Not sure why @lpachter.bsky.social did not post this here. But it is brilliant. Single cell genomics finally makes it to the clinic.

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

I've got a new book out, The Red Labyrinth. It's a dark little novella about a giant underground labyrinth and a woman who starts a revolution inside it. Also, there are monks. Most of them are mad. It's good for your friends. It's good for your enemies. It's good for completely random strangers.

“There is no joy more intense than that of coming upon a fact that cannot be understood in terms of currently accepted ideas." Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who decoded spectral lines to deduce the elemental composition of stars, was born #OTD in 1900. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Image: Harvard Observatory

We started our Ph.D.s during COVID-19. Now, we’re graduating into political chaos www.science.org/content/arti... #phd #phdchat

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX

Paul Auster, Prolific Author and Brooklyn Literary Star, Dies at 77 www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/b...

No Substance #167 is out. It's a brief introduction to my new story, Shadow Films, available now to read at Lightspeed.

My novelette, 'Shadow Films,' is free to read on Lightspeed now. It's about films being made in the back of films. If you like it, but sure to share it round, tell people you dig (like and subscribe, as they say) and support Lightspeed, a fine 'zine that publishes fine work.

No Substance #163 is about David Fincher's The Killer, a film swimming in a quiet, undeniable boredom.

the first ever webcam was put online by the university of cambridge in 1993. it was pointed at coffee pot in a room near the computer lab so workers could check how much coffee was left

Several Peron's tree frogs have moved into the hammock on the verandah. My attempts to lure them into a newly constructed frog hotel instead have so far been unsuccessful. Anyone know what might convince them? I'm delighted to have the frogs, but I would also like to use the hammock!

Show me your pet and who they're named after

This turned out to be an excellent factoid to share with a partner, 10/10

Mozilla's new report on the data privacy of modern cars is nightmare fuel. Enshittification has definitely hit the car industry:

For anyone who wants to print out those coles and woolies "specials" stickers For anyone who wants to print out those coles and woolies specials stickers: drive.google.com/file/d/1HAJm...

Was thinking about the first time I made a science poster (let's say, a couple yrs ago). More construction paper and less R, but basically the same process as the one I made today. Although, possibly faster to use glue than PowerPoint.

When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.

Hi, I'd love to join the science feed. @danirabaiotti.bsky.social

What's the craziest thing you've found in a lab cupboard or freezer from a previous group? Oh boy, did we find a shocker in the -80 yesterday 😬😱😷 🧪

London, 1962. www.standard.co.uk/culture/don-...

Revisited this paper today in a meeting. Anyone on here with experience using the genome graphs? www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Am fascinated by this recent paper. The more I look at our SV data, the more I think it has a lot of information we need to mine more cleverly. Or at least, I need to get smarter about it :) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Decided to start in the same fashion I start every day: with a nosy cat. This is Harper.