Jeffrey Perkel (he/him)
@jperkel.bsky.social
Technology Editor at Nature magazine (@nature.com) #rstats #scicomm. Love is love. 💕
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What it was like inside last week’s MAHA Summit, by @maxkozlov.bsky.social who was there:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What it was like inside last week’s MAHA Summit, by @maxkozlov.bsky.social who was there:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This week's Dingus of the Week from @lyz.bsky.social is a thing of beauty! www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...
Dingus of the week: Lindsey Halligan | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This week's Dingus of the Week from @lyz.bsky.social is a thing of beauty! www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...
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I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade
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People always used to tell me that freelancing is "feast or famine"
It's not.
It's fucking around and finding out.
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/feast-and-...
It's not.
It's fucking around and finding out.
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/feast-and-...
Feast and Famine: Or FAFO
Feast, you see, implies joy. And famine implies misery.
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People always used to tell me that freelancing is "feast or famine"
It's not.
It's fucking around and finding out.
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/feast-and-...
It's not.
It's fucking around and finding out.
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/feast-and-...
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Expressing unpopular political opinions over Thanksgiving dinner with MAGA relatives can dramatically slash your gift-giving budget this Christmas.
Follow me for more money-saving tips and tricks.
Follow me for more money-saving tips and tricks.
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Expressing unpopular political opinions over Thanksgiving dinner with MAGA relatives can dramatically slash your gift-giving budget this Christmas.
Follow me for more money-saving tips and tricks.
Follow me for more money-saving tips and tricks.
Here's a fun column! Carsten Lund Pedersen uses #AI to create a kind of career advisory panel. Panelists include digital simulacra of Einstein, Bohr, Feynman, and on one memorable occasion, Bond author Ian Fleming. Here's how he did it.
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I have Einstein, Bohr and Feynman in my pocket
Grappling with difficulties in your career? Try asking an AI-powered advisory panel of experts, suggests Carsten Lund Pedersen.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Here's a fun column! Carsten Lund Pedersen uses #AI to create a kind of career advisory panel. Panelists include digital simulacra of Einstein, Bohr, Feynman, and on one memorable occasion, Bond author Ian Fleming. Here's how he did it.
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“This new class of genetically encoded sensors has really opened up this world.” New @nature.com, what's new in the world of genetically encoded neurochemical sensors. by @dianakwon.bsky.social 🧪 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How genetically encoded sensors have lit up neuroscience
Tools that track specific molecules in neurons have enabled researchers to probe previously unexplored aspects of neurobiology — although important caveats remain.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“This new class of genetically encoded sensors has really opened up this world.” New @nature.com, what's new in the world of genetically encoded neurochemical sensors. by @dianakwon.bsky.social 🧪 🧠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Writing scientific software is time-consuming and technical. Google’s new development workflow aims to automate the process by allowing software to evolve, building on both existing tools and online resources. New @nature.com, by @silverjacket.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google AI aims to make best-in-class scientific software even better
An artificial-intelligence-guided software-evolution system tweaks tools to boost performance.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Writing scientific software is time-consuming and technical. Google’s new development workflow aims to automate the process by allowing software to evolve, building on both existing tools and online resources. New @nature.com, by @silverjacket.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read this fantastic defense of independent journalism by @marisakabas.bsky.social. Bravo! 👏 www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-c...
Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime
My full remarks to students and faculty at Grinnell College.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Read this fantastic defense of independent journalism by @marisakabas.bsky.social. Bravo! 👏 www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-c...
😱 Fascinating and terrifying thought experiment from @lauriewired.bsky.social: "The original sin of computing ... that no one can fix". TL;DR: how much can you trust your compiler? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3l...
The Original Sin of Computing...that no one can fix
YouTube video by LaurieWired
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
😱 Fascinating and terrifying thought experiment from @lauriewired.bsky.social: "The original sin of computing ... that no one can fix". TL;DR: how much can you trust your compiler? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu3l...
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America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
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Democracy in action, Illinois.
Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.
Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.
October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Democracy in action, Illinois.
Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.
Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.
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Meanwhile in Alabama
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Meanwhile in Alabama
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12 years ago, I typed my first "Hello world!".
It is not easy to learn bioinformatics from scratch.
But it is possible if you put in effort and have a clear pathway.
read my story here divingintogeneticsandgenomics.com/publication...
It is not easy to learn bioinformatics from scratch.
But it is possible if you put in effort and have a clear pathway.
read my story here divingintogeneticsandgenomics.com/publication...
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
12 years ago, I typed my first "Hello world!".
It is not easy to learn bioinformatics from scratch.
But it is possible if you put in effort and have a clear pathway.
read my story here divingintogeneticsandgenomics.com/publication...
It is not easy to learn bioinformatics from scratch.
But it is possible if you put in effort and have a clear pathway.
read my story here divingintogeneticsandgenomics.com/publication...
Fluorescent proteins are usually distinguished by their color. A new breed of FPs can be distinguished by 'fluorescence lifetime', too! Interesting read from @sjmelchor.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Time-resolved fluorescent proteins expand the microscopy palette
An innovative strategy has produced light-emitting proteins that can be differentiated both by colour and by how long the molecules remain in an excited state.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fluorescent proteins are usually distinguished by their color. A new breed of FPs can be distinguished by 'fluorescence lifetime', too! Interesting read from @sjmelchor.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“It’s a really nice, completely closed loop where the end user is also the data provider.” New @nature.com, a fascinating read by Heather Richardson on the rising use of 'digital twins' in #ecology. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour
‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“It’s a really nice, completely closed loop where the end user is also the data provider.” New @nature.com, a fascinating read by Heather Richardson on the rising use of 'digital twins' in #ecology. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'Digital twins' have been used to model everything from electronics components to UK hospital wards and even the nation of Singapore. Now, they are transforming ecology research. Heather Richardson reports @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
'Digital twins' have been used to model everything from electronics components to UK hospital wards and even the nation of Singapore. Now, they are transforming ecology research. Heather Richardson reports @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I wrote about the Elizabeth Holmes of the media lyz.substack.com/p/let-the-al...
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I wrote about the Elizabeth Holmes of the media lyz.substack.com/p/let-the-al...
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Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.
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Important story by @scattercushion.bsky.social @nature.com
Very nice reporting on the importance—and the vulnerability— of model organism databases
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Important story by @scattercushion.bsky.social @nature.com
Very nice reporting on the importance—and the vulnerability— of model organism databases
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Important story by @scattercushion.bsky.social @nature.com