separation of powers and is unlawful.“

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days. But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼