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Research/Teaching Genetics/Molecular Biology- very worried and upset at the moment
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Born #OnThisDay in 1906 was American computer scientist Grace Hopper. She was a pioneer of computer programming, developing programming languages like COBOL. She was one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer and is credited with writing the first computer manual. #WomenInSTEM
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Born #OnThisDay in 1906 was American computer scientist Grace Hopper. She was a pioneer of computer programming, developing programming languages like COBOL. She was one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer and is credited with writing the first computer manual. #WomenInSTEM
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The Avenue - 1878
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9008
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9008
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Avenue - 1878
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9008
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9008
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Attacking formula is a 2-for-1: they can make women's lives much worse while also making it likely that more kids will die
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Attacking formula is a 2-for-1: they can make women's lives much worse while also making it likely that more kids will die
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Fishing Boats, Calm Sea - 1868
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6886
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6886
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Fishing Boats, Calm Sea - 1868
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6886
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6886
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
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Entrance to the Port of Trouville - 1870
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Entrance to the Port of Trouville - 1870
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
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Wait. Kash has a girlfriend?!?!
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wait. Kash has a girlfriend?!?!
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
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What made Trump's use of that word in regard to Tim Walz is that Tim's son Gus has a non-verbal learning disorder.
Donald Trump is such a vile, damaged man.
Donald Trump is such a vile, damaged man.
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What made Trump's use of that word in regard to Tim Walz is that Tim's son Gus has a non-verbal learning disorder.
Donald Trump is such a vile, damaged man.
Donald Trump is such a vile, damaged man.
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We have people everywhere.
Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We have people everywhere.
Happy Thanksgiving! Also, this 👇
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Scientists may have solved why this ancient, advanced civilization vanished
Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Also, this 👇
wapo.st/43SMBR8
wapo.st/43SMBR8
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
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Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
Yes: AI does not introduce anything fundamentally new. IFs/blots could me made up well before ( remember E. Racker!) and the bottom line is trust- within labs and among peers
I could use an antibody for a protein that I know is at the minus end and say i stained for my new protein.
I could fail to add antibody to my sample to show you that the siRNA worked…
Ultimately, we either trust one another or it’s all over.
I could fail to add antibody to my sample to show you that the siRNA worked…
Ultimately, we either trust one another or it’s all over.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yes: AI does not introduce anything fundamentally new. IFs/blots could me made up well before ( remember E. Racker!) and the bottom line is trust- within labs and among peers
hahaha!!😂
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
hahaha!!😂
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Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics
From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
El Ministerio de Ciencia convoca de urgencia al patronato para “analizar la situación” del organismo
elpais.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CNIO: El mayor centro de investigación del cáncer se sume en una crisis judicial meses después de cesar a sus máximos responsables
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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This may be the death of me.
I posted yesterday about the shift to triaging 70% of NIH applications rather than 50%.
This is apparently just a temporary step to catch up for all of the study section meetings cancelled due to the government shutdown.
I hope NIH will collect some data to track the impacts of this change.
This is apparently just a temporary step to catch up for all of the study section meetings cancelled due to the government shutdown.
I hope NIH will collect some data to track the impacts of this change.
a woman wearing a beanie says this is a temporary fix netflix
ALT: a woman wearing a beanie says this is a temporary fix netflix
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This may be the death of me.
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[RAUCOUS BOOING] "I, and say your name, do solemnly swear..." [RAUCOUS BOOING]
What a moron.
What a moron.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
[RAUCOUS BOOING] "I, and say your name, do solemnly swear..." [RAUCOUS BOOING]
What a moron.
What a moron.
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