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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 16h

Dispiriting that one of the better seismologists I know has ended up, after an impressive amount of good work in seismology at multiple institutions, as a web developer in the health sciences.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much. Thankfully he got out with only minor burn and he’s mostly recovered from the smoke inhalation. His dog got out unhurt. These are the important things but the rest is still a lot.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 3d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

I am not keeping up with the news. I can tell it’s bad. I’ve been helping my ex-husband get things like a phone, a computer, some clothes after his house burned.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what it is there for!

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

One of those statues ended up in Fremont, Seattle as a public art piece. It gets dressed up for holidays. It’s an object of ridicule. It’s basically a monument to tearing down statues. There’s a Ukrainian neighbor who walks by and spits on it daily.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that is most devastating to me about the ongoing evisceration of the public health infrastructure in the U.S right is how little awareness of what's going on the majority of people in the general public have and the impact this will have on their health and safety.

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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 1d

Science

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_...

The coffee drinker outlived the experiment itself.

^ Experiment
The king ordered the experiment to be conducted using a pair of identical twins. Both of the twins had been tried for the crimes they had committed and condemned to death. Their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment
on the condition that one of the twins drink three pots of coffee, and the other drink the
same amount of tea, every day for the rest of their lives. 7]
The tea drinking twin died first at the age of 83, long after the death of Gustav Ill, who was assassinated in 1792. The age of the coffee-drinking twin at his death is unknown, as both doctors assigned by the king to monitor this study predeceased him. 7][51[81[9]

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

I’m very fortunate that my ex-husband is my best friend. When I moved to Seattle he gave me a place to stay until I found a place. Now he’s my roommate for the foreseeable future after his house burned on Friday. We have each other’s back through thick and thin. It’s good this way.

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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 2d

Open Group Leader Positions at the IMB, UQ. Interested in joining us in sunny Queensland?

Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 2d

SpongeBob, Patrick, Pikachu, Cookie Monster and more all on scene at the Portland ICE facility.

Probably around 100 give or take total right now.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners!!!!!!!!

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 3d

This Mariners game is bonkers.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 3d

My ex-husband’s house burned down tonight. He is my best friend. He lost everything but he and his dog got out. He’s spending the night in the burn unit but he’s mostly ok.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 3d

Shabbat shalom.

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Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · 3d

I recommend reading this really powerful letter from MIT!

Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 3d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 3d

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment h/t @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u... #timetotapthoseendowments

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 3d

Public universities serving the public!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 3d

BINGO

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social · 3d

Also includes some Canadian universities, where the process is somewhat different (students are accepted by individual supervisors, not as members of a class) - I’m happy to answer questions about grad school in Canada.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 3d

Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!

US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026

docs.google.com

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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 7d

I want to try something again at #ASHG25 this year: I'll block some time on Thursday and Friday afternoons to meet with trainees who would be interested to chat on any topic.

I did this last year and it was great to meet a whole bunch of new people, at all career stages!

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 5d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 4d

From our sister paper @chicagoreader.com, a trio of stories about how the incursion of ICE and federal agents in Chicago makes life extremely difficult for the unhoused, immigrants, and anyone who believes in free speech.

ICE Targets Chicago’s Homeless Community

[This roundup of news about ICE and the incursion of federal agents and troops in Chicago comes from our sister paper, the Chicago Reader—eds.] Feds target unhoused Chicagoans Since September, at leas...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 4d

I feel seen.

Joshua Shapiro @josh.shapiro.foo · 4d

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

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