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Jim Smoot, PhD

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Dad, husband, aquatic microbiologist, farm owner at the nexus of climate change and sustainable resource recovery. “This machine kills fascists”—Woody Guthrie

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 20h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this shows how clueless I am. I thought this was satire.

www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Sam Altman announces new chatbot day after Newsom passes restrictive law

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a new version of ChatGPT set to launch December.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe it’s a US thing but I don’t understand any of this. What they are fighting. And how. None of it makes sense to me.

www.wired.com/story/the-wo...

The ‘Womanosphere’ Is Reshaping the Conservative Dating Landscape

From a religious OnlyFans creator to influencers quibbling over the appropriation of trad wife culture, right-wing personalities are jockeying for a larger stake in the dating zeitgeist.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 3d

How was Thiel subsidized by public funding at the University of Illinois? Marc Andreessen went to U of I, and Netscape benefited from public support. I am unaware of a Thiel connection.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 3d

He seems to have gone directly from trying to destroy the government so he can extract full use of his IRA fortune to destroying himself in an attempt to cheat death. Reason X^n why there shouldn’t be billionaires: unhealthy midlife crises that waste everyone’s time and potentially are lethal.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, this reminds me. Grocery Outlet is expanding to Maryland. If you get a chance, you should visit. This is the kind of thing that they sell—promotional products that didn’t go well or are past season (think commemorative Super Bowl cereal boxes sold the following May).

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Discount Supermarket Opens 6th Store In Baltimore County

A grocery store opened its sixth location in Baltimore County. The budget supermarket is quickly expanding in Maryland.

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 5d

fuck citizen$ united

Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 5d

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 5d

Doing the four things listed in this post would go a long way in reforming our electoral system deficiencies.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 5d

This! People with platforms need to clearly articulate a list of reforms and lead the efforts to enact them such as Constitutional amendments that nullify Citizens United and Trump v. United States as well as establish nonpartisan citizen commission districting and rank choice voting

Eli Omen @eliomen.bsky.social · 5d

He's not wrong, but I'd rather politicians discuss solutions than just point out problems.

I can do that.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 5d

Or at least a seemingly never ending alienation of people who are natural allies but get tired of the constant policing of said purity tests.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 5d

Seems like the Commission should work with the county and condemn the gate for being on easement land and have the county remove it. It would force the old fart’s hand to sell. He’s not doing much with it other than getting tax write off given his attempts to monetize the property are meager.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 5d

This! People with platforms need to clearly articulate a list of reforms and lead the efforts to enact them such as Constitutional amendments that nullify Citizens United and Trump v. United States as well as establish nonpartisan citizen commission districting and rank choice voting

Eli Omen @eliomen.bsky.social · 5d

He's not wrong, but I'd rather politicians discuss solutions than just point out problems.

I can do that.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5d

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 6d

My HPLC was definitely overlooked

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery

The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 7d

I have no idea who “they” is. It looks like you are referring to ChatGPT. If that’s the case, it’s a typo that anthropomorphizes a model and should be edited to “it” as you’ve used elsewhere in your essay. If that’s not the case, it is not clear who “they” is referring to, which is why I asked.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 7d

“It ran them. Then, they asked if I wanted to do a few more additional ones…” Who is “they” in the quoted text from your essay?

AI is a tool. You should teach students how to use it as such, including understanding the analysis that it performs. Otherwise, they won’t know when errors happen.

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 7d

Holy moly

Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 8d

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications

Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, there are many dual use opportunities! Some of the pavement is parking lots that can be covered with PV panels; some of the buildings are appropriate for solar; and portions of reservoirs are suitable for floatovoltaics (particularly near dams where fugitive methane could be mitigated).

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 8d

most toxic masculinity
is caused by insecure masculinity

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dgershenson.bsky.social @dgershenson.bsky.social · 8d

In case you're wondering...

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 8d

It should be posted on LinkedIn and Truthsocial

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 9d

EnKoat is doing this. They have backing by Sherwin Williams. They haven’t had booming growth though. I suspect the devil is in the details when it comes to commercialization.

www.enkoat.com/about

EnKoat | Proven Thermal and Weather Barrier Coatings for Building Envelopes

EnKoat develops next-generation thermal and weather barrier systems that reduce energy costs, extend roof life, and improve climate resilience across real estate portfolios. Backed by science. Built f...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 9d

As preprint servers become ubiquitous and integrated into the “science publishing ecosystem”, they need a consistent set of publishing requirements and quality indicators added as a cover page before an article is posted so that journalists can distinguish between total BS and genuine scholarship.

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 10d

New blog post. In which I analyze the new HHMI announcement and what it means for the science publishing ecosystem openrxiv.org/preprint-man...

Preprint mandates gather momentum - openRxiv

By Richard Sever, PhD. Chief Science & Strategy Officer, openRxiv Preprints speed up science by enabling researchers to disseminate reports of new findings immediately. They also represent a simple wa...

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 10d

“Ukraine has hit 16 out of Russia’s 38 refineries and that although repairs are possible, damage becomes lasting when refineries are subjected to repeated attacks. Some, he says, have been hit up to three times. “

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Allan Konopka @hamatsa50.bsky.social · 10d

New on Think Like a Microbe ... Iron!
🧫🧪 #philsci

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Ecological Consequences of Iron Scarcity

Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade, ‘Good’ said the Baron, sitting in his hall, ‘but iron — cold iron — is master of them all’.

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