Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The conclusion of yet another highly successful metabolic phenotyping course by Sable Systems Europe! By discoverers, for discoverers. Featuring the Sable Systems Promethion Core system - the world leader in resolution, versatility & in-depth scientific expertise. 030
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A great story of cellular & academic symbiosis (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. 010
Reposted by Sable SystemsDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A few countries are doing this. But I need to stress that it will only happen for a tiny fraction of US scientists who have lost funding or jobs. There are not enough jobs in the rest of the world combined. The impact of Donald Trump and Elon Musk will not be science moving, but less science. 🧪nature.comCanada recruits dozens of US scholars — including several science starsUS funding uncertainty was a key factor for several of the researchers heading to Canada. Observers predict more will follow. 310535
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Predictable. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north. 000
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Francis Bacon: 'What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' 010
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 24/08/2026To our Canadian colleagues & friends (you know who you are): we support you in these difficult times. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Mark Carney Did What Canadians Elected Him to Do (Gift Article)Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do. 000
Reposted by Sable SystemsJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026NIH has lost more than 20% of its staff. NIH has lost 1 in every 5 workers. This undermines the NIH mission. @27unihted.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...open.substack.comLost critical expertise is hindering the NIH missionConcern 5 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later 216886
Reposted by Sable SystemsStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/07/2026Gutting federal research funding from America’s universities would not only dismantle the primary engine of scientific discovery in the United States, it would fundamentally change American science for generations to come. Article: zurl.co/sCa8Ezurl.coTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for UniversitiesMichael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 28438
Reposted by Sable SystemsScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Nothing to see here: Just 292,150+ people warning about Trump Admin’s new federal rule to strip grant funding power away from experts, scientists and unbiased arbiters Instead granting power over federal grants to Trump appointees Enormous issue Comment deadline is today 381794927
Reposted by Sable SystemsGwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I encourage everyone who has submitted comments on the hot mess that is OMB-2026-0034 to also send a copy to your congress critters. www.theverge.com/science/9576...theverge.comThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’ 6205100
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Ons verlies is jullie winst, en helaas verdienen we het in dit geval om te verliezen!! 000
Reposted by Sable SystemsAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Conservative ideology is rare at universities because it is an intellectual failure. It provides no useful insights and produces no technological advances. It failed. In the biggest free market for ideas ever created, the market chose the productive route of real scholarship and real research. 329459
Reposted by Sable SystemsPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Short thread up and down 012322
Reposted by Sable SystemsJacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"Nobel-prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi has left the United States for a full-time position at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China... In a recent interview with Scientific American, he said that the current state of US science is 'not so encouraging.'" #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in ChinaOmar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent. 11910
Reposted by Sable SystemsMikel 🇺🇦 @mikelking.com · 02/07/2026When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. ~ Issac Asimov #ThoughtfulThursday 12768521985
Reposted by Sable SystemsLawrence Kazak @kazaklab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We’re now at >100 registrants for the 2nd #AdiposeBiology Conference. #Earlybird deadline approaching fast: July 1, 2026. Join us in Montreal 🇨🇦 on Oct 7–9, 2026. 🔗 Register before the early bird deadline at: adiposebiology.com #ABC2026 @sablesys.bsky.social @adiposebiology.bsky.social 141
Reposted by Sable SystemsMichael Kearney @ecophys.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e... 010128
Reposted by Sable SystemsMichael Kearney @ecophys.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I'm looking for a postdoc to work on an Australian Research Council Laureate Project on climate change responses, applying a Julia implementation of the NicheMapR package. The work could go in control theory, DEB theory or population process directions unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Fellow in Biophysical EcologyRole type: Full Time (1.0 FTE); Fixed term for 2 years Faculty: Faculty of Science Department/ School: School of BioSciences Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 p.a. plus 17% super ARC-funded climate ... 01622
Reposted by Sable SystemsChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 29/06/2026so... yay? www.newscientist.com/article/2531...newscientist.comRemote-controlled cockroach swarm can now breathe underwaterTiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a cyborg insect swarm to explore disaster zones and perhaps even Mars 75410
Reposted by Sable SystemsKiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o... Free 🎁 article.nytimes.comOpinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack 043
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 18/06/2026My hero in this respect is Peter Mitchell, whose chemiosmotic theory of mitochondrial ATP production was pilloried, forcing him to go private & use his resources to fund Glynn Research- & win the Nobel Prize; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_D...en.wikipedia.orgPeter D. Mitchell - Wikipedia 020
Reposted by Sable SystemsThe Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We tackled ultra-processed foods and how they affect our health in a three-part series today. First: @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, former senior investigator at the NIH discusses his groundbreaking study on how human bodies respond to ultra-processed foods. Take a listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...wnyc.orgWhat Are Ultra-Processed Foods and What Are They Doing to Us? | WNYCKevin Hall discusses his groundbreaking research tracking how bodies respond to ultra-processed foods. 185
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 14/06/2026"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." -- Benjamin Franklin 000
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"Of course scientists are not infallible. But the judgment of scientific peers is a potent corrective mechanism. It should be left in place & not interfered with." 000
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"They will not hesitate to use their erroneous beliefs to reject scientific research that could be of immeasurable benefit both to humanity and to the United States." 100
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"Political appointees have little or no scientific background & may hold views diametrically opposed to the body of well-proven evidence in science. They may sincerely believe that the world is flat, that Earth was created 5000 years ago, or that viruses and bacteria do not cause disease." 100
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"It is not appropriate for political appointees to have judgment over scientific grant applications. Such veto power over research results in the stultification of science & national prosperity (e.g. Stalin's Soviet Union & Hitler's Germany). The USA should learn from history, not repeat it." 100
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 13/06/2026My comment on the USA Office of Management & Budget's proposal that unqualified political appointees be given life & death powers over scientific research grants that they do not & cannot understand: 120
Reposted by Sable SystemsSeamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Are you a build engineer? Want to get in on something fucking astounding? DM me. Last chance. I’m trying not to hire the usual suspects here. Be someone different and amazing. Hit me. Let’s go. 1011275
Reposted by Sable SystemsLawrence Kazak @kazaklab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Approaching 100 registrants for the #AdiposeBiology Conference! Due to popular demand, the early-bird deadline has been extended to July 1, 2026. Join us in Montreal 🇨🇦 | Oct 7–9, 2026 🔗Register before the early bird deadline: www.adiposebiology.com/registration #ABC2026 @sablesys.bsky.social 045
Reposted by Sable SystemsGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgAnother red alert for American scienceAlthough research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s... 7366220
Reposted by Sable SystemsCanadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-... The Creep of Politicization A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern So how much worse can the new policy be? Scientists are using apocalyptic terms, like “the end of American science as we know it.”donmoynihan.substack.comThe Creep of PoliticizationA new assault on science highlights a broader pattern 011
Reposted by Sable SystemsCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/2026"Would someone from abroad want to come to the United States to start their career in science when the NAS Presidential address repeated the structural risks of America’s apparent ‘over-reliance on foreign researchers’?" What on earth is going on at the NASEM? @joshuasweitz.bsky.social reports.joshuasweitz.substack.comA Response to The National Academies' Vision for Science: Averting a Path Towards MediocrityOn the National Academy of Sciences Presidential address & panel on 'The State of Science' - both what was said and the many things that were left unsaid. 47027
Reposted by Sable SystemsPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/06/2026@catgyoung.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/06/01/n... 206117263024
Reposted by Sable SystemsAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Is it pronounced ORCID 🌸 like the flower or Orc ID 👹 like an identity card for a Middle Earth monster? Smart people disagree. Personally, I pronounce it Orc ID because I like the idea that I am a science goblin with a fixed numerical identifier. @orcid.org 8515
Reposted by Sable SystemsKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction. 23980452824
Reposted by Sable SystemsStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/06/2026Stand Up for Science Director of Policy @colesci.bsky.social breaks down the steps needed to put American Science back on the world pedestal after the Trump Admin's demolition of the scientific field. Read the article here: zurl.co/1ZCvE #Science #Trump #SaveScience #StandUpForScience 07530
Reposted by Sable SystemsMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... 447188346435
Reposted by Sable SystemsLawrence Kazak @kazaklab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Don’t miss the @adiposebiology.bsky.social Conference in Montreal 🇨🇦 | Oct 7–9, 2026! 🔗#Earlybird deadline approaching fast: June 1, 2026 adiposebiology.com Join leaders in adipose biology, #metabolism, #obesity, #diabetes, #thermogenesis, & #development #ABC2026 @sablesys.bsky.social 075
Reposted by Sable SystemsJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is fucking insanity www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...insidehighered.comReport: NIH, NASA Restrict Co-Authoring With Foreign ScientistsThe National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports. 511472549
Reposted by Sable SystemsSteve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Our new paper is out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social - about metabolic acclimation to captivity in mole rats (photo by D Kleynhans). You can read it here - journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/.... Males and females respond differently to captivity! 053
Reposted by Sable SystemsAndreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This study was led by soon-to-graduate PhD student #ElinPersson @biologylu.bsky.social with important contributions by @mariaagc.bsky.social at @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social. As always, @sablesys.bsky.social instruments made the work far easier. 021
Reposted by Sable SystemsTyler King @tyleraking.com · 09/05/2026This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/takensinceyouarrived.worldtaken.A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you. 491482734
Sable Systems @sablesys.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Well, I guess these days the Do Not Call registry means nothing 🤣 several scan loan offers per day - each immediately reported as spam to @TMobile but they keep pouring in 🙄 000