LLMs could never.

God, that hit of dopamine that comes with each grant submission is really something. Shame about all of the administrative torture that comes with it-- if it just came down to the science, I could do this a lot more often.

Did Trump and Vance say thank you?

Our Saturday morning collaborative. Every simple, easy, or mundane moment feels so significant right now, when so many of my friends and colleagues would give anything for rest, routine, even dullness (not of the variety wrought by hours in a bomb shelter).

My 5 year old just now: One time I was trying to color really fast, and I think my ancestors helped me

I took this photo last December, of a public shelter in an unrecognized Bedouin community in southern Israel. It (a) holds 30 people, supposedly; (2) is the only shelter available for the 5,000 residents in this village; (3) is not in any way able to protect against ballistic missiles from Iran.

Ramadan kareem and Happy Lunar New Year to all who observe and celebrate

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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

The thing about being a parent of young children is when you see someone wiggling you feel compelled to ask if they need to use the bathroom, even if said person is a fully grown adult stranger sitting next to you at the airport lounge (this guy definitely needs to pee and should really just go)

Thank you for anything you do in support of families impacted by incarceration, including the annual Holiday Solidarity Drive. If you are boycotting Target & Amazon, we have a few options, including a Kohl's registry: www.kohls.com/babyregistry... Find more options here: forms.gle/57aMxGGNPg6c...

One house we trick-or-treated at tonight was giving out potatoes and the kids were THRILLED.

What a week-- three 6am meetings, two kids with headlice, and one kid who is devastated that we can't just set the nits free ("But it's just the start of their life! And their parents are gone?"). Guest first grade is as good a time as any to learn what a parasite is.

So far this week has involved three 6am meetings in a row, and now headlice. Hopefully things look up for Thurs/Fri

Guy reading a hardback book while also stretching at the bouldering gym is the most Seattle that it gets. Yes he has a puffy on

Wow. My University of Washington colleague Amy Hagopian was expelled from APHA for her pro-Palestinan advocacy. 🧵 academeblog.org/2025/10/07/w...

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Wow In just 4 months, nearly 1400 American healthcare workers have applied for jobs in just one province in Canada 🇨🇦

Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people

I don’t think it’s humanly possible to scroll pass an Amaury Guichon video. That bicycle is absolutely blew my mind.

My neighbors hosted a small gathering today to check in on each other and spend time together 3 weeks after the fire-- the hosts and most attendees were in their 70s or older, and they were all bada*s. Elder Seattleites are living proof that age is not some gravitational pull towards conservatism.

My 4 year old reminded me last night that I need to renew her passport soon, and today I received a reminder email from the state dept. I guess my work here is done?

Unconscionable

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

Took advantage of rain on San Juan to visit @whaleresearch.bsky.social. The kids loved the VR whale watching experience and learning about the Whale Survey, which has conducted a census of Southern Resident Killer Whales each year since 1976, with support from @noaa.gov and other donors.

Hi Bskyers, Last week our nexdoor neighbors lost everything in a house fire. They (two adults and a 20 month old little boy) are now re-building from scratch, and in need of support. Jose's CashApp is $josefbarrera89. Any help you can give is appreciated.

What a way to start the day. Amazingly, the playhouse we’ve been building for our kids was only minimally damaged. Our collection of Christmas decorations, including the stockings my mother hand made for all of us (mine in 1985) are gone, and the tree skirt I made while pregnant with my daughter.

Out now: new guidance for research that attributes health outcomes to climate change led by @krisebi.bsky.social, Andy Haines @lshtm.bsky.social, myself, supported by a fantastic team of co-authors and @wellcometrust.bsky.social.

The global south needs more than tinkering at a conference: debt forgiveness is the only fair way | Kenneth Mohammed

Just found out a full-day workshop I was really looking forward to (on Tuesday) was cancelled because the facilitator couldn’t get a visa. This is in the EU, not the U.S. Visa apartheid is real, cruel, unproductive, and sadly not just a U.S. problem.

With the gutting of NIH, I hear lots of chatter about how the end goal of the administration is for the private sector to fully fund biomedical research. It strikes me that if you want to see what that endgame looks like for the pharmaceutical pipeline, look no further than vet medicine

The world may be pretty bleak right now, but my 4 year old has a new segue and it’s “Speaking of talking about stuff…”

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...

My kindergartener went on his first field trip yesterday, which necessitated a long bedtime discussion on the difference between Chappell Roan and a chaperone

Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.

Wow. It is extremely rare, to say the least, for the top Democrat in the House to denounce the top Democrat in the Senate. Your voices helped do this. Keep the pressure on Senate Dems.

Speak up now, together, university presidents. Keeping your heads down is not going to work. Again, we know this from lots of past experience. You're totally ceding the public & political debate to the authoritarians, & it's the worst possible strategy you could pursue. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

So there’s about no chance the US is going to successfully co-host the FIFA Wold Cup next year, right?

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

TB Community Coordination Hub has received more than 100 responses and data looks very grim with testing, treatment adherence, counseling, awareness raising services have been stopped or reduced drastically.If you are witnessing similar situation in your country, please fill the form. #TBSky

National Day of Action TODAY.

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.