The academic hiring system is simply not designed for candidates like me. It privileges a kind of performative intellectualism—the ability to stand at a whiteboard and extemporize about science as if you were some kind of 19th-century naturalist 😂 😂 😂 open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...

You can invoke Rule IX any time, man.

Being an American isn't about your ancestry or ethnicity. It's about fidelity to the meaning of this country - its revolutionary, threefold promise of political equality, economic opportunity, and personal liberty.

Boston, we're coming to you! Join us at MIT for an interactive workshop on how to explore and use cell type taxonomy data and tools from the Brain Knowledge Platform. 🎟️ Registration is free 🔗 https://connect.alleninstitute.org/e/exploring-cell-types-with-the-allen-institute-boston-2026

Seems reasonable to me the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

This Nebula Ceremony, in Chicago & online, is a time to reveal our latest winners & also celebrate our special award recipients. It is OUR honor at #SFWA to thank N. K. Jemisin for her tremendous contributions to genre. Our 42nd Grand Master is a powerhouse whose work is not yet done! #61stNebulas

An accurate description of a normal functioning person describing the state of the United States in the present moment.

Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

Ever wondered about the #Pride flag and how it came to be or changed over time? Well, Encyclopedia Britannica has a nice graphic showing its makers, its evolution, as well as how other queer community flags came to be. Check it out! 👇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

Everyone should read Careless People.

The Atlantic’s editors and writers have selected 25 books to suit every mood this summer. If you’re searching for a cult classic to obsess over this season, Adam Kirsch recommends “His Master’s Voice.” See more selections: theatln.tc/RfPgedPL

Try this link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... It works for me.

TODAY IN 2024: “Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt: That the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.” manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-de...

Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t.

Vought is trying to destroy American science as we know it. Here's what you can do to stop him: 👉 Visit our action center: zurl.co/Hsflw 👉 Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science: zurl.co/mQlwe LINK IN BIO

After having seen STAR WARS 500 times as a kid, I remember having my mind blown learning that the entire "the death star is about to blow up the rebel base as its being attacked" beat of the ending was invented in the editing room using outtakes and ADR. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Worked on that important project for years with nothing to show for it? Nil issue.

let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >

ML's Lament (to the tune of 'Part of Your World')

If you're wondering why Chris Olah, the cofounder of AI company Anthropic, was sitting on the stage with Pope Leo today as the pontiff unveiled his new encyclical on AI, well ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. religionnews.com/2026/05/22/w...

THE POPE IS QUOTING GANDALF!!!

You may find the comments by Melanie Matchett Wood on the discovery of a counter example to Erdős’ Unit Distance Conjecture as interesting as I did 👇🏼(see previous post for a link)

A web page just told me everything it learned about me without asking. It knew my city, my device, my GPU, and how long I hesitated before scrolling. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

Star Wars prequel propaganda will just never work on me. Those films were, in fact, bad. You simply cannot gaslight me on this front.

New look. Same mission. Accelerate science for a healthier world. 🎥 https://bit.ly/4d3lKp7

Today, we’re sharing a new brand for the @alleninstitute.org that reflects our mission: accelerating science for a healthier world. This is not a new logo. It is a language that tells who we are, our values, and our commitment to enabling others. 🎥 https://bit.ly/4d3lKp7

Excellent new review about the current state-of-the-art in large scale neural recordings from Josh Siegle and @steinmetzneuro.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There is a drug for what’s ailing this country.😂 #Rezyne

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

BREAKING: A Syrian billionaire needed U.S. sanctions lifted so he could get $12 billion in reconstruction contracts, per NYT. He proposed a Trump-branded golf course, and cut Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump into a multibillion-dollar real estate deal in Albania Trump lifted all sanctions afterwards.

"Tell me what it's like to live without curiosity, without awe." Letter to the Person who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America by Matthew Olzmann via @mayacpopa.bsky.social

The sum total output of humanity thus far (i.e. your biggest training set) does not contain the scope of human possibility.

By this point I doubt I'll seriously study algebraic geometry - I'll just learn about it on the street. In the place where I can talk for more than 299 characters and fix my mistakes, I posted a better explanation for nonexperts... and an example: mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosb...

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

It is profound to me how bad Amazon customer service is. It is a staggeringly inefficient and angering experience.

This video makes me feel an emotion I have never felt. Watching this video is the only time I can reliably reproduce it. I just think they’re beautiful and I’m proud of them and happy for them. It’s like I’m their dad.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Applications are open for the Junior Theoretical Neuroscientists Workshop which will take place July 21-24, 2026 at the Center for Computational Neuroscience, @flatironinstitute.org Travel, lodging, and meals will be covered for accepted participants. Application deadline: April 15, 2026

One of the problems with people not sharing things with attribution, AI etc is that we (rightly) don’t trust things that are real. This picture is making the rounds today and I’ve seen multiple ppl say it is fake. It isn’t!!!! www.nasa.gov/solar-system...

New over here so introducing myself with some commentary on Artemis II!

What a beautiful moment.

I really appreciated this video by Kihana Wilson (who is not on Bluesky, alas) about the mixed feelings of #Artemis II. Follow her on Instagram (www.instagram.com/the_astro_st...) if you're over there!