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eric lai
@lucksmith.bsky.social
3.1K followers 520 following 1.4K posts
study small RNAs/APA/splicing/m6A/Notch. neural development+behavior; genomic conflict+evolution. http://www.mskcc.org/lai also, indie rock and glassblowing.
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 12h
we knew we did right as parents when our little daughter loved cynical girl!
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 14h
our daughter does this too!
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Mandy Keifetz @besecretandexult.bsky.social · 17h
I just spent the day leading a zine folding. We folded 2000 of @meganpiont.bsky.social 's "We Marched; Now What?" zines to give out at No Kings. Find an event near you, and then pick a next step from the zine.
No Kings Graphic "power belongs to the people/join the movement/ Saturday, Oct 18"
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 23h
amen!
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 1d
one thing i'm very happy for our daughter is that she has artists and musicians in her life. one of our crafty friends sends her hand-illustrated letters, and this week's came with a sweet watercolor. 🐈
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 2d
Sharing for visibility :)
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 1d
mission of burma! recently i had the unexpected pleasure of seeing clint conley as special guest with tsunami for academy fight song. i was literally about 3 feet from clint playing bass and vox!! (and richard baluyut was in the fray, his band versus is named after that album).
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d
They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 1d
🔥🔥🔥
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 1d
i went to check this place out, but was sadly misled regarding their inventory. 🪰🪰
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 1d
1135 servings per container
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 2d
hope the rest of the meeting was great!
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 3d
nice hack i've done twice this year...drop by CSHL for a day (Neurofly), listen bunch of talks and chat up posters, see ~20 people (inc 2 collaborators IRL for 1st time, and our former star grad student Piero Sanfilippo), share updates on #FlyBase with community and urge donations, and back home! 🪰
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 5d
i have a workaround, genie granted my wish, and i wished for 5 more wishes
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 5d
sweet!
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 5d
my memory is a bit foggy, but i think my first paper was accepted without revisions. so i thought that's how science publication goes! (of course that paper was a certified banger).
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 5d
true story: we submitted a paper last month, and i thought i'd check on the status. i got an autoreply out of office from the handling editor, so i figured won't hear for a while. but then the head editor wrote and said, looks good, we'll take it!!

how come this kind of thing doesn't happen more?!?
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6d
GOOD MORNING TWO NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS SONGS ONE WHERE ME AND PETER BALKAN AND ADAM START CALCULATING HOW TO SURVIVE AFTER A SHIPWRECK & ONE WHERE ADAM EXITS STAGE LEFT NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN

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The Mountain Goats - Cold at Night / Rocks in My Pockets
Choose your preferred music service
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making art @marigoldmimsy.bsky.social · 6d
this is my artist video of how to fold a meander zine

it has 12 squares and if you use a regular sheet of printer paper, it will fold up to be smaller than a 3" square for your pocket
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 7d
i take this one personally 😠 #LaiLab
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 7d
my wife was just commenting today on pt barnum's ruse to get folks out of his sideshow museum, a sign proclaiming "this way to the egress"
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 7d
dear 🎵frenz, our cat (i think pickles) threw up on my bass. pls send sympathy, tx

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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 8d
really, not a word? 🐝
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