Michael Gilman
@gilman.bsky.social
Scientist, entrepreneur, ex-biopharm exec, former FM radio jock, lifelong hockey fan, aspiring guitar player and mixologist, #immigrant. CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics and a variety of other things. https://www.michaelgilman.net/disclosures/
Planning my holiday weekend around watching Ep 5 of Pluribus. (Which, I know, dropped at 9 PM ET last night. What can I say? Events intervened.)
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Planning my holiday weekend around watching Ep 5 of Pluribus. (Which, I know, dropped at 9 PM ET last night. What can I say? Events intervened.)
I don't know who this guy is (just a disclaimer, I guess), but this is a compelling and arithmetically straightforward explanation of the many predicaments the US finds itself in. Why upward mobility in America is a myth and class warfare is on the rise. Read it over your morning coffee.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I don't know who this guy is (just a disclaimer, I guess), but this is a compelling and arithmetically straightforward explanation of the many predicaments the US finds itself in. Why upward mobility in America is a myth and class warfare is on the rise. Read it over your morning coffee.
Reposted by Michael Gilman
We live in an idiocracy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We live in an idiocracy.
Busy night last night at Bar Gilman, forgot to post. Only a little quieter this evening, as the grandkids are sleeping over. But I have fortified myself with this Lion’s Tail, augmented with egg white. For the protein, of course.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Busy night last night at Bar Gilman, forgot to post. Only a little quieter this evening, as the grandkids are sleeping over. But I have fortified myself with this Lion’s Tail, augmented with egg white. For the protein, of course.
From the Deep Cuts department, I'm learning Medicated Goo by Traffic on guitar. Fun song to play. But, more importantly, it has caused me to rediscover this live album, whose grooves I burned through for many years. It's short but captures a particularly incandescent version of this band.
Welcome to the Canteen (Live) by Traffic on Apple Music
Album · 1971 · 6 Songs
music.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
From the Deep Cuts department, I'm learning Medicated Goo by Traffic on guitar. Fun song to play. But, more importantly, it has caused me to rediscover this live album, whose grooves I burned through for many years. It's short but captures a particularly incandescent version of this band.
Also from the office today: My OK Boomer moment trying to explain to some young scientists who Tipper Gore was.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Also from the office today: My OK Boomer moment trying to explain to some young scientists who Tipper Gore was.
Spotted today at Arrakis Global HQ.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Spotted today at Arrakis Global HQ.
Happy 16th anniversary, little guy. Long may you run.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy 16th anniversary, little guy. Long may you run.
What the everloving f*ck is wrong with these people?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What the everloving f*ck is wrong with these people?
I think maybe our friends at Bluesky lost the thread on this.
You can criticize Johnny Cash for the (fictional) line from Folsom Prison Blues, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die."
But to suspend someone for referencing this line to defend Johnny Cash from being called uncool in the WSJ?
You can criticize Johnny Cash for the (fictional) line from Folsom Prison Blues, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die."
But to suspend someone for referencing this line to defend Johnny Cash from being called uncool in the WSJ?
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I think maybe our friends at Bluesky lost the thread on this.
You can criticize Johnny Cash for the (fictional) line from Folsom Prison Blues, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die."
But to suspend someone for referencing this line to defend Johnny Cash from being called uncool in the WSJ?
You can criticize Johnny Cash for the (fictional) line from Folsom Prison Blues, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die."
But to suspend someone for referencing this line to defend Johnny Cash from being called uncool in the WSJ?
A lot of data to crunch today. Updating my DoorDash app.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A lot of data to crunch today. Updating my DoorDash app.
What are they even doing in the Senate?
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What are they even doing in the Senate?
Reposted by Michael Gilman
Some close encounters with Jim Watson:
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
DNA and the Unraveling of James Watson
A personal reflection on the life, legacy, and controversies of DNA co-discoverer James Watson, following his death at age 97.
www.genengnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Some close encounters with Jim Watson:
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
Someone needs his phone taken away.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Someone needs his phone taken away.
As someone who worked with and around Jim Watson for seven years at Cold Spring Harbor and whose professional career is built on opportunities he provided me, it's been a struggle for me to rationalize the man. I'm grateful to Jeremy for taking the time to do that so thoughtfully here.
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As someone who worked with and around Jim Watson for seven years at Cold Spring Harbor and whose professional career is built on opportunities he provided me, it's been a struggle for me to rationalize the man. I'm grateful to Jeremy for taking the time to do that so thoughtfully here.
Cheers to our scientific mentors!
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Cheers to our scientific mentors!
Wow, first my PhD advisor and now Jim Watson, who gave me my first professional job (at Cold Spring Harbor).
Quite a week.
Quite a week.
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Everything I Know I Learned In Graduate School - LifeSciVC
By Mike Gilman, serial entrepreneur and veteran biotech executive, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC My thesis advisor, Mike Chamberlin, passed away last week. I owe much of who I ...
lifescivc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wow, first my PhD advisor and now Jim Watson, who gave me my first professional job (at Cold Spring Harbor).
Quite a week.
Quite a week.
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Everything I Know I Learned In Graduate School - LifeSciVC
By Mike Gilman, serial entrepreneur and veteran biotech executive, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC My thesis advisor, Mike Chamberlin, passed away last week. I owe much of who I ...
lifescivc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
So many sandwich jokes in my feed.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So many sandwich jokes in my feed.
Is this real life?
Oh my god???
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career. I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress. And I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career. I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress. And I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Is this real life?
Reposted by Michael Gilman
Thanks to RFK each of us will lose …
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
RFK Jr: "The American public because of this agreement will lose 125 million pounds by this time next year."
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thanks to RFK each of us will lose …
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
<subtract 3, carry the 1>
… One third of one pound over the next year.
Twelve pack abs, here we come.
This is just gross.
Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is just gross.
At least he'd heard about it. That's an improvement.
Mike Johnson: "I don't think the loss last night was any reflection about Republicans at all. I think people are frustrated and angry, as we are, I am, the president is, and we express that in different ways."
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
At least he'd heard about it. That's an improvement.