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Steve Trutane
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Recovering computational biologist/genome scientist turned parkour/fitness instructor. Multisport event organizer. Barefoot-running, triathletic wikipedian with scicomm aspirations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SteveChervitzTrutane
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Added a banner image to my bsky profile: a condensed view of Bow Lake near Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. Photo was taken on 4 July 2023. The full, uncropped, unsquished version is included here. Shot with an iPhone 12 mini.
#CanadianRockies🏔️ #BanffNationalPark
#mountain #photography
Carl Sagan: “If we have been bamboozled long enough we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge- even to ourselves that we’ve been taken”
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Quotations from The Demon-haunted World — Hamilton Public Library
Explore Hamilton Public Library. New titles, recently rated, and recently tagged by the library community.
hpl.bibliocommons.com
Some deep concepts in physics & philosophy:
#Eternalism #SpaceTime #Reality
#BlockUniverse #Cosmology
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Is space-time structure, substance or metaphor?
What does it really mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it? Does it exist in the same way the galaxy exists?
mappingignorance.org
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
“…an overall green network [for @cityofoakland.bsky.social] that prioritizes minimal road crossings & easy gradients, making these inviting spaces for ppl of all ages & abilities to ride, roll, or walk.” 

#moreTrees ➡️ lower depression
#greenway ➡️ more physical activity

#bikeFriendly 🚴‍♂️ #urbanDesign
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Microworkout “movement snack” set ideas, via my Athlete Body Shop project. Note: Some of these might bump you out of “Zone Zero”!👇

#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine

x.com/athletebodys...
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If you don’t want to visit X:

Time for a movement snack? Pick one of these. Mix it up!

🥪 10 bodyweight squats
🥪 10 pushups
🥪 10 lateral leg lifts
🥪 10 side bends
🥪 10 lunges (fwd, rev, side)
🥪 10 forward hinges (good mornings)
🥪 10 step-ups (box, stair, chair)
🥪 3 sun salutations
🥪 3 burpees
Microworkout “movement snack” set ideas, via my Athlete Body Shop project. Note: Some of these might bump you out of “Zone Zero”!👇

#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine

x.com/athletebodys...
x.com
Berkeley quake just woke everybody up here in #AlbanyCA. Epicenter at Claremont & Tunnel road. Hayward fault rumbler lasted about 3s. No damage to the 🏡 I think…

Revised magnitude is M 4.4
#earthquake #EastBay #BayArea
#HaywardFault
"LFN-Acr/PA uses a component derived from anthrax toxin to introduce Acrs into cells in minutes... shuts down Cas9 activity... boosting genome-editing specificity up to 40%"

Protective antigen–mediated delivery of an anti-CRISPR protein for precision genome editing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ($)
Reposted by Steve Trutane
Researchers in the Johnson Lab have shown that chemotherapy drugs carried by a bottlebrush polymer can be attached to an antibody, which guides the molecule to a tumor. This approach could avoid many of the side effects of systemic chemotherapy delivery.

chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
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'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....
"we asked 490 researchers in T32 training programs how likely they would be to go into science if they were a graduate student now...

277 responded: Most were relatively unlikely to choose to pursue science again, only ~1/3 being somewhat or more likely to do so."

#FederalFunding #ScienceTraining
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Studies in mice suggest that gene-editing technology, which has shown promise in treating diseases of the blood, liver and eyes, could also treat devastating brain disorders. The targets of the treatment are mutations that can cause neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease.
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders
Stunning results in mice herald gene-editing advances for neurological diseases.
spklr.io
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City of Berkeley (@berkeleyca.gov) installed new safety features at Hopkins & Colusa where motorist struck child 10d ago.

Also planning a more thorough overhaul at Ada & California streets where motorist hit & killed 66-yo Elise B. Lusk in Jan.

bsky.app/profile/berk...

#PedestrianSafety #CarsKill
City of Berkeley (@berkeleyca.gov) installed new safety features at Hopkins & Colusa where motorist struck child 10d ago.

Also planning a more thorough overhaul at Ada & California streets where motorist hit & killed 66-yo Elise B. Lusk in Jan.

bsky.app/profile/berk...

#PedestrianSafety #CarsKill
Reposted by Steve Trutane
I usually research hashtags before using them, but did not for the above tweet, going for “feeling lucky” mode.

Did not have high hopes for #myrmecology, but that tag is hoppin’ on Bsky.

Image: head of a “pony ant” a.k.a. Rhytidoponera confusa posted by @theotimecolin.bsky.social

#AntSky 🐜
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Parabricks, a genomics startup built to GPU-accelerate sequence analysis, was acquired by NVIDIA in 2020. The team has published work showing GPU-accelerated, universal analysis supporting major sequencing platforms: Illumina, Ultima, Singular, MGI, Element Biosciences, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore.
Reposted by Steve Trutane
It’s not just HHS. The Trump administration has fired an unprecedented number of federal workers across the government, many from agencies that do science for the public good
Bsky access workaround for Mississippi users: bsky.app/profile/dutc...

Bluesky has chosen to block access in #Mississippi rather than risk potential fines of up to $10,000 per violation: www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

#AgeVerification #SocialMedia
I usually research hashtags before using them, but did not for the above tweet, going for “feeling lucky” mode.

Did not have high hopes for #myrmecology, but that tag is hoppin’ on Bsky.

Image: head of a “pony ant” a.k.a. Rhytidoponera confusa posted by @theotimecolin.bsky.social

#AntSky 🐜