Some say the world will end in fire, Some see an eschaton of wild cupidity. From what I’ve tasted of desire, I won’t mind some heat when we expire. But if I thought of all the ways We’d come to see the end of days, I’d never guess such rank stupidity.

Some say the world will end in fire, Some see an eschaton of wild cupidity. From what I’ve tasted of desire, I won’t mind some heat when we expire. But if I thought of all the ways We’d come to see the end of days, I’d never guess such rank stupidity.

Anyone interested in getting my job? Do not hesitate to apply, it's a pretty good gig

An amazing new twist on live calcium imaging!

Pittsburgh! ‪Cynthia Miller-Idriss' new book is Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism. I'm a huge fan of her PERIL lab which actually creates effective interventions. Educators, check out her lab's work! Legendary journalist @hannahallam.bsky.social is moderating discussion.

I got a lot from this read. You have two parallel industries: the first one, professional health care, exists to make you healthy but doesn’t care as much how you feel. Navigating the care system can be s bewildering, frightening experience for non-experts who don’t naturally trust authority.

While traveling in the Czech Republic, daughter suggests that we open a window glass company and call it The Re-fenestration of Prague

Emergency book request! I need books. If anyone has a book you’ve read recently (define that flexibly) which really blew you away, post it here.

With Alien movies, you’ll always get a good argument for EH&S officers. Alien Earth even kind of lampshades the issue, with space crew following an exposure protocol that’s shout-at-the-screen bad. A PI calls from the road to go over protocols with a high school volunteer supervising the lab.

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New protein domain just dropped!

Both points close to my heart! Que viva empiricism.

Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine," That's... usually not the case! In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using. We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that? youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk

Rapidly becoming the series’ perspective character.

Episode 13 - so why is it so important to use the small brush in ilastik (ep 11)? How do random forests WORK, anyway? Join @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I as we explore using #marimo! Looking for notebooks/pipelines/images, or want to submit a q? Check our site! ciminilab.github.io/AskErin_Dear...

Chicken breast. Not kidding at all. Bone & skin on, season it and sear the skin, then sous vide at 147F with butter and some fresh rosemary for -90min. Sear the skin again for a bit of crisping. It’s divine. My opinion of most chicken breast cooked for American tastes is unprintable.

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#StarterPack for the #Mitochondria research community! Very much a work in progress, comment below/reach out to be added! #Mito #Mitochondriac go.bsky.app/J6Bu5fL

So Very Small, by @tomlevenson.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Longest bike ride I’ve taken: 70-some miles through fire roads over the CO front range. One bivouac, and a lot of vertical feet, though I didn’t keep count.

AKA the Lou Dobbs effect

Ring: fight to the DEATH Mr. Rogers: I really think you should have it Mr. McFeely: Isn’t your birthday coming up? MR: I think you saw it first MM: It looks better on you MR: Let’s put it away for now and sing a song Galadriel: …and some things that should not have been forgotten, were lost

PS: tell your friends. And your libraries, if the lend out e-books.

Yo. TV show digital imaging specialist. I zoom. I enhance. This is a thing you just do. This would never occur to me without a protagonist learning over my shoulder to suggest it. My colleague with a TV microscope can put a shoe scraping over a 10x/0.3 lens and get MALDI-TOF data in 35 seconds.

Herps! Can someone identify a friend I made near the top of mount Rhune in SW France? I’m leaning towards an asp (Vipera aspis) based on coloring (plus altitude) but it doesn’t feel right. Fortunately it was a cool day for mid-summer, so no one felt too frisky.

No cheating, post your lock screen! #ArbreMana

Microbiology professor, want to join a slack for microbiology professors, any career stage, diverse career types (pure teaching, med school, R1, community college, pure research fed PIs, ...) Message me for an invite link if you are interested. No imposter syndrome, if you are 1% micro, join!

Are you neurodivergent & have done, or considered, a PhD? We’re researching how doctoral study works (or doesn’t) for neurodivergent people. Take our 30min survey & help make academia more inclusive forms.office.com/e/ft9jyWsPUW Questions? Email [email protected] #PhD #Neurodivergent

I think the Greek atomists like Epicurus and Democritus should get credit for figuring out quantum-scale stochasticity solely from first principles theorizing over dinner & drinks.

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Hey 🧪 I’m looking for a sci-savvy illustrator to build a cartoon-style schematic for a paper about summer research experiences. HMU if this describes you or your side gig.

I have a fully funded open #position for a PhD student/postdoc in marine #biogeochemistry. As part of the MARBEDS project, we are seeking someone to study seafloor fluxes and their interactions with microbial communities in biodiversity hotspots. 🧪⚒️🌊 Contact me if you want more details.

Honestly, I’m pretty sure I can tell what he is trying to say most of the time.

As a scientist I have often had to ask myself, did I just discover something that contradicts the work of thousands of smart professionals? Or did I just do something stupid? One of those is a whole lot more likely than the other.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

If you see this, quote post with. Robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who or Transformers.

We just released and uploaded a new version of *Mastodon*, the large-scale tracking and track-editing framework for large, multi-view images. Mastodon is available via Fiji, via a dedicated update site. mastodon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/do... Below is a thread that survey some of the novelties ⏬️

And the MD with the long glove on quite possibly has no memory of 9/11.

Omero e Cicero, in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. A sensible pairing! #bioimageanalysis #dadjokes

Moment of appreciation for scientists of my vintage who felt great when you took a key paper home from the library, only to discover critical information was printed close to the gutter and got lost because the copier didn’t let the journal volume lie flat enough

Another nice and very useful information and the importance of understanding pitfalls in image processing - here image normalisation! haesleinhuepf.github.io/BioImageAnal...

(almost) every talk from OME 2025 is now on YouTube! If you care about microscopy data and about open-source, you should definitely check them out. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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I got the NSF GRFP notification at 2am. I remember crying because it was the first hint that I might actually belong in science. That fellowship carried me through grad school and made my NIH policy internship possible. I wouldn’t be here without it. #WithoutNSF

Making this extra poignant, the expertise present just on this thread has created entire fields of research(plural) and, conservatively, billions of dollars in biotechnology breakthroughs.

We saw Sinners at 4:30 in the afternoon this Saturday, in a theater that’s struggled since COVID, and the place was packed. Spontaneous applause at several moments. Everyone but one guy knew to stay thru the credits; if you’ve been to a Phish show you know how he felt.

okay 🐍 fans, have i got a project for you! it's a well known fact that Alaska has no known populations of snakes...but how true is that? and even if it is, will that be so for long? i'm starting a project on Alaska's herps, and one part of that is collecting sighting info from the public!

My book is kind of a benchtop guide for advanced imaging and image analysis, and kind of a manifesto about reproducibility. When you don’t have a publisher to keep you focused, pet peeves have a way of sneaking in there, and maybe sometimes taking the whole ship on a cackling joyride.

Someone left a catty one-star review of my book on Amazon and I was sad for a while. Then I saw the reviewer gave the same one star to the game Hades and, honestly, company like that feels pretty good.