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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 35m

Not only is @samsanders.bsky.social back on NPR, he’s on MY station @wabe.org … the way I shouted for joy when I heard that news! I missed his voice so much. Welcome home Sam!

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hot take: the essential problem with generative AI is that the engineer wants to reap the benefits of an ever expanding “free will,” and within unbreakable constraints. On its face this makes no sense, and this was plainly warned about in West World and other speculative science fiction.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are enough pumpkin spiced things on the market to make a whole “pumpkin spiced nightmare” trend on Bluesky. Now, that salmon is quite spectacular, as in a spectacle, like a train wreck.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still mad that human trafficking is no longer a primary option to sustain wealth. “But we were taking CARE of you people! We gave you useful skills and purpose” … mass sociopathic narcissism needs to be studied and medicated.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Glad to see this. I had a feeling about that clip and the reaction to it.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I roll up with an electric coffee bean grinder/ mill, just run that thing the whole time, and I don’t even use it to brew coffee.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh yeah, the bippity boppity boo lady.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It feels like the gatekeepers who have benefitted from the privilege of fuzzy merit are now under threat of themselves being gate-kept. Therefore I am not compelled invest the time to post a public comment against the “new” policy.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Re: the panic about the new #NIH policy to mute merit scores at the money-granting stage … who’s going to tell them that this has already been happening, especially to marginalized folks? Lower scoring grants have been awarded while skipping over higher scoring ones.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The hard convo: some have witnessed low-scoring grants get rescued at *council* while skipping higher scoring ones. This new policy isn’t inventing much. Plus, the impact score itself isn’t pristine; one of my merit scores was down-adjusted at study section. I have the receipt.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Kind of looks like a black kitten giving a white cat a face-hug from behind.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And I love that others at the bar are also totally into the bears.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Manuscript revision is launched. New AfroBiotech funds are approved and in progress. Celebrating by sipping on Chardonnay at a dive bar, watching fat-bear TV broadcast by the National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social A very nice moment in the midst of … everything.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No, not the Donald J. Trump Memorial Butthurt Curtain!

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trump = Sid from Toy Story. JFK center = Woody

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Darwin’s what? I most certainly do not. Never touched the man. 🙂

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are still doing representation and inclusion work and we are not going to stop until the work is done. #DEI

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Residence, starring Uzo Aduba.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The chromatin staining experiment Finally. F*cking. Worked. 😵‍💫 The hilarious part: we made a H3K27me3 specific GFP fusion that works in live cells, avoiding artifacts from fixing & staining. The reviewer asked that we show the probe tracking w/ antibody signal, which requires fixing & staining. 🙄

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chatbot: You seem to relate with Cordelia Cupp, who is quirky and eccentric. Me: Eccentric? She seems normal to me. Chatbot: 😄 I think it suggests that your baseline for “normal human behavior” includes considerably more independent thinking than the average television character’s does. Me: 🤨

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Reminds me of when a relative told me that her husband agreed to an amicable divorce, and said he would take care of the paperwork. After months, nothing, explaining high fees and how “complicated” it was. He was lying, of course. 🙄 I told her to go online.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wish these bland basic fascists went as hard for seasoning as they did for bacon. Sheesh.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cordelia Cupp is my new series bestie #TheResidence. Shut up everyone, the lady who knows WTF she’s talking about is speaking. 👏🏾 I’ve had to step away from Carmy from #TheBear for a minute, my previous spirit character, until Disney sorts itself out.

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Uzo Aduba Says So Good for Elle

ALT: Uzo Aduba Says So Good for Elle

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Carmy is a lab PI. Struggling PIs who are still working at the bench and also watch(ed) The Bear know exactly what I’m talking about. #lifeoflabPI #thebear

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AfroBiotech @afrobiotech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I hear that AfroBiotech might be headed to New Orleans in 2027 👀. And maybe at a certain university with a legendary history of educating Black scientists and health professionals 👀 👀. Nothing official yet, but we’re talking. #AfroBiotech2027

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

That doesn’t look like 11,780 votes. 😆

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Random roadside squash vine spotted by a neighbor today!

Squash vine growing in the soil between a pedestrian sidewalk and a vehicle roadway with two cars passing by.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Ya’ll 🥹🤓🥳 Wordle 1,889 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I love dining at the bar, but nothing makes me say “check please” faster than a social media influencer sitting next to me, propping their phone/ camera up, announcing where they are to whatever audience, and ordering a margarita with a sugar rim. 🙄

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That MIRA R35 summary statement stung. “15 years and no tenure/ promotion” ignoring my institutional move and COVID. I’ve spent a long time participating in a professional ecosystem that has been better at extracting my labor than investing in my advancement. #blackinacademia

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I see that the new shade of Predator Purple just dropped.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My latest favorite thing about the airport is that I don’t have to see Kristi Noem’s face on the TSA announcement screen anymore.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

At the end of his PhD defense my wonderful trainee said that he hoped to become a PI some day. My face: ☺️. My inner voice: 😳 mannnnn I don’t know if you want this life.

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Manon Manon Katseye

ALT: Manon Manon Katseye

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Made myself a little pulled bbq pork from slow-cooked pork shoulder just to keep it a little festive in my single lady home. I put it on a toasted ciabatta bun with some caramelized onions. I added some home-made cabbage slaw with vinegar-mayo dressing and sweet pepper relish. Happy July 4th!

Black dinner plate with: Cabbage Cole slaw (left), barbecue pulled pork with caramelized onions on a toasted ciabatta bun (right).

Black dinner plate with: Cabbage Cole slaw (left), barbecue pulled pork with caramelized onions on a toasted ciabatta bun (right). Silver fork (right).

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Importantly, “everyone else is an unwanted guest” is part of the messaging, but the giant iceberg underneath is “everyone else BELONGS to us.” No of this is really about functional separation.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A flurry of chemical activity as bacteria resist destruction might be hiding under the radar … but not for long. Congrats Dr. Johnson! Looking forward to the cool work that will come from this project! #fundboldscience @blackinmicro.bsky.social

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

While venting to my Chatbot about administrative pressures to act on things I literally have no control of, the Chatbot validated my frustration and quipped “Nine women can’t make a baby in one month.” 🤣🤣🤣 #academia

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It’s giving Carolyn Bryant (Emmett Till’s murderer by proxy). 🫤

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A story about MAGA wearing peeling-off blue face paint in solidarity with the Reflecting Pool would be fantastic. 🙂

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I said it before and I’ll say it again. They are not building detention centers in order to *deport* people. Maybe the slave revolts will be more successful this time around.

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I am amused by how the Trump-appointed board cronies are all like “but but but, it’ll be too much wasted effort removing Dear Leader’s name!”

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Dr. Karmella Haynes @drkhaynes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I can see that. Even our chimpanzee cousins have shown tribal/ warlike behavior.

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