iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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CG Partridge @partridgecg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a reminder to apply to be my colleague! It is a wonderful working environment with great resources right on Muskegon Lake in Michigan.

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ASM @asm.org · 01/07/2026

Please welcome @vscooper.micropopbio.org as the new ASM President and Federico Sisti, Ph.D., as President-Elect. They begin their terms on July 1. ASM congratulates its new & continuing leaders and looks forward to their leadership in advancing ASM’s mission. asm.social/2Zx

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Brian D. Wade @astrobrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Tenure-track faculty position in #astrobiology at the University of Florida explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

explore.jobs.ufl.edu

University of Florida - Details - Assistant or Associate Professor – Space Biology / Astrobiology

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Ruby, pretty ape machine @anontranshoe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

he may be the first, but the people can also make sure he's the last as well

top panel: Geordi LaForge holding up his hand in a gesture of rejection with the caption "world's first trillionaire"

bottom panel: Geordi LaForge pointing affirmitively at the caption "world's *last* billionaire"

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Enjoying The Constitution at Founding Farmers #ASMicrobe

Red cocktail with a lemon garnish and 3 blueberries

The Constitution
Founding Spirits Dry Gin infused with blueberry, ginger & chamomile, lemon

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 07/06/2026

#ASMicrobe folks! Support our peer-mentoring program and then come find me and get a shirt! I’ll be in the exhibit hall near the ATCC booth around 1 PM! #MicroSky 🧪🦠🔬

White t-shirt with the Binning Singletons Microbe 2026 art depicting DC sites and microbes

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#ASMicrobe If you still play Pokémon Go, add me as a friend! Let's be friends in Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 499234571664!

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 02/06/2026

Microbe @asm.org attendees! The matching registration form is locked but you can still join the community! forms.gle/5roddkPnjuBt... Join us on Slack and IRL. We often gain up to an additional 50% more people after we've made matches! #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🧪🦠🏳️‍🌈

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Binning Singletons Registration

Please complete ONLY if you are attending #ASMicrobe in Washington, DC, June 4-7, 2026 Singletons Looking for community and inclusion at ASM Microbe this year? Join other Singletons (first-time and s...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking

Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 01/06/2026

Today is the deadline for matching for Binning Singletons @ #ASMicrobe in DC later this week! Get matched with other attendees, build your community, and get help navigating the meeting. See you at @asm.org Microbe! #MicroSky #AMR 🧪🦠🔬 docs.google.com/forms/d/1AfO...

Cartoon panels explaining the Binning Singletons program. BINNING SINGLETONS iS
A MENTORING & NETWORKiNG
PROGRAM FOR ATTENDEES
SEEKING COMMUNITY IN A LARGE MEETING

PARTICIPANTS SELF-IDENTIFY AS SINGLETONS (OFTEN SOLO AND 1ST TiME ATTENDEES)

WE GROUP SINGLETONS iNTO BiNS BASED ON COMMON INTERESTS

EACH BIN HAS A MENTOR
THE MENTOR iS A MEETING COACH AND HELPS WITH LOGISTICS AND NETWORKING

WE BRING THE DiFFERENT BINS TOGETHER TO GROW THE COMMUNITY

WE SUPPORT
SiNGLETONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PRESENTATiONS,
HOSTING MEET-UPS, ATTENDING VENDOR EVENTS, ORGANIZING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The last 5 months have been exhausting but there’s relief in sight. The twins have graduated and @binningsingletons.com @ #ASMicrobe is this week. After that I’ll have a little bit of time to decompress before the next big demand and I REALLY need it.

My beautiful twins in their graduation regalia. My daughter is on the left and my son on the right. They’re making “tough” poses

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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

LLMs impress the writers who do not want to write, the coders who don't want to code, the researchers who don't want to research, and the lawyers that don't want to actually understand case law. Those that desperately tell you how powerful Al is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs' outputs tend to be people with low standards.

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 07/05/2026

➡️ First time attendees or those attending alone, this is your opportunity to: * Minimize the stress of navigating a big conference ☮️ * Meet more people in your field in a safe and welcoming way 🤝 * Boost your presentation or poster to a wider audience 📢 binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

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BinSing @ ASM 2026 Registration - Binning Singletons

Join Binning Singletons at ASM Microbe! We match you with other attendees, provide an experienced mentor, and help you navigate the meeting while building community!

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 25/05/2026

Big meetings like #ASMicrobe can present unexpected challenges when you are by yourself or attending for the first time. #BinningSingletons can help you overcome them and have a great meeting! 🧪 🦠 🔬 #Microsky (Artwork by the great Johnny Chang) binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

Large microbe hold up a small microbe so it can see over a wall. Art by Johnny Chang

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap

Fictional hair metal band Limozeen from the Homestar Runner universe

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 07/05/2026

📢 Are you attending #ASMicrobe this year? Or is someone in your lab? Pass this on! Binning Singletons is an awesome opportunity to maximize the experience. 🦠 🧪 🔬 #MicroSky binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

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BinSing @ ASM 2026 Registration - Binning Singletons

Join Binning Singletons at ASM Microbe! We match you with other attendees, provide an experienced mentor, and help you navigate the meeting while building community!

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If you or your organization have the means, @binningsingletons.com could use your help. We’ve added some new sponsors but we’re still operating at a deficit this year. Help keep the program going for 1st time, solo, and any attendees looking for community. #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬 🧪 🦠

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I am always impressed with the new ways that Sarah makes science accessible, from Skype a Scientist to zines to a phone number you can text for squid facts to billboards to town events. This is $ well spent! givebutter.com/SupportSAS26

givebutter.com

Support Skype a Scientist!

By Skype a Scientist

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The only thing people hate more than AI are the sociopaths shoving it down our throats.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

The Onion
MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices
March 10, 2026

Reuters
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree.
By Brad Brooks
May 16, 20265:14 AM CDT

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’m pretty sure @profanity.accountant will say I use WAY fewer swears here than I do in real life.

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 12/05/2026

Join the supportive #BinningSingletons community at @asm.org #ASMicrobe in Washington, DC, June 4-7! Our nonprofit program has been helping you get more out of meetings since 2019 and we’d love for you to join us! 🧪 🦠 🔬 #Microsky binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

“He’s out there for one thing: Play great defense and knock down threes.” The wisdom, and bad math, of Reggie Miller

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

genuine plea: please include alt text in your posts so that people with vision disabilities can know what’s in your pics/videos. if public health is going to claim to care about disabled people, we need to be making our stuff accessible, especially during events like this one.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 08/05/2026

Imposter Syndrome can make large meetings difficult. #BinningSingletons can help you find community and have a great meeting! Join us @ #ASMicrobe next month! 🔬🦠🧪 #MicroSky #AMR binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

Spacemen from Among Us. A yellow one is giving presentation in front of a whiteboard that says “Imposter syndrome: how does it affect you?” In the lower right is a red one with a bloody knife (the “imposter” from the game).

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If you're still confused who is winning the war in Iran.

NYT headline: "Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit After Oil Prices Surged Amid U.S.-Iran War"

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This follows from a categorization error that the Confederacy lost the Great Rebellion now d/b/a the Civil War. While the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appamattox & of Tennessee at Greensboro, the Confederacy won the post-war peace & its politics have dominated the US ever since. 1/

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

ESPN having Draymond on for a Rudy game is not great. As a current player with so much personal animosity , it’s just not professional.

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This right here. 👇💯

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 01/05/2026

FIRST YOU DECIDE IF YOU’RE A SINGLETON AND THEN THEY GROUP YOU WITH OTHERS AND THEN YOU GET A MENTOR AND THEY HELP YOU AND YOU ALSO BUILD COMMUNITY WITH THE OTHER BINS AND IT’S NOT SO SCARY AT #ASMICROBE ANYMORE binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi... #MicroSky #AMR 🔬🦠🧪

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 30/04/2026

We help folks at #ASMicrobe, even when they sign up DURING the event. But if you sign up EARLY, you’ll get the FULL benefit of a mentor to ask questions of, as well as a small group you can make plans with ahead of time binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi... #MicroSky #AMR 🧪🦠🔬

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Very excited about my new Spurs cap. My brother said, “Oh, so I guess you just buy a new Spurs cap every 35 years, whether you need it or not”

Me, a white guy in my early 50s, in a San Antonio Spurs cap

Me, a middle aged white guy, in a faded San Antonio Spurs cap

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 29/04/2026

Some advice I just gave a friend that you also might need to hear... Someone you met as a complete stranger who got to know you and found you wonderful is not in any way biased. They're not related to you! They have no stake in pretending you're a better person than you are. Accept their praise!

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

That ADHD thing where you are awake at 3 AM and songs from Transatlanticism have been running through your head for hours and you realize you never took your evening meds

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Forget Trump. This made me cry a bit. The good of America will win.

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Registration is now open for Binning Singletons @asm.org #ASMicrobe 2026! We are committed to lowering the activation energy required for you to have a great meeting. We're looking for Mentors and Singletons, so please spread the word. forms.gle/fUhhWyHQqQe1...

BINNING SİNGLETONS iS
A MENTORiNG &
NETWORKING PROGRAM FOR ATTENDEES SEEKING COMMUNiTY iN A LARGE MEETING.

PARTiCIPANTS SELF-iDENTiFY AS SINGLETONS (OFTEN SOLO AND IST TiME ATTENDEES)

WE GROUP SİNGLETONS
INTO BİNS BASED ON COMMON iNTERESTS

EACH BIN HAS A MENTOR
THE MENTOR IS A MEETING COACH AND HELPS WITH LOGISTICS AND NETWORKING

WE BRING THE DiFFERENT BİNS TOGETHER TO GROW THE COMMUNITY

WE SUPPORT
SINGLETONS BY PROMOTING THEiR PRESENTATIONS, HOSTING MEET-UPS, ATTENDİNG VENDOR EVENTS, ORGANİZİNG SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND PROViDING ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE MEETiNG

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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Jaden McDaniels is under no obligation to “dribble it out”. I played college basketball and used to pray for a breakaway dunk at the end of the game. And sometimes I got one. Winners get to do that. Losers..gotta take that L.

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Sometimes you have to be very clear with your coworkers

My office door at work. There is clip art of a fuel gauge on empty, and a post-it that says “Please text or email 1st”

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2025

on behalf of the bluesky team i am excited to announce our newest feature! Now in addition to replies and quotes, we have the "don't reply" here's how it works: 1. you see a post that does not mention you 2. you "don't reply" to it 3. the app shows you more posts

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Bernard Taylor @bernardtaylorforfl.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Rick Scott, Your party has been in charge of Florida for 30 YEARS!!!!!!!! You were Governor and now a Senator. Do something about it!!!!!!!

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