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I know there was a lot going on in the last week, but I want to make sure you didn't miss the news about SpudCell - if it isn't the first synthetic life, it's close. H/T @kateadamala.bsky.social @bioticorg.bsky.social kimbellard.medium.com/life-not-as-...

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@erikbryn.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social

This is bad! @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

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I'm shocked, shocked. 🙄 H/T @mims.bsky.social www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...

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Oh, for f!#k's sake. 🤬

Think you know a lot about the Neanderthals? Some new research may still surprise you. It did me. kimbellard.medium.com/thorin-we-ha...

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In no other Administration, in no other time in history. And neither Congress nor the Supreme Court does anything to stop him. Straight up grift.

And I thought I hated the work requirements before... @larrylevitt.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

You probably knew that modern humans still have some Neanderthal DNA from the period when our species overlapped, but you may not have known that those Neanderthals didn't have any of our DNA. Apparently interbreeding only went one way. What's up with that? 🤔 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

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I'm fascinated by Neanderthals, so new research about their genetic diversity caught my eye -- and reminded me about prior research how they interacted, or didn't interact, with others. H/T @janetk.bsky.social @benmpeter.bsky.social @mariesoressi.bsky.social kimbellard.medium.com/thorin-we-ha...

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I think this troubles me more than it fascinates me. 😮 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

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Meanwhile, Congress cuts SNAP & Medicaid. 🙄 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Why might fungal computing be just the thing for DARPA's RFI on low resource computing? Well, for one thing, what we see as "low resource" environments, fungi see as lands of opportunities. 😉 H/T @tobykiers.bsky.social medium.com/@kimbellard/...

Oh, for Pete's sake...😒 Trump may be mystery patient in odd case of 79yo getting experimental obesity drug - Ars Technica share.google/sdPDcYu5ezA4...

I'd love to see @arpa-h.bsky.social get in on this DARPA RFI for low resource computing, as healthcare has plenty of low resource environments. @rasushrestha.bsky.social @zaynakhayat.bsky.social @danielkraft.bsky.social kimbellard.medium.com/low-resource...

"This is going to get worse. " 😔 Medicaid and ACA enrollment falls by more than 5 million, new report finds share.google/zARfBU2xdLg3...

@darpa.mil has issued an RFI for low resource computing (LRC). Things like fungal computing and 3D printing of batteries come to mind. H/T @mims.bsky.social kimbellard.medium.com/low-resource...

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@downing.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social

So. Cool. 😮 H/T @mims.bsky.social www.wsj.com/tech/battery...

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😲 www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...

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Worried about your electric bills? Mad about data centers near you? Convinced by the Iran war that we really need renewable energy? Then you'll want to read about balcony solar. kimbellard.medium.com/everyone-to-...

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How about we democratize solar energy? E.g., such as through balcony solar. medium.com/@kimbellard/...

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It's Nation Electric Day, so let's talk about...balcony solar. Wait, what? H/T @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @caseycrownhart.bsky.social kimbellard.medium.com/everyone-to-...

Hurray for humans!

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