Brandon Zipp
@zippypickle.bsky.social
Curiosity driven. Ph.D. Biochemist and generalist. I love crazy endurance cycling and running events! Founder and CEO of Placer Biosciences. Lifelong volunteer with Scouting America. Posts are my own and probably wrong...
LOL. We're a startup again! Rise and grind you lowly peons...
Sometimes, founding a startup just once isn’t enough.
Is it time to ‘refound’ your startup? | TechCrunch
Sometimes, founding a startup just once isn’t enough.
techcrunch.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
LOL. We're a startup again! Rise and grind you lowly peons...
"...we are being lead by a swarm of incompetent ideologues and ignorant grifters who are relentlessly ruining everything they touch. Every part of the federal government is being degraded right in front of us..."
Dark days for the FDA, biotech, pharma, and science. Going in the wrong direction.
Dark days for the FDA, biotech, pharma, and science. Going in the wrong direction.
At the CDC and the FDA, regulatory chaos reigns. And this is exactly what we don’t need:
Complete Regulatory Chaos
www.science.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"...we are being lead by a swarm of incompetent ideologues and ignorant grifters who are relentlessly ruining everything they touch. Every part of the federal government is being degraded right in front of us..."
Dark days for the FDA, biotech, pharma, and science. Going in the wrong direction.
Dark days for the FDA, biotech, pharma, and science. Going in the wrong direction.
Deputy Dirtbag thought he was smoking meth he confiscated, but it was fentanyl - and he OD'd on the job. Sad ending. But he didn't OD from just touching it!!! Another example for @ryanmarino.bsky.social
www.kcra.com/article/sacr...
www.kcra.com/article/sacr...
Former Sacramento deputy kills 11-year-old son, is fatally shot after I-5 chase, officials say
Marvin Morales, 40, was previously found to have lied about a 2023 fentanyl overdose on the job.
www.kcra.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Deputy Dirtbag thought he was smoking meth he confiscated, but it was fentanyl - and he OD'd on the job. Sad ending. But he didn't OD from just touching it!!! Another example for @ryanmarino.bsky.social
www.kcra.com/article/sacr...
www.kcra.com/article/sacr...
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
Media: "Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoths body"
Any scientist who has ever worked with RNA, even in the best of conditions: No F'n way...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Any scientist who has ever worked with RNA, even in the best of conditions: No F'n way...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body
Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Media: "Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoths body"
Any scientist who has ever worked with RNA, even in the best of conditions: No F'n way...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Any scientist who has ever worked with RNA, even in the best of conditions: No F'n way...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Aurora in Northern California!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Aurora in Northern California!!!!
If you brag that you fired 5 rounds, create 7 holes, and the person survives.
Then you're a terrible shot.
And a douchebag.
Then you're a terrible shot.
And a douchebag.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you brag that you fired 5 rounds, create 7 holes, and the person survives.
Then you're a terrible shot.
And a douchebag.
Then you're a terrible shot.
And a douchebag.
So my congressman Kevin Kiley (R) just had his CA-3rd district redrawn blue. Adios re-election plans!
He can now do the funniest thing: sign on to release the Epstein files, and go down in history for breaking both the shutdown- and the fascist aspirations of Trump.
#LetsGoKevin #prop50 #CA3rd
He can now do the funniest thing: sign on to release the Epstein files, and go down in history for breaking both the shutdown- and the fascist aspirations of Trump.
#LetsGoKevin #prop50 #CA3rd
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
So my congressman Kevin Kiley (R) just had his CA-3rd district redrawn blue. Adios re-election plans!
He can now do the funniest thing: sign on to release the Epstein files, and go down in history for breaking both the shutdown- and the fascist aspirations of Trump.
#LetsGoKevin #prop50 #CA3rd
He can now do the funniest thing: sign on to release the Epstein files, and go down in history for breaking both the shutdown- and the fascist aspirations of Trump.
#LetsGoKevin #prop50 #CA3rd
In short: immigration makes us better, and kinder.
Great piece on baseball and society by James Rainey.
www.latimes.com/california/n...
Great piece on baseball and society by James Rainey.
www.latimes.com/california/n...
Immigration beat down? Not with Dodgers epitomizing baseball's international flair
Your morning catch up: The Dodgers' United Nations path to World Series title, thousands find food banks as SNAP benefits lapse and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In short: immigration makes us better, and kinder.
Great piece on baseball and society by James Rainey.
www.latimes.com/california/n...
Great piece on baseball and society by James Rainey.
www.latimes.com/california/n...
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FINAL: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4
▪️ THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE 2025 MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 🏆🔵⚪️
#WorldSeries #MLB #baseball
▪️ THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE 2025 MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 🏆🔵⚪️
#WorldSeries #MLB #baseball
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
FINAL: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4
▪️ THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE 2025 MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 🏆🔵⚪️
#WorldSeries #MLB #baseball
▪️ THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE 2025 MLB WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 🏆🔵⚪️
#WorldSeries #MLB #baseball
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It bears repeating: the opioid epidemic, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives, was sparked by the activities of U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies and distributors. It was a homegrown, man-made plague.
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It bears repeating: the opioid epidemic, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives, was sparked by the activities of U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies and distributors. It was a homegrown, man-made plague.
We used to call these "weineritos"
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We used to call these "weineritos"
The former Director of the NIGMS is trolling the current Director of the NIH and I am here for it.
Happy Halloween!
I just sent this to Director Bhattacharya.
Full message:
I know you frequently play a scientist on podcasts and I thought this might come in handy. Who knows? It might help you act more like a scientist at work.
I just sent this to Director Bhattacharya.
Full message:
I know you frequently play a scientist on podcasts and I thought this might come in handy. Who knows? It might help you act more like a scientist at work.
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The former Director of the NIGMS is trolling the current Director of the NIH and I am here for it.
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This is the ideal patriot. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
(Article here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c... )
(Article here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c... )
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is the ideal patriot. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
(Article here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c... )
(Article here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c... )
Kitted out for WW3 and dude is wearing Vans.
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Kitted out for WW3 and dude is wearing Vans.
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
2025-09-08: Scouting America has dropped it's DEI training and old links to the training receive a 404 page not found error.
I'm not surprised. But man, what crappy leadership.
I'm not surprised. But man, what crappy leadership.
As of 2025-01-31 the optional "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scouting Volunteer Training" is still available from Scouting America. As a Scout leader and proud parent of a girl in scouts, I took the training as soon as it was available. Wondering how long it will last...
September 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
2025-09-08: Scouting America has dropped it's DEI training and old links to the training receive a 404 page not found error.
I'm not surprised. But man, what crappy leadership.
I'm not surprised. But man, what crappy leadership.
@duke-of-neural.bsky.social
Is this my aggie Dr Phil? Howdy!
Is this my aggie Dr Phil? Howdy!
a bald man with a mustache is wearing a purple shirt
ALT: a bald man with a mustache is wearing a purple shirt
media.tenor.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
@duke-of-neural.bsky.social
Is this my aggie Dr Phil? Howdy!
Is this my aggie Dr Phil? Howdy!
Trees are literally solar powered, converting sunlight into wood. This group wants to culture tree cells in reactors- which would require feeding the culture sugars processed from another plant. Am I missing something here? There's no way the economics work. Thoughts @synbio1.bsky.social ? #woodgang
September 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Trees are literally solar powered, converting sunlight into wood. This group wants to culture tree cells in reactors- which would require feeding the culture sugars processed from another plant. Am I missing something here? There's no way the economics work. Thoughts @synbio1.bsky.social ? #woodgang
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On this date in 2008 RATM was scheduled to perform at a protest festival against the RNC in Minneapolis. As we approached the stage the cops blocked us, pulled the plug and threatened arrest.
September 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On this date in 2008 RATM was scheduled to perform at a protest festival against the RNC in Minneapolis. As we approached the stage the cops blocked us, pulled the plug and threatened arrest.
“This is my rake. There are many like it, but this one is mine.”
As everyone knows, “True warfighters instilled with the warfighting ethos, however, know that a warfighting ethos is only at its warfighting ethos-iest when warfighters are fighting a war on boredom. And here among the embattled mulch beds of D.C., cousin, boredom is ah-boomin.”
This is absolutely amazing. From the Air Force Times, too. Read w tongue in cheek.
www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...
www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...
August 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“This is my rake. There are many like it, but this one is mine.”
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
August 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Perfect! Between "Physical Inactivity" and type II diabetes, most Americans are still eligible for a covid booster!
FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
August 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Perfect! Between "Physical Inactivity" and type II diabetes, most Americans are still eligible for a covid booster!
Which big pharma will be first to cut a deal? Would 10% equity convert to faster and guaranteed FDA approvals? Less rigorous clinical trials? Less scrutiny of adverse events? No black box warnings?
Perfectly normal and OK. Right?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
Hey Albert Bourla and all the other biopharma CEOs who have been trying to butter these people up: how goes it? You liking what you see, from Trump and from RFK, Jr.?
Trump: We’re going to be doing numbers on the cost of drugs in this country. I'm not talking about a 20% decrease, I'm talking about a 1000% decrease.
August 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Which big pharma will be first to cut a deal? Would 10% equity convert to faster and guaranteed FDA approvals? Less rigorous clinical trials? Less scrutiny of adverse events? No black box warnings?
I do not want, nor will I live under a dictator.
August 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I do not want, nor will I live under a dictator.