Dan Mielcarz
@mielcarz.bsky.social
Immunology, flow cytometry, music, beer. Opinions 100% my own. He/him. ⭕️
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @[email protected]
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @[email protected]
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the president should be a person we can go a few days in a row without thinking about. our brains simply weren't made to think about a president every waking hour. it's unnatural.
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
the president should be a person we can go a few days in a row without thinking about. our brains simply weren't made to think about a president every waking hour. it's unnatural.
A Gaston prequel is an incredibly stupid idea for a movie but a great reason to listen to the cover of "Gaston" by The Bad Plus, which is way better than it needs to be: youtu.be/oEiQkWCgnM4?...
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A Gaston prequel is an incredibly stupid idea for a movie but a great reason to listen to the cover of "Gaston" by The Bad Plus, which is way better than it needs to be: youtu.be/oEiQkWCgnM4?...
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RIP Rob Reiner. I recently read his memoir about making Spinal Tap and it was shocking how much of it was a seat-of-the-pants operation that barely made it into theaters. Just a few people with a vision of something great and they made it happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
RIP Rob Reiner. I recently read his memoir about making Spinal Tap and it was shocking how much of it was a seat-of-the-pants operation that barely made it into theaters. Just a few people with a vision of something great and they made it happen.
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This fucking piece of shit. The worst man alive.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This fucking piece of shit. The worst man alive.
Credit default swaps?!?
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Credit default swaps?!?
People are dunking on this and not being able to imagine it is very bad, but I gave ChatGPT some questions about baby care and they were at least as good as Google. ChatGPT explicitly said "Vaccines do not cause autism." when I asked. A Dr. Spock book would probably be better than either, though.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
People are dunking on this and not being able to imagine it is very bad, but I gave ChatGPT some questions about baby care and they were at least as good as Google. ChatGPT explicitly said "Vaccines do not cause autism." when I asked. A Dr. Spock book would probably be better than either, though.
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You could've given me 1000 guesses and I would not have gotten the surprise
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You could've given me 1000 guesses and I would not have gotten the surprise
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I’m so happy to see @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Professor Colin Calloway in the Ken Burns American Revolution series. Took a very memorable (and depressing) course in post-civil war Native American history from him as an undergrad. Incredible teacher.
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m so happy to see @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Professor Colin Calloway in the Ken Burns American Revolution series. Took a very memorable (and depressing) course in post-civil war Native American history from him as an undergrad. Incredible teacher.
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📘Attention all! 📘We have a dug out from the archives a brand spanking new, mint condition, original, still-boxed, unopened copy of the out-of-print AND hard-to-find third edition of The Phish Companion!
The Phish Companion, 3rd Edition - New, unopened, still boxed, from Mockingbird | eBay
Proceeds from this go directly to the Mockingbird Foundation, and will help fund a tour grant being announced later this month to celebrate Phish's New Year's Run. Mockingbird is an entirely volunteer...
www.ebay.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📘Attention all! 📘We have a dug out from the archives a brand spanking new, mint condition, original, still-boxed, unopened copy of the out-of-print AND hard-to-find third edition of The Phish Companion!
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Fake medicine (marketing terms: functional, integrative, naturopathic) and demonization of real medicine (vaccines) are inextricably linked.
Can't believe idiotic functional medicine quackery being dredged up by an unqualified ob/gyn on ACIP to try and take down Hep B vaccine for newborns.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fake medicine (marketing terms: functional, integrative, naturopathic) and demonization of real medicine (vaccines) are inextricably linked.
So much awful stuff happening in the ACIP meeting today but this is particularly gross.
Anti-vaxxer and climate scientist Cynthia Nevison now presents data showing that maternal Hepatitis B cases are mostly in “foreign-born” women from Africa and Asia.
She doesn’t explain why this information is relevant to public health. Her meaning is clear to me, anyway.
Disgraceful.
She doesn’t explain why this information is relevant to public health. Her meaning is clear to me, anyway.
Disgraceful.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So much awful stuff happening in the ACIP meeting today but this is particularly gross.
My high school scanned every yearbook from 1927 to the present, so now I can share former Supreme Court Justice David Souter's senior picture with Bluesky:
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My high school scanned every yearbook from 1927 to the present, so now I can share former Supreme Court Justice David Souter's senior picture with Bluesky:
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We should treat being an “influencer” with as much disdain as any other get rich quick scheme. At best you’re mining your life (and the life of your children) for maximum attention to flip as advertisement potential, and at worst you’re getting things like this. The model’s broken and corrosive.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We should treat being an “influencer” with as much disdain as any other get rich quick scheme. At best you’re mining your life (and the life of your children) for maximum attention to flip as advertisement potential, and at worst you’re getting things like this. The model’s broken and corrosive.
Inspiring video and a great guitar solo for your Friday.
My dear friend @kernelforbin.bsky.social added the video of Trey’s first sober notes (on “Lie In Our Graves” with Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC) to the end of this clip of T speaking about it & wow… Phishbumps galore ✨ I’m not crying, you’re crying! So grateful for second chances 🙏 youtu.be/YOR310gu_Eg
Trey First Sober Note Story + Clip
YouTube video by KernelForbin
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Inspiring video and a great guitar solo for your Friday.
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
This is a great listen. There is something special and uniquely American about musical families like this.
I’m happy to share my deep dive for @stlpublicradio.bsky.social on Devon Allman, Duane Betts & their tribute to their dads’ music from the Allman Brothers Band. A story of a 2nd generation & 2nd chances.
www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-11...
www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-11...
Two rock heirs will pay tribute to their dads in an evening of Allman Brothers tunes at the Factory
Devon Allman and Duane Betts lead the Allman Betts Family Revival, a touring tribute to their famous dads. The Revival plays the Factory in Chesterfield on Nov. 29.
www.stlpr.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is a great listen. There is something special and uniquely American about musical families like this.
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The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The only thing worse than Newsom being the 2028 nominee will be Bluesky if Newsom is the 2028 nominee.
Lots of interesting stuff here, including Newsom being weirdly popular among young voters www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-covid-...
The COVID political backlash disappeared
Turns out the pandemic didn't break the Democratic Party
www.theargumentmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The only thing worse than Newsom being the 2028 nominee will be Bluesky if Newsom is the 2028 nominee.
This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
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32 years ago today, we first witnessed the wonder of the My Dinner with Andre video game. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
32 years ago today, we first witnessed the wonder of the My Dinner with Andre video game. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.
This was the first album I bought on the day it came out.
On this day in 1991, U2 released their seventh studio album “Achtung Baby”
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This was the first album I bought on the day it came out.
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Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October