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Nicola Kriefall

@nicfall.bsky.social
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🧬 Scientist in Boston, MA | she/her

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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Some of the richest people in the world have been affected by wildfires in California & nothing changed
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Patricia @pjs501.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A cartoon showing multiple FBI agents with cameras and notepads circled around a group of sea shells. Yellow crime scene tape circles the group. While outside the circle being ignored by the FBI are the bloody bodies of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
DNC chair @kenmartin.bsky.social keeps repeating the same lines over & over - just repeating something doesn’t make it true? Also his level of condescension against his own party member was truly shocking. Democrats need new leadership, yesterday youtu.be/h8IwrO-03WU?... #DNC #democrats
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MUST WATCH: DNC Chair GRILLED in HEATED Interview Over Dem Strategy
YouTube video by Pod Save America
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📢 We need attention on California's disappearing kelp forests, says @ucsandiego.bsky.social bioengineering PhD candidate Katherine O'Connor. Inspired by Scripps PhD candidate Mohammad Sedarat's work tracking these trends, she shares why this is important for @sandiegouniontribune.com. ⤵️
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Opinion: Kelp forests off coast are disappearing. Who’s paying attention?
Kelp forests stabilize coastlines and help regulate carbon in the ocean.
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I laughed out loud 😂
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Dr. Craig DeForest ☀️ @craig.deforest.org · 26/03/2026
Thinking about poster presentations today in our weekly group meeting. Remember to use white space, font size, and graphic design to draw people in. This oldie-but-goodie is a nice reminder of that. 🧪
Graphic design demo shows how font size and highlighting guides the eye.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Check out our preprint on airway microbiome CF www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... Q: Can we predict clinical outcomes before the clinic? A: Yes! 🦠 Microbiome predicts Pseudomonas colonisation & AMR early 🦠 Resistance mechanisms mirror those seen in lab! #Microbiome #CysticFibrosis #Metagenomics
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Microbial Ecological Signatures Predict Pathogen Emergence and Multidrug Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis Airways up to a Year in Advance
Chronic infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) emerge from gradual ecological transitions in the airway microbiome, yet early predictive markers remain poorly defined. We developed a new autoencoder-based...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Want to join the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social as our communications and operations coordinator? Come join our team centered on Nature Based Approaches to coastal resilience! stonelivinglab.org/news-article...
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We're Hiring! Communications and Operations Coordinator - Stone Living Lab
Are you enthusiastic about communications? Highly organized and excited to make a positive difference in Boston's climate resiliency? Apply now to be our next
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social @marsobral.bsky.social & @ibartomeus.bsky.social on the (huge, urgent) need to change publishing pathways While public administrations (regional, national, European) decide to stop paying subscriptions and create their own portals, check journal options below
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2025
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Is this ASMR
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This wrapping paper turns everything into bread 🥖 Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
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Irv Nachamkin @nachampion.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I volunteer my time delivering meals for #MealsOnWheels. I know first hand how the elderly and infirm in need rely on these important services. Call your representatives and tell them to stop the cruelty by Trump and RFKJr and maintain MOW funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
nytimes.com
Trump Cuts Threaten Agency Running Meals on Wheels
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
There it is. The clam before the storm.
A clam on a wooden railing with a stormy grey sea in the background
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
New NSF FAQ - Scientists not allowed to study disinformation…Isn’t attempting to sort fact from fiction part of the job? “Free speech” is the priority, but certain words like “women” and “Black people” are targets It’s so embarrassing being shut down by people that don’t understand basic logic 😩
A screenshot from nsf.gov with new guidance on NSF-funded research adhering to new Trump bullshit, like scientists can’t research disinformation because it infringes on free speech. That’s paraphrasing but it’s really the short summary of the message there. Unbelievable
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Robert Aboukhalil @robert.bio · 15/04/2025
We always tell people to create a portfolio to showcase their work, so today we're releasing a template to get you started: github.com/omgenomics/p... It's made for scientists & engineers who want a living resume that showcases projects, work timeline, and blog posts that demonstrate your expertise
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 10/04/2025
when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOff Santa Barbara! 📷: Society of Fearless Grandmothers
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Kaia Sand @mkaiasand.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Penguins! #Handsoff
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Just a reminder #BoycottTesla Make their lives miserable
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#HandsOff #BoycottTesla
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For the many people that are already just scraping by, I would say this could be catastrophic.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Welcome to Idiocracy.
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Maike Morrison @maikemorrison.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
1/ Hey y'all, I'm excited to share my latest paper, which is out now in PNAS! We introduce FAVA, a statistical framework to measure compositional variability across microbiome samples. If you want to measure variability across a stacked bar plot, FAVA is for you! Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
5 relative abundance plots arranged to have increasing compositional variability (variability across relative abundance samples, here vertical bars)
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Super late reply lol but I just used SqueezeMeta for the first time & loved it #metagenomics #microsky
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ah so it’s not just me
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
AOC was right. It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Representatives Ami Bera of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Jim Costa of California, Laura Gillen of New York, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Tom Suozzi of New York.”
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House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress (Gift Article)
Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the Texas Democrat after he was ejected from the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Mr. Green voted “present....
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AlpenglowDreams @alpenglowdreams.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
When the PM of Canada cares more about the American people than our president
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Bostonians! Who is heading to @standupforscience.bsky.social in Boston this Friday? I'm trying to, but am hosting a speaker (HA) so can't get there until late - but, will there be a Marine Mafia or Evo-Eco Big-ole-Geeko Cluster? (I know, I failed on that last one) www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Boston, MA
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
@daviesswphd.bsky.social
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National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) @microbiomedata.org · 26/02/2025
2024 NMDC Ambassador Kacie Kajihara recently released a preprint, “Diversity, connectivity and negative interactions define robust microbiome networks across land, stream, and sea.” Read the preprint here! doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪
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Nicola Kriefall @nicfall.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
One of my fave #DOGE responses
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/02/2025
Sign of the day…
How many Tesla’s should we throw in the Boston Harbor?
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Does your child want to go to college, want to go to med or grad school? The new cures for diseases, new technologies that we depend on come out of universities. #Trump, #Musk, #Vought are now killing higher education. If you haven't been paying attention, this would be a good time to wake up.
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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Complete and utter failure of NSF leadership. Instead of fighting for their employees, they turn their back on them. Strong advocacy - not appeasement - is the only way we can save science. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: ‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts
At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.
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National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) @microbiomedata.org · 21/02/2025
There’s just one week left to apply to the 2025 NMDC Ambassador cohort! Head to microbiomedata.org/ambassadors/ to learn more and apply 🧪
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/02/2025
DOGE By The Numbers theonion.com/doge-by...
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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Post on X, by @ramitsethi.bsky.social
picture of tweet from Tamit Sethi: "Good evening. I have a huge amount of fraud, waste, and abuse on my iPhone, so I’ve decided to specifically focus on eliminating “system data,” which represents less than 1% of “waste” and will cause crippling long-term effects"
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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🧪🧬🔬◼️ !!happy international day of [redacted] and [redacted] in science!! ◼️🔬🧬🧪
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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