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Chiasm

@chiasm.bsky.social
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Scientist, science fiction reader, anime enthusiast, you can imagine the rest (go left, though). Do not DM me, I don't/can't read them.

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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 1h
A lot of folks are feeling overwhelmed and hopeless about changing anything. Check out Indivisible's "What's the Plan" --every week Thursday at 3-4 pm. Hopefully available asynchronously, I'm not sure. Tomorrow it's Angie Nixon!! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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What's the Plan with Leah and Ezra · Indivisible
The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. Our antidote is community. Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin every Thursday to break down the week’s biggest politic...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h
I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 4h
I like this. "Given this appalling response from university administration..." the city will force the university to act. That's promising.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 23h
I love being told I am wise-- how often does that happen??. 😂 These kids, they are so easily impressed by confidence based on years of experience. 😄
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ok so: The Hero is Overpowered but Overcautious or whatever is goofy goofy goofy, until the last two episodes when it suddenly gets heart breakingly serious. I dunno, it seems like the original writing team was just keeping the bench warm for the real writers, who showed up 10 episodes in. #anime
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunday's Sermon should be about woke Jesus.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
F'n hell. There were signs around Virginia saying "Just ... Already" with a single die rolling a single snake eye in the middle. You can understand their feelings. This is not democracy. He needs to leave office now. This and all his policies need to be undone. www.kcra.com/article/trum...
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Trump bypasses Congress to cut nearly $1 billion in spending
The rare maneuver targets funding for immigrant services and diversity initiatives.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Democracy defenders to connect with! Say Hi 👋, Vet, F&R. Ty! 💙 @kchokiedad.bsky.social @efingruven.bsky.social @nlbe.bsky.social @maryo327.bsky.social @mhsty.bsky.social @ryannosaurus.bsky.social @freddierose.bsky.social @ausetkmt.bsky.social @gypsyrose18.bsky.social @ulvensoye8.bsky.social 🚫Add-Ons
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As we were just saying--no baby in the bathwater. Throw them all out, and all their policies that centralize authority in the executive branch.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There is no baby in the bathwater--that's a good one.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hoo boy. A good chunk of my co-workers are flying to NIH on Tuesday. Fingers crossed for safe travel!! ::worried:: 😟 www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/se...
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Federal Aviation Administration to deploy AI at Washington-area airports
The Federal Aviation Administration will deploy artificial intelligence to help direct traffic at Washington D.C.- area airports beginning as soon as Monday.
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Narnia books as Isekai Manga
1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
But still, anime with friends is a great way to blow off being an adult. 😂 Jus' saying.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is important to be aware of!!
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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k-now-waite.bsky.social @k-now-waite.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Immunotherapies have impacted so many cancer types increasing survivorship and we’ve only scratched the surface. It is (was) ready to take off - but with funding cuts that advancement could been halted.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The thing about working with an LLM to draft an abstract is I realize they write it the way I remember a good number of the self-confident (male) full professors always wrote their findings, with no hedging words or self-doubt or suggestion of incompleteness. huh.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When you wonder what's hitting your local economy, remember every $ in federal research funding turns into multiple $$ in jobs, purchasing power, etc... This is effectively pulling $300 billion from the GDP?
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm starting a lab at the University of Notre Dame! 🎉🍀🧠 Doors open Jan 2027. I'm most excited to meet my future students (recruiting psych grad students for 2027!), help grow a budding neuroscience area, and head home to the midwest after many years away. Please reach out! @notredame.bsky.social
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Adrina-Monét @adrinamonet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you're tired of this sickening, beyond corrupt regime, PLEASE SIGN the petition below + be sure to give Stand Up For Science a Follow! ☺️☺️☺️☺️
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Can't argue with it...
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Everyone should have a chicken helmet!! 😂
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When a zoom call to coordinate overlapping scientific papers starts with everyone complimenting each other on their work, and ends with everyone figuring out a way forward so that the projects are dovetailed, supportive and not competitive-- that's a great start to the day! Brilliant.💗 🧠
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Discussion of vaccines over on mastodon (and everyone cheering everyone on to get them! Collect them all!) brought up that the shingles vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of both dementia and heart problems! Get it when you're eligible! www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This looks like a great program! More investment than the occasional #skypeascientist presentation, but excellent for building up the next generation! prescientist.org
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Letters to a Pre-Scientist – discover possibilities, build connections, plant seeds
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
At least *someone* is trying to keep track of him... There is a security detail outside his house? www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconn...
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Mitch McConnell’s Vanishing Act Hits Major New Milestone
Fears grow for the senior Republican as he remains out of the public eye.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Oh good lord... Because a) who cares about Congressional oversight of the budget, and b) who needs research on infectious disease?? 😲 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is good news. Now is the time to deluge your representatives about stopping the OMB proposal forever, not just pausing it.
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Stand Up for Science Ohio @sufsohio.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yesterday we tabled at the OSU Marion student involvement fair. Thanks again to @standupforscience.net for sending us the banner!
A photo from tabling at the OSU Marion student involvement fair
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anyone Seen Mitch McTurtle.....🐢
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
'His in-house journal for publishing replication studies has yet to appear. And he makes assertions—such as that there’s no banned words list at NIH—that current and former agency employees have called misleading or outright lies.'
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NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/01/h... Those who put the ankle monitor on him, and those who made fun of him because of it -- there is a special spot in hell for all of them. 💔.
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Haitian college student who lost temporary protected status dies after walking into traffic • Ohio Capital Journal
A 20-year-old Haitian college student killed himself Monday after being forced to wear an ankle monitor.
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Delaware for Good @delawareforgood.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 31/08/2026
After ACA subsidies expired costs more than doubled and 161,000 Ohioans dropped coverage. Premiums are about to go up another 15%.
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Ohio's already seen the biggest ACA drop. Premiums are about to go up by another 15% • Ohio Capital Journal
After ACA subsidies expired costs more than doubled and 161,000 Ohioans dropped coverage. Premiums are about to go up another 15%.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ok, this time with the actual photo from NASA of the telescope take-off! #nancyroman ? not sure what the hashtag is
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Excellent--so glad the Nancy Roman space telescope got off the ground (literally) -- earlier in the year it had looked like it was canceled, if I recall correctly... images.nasa.gov/details/NHQ2...
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NASA Image and Video Library
NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
As I always say about scifi, they basically all start in media res, so I've learned to let it ride, the details will fill in! This was book 3 of the Dying Squad series, but the first 2, turns out, are not nec. to enjoy it. 📖 Fun read, good chars! 👍️ #books www.dhhliteraryagency.com/the-ungratef...
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The Ungrateful Dead — DHH Literary Agency
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anyone know a good app for a pixel/android phone to block spam texts? I tend to give $$ to good causes and as a result I'm getting texts every half hour or even more often, asking for $$. I'm going to miss real texts from friends and contacts at this rate! 😡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At the 100 lowest-paying major corporations — including Walmart, DoorDash, and Amazon — CEO pay averaged $17.5M in 2025. Median worker pay was just $36,571, a ratio of 614 to 1. Those same 100 companies spent $108.6B on stock buybacks last year. How can anyone defend this?
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Columbus Underground @colsunderground.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Will Ohioans try a new direction this fall or vote for the same GOP status quo? We’ll find out soon: columbusunderground.com/amy-acton-wa...
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Amy Acton Wants to Rid Ohio of Corruption - Columbus Underground
By Nick Evans Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton is promising to tackle corruption in Ohio if elected this November. On Wednesday, Acton shared a series of executive actions she’d take on...
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you (like me) are fond of history, or who want to know more about the history of psychology, I HIGHLY recommend the History of Psychology Museum at the University of Akron. Great stuff, well explained, lots of interactive demos, relating to societal contexts -- No notes. 🧠 www.uakron.edu/chp/
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Ron Chusid @rchusid.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If Democrats want to nationalize the midterms and make it about control of Congress they must remove Schumer and Jeffries ASAP. They must truly differentiate themselves from the Republicans.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Once again and over and over until it gets through: archives and libraries scanning something for preservation is an entirely different story than private citizens and companies doing it, because there are strict ethical standards for the former and the latter consider them annoyances.
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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
People don't realize when libraries toss books it's generally because copies are held somewhere else. But with the rare books being fed into AI then destroyed, we can't know if (a) there's a copy in an archive and (b)the original text is being preserved before any of its altered. 2/2
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 18/08/2026
Ohio domestic violence shelters have been facing an increase in the need for their services long before the controversy surrounding Congressman Max Miller, but it has brought the spotlight back on the issue and advocates are sharing how Ohioans can get help they need.
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Ohio domestic violence resources centers have faced rising requests for services • Ohio Capital Journal
The spotlight on Ohio’s 7th District representative brought even more discussion about the treatment of domestic violence in the public eye, and how Ohioans can get the help they need.
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Chiasm @chiasm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why yes, it does make me happy to have clean bathmats on the bathroom floor. Fluffy fluffy, happy toes! 👣😄
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
It's possible to scan books without "cutting" them, which literally means ripping off the spine. But why are AI companies doing this? For one, it's cheaper and faster. Also, in a case against Anthropic, a judge ruled it was NOT a copyright violation because the original had been destroyed.
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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