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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 40m

Awesome! Congrats, Rumy! This is so very well deserved!!! 🎉🍾🎊🙌

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very excited to share that my department at @uwchemistry.bsky.social will be hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Come be my colleague at the University of Washington in Seattle! It is a wonderful city filled with wonderful scientists. Details in the link: ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic...

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Academic Jobs - Academic Personnel & Faculty

Find current openings and apply for academic jobs at the University of Washington.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PANTHEON What an absolute masterpiece. Just truly blown away.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good advice for athletes and life in general: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t know even… The video is so much worse than the text summary.

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Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey @translatormonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From last year. A good history lesson.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026

New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"

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Retire in peace

McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think if Hegseth knew who Leni Riefenstahl was, he’d be sad that she is dead.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 HAPPENING IN ONE HOUR!!! 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣 📣

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Reminder! THIS IS TOMORROW, September 15, 11am EST. Please join us! Details for how are in the ALT text of the original post's image! Also, due to some logistic-snafu a wrong Zoom link was sent, but you all received the correct one later by email, and will again receive it prior to the webinar!

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hi, #notability app! I am *that* close to ditching you forever. Your absolutely coercive business approaches are repugnant. I don't *want* to grant you permission to record, but you will not let me proceed. You put "upgrade to PRO" screens into my workspace that I cannot remove! F you.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/09/2026

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected...When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down…We want to put them in trauma.” -Russell Vought

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📣 I am super thrilled to announce that during “Emerging Science Week” the MSAF subgroup of the Biophysical Society will run a webinar with three awesome speakers on “Lipids Feeling the World.” More info, including how you sign up, is contained in the ALT text of the image! Please share widely! 🧪

Lipids form the compartments that organize life. While doing so, they interact with an incredible variety of other molecules and supramolecular structures—things that touch the membrane on either side, are embedded inside, or simply want to get through. What are the chemical and biophysical principles that shape such interactions? How have biomembranes evolved to become such versatile interfaces to the world? In this webinar we will hear from three scientists who have examined questions of this kind from different directions, focusing on different molecules, and using different tools.

Speakers:

(1) Janice Robertson, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University St. Louis, USA
(2) Luca Monticelli, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, INSERM, Lyon, France
(3) Rumiana Dimova, Biophysics Lab, Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

Here’s the link to register:

https://my.biophysics.org/Events/Calendar-Of-Events/Meeting-Home-Page?meetingid=4ea7bbbf-b695-f111-8075-6045bdff16f4

Attention: you’ll be asked to sign in or create an account. That’s just to keep track and send you an access link. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO BE OR BECOME A BPS MEMBER!

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Moumita (Mo) Das @physbee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I gave the Pagels Public Lecture at the Aspen Center for Physics this Wednesday, and the recording is now on YouTube: why your knee cartilage doesn't wear out, until it does. Hemingway, phase transitions, and the physics of a remarkable tissue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=io8P...

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Why Your Knees Don’t Wear Out (Until They Do)

YouTube video by Aspen Physics

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I know people who dedicated years of their lives to the Roman Space Telescope, whose careers will be unimaginably boosted by the data it will send. Congratulations to all of them on its successful launch, and Godspeed to L2!

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NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA’s newest space telescope has blasted off on a quest to find planets around other stars and explore the hidden universe.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m sorry I’m 9 years late to this party, but… …is this the modern day “Invictus”? (For you Millennials: the poem, not the film.)

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Imagine Dragons - Believer (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ImagineDragonsVEVO

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Selzero @selzero.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

James Baldwin in 1968, explaining that since we used the US as a dumping place for our convicts, we now deserve the presidents.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am so so so tired of his infantile tantrums. The cruelty. The cringe. The incompetence. The corruption. The gaslighting. The moral emptiness. The torching of reason and knowledge. The madness. The bigotry. The squandering of the precious little time left to solve existential global problems.

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Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put over 330 million books in the hands of children. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has confirmed it will continue to send out millions of books to children after her passing. R.I.P

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Fourteen years ago, HBO's 'The Newsroom' laid out the truth about voter ID in this segment. It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem. History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was an icon. She was a brilliant songwriter and performer. She was an incredible activist and advocate, helping to donate over 200 million free books to children. She was one of my personal heroes. This is a terrible loss. She will be greatly missed.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is very sad. I was never into country music, but it was abundantly clear to even me that besides being an immensely talented artist, Dolly Parton was almost above everything else a good and kind human being. The world is poorer without her.

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Dolly Parton, country music legend and cultural icon, dead at 80

The singer, songwriter and philanthropist enjoyed a more than six-decade career.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I might not be particularly practically talented. But I sure can do a better job than that hardware store employee who, when I asked him to cut some freshly purchased furring strips to one foot pieces, eyeballed the length and cut them to 15” (while dropping his pager into the saw).

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Ron: I Know More Than You

ALT: Ron: I Know More Than You

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This video just blew me away: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUL... If you watch it, promise me you watch it 'till the end. (It's just a tad more than 6 minutes; you can do it. It builds.)

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On behalf of the Editorial Board, I'm writing to invite you to review an article for the journal "◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️'. The article's title is: "p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }hr { height: 1px; border-width: 0; }li.unchecked::marker { content: "\2610"; }li.checked::marker ……… I love professionalism.

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Michael Scott's Exasperated Reaction

ALT: Michael Scott's Exasperated Reaction

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

PERSON OF THE DAY. 17 August 1943. Robert De Niro was born in New York City. He’s starred in over 90 films and won 2 Academy Awards for playing Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Vito Corleone in Godfather II. Other films include Once Upon a Time in America, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Casino.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My iPhone kindly reminds me that rain will be starting in 19 minutes, while a formidable thunderstorm is happening outside. The combination of precision and failure makes me wonder whether our AI overlords are really just around the corner.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The earliest form of marbling originated in Japan (and possibly China) around the 12th century. Known as Suminagashi or "floating ink"). As the trade routes evolved, the concept traveled to Central Asia, Persia (modern-day Iran). In Türkiye they call it ebru. IG: @thesoftasylum

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Wood bender IG: @mirobannwart WINKLER Holzbiegewerk

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just needed to close six pop-up ads on my phone before I could click the “send receipt by email” button. I hate hyper aggressive advertising, and it massively lowers my interest in whatever is being advertised.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am so happy for the people excitedly posting solar eclipse footage. I saw the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, and it was so stunningly beautiful that I know it will stay with me for the rest of my life. These are events of epic proportion, and I wish everybody a chance to see them.

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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BPPB Seminar Series @bppbseminar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Please join BPPB on Fri Aug 14 @ 11 ET for talks by Max Brambach (How self-tolerance can be faster than immunity and what that could mean for cancer therapy) & Sumantra Sarkar @sumantrasarkar.bsky.social (Glass transition in epithelial tissues). For more info, see sites.google.com/view/bppb-se....

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