Prof-Like Substance
@proflikesubst.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist and blogger; hater of semicolons. Zuul enthusiast.
Love this for him.
Fox News: "A shocking poll shows Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is leading in the race for incumbent Republican John Cornyn's Senate seat."
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Love this for him.
Pope smoke: The OG gender reveal.
May 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Pope smoke: The OG gender reveal.
Literally no one needs the sequestered cardinals and "raw dogging" in the same sentence. Please. Haven't we suffered enough?
CBS on the cardinals: "One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated. I believe the kids call it rawdogging."
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Literally no one needs the sequestered cardinals and "raw dogging" in the same sentence. Please. Haven't we suffered enough?
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Heartbreaking: The Worst Institution You Know Just Made A Great Point
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Heartbreaking: The Worst Institution You Know Just Made A Great Point
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Not the headline I want to post. But for everyone trying to understand what’s happening at UMass Chan, why things are so difficult, this is what’s happening. We are a service institution. We educate; we care; we give; we serve rural MA. We dont make money. Our own govt is crushing us. Link below
April 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Not the headline I want to post. But for everyone trying to understand what’s happening at UMass Chan, why things are so difficult, this is what’s happening. We are a service institution. We educate; we care; we give; we serve rural MA. We dont make money. Our own govt is crushing us. Link below
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This is how it starts. With people you don’t know, maybe you disagree with.
They start to go away, to disappear, maybe you barely notice.
This is how it starts, but this isn’t how it ends.
You know this, because you know history.
They start to go away, to disappear, maybe you barely notice.
This is how it starts, but this isn’t how it ends.
You know this, because you know history.
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is how it starts. With people you don’t know, maybe you disagree with.
They start to go away, to disappear, maybe you barely notice.
This is how it starts, but this isn’t how it ends.
You know this, because you know history.
They start to go away, to disappear, maybe you barely notice.
This is how it starts, but this isn’t how it ends.
You know this, because you know history.
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A831
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(March 5, 2025]
On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.
The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiancyolrpahy5eevk7jckhjxanf3xodqpitrzmowz5o6ke7ukg7sq@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
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For any REI members who may not realize there is a Board election, or that it is contentious, see this. I ended up supporting one and not supporting the other two. do your research, make your call and VOTE.
If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
For any REI members who may not realize there is a Board election, or that it is contentious, see this. I ended up supporting one and not supporting the other two. do your research, make your call and VOTE.
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art posted this today and it’s still cracking me up
February 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art posted this today and it’s still cracking me up
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Me: Oh no that trolley is going to run us over!
Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂
Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂
January 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Me: Oh no that trolley is going to run us over!
Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂
Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂
TikTok getting barely banned and Microsoft teams just out here living a good life.
January 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
TikTok getting barely banned and Microsoft teams just out here living a good life.
Every one of these rubes could have been my ex-FiL. Bad facial hair and 3 inch dicks they haven't seen in decades. All have done fine for themselves (They afforded the trip), but something something immigrants. He even depended on immigrant labor for his company but they were "the good ones'.
MAGA in DC just being told that Trump just said the inauguration will now be inside: “So we’re not gonna see it in person? I don’t like it. We came all the way from OK. We might as well stayed home & watched it on TV. It sucks. We have farms. We don’t get to not feed the cows cause it’s cold.”
January 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Every one of these rubes could have been my ex-FiL. Bad facial hair and 3 inch dicks they haven't seen in decades. All have done fine for themselves (They afforded the trip), but something something immigrants. He even depended on immigrant labor for his company but they were "the good ones'.
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Dear meeting organizers:
Picking the same senior PIs to keynote/give talks at meetings, who's talks I've seen a dozen times already, is not a great use of everyone's time. Nor does it highlight all of the rich talent in your field from more junior folks and peeps not at "elite" institutions.
Picking the same senior PIs to keynote/give talks at meetings, who's talks I've seen a dozen times already, is not a great use of everyone's time. Nor does it highlight all of the rich talent in your field from more junior folks and peeps not at "elite" institutions.
January 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dear meeting organizers:
Picking the same senior PIs to keynote/give talks at meetings, who's talks I've seen a dozen times already, is not a great use of everyone's time. Nor does it highlight all of the rich talent in your field from more junior folks and peeps not at "elite" institutions.
Picking the same senior PIs to keynote/give talks at meetings, who's talks I've seen a dozen times already, is not a great use of everyone's time. Nor does it highlight all of the rich talent in your field from more junior folks and peeps not at "elite" institutions.
Science: It’s a meritocracy!
Also science: Show us your lineage so we minimize the mutts.
Also science: Show us your lineage so we minimize the mutts.
HHMI applicants probably want to highlight training with an HHMI or NAS mentor in their statement...
January 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Science: It’s a meritocracy!
Also science: Show us your lineage so we minimize the mutts.
Also science: Show us your lineage so we minimize the mutts.
Hot take with AI playing a major role in the Nobels this year: I think NSF and NIH should make people proposing AI projects to submit an energy usage estimate. How much energy will you burn on this and where does the data center you’re going to use draw power from?
December 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
My DAUGHTER would be embarrassed if I did this for her and she's a teenager who is NOT trying to lead the DoD.
NEWS
Pete Hegseth told Republican Study Committee members that his mom has been making calls to US Senators on his behalf.
Per The Hill.
Pete Hegseth told Republican Study Committee members that his mom has been making calls to US Senators on his behalf.
Per The Hill.
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
My DAUGHTER would be embarrassed if I did this for her and she's a teenager who is NOT trying to lead the DoD.
Helluva a time for the CEO to make that call....
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Helluva a time for the CEO to make that call....
JIMOTHY!
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown
“The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.”
“The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Midtown: sources
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was killed in a Midtown shooting Wednesday morning, sources told PIX11 News. Brian Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. near a hotel o…
pix11.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:13 PM
JIMOTHY!
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
@glaucomflecken.bsky.social
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I would say based on my last 4 years on study section (12 panels: ~600 grants discussed) even saying 80% exceeding the modular cap is a low estimate. Modular proposals are now a 'one in a blue moon' experience.
Investigators: ask for what you need.
Investigators: ask for what you need.
The community has now moved on from the modular cap with almost all R01 applications exceeding the $250 K cap.
Investigators who stay below the modular cap are disadvantaging themselves.
12/n
Investigators who stay below the modular cap are disadvantaging themselves.
12/n
November 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
I would say based on my last 4 years on study section (12 panels: ~600 grants discussed) even saying 80% exceeding the modular cap is a low estimate. Modular proposals are now a 'one in a blue moon' experience.
Investigators: ask for what you need.
Investigators: ask for what you need.
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Everyone with power should be pointing out that the emperor has no clothes, not bowing and scraping.
Yeah, we're all worried about funding, Marcia. But some of us are worried about people more.
Science is based on data. And in our current environment? That's what makes it incredibly political.
Yeah, we're all worried about funding, Marcia. But some of us are worried about people more.
Science is based on data. And in our current environment? That's what makes it incredibly political.
In the wake of the U.S. election, Natl Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt has authored a spot-on editorial in Science, stressing the apolitical nature of science and how it remains vital to informing a lot of public policy. Best read all week!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scipol 🧪
#scipol 🧪
November 16, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Everyone with power should be pointing out that the emperor has no clothes, not bowing and scraping.
Yeah, we're all worried about funding, Marcia. But some of us are worried about people more.
Science is based on data. And in our current environment? That's what makes it incredibly political.
Yeah, we're all worried about funding, Marcia. But some of us are worried about people more.
Science is based on data. And in our current environment? That's what makes it incredibly political.
This never works. Politicians make anything political when it suits their needs. Of course McNutt also claimed it was apolitical not to address the multiple Title IX cases against academy members. She too, uses “political” when it suits her.
In the wake of the U.S. election, Natl Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt has authored a spot-on editorial in Science, stressing the apolitical nature of science and how it remains vital to informing a lot of public policy. Best read all week!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scipol 🧪
#scipol 🧪
November 16, 2024 at 1:15 PM
This never works. Politicians make anything political when it suits their needs. Of course McNutt also claimed it was apolitical not to address the multiple Title IX cases against academy members. She too, uses “political” when it suits her.
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today i learned, in an email from NICHD, that the NIH has a student loan repayment program (up to $50K of loan repayment annually) for post-PhD researchers
having existing NIH funding is *not* required. applications due 21 November
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ne...
www.lrp.nih.gov
having existing NIH funding is *not* required. applications due 21 November
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ne...
www.lrp.nih.gov
October 24, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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October 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM