Sam Foley
@samuelfoley.com
Physics of membranes and self-assembly || Biophysics postdoc at Johns Hopkins || Previously Penn State -> Carnegie Mellon || for I perplex others not because I am clear, but because I am utterly perplexed myself ||
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Sam Foley
@samuelfoley.com
· May 26
I’m excited to finally share our new preprint! Membrane-associated assembly processes like CME function as precisely-tunable, spatially targetable, robust on/off switches that don’t require energy at decision-time.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.17290
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arxiv.org/abs/2505.17290
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Why do they have to target me like this
Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://theonion.com/explanation-of-board-game-rules-peppered-with-reassuran-1819579569/
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Why do they have to target me like this
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Okay everyone, take a break from doom scrolling and look at this Very Good opossum
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Okay everyone, take a break from doom scrolling and look at this Very Good opossum
Not as clumsy or random as a dry erase marker
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Not as clumsy or random as a dry erase marker
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Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
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Plans to sign proposed Ukraine “prosperity plan” worth $800B at Davos were scrapped. Greenland dispute derailed efforts to use the week to finalize security guarantees and reconstruction talks between US, Ukraine & Europe. US officials say no signing date was set and document still needs revision.
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Plans to sign proposed Ukraine “prosperity plan” worth $800B at Davos were scrapped. Greenland dispute derailed efforts to use the week to finalize security guarantees and reconstruction talks between US, Ukraine & Europe. US officials say no signing date was set and document still needs revision.
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Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
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People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
People will do literally anything to avoid saying the American left was right
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The subject of one of my favorite old @smbccomics.bsky.social comics
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The subject of one of my favorite old @smbccomics.bsky.social comics
"Guys I've gambled the entire economy on this please just be cool please I'm begging you"
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"Guys I've gambled the entire economy on this please just be cool please I'm begging you"
Slightly diminish a game:
Good Mario Brothers
Good Mario Brothers
Slightly diminish a game.
Penultima 3
Penultima 3
Slightly diminish a game.
Continuing Fantasy
Continuing Fantasy
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Slightly diminish a game:
Good Mario Brothers
Good Mario Brothers
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
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So the long story short is the President of the United States can have anyone murdered by an agent of the federal government and then direct his DOJ to essentially terminate an investigation and the evidence of the act
BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe.
Follow for live updates.
Follow for live updates.
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
Protesters in Minneapolis gathered to protest the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE officer. Mayor Jacob Frey said federal agents should leave the city.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
So the long story short is the President of the United States can have anyone murdered by an agent of the federal government and then direct his DOJ to essentially terminate an investigation and the evidence of the act
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Currently losing my shit at this Wikipedia figure attributing Arby's to the neolithic revolution.
January 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Currently losing my shit at this Wikipedia figure attributing Arby's to the neolithic revolution.
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NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
Chipotle is the "we have food at home" of eating out
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Chipotle is the "we have food at home" of eating out
Is @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in Pittsburgh?
Downtown. 242 Fifth Ave - CVS. Caller said someone just stole like 7 full cases of Dr. Pepper and fled. Suspect is currently walking down Fifth with a comical amount of Dr. Pepper.
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Is @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in Pittsburgh?
I'm just gonna say it: even with its own silly ridiculous plot points, the original Thrawn trilogy is a better story than the actual sequel trilogy we got.
January 5, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I'm just gonna say it: even with its own silly ridiculous plot points, the original Thrawn trilogy is a better story than the actual sequel trilogy we got.
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Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.