My quote of the day The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board. Grover Cleveland

This is criminal negligence. He shouldn't just be removed from leadership, he should be removed from office.

A flower still life in oil on gessoed board from nearly a decade ago (sold). The camera distorts the difference in size between the painting and the subject but gets the colour pretty acurately (an excellent DMC-LX5- still in use) #oilpainting #stilllife #flowers

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It's long past time to stop indulging people who think you can meaningfully defend science without also defending democracy and academic freedom and opposing authoritarianism. It's the same fight, otherwise all you're defending is your own status.

We were told that around 7 million people died. This also turned out to be a huge undercount.

Let's talk about the time that an 18 YEAR OLD invented the COLOR MAUVE (I am not kidding) and completely revolutionized textiles, fashion & eventually cancer diagnosis. The teenager was William Henry Perkin, a bit of a prodigy, who at 15 began studying with August Wilhelm von Hofmann at ICL.

God what a beautiful country.

Surely there must be rules against torturing one’s own.

Love it!

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

We are watching in real time who some scientists are willing to sacrifice in favor of access to funding: early career researchers, trainees, scientists from historically excluded groups and immigrants.

WATER you doing?

If any other world leader posted something like that about a previous head of state, would their party members be so silent? This shows how far America has fallen.

🚨 FULL VIDEO is up. A federal judge says Trump is violating the principles of law — even the Declaration of Independence — and this week shows what that means in practice. Detention of a 5-year-old. Threats to Trevor Noah + free speech. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPdD...

Exactly right. Miles just laid it out plainly and suddenly the story snapped into focus. When the facts line up this cleanly, the denial doesn’t matter. This is why independent reporting still scares the hell out of them.

Yes. Thank you!

This is the way. F*ck ICE.

"Despite her groundbreaking work, West was long left out of histories that discussed the development of GPS." What a remarkable woman. RIP Gladys Mae West.

2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word. crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...

Postdoc job alert at Institut Jacques Monod in Paris! Interested in fundamental membrane trafficking? We seek a postdoc to study collagen secretion as a model for core principles of how cells and their environment build each other. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thrilled to share our latest study, led by @reikatei.bsky.social, in @natchembio.nature.com! We began by asking a simple question—how do cells know if they have too much of a lipid in a particular membrane, and how do they respond to rectify this imbalance? www.nature.com/articles/s41... More info 👇

Bean before class: I want a library card please. Me: Random but ok. Why? Bean: Because having fun isn’t hard when you have a library card! Me: Yes. Who said that? Bean: Arthur and Mychal Who’s Mychal? The internet’s favorite Library Kid and the library’s favorite fan @mychal3ts.bsky.social

#neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪💊 By @physoc.bsky.social A brilliant scientist and leader has left us. I taught about Dr. Dolphin's work on calcium channels and gabapentin in our pharmacology curriculum. Remembering Annette Dolphin (1951 – 2026)

This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop. Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government. This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...

I first thought this was @theonion.com . But…. No?

News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come! samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

These are all spectacular, but my favorite is the crab riding the jellyfish. Micromobility for the win!

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

Today is #WorldCancerDay ~1 in 5 people will develop #cancer in their lifetime Each diagnosis affects not just one person, but families, communities, and futures Grateful today for patients, clinicians, researchers & advocates - and to appreciate that progress depends on acting together #WCD2026

Tomorrow. See you there?

HELL. YEAH. Give it up for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for putting ICE on notice by signing an order to ensure that trump's violent thugs are held accountable for their aggression. MORE OF THIS!!!

I was there too. It was challenging to sit in the room, listening to Bhattacharya alternate between sophistry and outright lies and not be able to correct the record. But I am told my facial expressions might have done the talking for me. (Oops!) I've never had much of a poker face. :)

The bureaucracy of science has grown so much, the system is collapsing upon itself: Scientists have become administrators of grants rather than spending time on science. Paid administrators are demanding even more administrative work from scientists. Administrators are eating the science budget.

One observation: Several senators brought up terminated grants. Bhattacharya kept saying the agency hasn't cut any funds. That is false. When he says no funds have been cut, he means NIH spent all its allocated money, as required by law. In fact, a watchdog found NIH illegally impounded funds.

Phew, thank you! My heart rate is back to normal.

MEANWHILE OVER ON TWITTER: He does the Kennedy name proud, and is handling the whole Trump destroying the Kennedy legacy thing much better than I am.

Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.

Oof 🤦🏽‍♀️

Forbes 30 under 30 has a better arrest record than the FBI

Congrats, Cornell, and every other university that bowed down to the bully.

Threatening comedians is fascist shit. just FYI.

Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!

RIP in peace Researchfish

At 70,000 feet, sealed inside a full pressure suit in the cockpit of a U-2, I made this photograph of Earth. For a brief stretch of time, the only people higher were the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. #SciArt