Pip is having a bad time

No Kings since 1776.

Proud to be an American. True patriotism is defending the Constitution, protecting our democracy, and striving for liberty and justice for all. Our country has never been perfect, but its promise is worth protecting. Happy 4th of July. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

"The birthday sucks." - The Divided States of America

Happy 250th birthday, America! 🎂🇺🇸 To put that into perspective: here are some animals that live even longer—some of them alive today were probably around when the Declaration was signed… 🧵

This is the actual truth of Independence The willingness to stand up to tyranny and say “I am willing to sacrifice what I have” Start thinking about what that might look like for you

The OMB rule should be the most talked about topic right now. Why? It codifies political interference in all fundamental aspects of scientific discovery. We would not have Wegovy, Ozempic, Herceptin, Tamoxifen or other drugs if science was censored. 🧪 27unihted.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Nearly half of the Americans surveyed in a new national poll do not know what America 250 commemorates. n.pr/3TfLTLa

If Taylor Swift really wanted a private wedding venue she should’ve considered the National Mall.

I'm just saying, it seems like a sign www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...

There is a straightforward mechanism for the public to comment. Former NIH program office Elizabeth Ginexi has written an exceptionally helpful guide on how to so, with detailed suggestions. 3/n elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

i just filled all the squares on my don’t threaten me with a good time bingo card

When your boss is British so you get to have extra fun with your OOO message... "As your American colleague and in honor of 1776, I am taking a brief break from British influence of my management team."

This is amazing. Over 140k comments and counting on proposed OMB amendments. Here's mine. www.regulations.gov/comment/OMB-...

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Forgotten museum fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution New research published in BMC Biology helps to fill in questions about the so-called "Furongian gap" from about 497 million to 485 million years ago, when paleontologists… 🔗 https://hnow.live/a/6fd5c198

A Review in BMC Biology explores emerging strategies that go beyond dissolving pathological condensates, such as inducing, redirecting, or reprograming their dynamics, composition, and physical state, offering a new framework for therapeutic design based on modulation of condensates. #MedSky

The study placed the Philly cheesesteak at number five, outranking New York pizza by a long shot.

Philadelphia hasn’t had three straight 100-degree days in 33 years.

1,500 Peco workers who restore electricity during power outages are ready to go ON STRIKE this #July4th for the first time in over a century to win better pay & benefits! No better way to celebrate 250 years of the USA than by demanding more with your co-workers!

Pipsqueak agrees

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)

A 2025 survey of 28 countries “found that 76% of respondents trusted scientists, a proportion on a par w/ teachers (73%) & well above that for journalists (54%) & government leaders (49%). ‘Probably a lot of other sectors and professions would like to be in science’s shoes,’ says Gideon Skinner”🧪

No thank you

My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

A vital piece of trans allyship is actually in supporting children's rights to bodily autonomy from the out. Someone is complaining their child wants to cut their hair short or grow it long? Point out that it's the child's hair. Why shouldn't they have it how they want it? Why is that parent upset?

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Look out squirrels, Pipsqueak the pitbull is working on her tree climbing!

Are you interested in #phages? The Taga Lab is looking to hire a postdoc with expertise in phage biology to work on a project about phage-mediated nutrient sharing. If you're interested, please reach out to Dr. Taga.

Hilarious headlines update. Was: "Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak" Now: "Heatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergency"

It’s a great point. Some of us writing in-depth articles for, say, science communication, would have our content lifted into Google’s "answers", rather than just/first a link to our site. For example, I used to get regular hits to an article about how to draw DNA. Now they’d just lift chunks of it.

Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101

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Springer Nature retracted two papers by Max Planck for copyright violations. But prior to the internet it was common to publish in multiple periodicals. And the second retraction wasn't dually published... So what's going on? 👀@aaas.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Reenactment from Ghost or a hostage situation?

Pipsqueak teaching our guest that he's not allowed to bother me while I'm working

This aged nicely 😂😭

The great Nancy Krieger in @thelancet.com on the proposed OMB rule. Act now: oppose a new threat to US federally funded work. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

📢 Need time to draft your public comment on the proposed OMB "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance"? Join GSA for a one-hour virtual working session on June 29 from 4–5 pm EDT. ⏰ Register: buff.ly/d8Ks0D7 Work quietly or collab with others; you don't need to join for the full hour.

New from 404 Media: Madison Square Garden made a dossier on activists who have opposed the venue's facial recognition program. MSG scans faces of people so some can be arbitrarily denied entry. Dossier includes specific activists, their contact info, tweets, etc www.404media.co/madison-squa...

😅 okay my family immigrated to Argentina wayyyy before the Nazis

Austria-Argentina is a top-tier "just to be clear, what exactly did your great-grandfather do for work" game

It kinda got lost in the madness, but the federal conspiracy case against anti-ICE activists in Minnesota - the Minneapolis 15 - is a big deal It's not just the 1st Amendment abuse. It's part of their plan to crush dissent ahead of a stolen election My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

I just learned that the Phillie Phanatic and Miss Piggy were both designed by the same person, Bonnie Erickson, which makes a lot of spiritual sense to me.

Sorry, I'm going to be annoying about this. Juneteenth is a wonderful celebration of the de facto ending of slavery (specifically in Texas), but on that day, there were still 100,000-200,000 people legally enslaved in loyal Union states. The Emancipation Proclamation specifically excluded them.

Me adding the reflecting pool algae hydrogen peroxide case study to my fall microbiology lecture. #AcademicSjy #MicroSky