Manny Ares 👀
@mannyares.bsky.social
"RNA is the love language of the genome."
Science person, RNA fan, lab account over at areslab.bsky.social
Interested in RNAs that must adopt two or more distinct structures to function. Also interested in mechanisms of intron gain during genome evolution.
Science person, RNA fan, lab account over at areslab.bsky.social
Interested in RNAs that must adopt two or more distinct structures to function. Also interested in mechanisms of intron gain during genome evolution.
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I found a paper in the wild today where I couldn't click through to the cited references, because the DOIs for them appeared to have been sampled from a large language model instead of actually looked up, producing plausible-looking but wrong links.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I found a paper in the wild today where I couldn't click through to the cited references, because the DOIs for them appeared to have been sampled from a large language model instead of actually looked up, producing plausible-looking but wrong links.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Literally zooming into a dark age somehow hastened by technology and innovation is weird to think about
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Literally zooming into a dark age somehow hastened by technology and innovation is weird to think about
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the highest crime you can commit in this country is to be right too soon. the second highest crime to correctly blame capitalism.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
the highest crime you can commit in this country is to be right too soon. the second highest crime to correctly blame capitalism.
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There has always been this one XKCD that makes me cry. I guess there is two now.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There has always been this one XKCD that makes me cry. I guess there is two now.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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They named the snowplows 🥹
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
They named the snowplows 🥹
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My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I'm going to die because RFK Jr. cancelled the clinical trials that might have cured my cancer. But at least I know there won't be any same-sex couples in the next Frozen movie.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My kids have measles, I lost my job, and I'm going to die because RFK Jr. cancelled the clinical trials that might have cured my cancer. But at least I know there won't be any same-sex couples in the next Frozen movie.
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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 3:31 AM
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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unexpected collision of my two worlds this week: (1) thrilled to be enveloped by the mesmerizing vibes of the American Analog Set, 1st show in 20 years! (2) learned that Andrew Kenny, gtr/vox of AmAnSet and Wooden Birds, studied biochemistry and worked for years in fly RNA regulation! what?! 🎸+🪰+🧬=❤️
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
unexpected collision of my two worlds this week: (1) thrilled to be enveloped by the mesmerizing vibes of the American Analog Set, 1st show in 20 years! (2) learned that Andrew Kenny, gtr/vox of AmAnSet and Wooden Birds, studied biochemistry and worked for years in fly RNA regulation! what?! 🎸+🪰+🧬=❤️
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In a special edition of her “How to teach this paper” column, Ashley Juavinett @analog-ashley.bsky.social explains how to best educate students about how the business of scientific research actually works.
www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...
#neuroskyence
How to teach students about science funding
As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In a special edition of her “How to teach this paper” column, Ashley Juavinett @analog-ashley.bsky.social explains how to best educate students about how the business of scientific research actually works.
www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...
#neuroskyence
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ALERT: this website remains in Elevated Screaming Lungfish Mode.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
March 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
ALERT: this website remains in Elevated Screaming Lungfish Mode.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
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"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Schrodinger's peace plan
can anybody tell me whether the current position of the United States Government is 1) we wrote the Ukraine surrender plan we presented or 2) we did not write the Ukraine surrender plan we presented
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Schrodinger's peace plan
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Okay he may cause mass death and suffering, he may have destroyed the lives of many people who loved him, but you can’t deny the irresistible charm of a man whose sexts sound like an AI prompt for “handwritten novel you find in your grandmother’s desk drawer after she dies”
Every single time I read something like this, which is getting to be twice a week minimum, I think of Bill Cassidy changing his vote to “yes” because RFK jr told Cassidy they would have special biweekly phone calls.
RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC’s new guidance on vaccines and autism | CNN
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autis...
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Okay he may cause mass death and suffering, he may have destroyed the lives of many people who loved him, but you can’t deny the irresistible charm of a man whose sexts sound like an AI prompt for “handwritten novel you find in your grandmother’s desk drawer after she dies”
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Loved this one:
Brains of the living and deceased have differences in RNA splicing
Death can be a simple thing after all...
www.the-scientist.com/deceased-and...
Brains of the living and deceased have differences in RNA splicing
Death can be a simple thing after all...
www.the-scientist.com/deceased-and...
Deceased and Live Brains Modify RNA and Express Protein Differently
The Living Brain Project showed that live brain samples from patients undergoing deep brain stimulation revealed differences in RNA splicing and protein expression compared to postmortem brain tissue.
www.the-scientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Loved this one:
Brains of the living and deceased have differences in RNA splicing
Death can be a simple thing after all...
www.the-scientist.com/deceased-and...
Brains of the living and deceased have differences in RNA splicing
Death can be a simple thing after all...
www.the-scientist.com/deceased-and...
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Just so. A university that surrenders to this belligerent, anti-intellectual nonsense has lost much of its claim to be a university at all.
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just so. A university that surrenders to this belligerent, anti-intellectual nonsense has lost much of its claim to be a university at all.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
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"We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces."
- Carl Sagan.
- Carl Sagan.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces."
- Carl Sagan.
- Carl Sagan.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
Really circling the drain now aren't we.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Really circling the drain now aren't we.
A virus has infected the CDC. The forces of dumb are winning. We must now take medical advice from the sentient governments of the world, as ours seems intent on undermining effective medical interventions.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A virus has infected the CDC. The forces of dumb are winning. We must now take medical advice from the sentient governments of the world, as ours seems intent on undermining effective medical interventions.