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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
I’ve been working on a cookbook designed to ruin lives and breakup families because of the demands placed a cook desperately trying to follow the recipes. We could use the proceeds to advance your proposal.
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
Can I say something …
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Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.
Lead Is Becoming More Common Among Protein Powders And Shakes, Report Says
Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.
www.forbes.com
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
They do! Slamming time.
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
Either we’ve given up on solving the Riemann hypothesis or the critical strip is about to cross an undefined boundary condition.
popcrave.com
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OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
‘I’ll do it but I’m not going to like it’
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
The breakdown of new awards by mechanism.

F30 (Predoc, MD/PhD)

FY2025: 196
FY2024: 253

F31 (Predoc, PhD)

FY2025: 670
FY2024: 1054

F32 (Postdoc)

FY2025: 216
FY2024: 350

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jeremymberg.bsky.social
A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards

Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)

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a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
media.tenor.com
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popcrave.com
OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.
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forbes.com
Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.
Lead Is Becoming More Common Among Protein Powders And Shakes, Report Says
Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.
www.forbes.com
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 6 more

paris.nyc
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
You stick in the mud.
I lovingly craft feedback.
I don’t use AI.
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ampolter.bsky.social
In which my family continues to support my career
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
Why do you hate poetry?
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isabelrogers.bsky.social
All I ask is that Radio 3 play all the movements a composer wrote. I know this ship has sailed so far over the horizon it is now upsidedown. But JEEZ we are not gnats with gnat-sized attention spans.

I don't send out individual chapters. Readers get the whole thing.

*waves kerchief sadly at ship*
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
Maybe you can unlock the safety as with the holodeck. Could make life exciting.

by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
I had always assumed that by that point in the timeline all disappearing polymorphs had been encountered.
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
The elders have spoken …

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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Good news: a grant I submitted got selected for an interview out of ~150 apps. Only 2 others got interviews!

Bad news: @skypeascientist.bsky.social was not selected in the end 😞

I will keep trying.

In the meantime, consider supporting our work with $5-10/month?

givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
Support Skype a Scientist!
By Skype a Scientist
givebutter.com
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Joshua S. Weitz, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

drugmonkey.bsky.social
NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...
NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.
The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Gavin L. Foster, Wim Thiery , and 3 more

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Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.

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Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com
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aphillippy.bsky.social
In honor of ASHG week (since I won’t be there), see "Choose your human genome reference wisely", in which Vivien Marx interviewed me @fergalmartin.bsky.social @lh3lh3.bsky.social @danrdanny.bsky.social @heidirehm.bsky.social and others on the state of the human reference rdcu.be/eJejg 🧵[1/10]
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dubcovskylab.bsky.social
Our Genome Biology paper on wheat spike development integrating single cell and spatial transcriptomics is now published! Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s130... and enjoy the beautiful pictures (including our 44 supplementary figures)! Be sure to check out some of our tools below!
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Joshua S. Weitz

jeremymberg.bsky.social
Looking forward to this discussion at the STAT Summit in Boston this Thursday.
Inside the Upheaval at NIH session with Jeremy Berg, Eric Green, and Mallory Harris, moderated by Anil Oza.
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Suzanne de Cheveigné, Christina Pagel

angierasmussen.bsky.social
The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Joshua S. Weitz, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

jeremymberg.bsky.social
This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.

undark.org/2025/10/09/o...

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation
The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.
undark.org
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Reposted by Jason Williams

grimmrad.bsky.social
Now do one on the cancelled and defunded pediatric brain tumor consortium.
Kids with brain cancer thrown off therapy and trials closed as no funding. That is what they are doing.
To feed the ego of one tiny man and fill his and their pockets.
www.childrensbraintumorproject.org/2025/08/29/n...
Long-Standing Consortium, PBTC, Loses Federal Funding
NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES THE END OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PBTC
www.childrensbraintumorproject.org
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by Jason Williams

jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social
Going back to the parret stage would be useful for the times we just want one corn.
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tomkimmerer.bsky.social
Albert Einstein's violin just sold for over $1,000,000, well above the expected price. Fine violins are valued for their quality as instruments, and for their history, including who played them. This was Einstein's first violin he bought at age 16, and sold in 1932 before he emigrated to the US.
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
There are many musicians among great scientists, but none more notable than Albert Einstein. He played the violin very well, and often practiced while solving physics problems. His violin, made in 189...
substack.com
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Reposted by Jason Williams, Philip Nel, Esther K. Choo , and 4 more

npr.org
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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by Jason Williams

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One of the best taste to looks ratios of any food.
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