Reposted by Evan ErnstWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity. 841964388
Reposted by Evan ErnstNoise Engineering @noiseeng.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NEW MODULE ALERT x16: We may have overdone it. Legio already had 7 firmwares. So naturally, we made 16 new Legio firmwares available now, bringing the platform to 23 free firmwares in total. Need a Legio? We have plenty available in our webshop. 23 Firmwares. One Legio. 051
Reposted by Evan ErnstChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 28/08/20263 new GitHub repositories from me! I put what I'm teaching on GitHub. Module 1: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 2: github.com/cxli233/Sect... Module 3: github.com/cxli233/Sect... #Rstats #Datavisgithub.comGitHub - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro: R programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualizationR programming foundations for bioinformatics, data science, and data visualization - cxli233/Section-301-R-Programming-Intro 14914
Reposted by Evan ErnstAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2026BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comCapital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related SuitCapital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter... 655118064910
Reposted by Evan ErnstAlex Cope, PhD (he/him) @alexcope241.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If anyone is looking for a postdoc/staff scientist with experience in evolutionary genetics, computational biology/bioinformatics, and/or various omics methods (RNA-seq, Ribo-seq, LC-MS/MS), I'm still looking! (1) doi.org/10.1126/scie... (2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas... (3) doi.org/10.1371/jour... 01619
Reposted by Evan ErnstAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/06/2026Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...nytimes.comPolice Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration 12620321025
Reposted by Evan ErnstStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/05/2026Vought is trying to destroy American science as we know it. Here's what you can do to stop him: 👉 Visit our action center: zurl.co/NXVak 👉 Donate to Fuel the Fight for Science: zurl.co/PHtGH 313775
Reposted by Evan ErnstJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.jeremymberg.github.io 8197144
Reposted by Evan ErnstSjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 30/05/2026Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...uni-freiburg.deUniversity of Freiburg 07785
Reposted by Evan ErnstRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 20/05/2026During his talk at RBS, James Malin—not on Bsky—showed this title page from a 19th-century catalog for Alfred Nobel’s Nitro-Glycerin Company I’d like to nominate this image for the most metal cut in print history—we need to make something with it for Halloween @skeuomorphpress.org 17450139
Reposted by Evan Ernst🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi - or Praying Mantis there are 2,400 species This is the African Spiny Flower mantis 2015604843
Reposted by Evan ErnstFausto Rodríguez Zapata @minorallele.bsky.social · 18/04/2026“NSF Plant Biology Act.” H.R. 7949 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... This bill would expand NSF funding for plant and microbial biology grants with $150 million authorized each year from FY2026 through 2031. Reach out to your representatives. www.house.gov/representati...congress.gov 04018
Reposted by Evan ErnstAlexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 10/04/2026I'm going to have to get my butt in gear if I want to get one last publication out before retirement (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) 🤪 85516
Reposted by Evan ErnstLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/04/2026US-Israeli bombing destroys the Pasteur Institute “Established in 1920, the institute is the first and oldest public health center in Iran—where staffers pioneered vaccine development and research on the prevention of infectious diseases.” www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/w... 18243240
Reposted by Evan ErnstJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Excellent Bouie piece on the birthright case. Especially how it points out that every academic backing Trump has either explicitly rejected Trump’s take in the past or somehow written extensively on the 14A without raising it (and implicitly rejecting it)… and have no new evidence now. Gift link:nytimes.comOpinion | The Birthright Con 10810302
Reposted by Evan ErnstMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Just here to make sure this gets the ratio it deserves. Sad to see the National Academies not standing up for science. 2419
Reposted by Evan ErnstScience Magazine @science.org · 18/03/2026A federal judge in Massachusetts has upended attempts by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut back on the use of approved vaccines by both U.S. children and adults. scim.ag/4rW65h7science.orgKennedy's vaccine policy changes blocked--but for how long?Judge pauses controversial vaccine recommendations after medical groups' lawsuit, but full verdict is not in and an appeal is likely 0214
Reposted by Evan ErnstAdam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 14/03/2026FCC to journalists: cover the Iran war the way the president prefers or lose your broadcast license. 17225401153
Reposted by Evan ErnstJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/03/2026Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here. 12734951350
Reposted by Evan ErnstPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 13/03/2026we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe... 321274600
Reposted by Evan ErnstEduardo Amorim @cegamorim.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Dogs evolved to eat your leftovers! Comparing dog & wolf genomes revealed dogs have up to 30 EXTRA copies of the amylase gene (AMY2B) that helps digest starch. This is a key genomic signature of living alongside humans & table scraps for thousands of years 🐕 www.nature.com/articles/nat... #2026MMM 10465147
Reposted by Evan ErnstJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Russell Vought's OMB is continuing to hold up funds at NIH. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...medpagetoday.comNIH Funds Still Not Getting to ResearchersCongress approved a budget more than a month ago, but awards are lagging 47656
Reposted by Evan ErnstRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This is just astonishingly great reporting. All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them. And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.phoenixnewtimes.comInsurrectionist Brunch: Trumpists plotted to deploy military on U.S. soilBefore the 2024 election, a cadre of MAGA loyalists met over brunch to plot ways for Trump to use the military domestically. 5747032230
Reposted by Evan ErnstDanve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 12/03/2026A deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgA deep-time landscape of plant cis-regulatory sequence evolutionDevelopmental gene function is often conserved over deep time, but cis-regulatory sequence conservation is difficult to identify. Rapid sequence turnover, paleopolyploidy, structural variation, and li... 064
Reposted by Evan ErnstAaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Brent Pedersen, Mitchell Vollger and I have "posted" our preprint of the manuscript describing bedder, a complement to the functionality of bedtools. The "preprint server" we have chosen is google docs because it was rejected by biorxiv. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.combedder-manuscript.v10Bioinformatics, 2026, 0–0 doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/xxxxx Advance Access Publication Date: DD Month YYYY Genome Analysis Genome Analysis bedder: flexible genome interval intersection with user-defi... 74118
Reposted by Evan ErnstDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.nytimes.comFirst 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says 4044152028
Reposted by Evan ErnstClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 11/03/2026New paper showing that much of the apparent success of protein language models in predicting mutational effects is a mirage: These models mostly memorize sites. 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 617972
Reposted by Evan ErnstDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target. 5353145
Reposted by Evan ErnstAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026QUINTANILLA: Do we think the Russians have shared intel about US military assets, and if so, why would we be giving waivers on oil sanctions? WITKOFF: I can tell you that on the call with POTUS, the Russians said they have not been sharing. That's what they said. We can take them at their word. 11872482798
Reposted by Evan ErnstShambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 10/03/2026Hello and welcome on the Terry Sanford Federal Building in beautiful downtown Raleigh, NC where I will be live-posting a show cause hearing starting at 4:00 ET 661121223
Reposted by Evan ErnstMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of … newrepublic.com/post/207555/...newrepublic.comPete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and CrabThe Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025. 25219321018
Reposted by Evan ErnstSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 07/03/2026Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera. 12594811536
Reposted by Evan ErnstAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRuben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stopThe Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later. 064314013
Reposted by Evan ErnstStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2026We are standing against RFK Jr. and his quackery. Will you stand with us??? We are rallying RIGHT NOW in Washington D.C. to Save Science, Protect Health, and Defend Democracy. JOIN US!!! : fight2win.standupforscience.net/DC-March/ Not in D.C.? Find your local rally at standupforscience.net/march7 011331
Evan Ernst @antnerves.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Starting soon in City Hall Park! Stand up for Science | Action Center share.google/PWgsEJH5yXIz...share.googleStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 000
Reposted by Evan ErnstAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I'm sorry, 50 what now? "We present a GPU implementation of kallisto for RNA-seq transcript quantification (...). For a large dataset of 295 million reads, runtime drops from 40 minutes to 50 seconds" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 24112
Reposted by Evan ErnstPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Must read: Democratizing climate change mitigation pathways using modernized stabilization wedges “Many of the strategies we identified require that individuals change their behavior and all require general public support.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgDemocratizing climate change mitigation pathways using modernized stabilization wedgesMitigating climate change requires broad societal buy-in. Integrated assessment models (IAMs) produce cost-optimal pathways, but these are complex and not easily customized to reflect individuals’ pre... 0106
Reposted by Evan ErnstRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Asked if we should be worried about Iranian attacks on U.S. soil, Trump said: “I guess…When you go to war, some people will die.” What a shameless fool. 59720245
Reposted by Evan ErnstMPR News @mprnews.org · 03/03/2026The man was detained last month after two women, who were ICE agents, knocked on the man’s door to ask for help with their car. The man, who is an auto mechanic, was surrounded by agents after he left his home to offer assistance.mprnews.orgBrooklyn Park man 'lured' outside his home by ICE agents deported to MexicoA Brooklyn Park man who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month has been deported to Mexico. 25400223
Reposted by Evan ErnstRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026There are some wonderful stories here and links to a lot of incredible music. www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...discogs.comMeet the Women that Paved the Way for Modern Electronic MusicFrom Johanna Magdalena Beyer to Daphne Oram to Laurie Spiegel, these extraordinary women helped push the boundaries of early electronic music. 2337
Reposted by Evan ErnstJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10 30675445
Reposted by Evan ErnstManuel Lera-Ramirez @manu-lera.bsky.social · 20/02/2026🚀 Excited to launch the #OpenCloning Assembler! 🧬 Built to demystify Golden Gate for beginners and save time for experts -> MoClo assembly blazing fast ⚡ ✍️ Use existing syntaxes or design your own! #SynBio #GoldenGate #MoClo #OpenSource #Biotech 👉 Try it: app.opencloning.org Feedback welcome! 43214
Reposted by Evan ErnstGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building. 9733655011139
Reposted by Evan ErnstStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/01/2026Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two. RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊ March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.) 17520253
Reposted by Evan ErnstAmerican Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 17/02/2026Here’s one lobster that you might not want with a side of butter: the lobster moth! Named for its lobster-like larval form, this wide-ranging insect inhabits parts of Europe & Asia. While it resembles a crustacean, it can also mimic ants as a way to deter potential predators. 08019
Reposted by Evan ErnstMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/02/2026This colossal loss to all Americans was caused by the extremists who gave seized control of our public health system. It will cause Americans to suffer and die. 012349
Reposted by Evan ErnstThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026KAROLIE: “I can’t guarantee an ICE agent won’t be around a polling location in November.” 148578294
Reposted by Evan ErnstPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"mississippitoday.orgMedgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi TodayAmong anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader. 16833651909
Reposted by Evan ErnstArizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’” 16687663796
