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theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
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It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
James D. Watson died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 97.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
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I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
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It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
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I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
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At first, I felt like I had freaking super powers. Like a PI with a nearly infinite supply of talented lab members, who worked at 1000x speed. It was exhilarating.
But then, the cracks started to show. TL;DR: If Claude were my grad student, I'd kick them out of my lab.
But then, the cracks started to show. TL;DR: If Claude were my grad student, I'd kick them out of my lab.
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
At first, I felt like I had freaking super powers. Like a PI with a nearly infinite supply of talented lab members, who worked at 1000x speed. It was exhilarating.
But then, the cracks started to show. TL;DR: If Claude were my grad student, I'd kick them out of my lab.
But then, the cracks started to show. TL;DR: If Claude were my grad student, I'd kick them out of my lab.
The “G” is for “Gaslighting”
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The “G” is for “Gaslighting”
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Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
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I grew up on these streets
August 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I grew up on these streets
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few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
Now do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew.
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
NIH spending battle’s ripple effect
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
I wish there were a better mechanism to flag papers whose core results have subsequently been overturned, and propagate those flags throughout the citation web containing such papers. Would be esp. helpful to jr scientists doing lit review and similar
Precisely why a powerful editor should not be retracting peer-reviewed no-misconduct articles 15 yrs after the fact just to score political points and attention. science is messy, and even wrong ideas can help lead us to better ones.
July 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I wish there were a better mechanism to flag papers whose core results have subsequently been overturned, and propagate those flags throughout the citation web containing such papers. Would be esp. helpful to jr scientists doing lit review and similar
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Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work
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theonion.com/relaxin...
July 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work
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theonion.com/relaxin...
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One thing that really bothers me with the new "virtual cell" terminology is that it is currently largely focused on a very narrow definition of models that can predict effects of trans perturbations (gene dosage, drugs etc) on gene expression. 1/
June 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
One thing that really bothers me with the new "virtual cell" terminology is that it is currently largely focused on a very narrow definition of models that can predict effects of trans perturbations (gene dosage, drugs etc) on gene expression. 1/
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If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
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Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful.
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful.
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
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Stockton, CA: Heavily armed masked kidnappers drove up in an unmarked car and pulled a landscaper out of his truck and kidnapped him. When the landscaping company owner asked the men what they were doing, the kidnappers assaulted him and pulled out a metal baton.
June 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Stockton, CA: Heavily armed masked kidnappers drove up in an unmarked car and pulled a landscaper out of his truck and kidnapped him. When the landscaping company owner asked the men what they were doing, the kidnappers assaulted him and pulled out a metal baton.
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The Trevor Project is triple matching donations right now. They work to prevent suicide in LGBTQ youth and are a miraculous organization that Trump just cutoff from the national suicide hotline.
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
Support Homepage
The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.
www.thetrevorproject.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Trevor Project is triple matching donations right now. They work to prevent suicide in LGBTQ youth and are a miraculous organization that Trump just cutoff from the national suicide hotline.
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
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Senator Padilla was no angel
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Senator Padilla was no angel