Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD
@prasad.bsky.social
Prof & Lab Head in NYC. 100% research: cell division, genome integrity, cancer.
Curious to a fault. Also πολύτροπος. Talking here for me alone. I listen to the finest worksong. Like/repost = bookmark/news, not agreement/endorsement.
Curious to a fault. Also πολύτροπος. Talking here for me alone. I listen to the finest worksong. Like/repost = bookmark/news, not agreement/endorsement.
no offense to friends quoted, but this is a trip on several levels
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
no offense to friends quoted, but this is a trip on several levels
The shutdown also highlighted this weakness — Democrats gave in because they (rightly or wrongly) feared getting the blame, which until then tilted heavily towards Trump.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The shutdown also highlighted this weakness — Democrats gave in because they (rightly or wrongly) feared getting the blame, which until then tilted heavily towards Trump.
what frightens Trump and his shrinking band of enablers about "don't give up the ship" is the bravery it alludes to, which is indelible and remembered every day
Over the years, there have been FIVE ships commissioned as the USS Lawrence in this young captain's honor
Over the years, there have been FIVE ships commissioned as the USS Lawrence in this young captain's honor
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
what frightens Trump and his shrinking band of enablers about "don't give up the ship" is the bravery it alludes to, which is indelible and remembered every day
Over the years, there have been FIVE ships commissioned as the USS Lawrence in this young captain's honor
Over the years, there have been FIVE ships commissioned as the USS Lawrence in this young captain's honor
if you relied on media coverage to understand the lethal threats to your family, you would fall prey to a massive, tragic, and preventable scourge of innumeracy in public citizenship that could cost you dearly
the news is very important, but so is data
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
the news is very important, but so is data
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
if you relied on media coverage to understand the lethal threats to your family, you would fall prey to a massive, tragic, and preventable scourge of innumeracy in public citizenship that could cost you dearly
the news is very important, but so is data
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
the news is very important, but so is data
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
apologized to the pork ofc
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
apologized to the pork ofc
I like and appreciate Brad, but when I hear things like this, I remember why I'm a Bitter Southerner. There are many tropes, myths, and libels that divide us. I reject them all. We have more in common than we realize.
Come sit a spell. I'll put the kettle on.
@bittersouth.bsky.social
Come sit a spell. I'll put the kettle on.
@bittersouth.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I like and appreciate Brad, but when I hear things like this, I remember why I'm a Bitter Southerner. There are many tropes, myths, and libels that divide us. I reject them all. We have more in common than we realize.
Come sit a spell. I'll put the kettle on.
@bittersouth.bsky.social
Come sit a spell. I'll put the kettle on.
@bittersouth.bsky.social
this might sound harsh, but it's also evidence-based
"More than a dozen OB-GYNs reviewed the case for ProPublica...Some described her condition as a 'ticking time bomb.' Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died."
"More than a dozen OB-GYNs reviewed the case for ProPublica...Some described her condition as a 'ticking time bomb.' Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died."
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
this might sound harsh, but it's also evidence-based
"More than a dozen OB-GYNs reviewed the case for ProPublica...Some described her condition as a 'ticking time bomb.' Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died."
"More than a dozen OB-GYNs reviewed the case for ProPublica...Some described her condition as a 'ticking time bomb.' Had Walker ended her pregnancy, every expert believed, she would not have died."
it is great and good that the Yale Budget Lab and the Center for American Progress have rid themselves of a burden
yet somehow Harvard's own students are not so lucky -- five courses including two large undergraduate courses are forced to continue despite the times
'tis a pity
yet somehow Harvard's own students are not so lucky -- five courses including two large undergraduate courses are forced to continue despite the times
'tis a pity
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
it is great and good that the Yale Budget Lab and the Center for American Progress have rid themselves of a burden
yet somehow Harvard's own students are not so lucky -- five courses including two large undergraduate courses are forced to continue despite the times
'tis a pity
yet somehow Harvard's own students are not so lucky -- five courses including two large undergraduate courses are forced to continue despite the times
'tis a pity
That’s what I understood. But there’s other language in the court decision that says what was filed didn’t reflect no-bill on count 1 but true bill on counts 2 and 3.
Maybe there’s something I’m not getting?
Maybe there’s something I’m not getting?
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That’s what I understood. But there’s other language in the court decision that says what was filed didn’t reflect no-bill on count 1 but true bill on counts 2 and 3.
Maybe there’s something I’m not getting?
Maybe there’s something I’m not getting?
this is disgusting but also consistent — who else could Summers solicit as a subject matter expert besides Epstein?
“Summers asked Epstein whether it was ‘meaningful’ to discuss the probability of ‘my getting horizontal w peril,’ drawing parallels to forecasting Trump’s reelection.”
“Summers asked Epstein whether it was ‘meaningful’ to discuss the probability of ‘my getting horizontal w peril,’ drawing parallels to forecasting Trump’s reelection.”
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
this is disgusting but also consistent — who else could Summers solicit as a subject matter expert besides Epstein?
“Summers asked Epstein whether it was ‘meaningful’ to discuss the probability of ‘my getting horizontal w peril,’ drawing parallels to forecasting Trump’s reelection.”
“Summers asked Epstein whether it was ‘meaningful’ to discuss the probability of ‘my getting horizontal w peril,’ drawing parallels to forecasting Trump’s reelection.”
LOL –– although I don't have the proper pantry to do the needful, the Saravanaa Bhavan location in Murray Hill opens at 9 AM
www.saravanaabhavan.us/location/sar...
www.saravanaabhavan.us/location/sar...
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
LOL –– although I don't have the proper pantry to do the needful, the Saravanaa Bhavan location in Murray Hill opens at 9 AM
www.saravanaabhavan.us/location/sar...
www.saravanaabhavan.us/location/sar...
It seems we learned nothing from the horror and stupidity of the "Torture Memos," except a lust for extrajudicial violence
Instead of waterboarding supposed 9/11 masterminds, we are deep-siding men in boats that we haven't identified, know nothing about, & send home if they live despite our agency
Instead of waterboarding supposed 9/11 masterminds, we are deep-siding men in boats that we haven't identified, know nothing about, & send home if they live despite our agency
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It seems we learned nothing from the horror and stupidity of the "Torture Memos," except a lust for extrajudicial violence
Instead of waterboarding supposed 9/11 masterminds, we are deep-siding men in boats that we haven't identified, know nothing about, & send home if they live despite our agency
Instead of waterboarding supposed 9/11 masterminds, we are deep-siding men in boats that we haven't identified, know nothing about, & send home if they live despite our agency
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
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'm not sure about the personal eschatology of every Republican who supported (and still supports) Trump, but this is not a good sign for their reception after all is said and done
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm not sure about the personal eschatology of every Republican who supported (and still supports) Trump, but this is not a good sign for their reception after all is said and done
as NOAA explains here, the Aurora Borealis is explained by our understanding of how electromagnetic fields work www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/auro...
to wonder is to seek a cure for ignorance, not to wallow in it as a perpetual Plato’s cave
to wonder is to seek a cure for ignorance, not to wallow in it as a perpetual Plato’s cave
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
as NOAA explains here, the Aurora Borealis is explained by our understanding of how electromagnetic fields work www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/auro...
to wonder is to seek a cure for ignorance, not to wallow in it as a perpetual Plato’s cave
to wonder is to seek a cure for ignorance, not to wallow in it as a perpetual Plato’s cave
www.statnews.com/2019/01/11/l...
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
www.statnews.com/2019/01/11/l...
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
if/when we or another species improves this technology to communicate via olfaction (our most ancient sense anatomically [CN I in the figure below]), I fear humanity will be undone
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
if/when we or another species improves this technology to communicate via olfaction (our most ancient sense anatomically [CN I in the figure below]), I fear humanity will be undone
pitchers have ears
October 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
pitchers have ears
mockery is what the namesake amphibians in Aristophanes's "The Frogs" do to the Greek god Dionysus, who is rowing a boat and complaining about his sore butt
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
mockery is what the namesake amphibians in Aristophanes's "The Frogs" do to the Greek god Dionysus, who is rowing a boat and complaining about his sore butt
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
how hard is it to find an elected Republican official who is outraged by this stuff? it's like searching for an honest and righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
how hard is it to find an elected Republican official who is outraged by this stuff? it's like searching for an honest and righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah
once again I'm begging the people who write these sorts of headlines to learn a crumb of statistics
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
once again I'm begging the people who write these sorts of headlines to learn a crumb of statistics
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
Merida Aguilar’s request to stay in the US to care for Jair, a US citizen ― and to continue as sole financial support for his wife and their two other citizen children ― has been denied by ICE.
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Merida Aguilar’s request to stay in the US to care for Jair, a US citizen ― and to continue as sole financial support for his wife and their two other citizen children ― has been denied by ICE.
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
this was an egregious mistake by Roberts, who cannot contemplate that his theory of the 'unitary executive' is a zero-day exploit
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
this was an egregious mistake by Roberts, who cannot contemplate that his theory of the 'unitary executive' is a zero-day exploit
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands