Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 4hBREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” 9617318
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ok, what would you rate the dumbest comment? Beyond some level of idiocy, it gets hard to judge! 050
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You obviously haven’t been to Burning Man. 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s not so subtle and not limited to social interactions. It’s a general loss of awareness of everything in the environment, both natural and man made. No organism succeeds in a vacuum A few more decades of ignoring the world around us and we will be on our way out as a species. 101
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities. 7732341073
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Dead? I didn’t even know it was ill! 030
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialSam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What I think of trans people: they and I are paying $20/tank more for gas they and I are threatened by attacks on public health they and I have neighbors who are being attacked by ICE they and I face the end of U.S. scientific greatness they and I are having our federal government dismantled 025157
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136924892
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Brent Mydland is so far above Brent Crude—they’re not even in the same barrel. 000
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My quote of the day Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Leo Tolstoy 14311
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026More timely and tasteful would be a Mitch McConnell plushie in a velvet-lined box. 030
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialRussell Shilling @shilling.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Weird Al teaches us about the brain! @bwjones.bsky.social youtu.be/J6ILiEuUvM0?...youtu.beThe Brain Song – “Weird Al” YankovicYouTube video by alyankovic 054
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Your predictions do have a way of coming true! 000
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Of course there is an element of truth to this, which invites the only suitable response: 🤮 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026First they came for the trash bin and I did not speak out because I’m not a trash bin Then they came for the recycling bin and I did not speak out because I’m not a recycling bin Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak for me. 030
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/08/2026A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat.bit.lyTruckload of squid spills into the street in Rhode Island, creating a smelly mess in the summer heatA tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling into a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. 2115030
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 19/08/2026Stuart Firestein's new book, It Could Be Otherwise, is out. It completes the trilogy that began with Ignorance and Failure. I read an early version and it is terrific. Firestein shows how science actually works, and he makes the case that uncertainty is a feature, not a bug. 1184
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I saw them live years ago with George Thoroughgood opening. Raucous show attended by bikers and hippies alike. Lots of fun. I’m a fan, but I find it ironic that the guy in the middle is named Beard, and the dudes with the beards are not. 020
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026From The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 311386383
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/202641 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming. 393142865760
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialCeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026the tundra when it melts #climatechange 212077
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Absolutely gorgeous…except the mosquitos! 100
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience, New Age thinking, and fundamentalist zealotry and the testable hypotheses of science?" -The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan 000
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I would had loved to see him run again in 2016 or 2020, or fthat matter, even 2024! He is certainly looking older, but even now at 78, he is 2 years younger than the current ignoramus! Gore has the intellect, temperament, and kindness to have been a great President. 2458
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I agree. Political authority is inherent in the unitary executive, which SCOTUS clearly supports. It’s not only science, but media, environment, transportation,…everything except the Fed. Our only defense is wresting control of Congress to reform SCOTUS. Let’s hope we have the courage to do that! 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Oh yes! RIP Karl Wallinger, the most overlooked musical genius of the 80s and 90s. 110
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Al Stewart is an under-appreciated musical genius. 030
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I can’t wait to vote for him for president! 000
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Wouldn’t you rather be drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's? Sure beats Trader Joe’s 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026We had this one a few years ago…in your neck of the woods! 120
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I like your positivity. Hope you don’t have to eat another bug. 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Not to mention that it’s a very bad idea to elect a convicted felon who can avoid jail time by manipulating the justice system. What could possibly go wrong? 0122
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Sadly reminiscent of the great Woody Guthrie song Deportee: The skyplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon The great ball of fire it shook all our hills Who are these dear friends who are falling like dry leaves? Radio said, "They are just deportees" 041
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026If West Coast is an option, UC Berkeley is urban but adjacent to some of the most beautiful countryside anywhere. Best of both worlds. 120
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026If by succeeding wildly you mean embezzling billions and staying out of jail. 000
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Tony Clifton, Andy Kaufman’s alter ego. 060
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Not only higher education, “lower” education as well! It all improves the economy, prepares us to be critical thinkers and good citizens, and gives us an appreciation of art, music, and other cultures. It’s all good and deserving of our financial support! 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/s...nytimes.comNearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking 010
Reposted by @richkramerlab.bsky.socialBill Nihilist @wmkenkel.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Good luck to everyone who's also submitting a grant today. Bon chance, little R01! 091
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Good luck Sam! It would be great to have more rational scientists in Congress! Wish I could vote for you, but being a Californian and not a New Jerseyite, the most I can do is offer my well wishes ( and previous donation!). 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Even more rare for a science post to get me choked up. Now is truly the best of times, and not just the worst of times. 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Not indigenous to Hawaii. Most likely an agricultural strain that went rogue. 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026What you don’t know can’t hurt you. 000
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I wanted to hear his “upcoming interview with Bob Weir”, which shows you where this boomer is coming from! 010
richkramerlab.bsky.social @richkramerlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The professional dissonance must be hard to bear. You are living the old curse: “May you live in interesting times.” 010
