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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 6h

I am at the center of this Venn diagram amidst my chronically offline, non-spooky friends. 😩

Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 6h

"I understand that the bird in which you expressed interest is a windup bird. Well, this raven certainly winds me up. Is that anything?”

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Lucy D’Agostino McGowan @lucystats.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🎙️ @rdpeng.org has "no advice" except this low-key very profound wisdom about innovation

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A few years ago, my son’s daycare class heard about Thrilller secondhand (one kid’s older cousin had shown him) and treated it as a documentary. It took months to convince him that Michael Jackson was a real person and he had died years ago. “No, he thought he was dead but he was really alive.” 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Chesapeake Bay! We were in Calvert County, MD and found a random beach to comb through.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Unplugged yesterday and went looking for shark teeth. 10/10. Would recommend.

Picture of two kids hands. One hand is giving a thumbs up and the other is holding three shark teeth.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey, ladies. If you recognize this, it may be time to schedule that mammogram.

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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I want to try something again at #ASHG26: I'll block off some time on Weds/Th/Friday afternoons to meet with trainees who would be interested to chat on any topic. I have done this the last 2 years and it was great to meet a whole bunch of new people, from many countries, at all career stages!

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

who am I kidding the best I can do is not actively hope for his demise

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

absolutely devastating having to root for klay thompson

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Rajiv McCoy @rajivmccoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Johns Hopkins Biology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in computational genetics and genomics. Applications due Nov. 8th: apply.interfolio.com/194924 In my experience, this has been an incredibly supportive environment to build a lab. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Protests have been met with unprecedented police brutality & mass detention: 1,949 on the 1st October, 90% minors. This exceeds daily arrest peaks during May 1968, Yellow Vests & 2005 & 2023. 215 injured kids. 15-year-old lost a hand; another an eye to a and another suffered a fractured jaw.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Arden Powell has a few with great gothic vibes (The Bayou, The Faerie Hounds of York).

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American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@ajhgnews.bsky.social is a home for discoveries, statistical methods, & ideas that move the field forward. Hear from Editorial Board member Loic Yengo, PhD, on why AJHG is a trusted destination for readers & researchers alike. Learn more & submit your work: bit.ly/46Qu4G #ASHG

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I get STAT+ through the university.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read the ending and I wanted to koolaid man through a wall!!

Screenshot of article which reads: To restore a functioning and
pluralistic democracy in the United States, reversing over a decade of
democratic backsliding in the world’s oldest democracy, the thing to
“fix” is not polarization. Polarization is the country’s immune response
to an unpopular, antidemocratic, and intentionally divisive faction grabbing for disproportionate power to the detriment of national success,
reputation, and democratic self-government. Tamping down that immune response only allows this minority faction to have greater control.

Screenshot of article which reads: But the fury of the argument shows the importance of the outcome.
When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for ev-
eryone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those
who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern
for legality or civility. When we see the problem for what it is, the
solution is to defend the most robust social progress in American his-
tory—progress that has already been codified into law and enjoyed
by everyone alike. U.S. democracy needs leaders who are willing to
defend those rights and voters who are willing to hold accountable the
leaders who will not defend them. It does not need everyone simply to calm down.

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 02/10/2026

Who comes to mind when you picture a scientist? This #HispanicHeritageMonth, meet hundreds of Hispanic/Latinx & Latin American scientists changing how we understand our world! Explore the Atlases, find a scientist, and share their story 🥳🔬🌎 www.inspiringlatamscientists.org

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can have a deep appreciation for the education that I received at Cornell. AND I can still want better for my kids.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These dynamics are not segregated into those students who choose to be members of a fraternity or sorority. At Cornell, that's around 1/3 of the student population (>1k/year). At that level, the culture permeates every part of student life, whether or not you actively participate.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Someone said to me that there are frats everywhere, so why do I seem to have more ire for spaces like Cornell? Money & power. About 1/10 Cornell students have families in the top 1% of income. The institutions are by them, for them. This takes every other dynamic and amplifies it times over.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You cannot hack your way out of a lack of representation.

Figure from https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2026/09/30/how-well-synthetic-samples-replicate-public-opinion/

Showing higher error rates in groups usually underrepresented in surveys, including HS or less education.

From the article:

"The synthetic sample performed especially poorly when it came to replicating the responses of groups including:
Republicans and Republican leaners
The synthetic sample performed especially poorly when it came to replicating the responses of groups including:
- Republicans and Republican leaners
Black adults
- Those who have not attended college
- Those who use the internet infrequently or not at all Black adults
- Those who have not attended college
- Those who use the internet infrequently or not at all”

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s telling that he didn’t say that the experts are wrong, just that now you won’t have to listen to them because AI told you so? That the AI is correcting having to trust other people.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To put it another way, you can’t just tell your sons they need to take accountability—you need to hold them accountable. Start with small stuff. Don’t shield them for the consequences of their actions. Walk them through the process of doing the wrong thing and turning it into the right thing.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

oh, don't worry! his "dirt" was just that it's not a panacea, which of course nothing is. but the man hates a hype machine.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

help he's pulled up NAEP scores and is going through state by state and year by year and grade by grade to make his point but I've heard all of this before and I just wanted to enjoy a cup of coffee before the kids get home

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It took all of two minutes for the rants to start after showing him the new article. "goddamn mississippi miracle" "let me tell you the dirty truth about the science of reading" "oh fuck you" "yes! thank you!"

nytimes.com

30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts (Gift Article)

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

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Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · 28/09/2026

More news highlighting the importance of gathering systematic menopause and reproductive health data in electronic health records to improve research and women's healthcare! doi.org/10.64628/AAI... @theconversation.com🧪

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Menopause is a major health milestone, yet health records barely track it - new research

Capturing data about the timing and symptoms of menopause could help address many unanswered questions about this common yet ignored experience.

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Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · 28/09/2026

Cool to see our findings amplified out! Thanks to Newsweek for highlighting the need to collect menopause information (www.newsweek.com/most-womens-...). From our new paper on how menopause is captured in the All of Us Research Program (doi.org/10.1097/GME....). 🧪

newsweek.com

Most Women's Health Records Are Missing This Key Detail, Study Finds

A surprising gap in medical records could be hiding crucial clues about women's health—and researchers say the fix may be simple.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Definitely. Although I have to say our reactions to the NHJ piece have not been favorable. And as a Cornell alum, my attitude towards these schools for my kids were already not great.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyway, our kids ended up in a unicorn of a public elementary school (diverse, Title I, highly resourced) and every day we thank whatever turn of luck got us here.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My husband and I had very different educations and work in complementary but very different educational systems (JHU and K-12 PG County). This lands us in the midst of the two ongoing discourses re:public schools and cornell. The rants in this house the last couple of weeks have been...spirited.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We live in one of the richest counties in the country and it is astounding how early these dynamics show up. I'm talking daycare, the kids barely able to talk yet the parents already setting the stage allowing (enabling) behavior that is dangerous.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The longer I spend in higher education at Ivy+ institutions, the more I worry about keeping my kids away from those worlds.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is neither here nor there about the latest cultural bubble argument, but the most upsetting thing about that song is that the “other woman” in the music video is played by the grown daughter of Reese Witherspoon. Anyway, I’m ancient.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

knit my ideal sweater and am now drunk with power

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's bleak and demoralizing. My pre-2025 biosketch had "diversity" 26 times in paper, grant, consortia, and committee titles, which were then all scrubbed last year for submissions. And then once you get the money, the promise to not do any "DEI" or else it all gets taken away.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One thing with the new sciencv is that it makes language scrubbing virtually impossible on some fronts. 🤷🏻‍♀️ FWIW, the advice I’ve been given is that it only matters for public facing documents.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Again speaking in the academic case: bad reading is downstream of an audience that does not require good reading. Things that I'd guess contribute to that include: increased specialization (fractures the audience), metrics based evaluation (diminishes importance of audience feedback)

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Dragon” is one of my favorite and a lesson I bring up with my kids (and myself) all the time to encourage them to keep working at something. And when the Pegasus (Chili’s late mom) flies off in the end? Genuine sobs.

bluey.tv

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Everyone talks about this episode, but it’s warranted. A masterpiece. youtu.be/TxoqJ0Pmux0?...

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Sleepytime 🌙 | S2 E26 | Full Episode | Bluey | @disneyjr

YouTube video by Disney Jr.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The fact that Bluey isn’t anywhere on this list throws the entire thing into question. I’m 100% serious. In this go go go attention economy, Bluey brings heart and life lessons to kids and adults alike while making them slow down (and giggle a bit as a treat).

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