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Andrey Kislyuk

@kislyuk.bsky.social
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🇺🇦 Bit collider. Engineer. Scientist. Runner/cyclist. I work on genomics/bioinformatics infrastructure, cloud, Python, scientific computing, and transposon-mediated evolution. I build+maintain several open source projects: github.com/kislyuk

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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The firing of Fedorov seems to be a very major mistake on Zelensky's part, perhaps his biggest. It jeopardizes everything Ukraine has been fighting for. There is still time to fix it
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/m...
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The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
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He Wanted to Track Microplastics in the Sea. The E.P.A. Fired Him.
The official urged requiring a fish farm to monitor for the tiny plastic particles. The E.P.A. said he had taken steps to embarrass the agency.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE can't be trusted with much of anything, least of all investigating another killing. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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He saw a video of a Mexican man shot by ICE. It was his father.
The eldest child of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo said his father was “a family man” who was likely frightened by the unmarked vehicles following him.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Donahue is everything that the current secdef desperately wants to be www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth thwarted internal efforts to extend key Army general’s career
Gen. Christopher Donahue, seen as a top warfighter, is the latest apparent casualty in a purge of senior military leaders by the Trump administration.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is the price we all pay for electing a mad king. Impeach the guy before it's too late.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/amer...
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America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay
How did we get here?
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
thebreakthrough.org/issues/energ...
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How NEPA Litigation Obstructs Critical Projects
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Here’s the real Democratic autopsy
Why did the party lose in ’24? Neither Jill Biden’s memoir nor the DNC’s postmortem has the answer.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"This is why it feels like a real betrayal. This is exactly our mission, to stand up for and advocate for people who cannot stand up and advocate for themselves." -Aaron Kelly, Prof. of Pediatrics, U of MN Medical School www.chronicle.com/article/a-pr...
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A Professor Was Ejected From a Conference for Criticizing the Trump Administration. He Says He Was ‘Shocked.’
Over the weekend, the American Diabetes Association made news for booting five researchers from its annual conference for handing out op-eds critical of the Trump administration’s approach to science....
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints
Those ousted included ADA journal editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz...
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u... This is an extraordinarily cruel, cynical, and short-sighted way to cut off America's legal immigration and with it, the talent pipeline that keeps the US economy afloat. Trump and his jackass acolytes want zero immigration, but have no clue about the consequences
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Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | After Putin, Russia will need to reckon with its crimes
Without transparency and accountability, yesterday’s secret police become tomorrow’s rulers.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Republican party continues its slide, from enabling a traitorous fascist president to enabling his masked thugs after being shown exactly the kinds of intolerable abuse they are capable of www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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New Republican plan would fund ICE for rest of Trump’s term
Republicans took a step without the help of Democrats toward fully reopening the Department of Homeland Security and ending the partial government shutdown.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Jay Bhattacharya pulls a study because he doesn’t like the conclusions. I cannot explain how bad this is and how it reeks of the stench of ideological zealotry and has no basis in science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
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C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | Older Americans Are Hoarding America’s Potential
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!
Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... I have seen this problem first hand. The nuisance lawsuits may be tolerable to big established companies in good market conditions. They are more likely to bankrupt biotech startups that need capital to survive and deliver scientific and medical breakthroughs.
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Opinion | What’s behind the staggering drop in U.S. public companies
The hostile litigation environment amounts to a de facto tax on participating in public markets.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...
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Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... I realize that teachers deserve a living wage and good benefits. But it is absolutely true that when public unions strike and bargain with the government, they create severe and irreconcilable conflicts of interest that we must take much more seriously
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Opinion | There is no right to strike against public schools
It’s illegal in most states – and immoral in all of them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump’s outrageous Hormuz talk shuns basic strategy
U.S. power rests on open seas.
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Mark DeSaulnier @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
All members of Congress – Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – must work together using every tool available to us, including impeachment, to stop Trump before it is too late. Stop the madness – remove him from office! (2/2)
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0... The president's threats are an impeachable offense, any such order would be illegal and would constitute treason
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Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die’ as Iran freezes talks
The president said Iran must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Eastern time or face destruction. The White House said the administration would not use nuclear weapons.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
2014 called. They want their IOC back www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...
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Ukrainian athlete barred from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images
Vladyslav Heraskevych was removed from the men’s skeleton event for refusing to remove a helmet with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Watch this video. Share it far and wide. Shout it from the rooftops. Because Alec Watson, who runs the Technology Connections channel, just found the best way to talk about what we are all facing right now.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9... Watch until the end
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
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Killing of Alex Pretti - Wikipedia
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
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Noahpinion @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev · 09/01/2026
America must embrace the Electric Age, or fall behind
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America must embrace the Electric Age, or fall behind
When it comes to technology, listen to Elon Musk.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It should be illegal for peace officers to hide their faces. Any law enforcement officer who hides their face while on duty must be stripped of qualified immunity, and their chain of command removed from office.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Tense scene earlier this afternoon as protesters follow Border Control Commander Greg Bovino and his caravan around in Minneapolis. At one point, Commander Bovino tussled with a protester, both slipping in the snow.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 08/01/2026
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis. ICE is still terrorizing our city.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... It's time for Congress to force real accountability for ICE. It should be illegal for federal agents to hide their faces or to apprehend anyone without a court order specifically mentioning them.
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Minn. officials say FBI is freezing state out of probe into ICE shooting
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the FBI’s decision to take over the investigation into the deadly shooting in Minneapolis will keep state officials from accessing evidence.
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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 07/01/2026
As we have seen in Illinois, when ICE descends on a city, chaos & violence follow. ICE shot & killed a woman in Minneapolis. There is no justification for their actions. Do not believe their lies claiming otherwise. All involved must face justice & accountability. Anything less is unacceptable.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/01/2026
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... "California adopted more stringent standards for independent contracting to woeful results. After the 2019 passage of [AB5] self-employment fell by 10.5 percent, and overall employment in affected occupations fell by 4.4 percent... Women were marginalized"
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Opinion | An innovative approach to expanding health coverage is gaining steam
A portable benefits program is the solution that meets the moment.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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We’re losing the EV race because we still think it’s about the environment
China now dominates the electric vehicle (EV) market, controlling 60 percent of global sales and the battery supply chain, while the U.S. lags behind at 16 percent, due to a lack of focus on indust…
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... “Any appeasement of Russia as the aggressor, any attempts at putting pressure on Ukraine as the victim of this aggression, is morally reprehensible and an outrage against human decency”
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Ukraine seeks urgent changes to Trump peace plan that appeases Russia
Negotiations are continuing in Geneva on Sunday as a U.S.-imposed Thanksgiving deadline approaches.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Why America’s experiment to make the batteries of the future could soon fail
As EV sales slow and Republicans take aim at tax credits, the United States’ manufacturing renaissance is on hold.
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
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Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
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Alex Padilla @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
www.nokings.org
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No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 12/06/2025
This is disgusting. If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
Photo of Senator Alex Padilla, being handcuffed on the ground after approaching Sec. Kristi Noem.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/06/2025
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
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Andrey Kislyuk @kislyuk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I like Sen. Padilla's style. Now where are the other 99 senators?
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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