Nicholas Mancuso
@nmancuso.bsky.social
Associate Professor at USC. Genetics/Stats/ML. Husband and father. GA➡️CA. He/him. Views are mine.
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Nicholas Mancuso
@nmancuso.bsky.social
· Nov 17
a cartoon character with a skull on his face
ALT: a cartoon character with a skull on his face
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Who dares to disturb my slumber
NYT is dead lol. The most cynical take is that they do this on purpose for clicks in the short term, at the expense of trust and integrity in the long term.
The glamor shots are sending me
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NYT is dead lol. The most cynical take is that they do this on purpose for clicks in the short term, at the expense of trust and integrity in the long term.
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Yeah he knew and he isn't sorry.
Platner then again airily shrugs it off as being just "a skull & crossbones," chuckling slightly about it. He again reiterates that "skull & crossbones" logos have been "popular since the Romans" (not the greatest reference if you're trying to win over Jews, btw). 4/
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yeah he knew and he isn't sorry.
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Although I never examined this systematically, these tended to be grants focused on methods development.
Such applications tend to get middling scores because they may not be addressing the most compelling problems, but they can have huge impact if widely applicable methods are developed.
6/13
Such applications tend to get middling scores because they may not be addressing the most compelling problems, but they can have huge impact if widely applicable methods are developed.
6/13
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Although I never examined this systematically, these tended to be grants focused on methods development.
Such applications tend to get middling scores because they may not be addressing the most compelling problems, but they can have huge impact if widely applicable methods are developed.
6/13
Such applications tend to get middling scores because they may not be addressing the most compelling problems, but they can have huge impact if widely applicable methods are developed.
6/13
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SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the
@simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.
@simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the
@simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.
@simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.
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My center at NYU SoM is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in human genetics and genomics. It's a wonderful place to do science. Please apply or pass along. apply.interfolio.com/177375
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November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My center at NYU SoM is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in human genetics and genomics. It's a wonderful place to do science. Please apply or pass along. apply.interfolio.com/177375
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I think
1. The people who know what happened are the people who were in the room.
But
2. The NYT has lost trust in their integrity and that's their fault. You can't pester people into not being worried about how bad the integrity fails are.
1. The people who know what happened are the people who were in the room.
But
2. The NYT has lost trust in their integrity and that's their fault. You can't pester people into not being worried about how bad the integrity fails are.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think
1. The people who know what happened are the people who were in the room.
But
2. The NYT has lost trust in their integrity and that's their fault. You can't pester people into not being worried about how bad the integrity fails are.
1. The people who know what happened are the people who were in the room.
But
2. The NYT has lost trust in their integrity and that's their fault. You can't pester people into not being worried about how bad the integrity fails are.
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as a journalist, would you say, in general, that it is misogynist for parties outside a powerful institution to inquire about how the internal affairs of that institution are conducted
"I'm a rando who prefers to believe that everything is a conspiracy and am happy to tell women that I know better than she does how their literal job works" That a news org makes an editorial decision you wouldn't (or I wouldn't) doesn't mean someone is killing a story on behalf of a powerful person
"I write for the New York Times, and I can assure you that we've never buried stories on behalf of powerful people, many of those powerful people being part of NYT management. We only publish what's fit to print, like Zohran's application to Columbia that was leaked by a white nationalist"
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
as a journalist, would you say, in general, that it is misogynist for parties outside a powerful institution to inquire about how the internal affairs of that institution are conducted
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@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
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BW/DR sharing the eyes wide shut article today lmaooooo
“Kubrick is too mannered to ever think of surrendering his narrative vision to surrealism for its own sake. Nothing is done here out of simple absurdity. Everything is done with intent.”
Eyes Wide Shut (1999): Goats and Monkeys
You could say that Eyes Wide Shut has all the significance of a dream, and you might be correct. But as Alice says near the end of the film, ‘No dream is ever just a dream.’
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
BW/DR sharing the eyes wide shut article today lmaooooo
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one of the reasons science is unreasonably successful is that it makes as few assumptions as needed
a crucial one is observer independence — truth can never depend on shared politics, religion, ethnicity, or other personal characteristic
this is what makes international collaborations possible
a crucial one is observer independence — truth can never depend on shared politics, religion, ethnicity, or other personal characteristic
this is what makes international collaborations possible
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
one of the reasons science is unreasonably successful is that it makes as few assumptions as needed
a crucial one is observer independence — truth can never depend on shared politics, religion, ethnicity, or other personal characteristic
this is what makes international collaborations possible
a crucial one is observer independence — truth can never depend on shared politics, religion, ethnicity, or other personal characteristic
this is what makes international collaborations possible
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
Ok folks what's ur take on tan carhartt overalls/duck bib?
I need evidence, for reasons.
I need evidence, for reasons.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Ok folks what's ur take on tan carhartt overalls/duck bib?
I need evidence, for reasons.
I need evidence, for reasons.
Nothing more disappointing than trying out a new philly cheesesteak place that woefully under cheeses em
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Nothing more disappointing than trying out a new philly cheesesteak place that woefully under cheeses em
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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UF researchers coauthor more papers with authors based in China than with those based in any other other country in the world. This policy would wreck US science.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
UF researchers coauthor more papers with authors based in China than with those based in any other other country in the world. This policy would wreck US science.
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Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Defunding scientists for the nationality of who they co-author with or who they train.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
One of the most radical attack on freedom of speech in US history. A far right nationalist destruction of US science. Such a shameful time to be an American that this racist stupidity has become mainstream.
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INCREASED
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
INCREASED
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“a teenager with a homeless parent” what the fuck are you people even doing over there
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“a teenager with a homeless parent” what the fuck are you people even doing over there
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Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Why the fuck is this framed as “teenager chose to prostitute herself and ruined the career of innocent congressman”
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IU administrators can huff my greasy farts. Looking forward to the 1A lawsuit.
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
IU administrators can huff my greasy farts. Looking forward to the 1A lawsuit.
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We want our scientists to be renowned domestically… but not elite enough to be respected internationally.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We want our scientists to be renowned domestically… but not elite enough to be respected internationally.
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Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
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What a time to be on soft money and no tenure.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What a time to be on soft money and no tenure.
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I’m begging institutions not to outsource your judgment of faculty to this ridiculous and useless scheme
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I’m begging institutions not to outsource your judgment of faculty to this ridiculous and useless scheme
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at this point we need to call out the collaborators and enablers
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
teams that could have made revisions to build fundable applications will never get the chance to be mentored and grow because this administration hates knowledge
this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
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this is how we never end cancer
this is how we never end HIV
this is how we never end any fucking thing except ourselves
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
at this point we need to call out the collaborators and enablers
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over
the Vichy leaders who would rather hold onto power than defend the great achievements and future hope unto humanity that their own institutions, faculty, and students are famous for many times over