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Jim Bear

@coronin.bsky.social
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Cell biologist, microscopy, lefty politics, bonsai, Tar Heel basketball, 3D printing

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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/s...
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Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.
Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flawless English, semi-interesting question but oddly phrased, are they seeking new training data from academics?
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I think I got my first email from an AI agent, not a student writing an email using AI (plenty of those sadly), but an actual agent. Very weird. Anyone else seeing these?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Where’s the lamppost?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.wsj.com/business/uni... Behind a paywall
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University Endowments Are About to Strike It Big on the SpaceX IPO
Some schools have a tenth or more of their endowments in Elon Musk’s rocket company.
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I guess its better than WashU, who has "mid teens percentage" of their endowment in it
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What the actual f**k UNC? 10% of the total system endowment is invested in ONE company, run by an insane fascist?
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Bill Evans FTW
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This could be incredibly useful
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Jump starts lamellipodial protrusion, but also promotes a whole cell polarization that leads to a robust directed cell migration
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This was a really fun story to see develop. OptoPLC does some fascinating things to cell motility
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
So sorry Duke #notsorry
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Stephanie Gupton @stephgupton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Our first cancer biology preprint is up! TRIM9 switches melanoma cell phenotypes. First author @klukasik.bsky.social has taken the lab into new directions for sure in a fun collaboration with @coronin.bsky.social. We can't wait to hear what you think. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Sometimes my lower back hurts and deep inside me I know it's the cumulative effects of my kids stepping on cracks.
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 08/03/2026
Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫡
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Holy shit!! I can’t believe they won that game!!! Go Heels!
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours” how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This thread gives me hope. "They made a classic Nazi mistake: they invaded a winter place during winter" 😂 Stay strong Minnesota
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
That recipe is amazing, one of the family’s favorites
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Protesting will continue until the clicktator bullshit stops. #justiceforrenee
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
we usually use pork sausage rather than turkey, don't skip the turkey liver
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13651... This is our go-to
allrecipes.com
Awesome Sausage, Apple, and Cranberry Stuffing
This apple sausage stuffing made with turkey sausage, herbs, apples, and dried cranberries is a tasty, fruity filling for your Thanksgiving turkey.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 28/10/2025
Donald Trump: Best in Show
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I think it must be related to QPI because you get "dry mass" measurement. Very cool, will have to check it out
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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I miss the old brand #CDC
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Looks like some implementation of QPI (quantitative phase)?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/07/2025
Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work theonion.com/relaxin...
Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It will certainly be a very good thing for the folks who would have been funded by those (worthy) programs. Plus the Canadian grad programs might be so grateful, they'll let us be postdocs in their labs...
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So... we're going to get a bunch of undergrads interested in biomedical research so they can discover... that that career path is being drastically curtailed. I'm not seeing the logic...
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Ashley Rattner @ashleyrattner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
At least 4x the Hands Off march in the same location
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No kings in America. Durham NC
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congrats Liz!! Welcome to the business, try to get some sleep
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
everyone who’s spent years stockpiling weapons and screeching about “tyranny” and “government overreach” sure is fucking quiet right now
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is Bluesky’s finest hour, keep up the good work everyone!
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a man wearing a hat and a bow tie is looking at the camera .
ALT: a man wearing a hat and a bow tie is looking at the camera .
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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you’re overstimulated, please report to the Bluesky cooldown tent where we have orange slices and someone who doesn’t understand the concept of jokes waiting for you
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
No kings in America
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Gotta enjoy the little things in times like this…
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My Jaboticaba set fruit for the first time in ten years #PI-bonsai
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Brazilian rain tree?
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Say it again with me…He did not ‘reverse’ the tariffs
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Jim Bear @coronin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Standing Up for Science in Raleigh, NC
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