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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Emotional and meaningful day celebrating and remembering the legacy of David Botstein. pph.princeton.edu/david-botste...
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David Botstein Memorial Symposium
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TrueSync @truesync.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yep that was my primary reason in dropping cable
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I intentionally refused to let a Cybertruck merge last night outside of MetLife stadium. I’m not often petty but it’s such an obvious sign of being an asshole to drive one of those things.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New email to Director Bhattacharya to start Labor Day weekend regarding the secret transfer of appropriated funds to the Department of Defense.
Dear Director Bhattacharya:

Nothing screams "radical transparency" like quietly signing an agreement with another agency transferring hundreds of millions of dollars appropriated to NIH that is only publicly disclosed through investigative reporting and only confirmed by a vague statement by you on "X".

As you know, I have been tracking NIH commitments in as close to real time as possible. I am flattered that NIH has mimicked my "funding curves" on the front page of the NIH Reporter website. Apparently, I will need to consider essentially secret interagency transfers in my analysis.

This is another good contribution to your legacy at NIH..."Director Bhattacharya broke new ground and many other things."

Sincerely,

Jeremy M. Berg
Director NIGMS, 2003-2011
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ASM: Congress Must Reject Siphoning of NIH Funds to DoW bit.ly/4xKYUfo
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
people reduce Ruby the elephant to just “the painter elephant” but never talk about her other great passion
companionship.!2! She would scatter grain in her small 20-by-30 foot enclosure to lure ducks into range, then she stomped them to death. This aberrant behavior was
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
absolute fuckers "Trump officials at NIH disclosed the existence of DoD’s efforts only after being pressed for information by House Appropriations Committee Democrats." democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
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Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
lmfao how did they think this wouldn't get found out or was a good idea
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paulspellman.bsky.social @paulspellman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I will be discussing it with my family today but we will likely be altering our relationship with Apple. Choosing to follow the words of a man who is amongst the worst possible people is unacceptable. This will likely mean canceling AppleOne. Given that Google caved first switching isnt a choice.
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Legal Weed 4 SC 🌱 @legalweed4sc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why can't Democrats be more like Republicans and just hold their nose and vote for whoever the Democrat is on the ticket? Enough with the bullshit purity tests. That ain't getting us anywhere.
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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
California's No Kings Act is the first bill in the nation to let people take ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents to court when they violate our constitutional rights. Tell Governor Newsom to sign the No Kings Act now. @governor.ca.gov @scottwiener.bsky.social
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 31/08/2026
It’s a good thing this architecture professor got the windowless bedrooms that were often marketed to low-income college students banned. Otherwise these kids might be forced to live in inhumane conditions. (Picture completely unrelated.)
UC Santa Barbara student Kris Hotchkiss lives in a van borrowed from Rahyen Heilmann, a close friend. The two friends renovated it to include a bed, fridge and ceiling fan. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
California college students live in vans and hotels as campus housing plans spark backlash
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump during the 2024 campaign on Venezuelan oil: “We’re buying tar from Venezuela and we’re refining it in Houston. It’s the dirtiest, worst oil anywhere in the world. And we’re refining it - so you can imagine what’s going up in the air.”
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"one (male) breadwinner used to be able to support a family" define support—y'all flipped out over 5% inflation, how'd you feel about groceries going from 10 to 35% of your paycheck? a TV costing 100 times as much?
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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dukane.bsky.social @dukane.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mein Cloaca
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 26/08/2026
Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house
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Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house
LOS ANGELES - Following the death of beloved 80-year-old British actor Tim Curry, observers have noted a coterie of anonymous upper crust suspects arriving at his mansion in order to investigate the m...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 26/08/2026
Good morning. ☕️
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hear me out: The John F. Kennedy and Dolly Parton Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They are stealing money allocated by Congress. This is an obscene scandal and completely corrupt
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I can't believe the amount of recent history revisionism in the UK. Response to Polish immigration was so severe that it successfully led to Brexit. BREXIT. And tanked British economy. This happened last decade, you can just Google it.
Post on X Remember in early 2000s thousands of Polish men immigrated over to UK cause their economy crashed but no one said fuck all cause they came to work, minded their own buisness an left our kids alone.....

Response Most Poles who emigrated to the UK in the early 2000s remember something completely different and photo of xenophobic graffiti
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
i can take it, i live on campus and walk to work SHOW ME DOUBLE DIGITS MR. CARNEY
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do you keep patients in the Epic ecosystem? How do you prevent them from getting care from the shadow health system being driven by AI? So many questions for Epic ($) www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/a... #epic #ehr #ai
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What Epic did — and didn’t — say about AI at its annual meeting
At Epic's annual meeting, the prevailing question behind closed doors is “What the heck is going on with Epic?”
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 19/08/2026
Moderna's mRNA vaccine reduces the recurrence of skin cancer in a clinical trial. wapo.st/4gosZtG
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Cancer treatment could face landmark moment with promising vaccine
A therapy using the same mRNA technology in coronavirus vaccines showed positive results in trial for skin cancer patients, drugmakers Moderna and Merck said.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"if there was a cure to cancer they wouldnt sell it to you, to sell you chemo instead" (actual market): holy fuck these guys mightve cured melanoma BUY BUY BUY
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s still genetic… www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and...
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Understanding the Genetics of Autism
“The genetics underpinning autism is extremely complex. But the evidence for primarily genetic causation is overwhelming…” writes Kevin Mitchell.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It’s fascinating how so many people driving on the 405 on a Sunday should never be allowed to operate a motor vehicle and yet we just let them do it
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Eberhard Tarpenning @keikiokaaina.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Agree 100% (CI=96.5-100)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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nick pants @nickpants.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
i mean… i’m OG team ‘fuck donald trump’ but this is stupid
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mecha-sheep.bsky.social @mecha-sheep.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I wonder why all the megafauna of Australia disappeared as soon as human beings arrived. Same with the Americas by the way. Those tired remakes of the "Noble Savages" myth (first used by Tacitus to describe Germanic people…) feel patronizing to me. Of course, it's better than the usual racism, but…
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Jesse Boehm @boehmjesse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hot off the press in Nature! After 10 years, 2,780 patients and 300+ scientists, today we announce the Human Cancer Models Initiative (HCMI) release of 665 organoids and other next generation models! All models and data available to accelerate cancer drug discovery! @nature.com rdcu.be/fx3I3
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A compendium of next-generation patient-derived models for diverse cancers
Nature - The international collaboration of the Human Cancer Models Initiative presents a comprehensive resource of next-generation cancer models from 2,780 donors with 25 cancer types and...
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#TheStupidestTimeline
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ontheotherhand.bsky.social @ontheotherhand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Or the mother for refusing to wear the mask
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Jim Tomlinson @jimtomjazz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
There’s no moral imperative to continue a beneficial intervention once begun. Nor is the withdrawal of such an intervention morally equivalent to deliberately causing harm equivalent to the intervention’s cessation. What’s morally egregious about DOGE is the racist motivation. And it bad policy.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
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paulspellman.bsky.social @paulspellman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
TSLA Under $1T valuation. Still 15x overvalued but it’s headed in correct direction. SPCX At 50% of its high and 16-% below IPO. Still worth a completely unknowable amount.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.
Susan Collins standing with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"[Donald Trump's] a man who doesn't think. He's a man who acts on impulse. He's a man who acts on what he thinks in the moment serves him the best, gets him the most attention, and gives him a feeling of power. And that's why he did this. There's no other reason."
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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Super excited about the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social D Line extensions to Century City and Westwood next year! You can count on me to be there when it begins service!! 🚇🏙️🎉
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paulspellman.bsky.social @paulspellman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is why I’m ok with mandatory civic service apple.news/ARC2_-4_ESce...
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Call Her Mommy — New York Magazine
Gen-Z women are paying for, and parenting, their boyfriends.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I find it very funny but at their expense. "I a bluesky user am going to talk about this person like they are a nerd I am bullying" I have news for you buddy.
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Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Yep. This is a new level of stupid. Any dem who allies themselves with this idiot is not thinking clearly.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"I never would and never will criticize Mao Zedong… one of the great leaders of this world... who changed the entire universe … There was a lot of fucking excess... but China would not exist without Mao." Mao’s rule resulted in 40M deaths.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ok I'm more pro national service than most on here but I get that there are valid concerns etc etc. but I'm sorry 'pro-communism but also furious at prospect of govt controlling my employment choices' is just a very funny type of guy. you think a command economy is gonna let you follow your dreams?
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
there's a pretty good tweet that's something like "people think that under communism they'll be given a luxiourus stipend to make art no one likes, instead of being forcibly retrained as a dental hygienist and deployed to Bangor Maine to care for the elderly population there"
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Sort of Damocles @sortofdamocles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I don't feel bad dunking on this because it is fucking insane and the ur example of this whole stupid discourse
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Crying babies are similar to someone shooting up heroin in public" do you people listen to yourselves or talk to anyone not on the internet
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