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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 1d

My phase was wearing ostentatiously wearing this shirt to, like, the mall.

There’s apparently Two Types of Guys and I submit that you should only vote for one of them.

Tshirt with the text “keep your country nice and clean” depicting a cartoon figure throwing a swastika in the trash

Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 1d

My phase was wearing ostentatiously wearing this shirt to, like, the mall.

There’s apparently Two Types of Guys and I submit that you should only vote for one of them.

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

I have very little patience for people who say “I didn’t know” and then leave it at that. I’ve posted about this before (and some of you witnessed it in real time) but a few years ago I didn’t know what a TERF was and cohosted a baseball podcast with one, and I got dragged for it. (1/)

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 1d

a woman from brooklyn 99 says damn in front of a picture

Alt: Stephanie Beatriz from brooklyn 99 says damn

media.tenor.com

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never seen that. Although my programs tend to be more conservative than some.

Also: 120% would be a huge jump!!!

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s an email to send feedback:

[email protected]

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

ESPN running ICE ads. Just saw at the gym.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 3d

This morning felt a little uncanny. The cat got all excited at the window sill. We looked out & it was her orange tabby doppelgänger, looking like her reflection.

Then a man in a raincoat with a bear on his back trudged by. Not a real bear, but bear-sized.

Later, I found the bear.

Man trudging along sidewalk on a wet fall day, shot from behind, wearing black jeans, dock shoes, an orange reflective raincoat like a crossing guard or something with an absolutely enormous stuffed bear toy on his back like an oversized backpack.

This bear is life sized. There are certainly larger black bears, but it’s way bigger than a cub. Like her has a yearling on his back for mysterious reasons.

Someone’s front lawn with cement walkway on which an enormous stuffed brown bear toy the size of a 5 year old human child sits. There are wet yellow leaves on the ground and trees, garden and houses in the background.

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👻SAAAAAAAAHHHHHHvik Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 4d

‘The old-timey sounds of rebellious grunge music…’

JFC, @npr.org that was choosing violence this morning!!!

Like Kurt Cobain could equally have been in a barbershop quartet or something?!?

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 6d

Great moments in redaction history.

Interview from the Titan submarine investigation. The witness name is blacked out. The first line is "Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 5d

Define “Perfect Ending”?

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 5d

My read of this same rally. It was a feel-good experience.

Total Lowlife Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d

/11 Amidst a time of thuggery and corruption and sordid betrayal of American values, the crowd is jubilant with hope and shared defiance.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 5d

No idea how many people showed up, but it was enough that the cell network couldn’t keep up

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 5d

Pasadena showing up #nokings

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 6d

Lotta fireworks going off in my neighborhood tonight

Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

important to recognize we are currently watching the greatest baseball player who ever lived smack in the middle of his prime and we should enjoy every second of it

there have been people who are better at hitting and people who are better at pitching but not together, not like this

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 6d

The ChatGPT pull-up ad is kind of perfect because the kid that used ChatGPT to learn pull ups has, like, dangerously bad form

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

Pleased that USC turned down the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education".

I would have written a less conciliatory letter, but I'm also pretty unlikely to be chosen as a university president.

www.president.usc.edu/2025/10/16/u...

Update from Interim President Kim

October 16, 2025 Dear Trojan Family, Earlier today, I sent this letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. I appreciate the various p...

www.president.usc.edu

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

I love my kids very much and I 100% do not want anything else in my life to be like them.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

The best version of AI is like my kids - they're basically good, and try to do the right thing.

They're usually competent, but sometimes wildly incompetent, and occasionally they're kind of unpleasant. I put a lot of effort into encouraging them to act right.

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

Cannot fathom why they want me to negotiate with my computer to make it do things.

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 7d

Influence of Seasonal Succession on Microbiological and Physiochemical Composition in Shallow Estuarine Sediments enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #jcampubs

Influence of Seasonal Succession on Microbiological and Physiochemical Composition in Shallow Estuarine Sediments

Marine sediments harbour diverse microbial populations, thought to be of low activity due to depleted electron acceptors and lack of new organic matter after burial. We show that deeper microbial pop...

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

TIR: Moore et al (2024) on the "y-ome" (i.e., genes of unknown or poorly constrained function) of E. coli, showing that 16% of E. coli genes are of unknown function, and another 26% of genes are only partially characterized.
Lots to learn, even in E. coli!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Validate User

academic.oup.com

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Drew Steen @drewsteen.bsky.social · 7d

Approximately 0.02% of children in the US have cancer, and somehow ICE is detaining minor US citizens with cancer at a rate 500x above average?

Genuine breakthroughs in the field of doing evil shit.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

BOOM!
💥💥💥

Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!

“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”

— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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naturepoker @binomicalabs.org · 8d

This particular figure was quite striking - physical microscopy of the E. coli genome. Somehow we run these tangles mess through pores (often not breaking them over significant distances) and render them into reliable representation of whole genomic compartments.

🧫🦠

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