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Michael K Gilson

@bmix.bsky.social
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Prof at UC San Diego's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Concepts, tools and methods: stat thermo of binding. GIST. BindingDB. Open Force Field. Other stuff... Does some ceramics, i.e., potters around.

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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The American Chemical Society's page proof editor doesn't you a record of your markup to save for future comparisons. I made a tool to save a well-formatted record of the online proof markup. Happy to share, and wondering if it's worth polishing it a bit for wider use. Thoughts? 🧪
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wasn't the GOP once the party of fiscal responsibility? They should be ashamed. www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
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U.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got Here
The U.S. has reached a new borrowing milestone in its struggle to get hold of its finances.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’d say he had no moral compass, except he seems to have one and to use it to go in the wrong direction time and again. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Turns out you can outsource concentration camps. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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He Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard Of. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Children will die avoidable deaths. Terrible. www.cnn.com/2026/08/10/p...
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Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, insisting that infants should receive fewer immunizations ove...
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Now if only we could have "gold standard" political speech... www.nsf.gov/policies/gol...
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Current events have helped me understand that the clownish incompetence of dictators largely explains their hatred of a robust fourth estate.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/06/2026
Comply with our election demands or lose your funding for terrorism prevention and natural disasters — this is what election coercion looks like in 2026. We're documenting all of it. Subscribe to our free newsletters: bit.ly/4qskS3m
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...
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Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges
Federal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people...
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Further damage coming to American science: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
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White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another swipe of the scalpel further advances our national autolobotomy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I'm obviously naive, since I can't help being a little surprised that right-wingers who claim Biden was corrupt don't seem to register this mega-corruption in plain sight:https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-irs-lawsuit-slush-fund
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"Parallel computing" takes on new meaning.
A wall-mounted display of about 25 slide rules, one above the other
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president, ... TAT: [Nationalism | Foreign policy | Controlling information | Suppressing dissent]
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US cancels visas for board of Costa Rica newspaper critical of Trump ally
Leading newspaper La Nación calls US’s barring of board members ‘indirect attack on press freedom’
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Wellness industry has the same greed as the biomedical industry but nothing it sells you actually works
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Some positive news, for a change: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/c...
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The Global Oil Crisis Seems to Be Helping One Industry: Renewable Energy
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
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Opinion | ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
(with thanks to ChatGPT)
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The national autolobotomy continues apace. wapo.st/3P3DSY2
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Trump ousts National Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The WaPo Editorial Board's opinion pieces are now transparently partisan. I had naively expected that one of the richest people in the world would not feel a need to kowtow.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Another sign of the ongoing national self-lobotomy: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says
The move alarmed some public health experts and legislators, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Brand New Campaign! We just launched it and it's already inching up to 750 letters sent! Let's see how quickly we can get it to 1,000. Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service! Ready? Go!
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It's not just that Orban lost, but also that he conceded defeat. 👍
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Gut wrenching.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is how corruption leads to degraded government capabilities.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
And thus the US government badmouths Ukrainian systems that are battle tested and work. Warmongers is an old-fashioned word but it fits the Trump crew very well.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Made a Fundamental Miscalculation about Iran
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New preprint from Tom Kurtzman and me provides a general framework for mapping free energy by atom and in terms of spatial density. We think it will be useful for interpreting free energy calculations and guiding drug design. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... Feedback very welcome!
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A Generalized Theory for the Structural and Spatial Mapping of Energy, Entropy, and Free Energy | ChemRxiv
Systems in which the free energy density is nonuniform in space are familiar: the surface tension of a water droplet and the surface energy of a solid are good examples. Some such cases can be treated with prior theory, notably inhomogeneous solvation ...
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Our national auto-lobotomy continues: www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p... 😢
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Exclusive: ‘Rescuers were flying blind’: Inside the crucial $200,000 contract Kristi Noem’s team let lapse | CNN Politics
As deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed to the devastated areas to look for survivors. It wasn’t until the teams deployed t...
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is as good a day as any to switch to Claude!
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
All too predictable. Here's hoping the democracy survives. wapo.st/3N5cpEn
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus.... 🤢😡
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Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters
The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"The kakistocracy is also a quackistocracy" -- P. Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...
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How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Trump’s Off-the-Books Federal Slush Fund www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Off-the-Books Federal Slush Fund
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
To the good people of the United States of America...keep squashing those proposed detention centers. They. Cannot. Be. Built. They cannot.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs 😡 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Another profile in courage…
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This NYTimes article lists three organizations that are working to protect US elections and that could use support: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Source: YouTube share.google/AP93OWAL0pT7...
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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Jfc
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/01/2026
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
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Bryan Harnsberger @psychhype.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We need people in Congress saying “Trump needs to be retired. Idgaf how.”
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Michael K Gilson @bmix.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Every day, Trump brings the world closer to war, whether European, Pacific, or within America itself. He should be removed from office ASAP by the legitimate, legal, and now well-justified mechanisms provided by the Constitution.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word: DON'T! Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.
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