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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 3h

Great new postdoc fellowship for foundational plant research.
If you’re into genetics and genomics of plant reproductive evolution or adaptive convergence (incl in the cool and charismatic nightshades!) I’d be happy to talk about possible projects!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 1h

Oh good. He still ranks right up at the top of the list of people I think are utterly horrid people.

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Jeffrey Townsend @jeffreytownsend.bsky.social · 6h

One last point: don't use tobacco.

It causes cancer

doi.org/10.1093/molb...

(also respiratory and pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular and vascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and reproductive and sexual impairment).

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Nature @nature.com · 23h

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

go.nature.com/4hj9NNV

Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 1d

We are searching for a technician in Next Generation Sequencing!

Come to our lab University of California, Berkeley Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

See ad:

careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPL...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 21h

Zealand Falls, NH. A gorgeous walk yesterday to one of my favorite falls

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.

undark.org/2025/10/09/o...

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation

The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.

undark.org

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Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 21h

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
Orwell

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 22h

Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.

www.cnn.com

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 22h

In the interests of saving money, the University will have fewer custodial staff. Now, highly paid faculty should use their time to take out the trash and recycling. Efficiency for the win!

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 22h

I only wish I had my good high res camera with me, but the iphone does a good job...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 23h

An article about a former lab tech in my lab, Kim Ballare, in the new NYTimes "Lost Science" series about impacts of federal cuts. Thanks to @carlzimmer.com for doing this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators

www.nytimes.com

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 2d

Rosie the Ribbiter

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3d

"Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices"

There is no 'make healthy' objective here, but there will be costs and consequences, to readiness, safety, and lives.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 4d

"INFINITE" SUMMER IN JAPAN
There had never been anything like this freak October in East Asia.
More October records broken today in Japan:
33.8 Ishigaki
32.7 Okinoebaru
32.8 Koniya

Next week will be MUCH hotter with hundreds of records and full summer conditions

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 3d

I could watch this all day.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 4d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!!!

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 3d

Spot the difference.

YouTube video by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 4d

I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Staff Scientist

About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 4d

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 3d

A few weeks ago I nearly bought another house and sold mine. It didn’t end up happening. And I’m not sorry. I can’t imagine a better place to make me relax.

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