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Jonathan Dushoff @jdushoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our department is looking for a tenure-track plant biologist! See www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-.... Vibrant department; liveable city; friendly country (Canada); new greenhouse facility ...

academicwork.ca

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Plant Biology

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

College campuses need more dogs right now. Lucy knows her job.

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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508

indiana.peopleadmin.com

Indiana University Academic Positions

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm feeling increasingly optimistic about a historic 50.1-49.9 electoral victory in November.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I used to use ketamine to anesthetize 600-800 lb elk cows in Yellowstone. I can't believe that anybody who has taken this drug at the doses used non-clinically, is in control of their faculties and most certainly cannot consent.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What's going to happen to all those grants just submitted that arbitrarily included "AI" in the methods?

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does Sports Illustrated have a copyright case here?

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I sometimes check in with my undergrad classes to see if they're keeping up to date on current affairs. They usually are not. The reaction I got when I asked if they knew what was happening at Cornell was dramatic. When I asked if they were getting anything from Penn State ... crickets.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A thing I want everyone to appreciate is that elections are the start of change, not the end. Change requires elections, debate, compromise, legislation, funding, enforcement. If you hope the world will be meaningfully different on 4 Nov 2026 you'll be disappointed.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TT Assistant Professor position in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease at University of Florida

explore.jobs.ufl.edu

University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I want to teach a class on "college tactics as life lessons". Lesson 1 will be, if you don't know the answer, don't make one up. Lesson 2 will be, if you can't remember lesson 1, do NOT make up a complicated answer.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Of the many things that I hate about the "died with, not because of, measles" discourse is that it is being advanced by the same folks who will submit a report to VAERS about a traffic accident 2 months after a vaccination.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a great metaphor for contemporary America. In both cases each person gets the same (average) amount of wet. But in reality, under the current administration, one person stays dry and the others get drenched.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A kid in my global health class works in a cash only clinic that sees a lot of plain sect folks. She says the measles cases they've been seeing have been traumatizing.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Clearly this place is an echo chamber because there are tons of posts about AI and not one has used the correct terminology of "super intelligence"

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The most damning thing for the US here is that nobody at any level managed to talk him out of this.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the 80s Nike paid the $5000 per game fine for Michael Jordan to wear red and black Air Jordan 1s. Even if the story is disputed (it is), Nike profited from the perception that they took on this fine. A life and the perception of valuing life seems like it should be worth this much.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It would probably be cheaper just to elect a president that doesn't need this level of defending.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Too bad Rolling Stone already used the headline "Can Dr. Evil Save the World" in a 2006 article about Lowell Wood.

courses.seas.harvard.edu

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know I shouldn't get pulled in. But aside from absurdity of how this idea must have even gotten started, the actual safety and regulatory process to necessary to make this happen would take decades and billions of dollars.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've gotten a few questions about PA's request for CDC Epi-Aid and the Governor's condition that the request will be rescinded if PA's measles deaths are not acknowledged. Some thoughts below:

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Between this and the AI arms race between students and lecturers, "Real Genius" is starting to look prophetic.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Two things can be true: 1) poor wording that mistakenly disqualifies the victims of sexual exploitation from serving should be changed 2) If you're leader of the organization making that change and can't communicate it in a way that doesn't make a mockery, you're not fit to be the leader

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over? Me: Yes, ma’am. I was engaged in speeding. Officer: With my condolences, carry on patriot.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think about this episode of The Moth by Adam Savage (yeah, Mythbusters) a lot. He wrestles with how to talk to his young sons about sex on the internet. He concludes that the simplest explanation is , if the internet was a person, its actions and content clearly indicate someone who hated women.

themoth.org

Talking To My Kids About Sex In The Internet Age | Stories

A father of twin teenage boys finds the internet a scary place for impressionable minds.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trump will endorse Don Jr. before he endorses JD Vance. I honestly think he'll do so before the mid-terms to force those running to back Don Jr. on the record.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm feeling increasingly optimistic about a historic 50.1-49.9 electoral victory in November.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You better believe I brought my emotional support puppy to work today.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years ago I was just waking up in the Mountain Timezone. I don't know why I was up that early. Just before I left for campus I heard an announcement on NPR that a "small plane" had hit the north tower. I said out loud "wow, somebody really screwed up."

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The cavernous disconnect between the discussion of AI safety and the discussion of pathogen gain-of-function work from the exact same people is utterly bonkers.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The only way to eat the elephant is one bite at a time. It's an absurd idiom. But it sticks and that's what it has to do. I say it to myself all the time.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wait, you mean to tell me that Jeff Bezos depends on the functioning of publicly supported infrastructure and federal employees?

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If I had to be stuck in a moment, it would be 2/3s of the way through Sunday breakfast. Almost full, but still more to enjoy. No pressure to finish, but the tingle of responsibility tomorrow. Coffee that is hot but not scalding and just enough to question a second cup, but not yet have poured one.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I saw an IG reel about an executive order to rename German measles "American measles". It is dark. But I laughed. That's where my head is.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The high risk period in the semester for grandparents appears to be starting.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Following the horrific news of measles infection in a pregnant woman in Lancaster PA it's worth a reminder that the re-emergence rubella virus is likely to follow measles. Rubella infection in pregnancy causes entirely preventable outcomes that used to be so well known they were plot lines.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A comms person at my university came by to have me record some "from an expert" comments on how to avoid measles ... Me: Get vaccinated Them: What about hand washing, and ... Me: Let me stop you right there. Clean hands are great, but that's like trying to stop a train with a handkerchief

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

BREAKING: US mint to replace "E pluribus unum" with "It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" on all currency.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

These beauties really brightened my morning walk.

a collection of small orange mushrooms on a wet log in the forest.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I had been wondering what came of this bonkers idea. When the same story is told of America, I wonder if WSJ will still be around to tell it?

youtube.com

Why the World’s Largest Megaproject Collapsed | WSJ

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I bet that for a donation of like $1m, you could get an executive order to name Toronto after your pet.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The discussion of how to count "measles deaths" versus "deaths attributable to measles" has been going on for a long time. There is nothing politicized about using the WHO standard definition "any death, except accidents and trauma, taking place within 30 days of the onset of rash"

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have legitimate questions about what the cost of liability insurance would do the viability of an industry with famously narrow margins.

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Over a year ago I proposed that we start a tick farm. Then I had to raise money for a tick farm. Then we had to staff and house a tick farm. Today I got the first pictures documenting that we are farming ticks. (farming ticks ain't pretty, I'm not posting pics)

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

even the moon is hiding in embarrassment

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Last May I wrote something for my Dad's memorial about his unending love of practice and his deep aversion to perfection. I've been thinking about it and the beauty and meaning in practice a lot in light of the ongoing discussion about LLMs and genAI.

Many people spend their lives pursuing perfection, all of them fail. My dad loved the pursuit itself, and his success lay in a lifetime of that pursuit.

It is unclear to me whether he even thought perfection was possible. The things he most admired were spontaneous or fleeting.

The pottery strewn about the house is fired for days out of hands of the potter. The final product is more revealed than it is completed.

The calligraphy he loved is just a record of a well swept brush and hand that is known only to the artist, and briefly at that.

He made a career of creating beauty out of corporate ephemera that was replaced in a year.

But he believed that the most beautiful things in life came from practice, almost endless practice … because to reach an end would be have no further path to enjoy.

I’ll admit, that philosophy was tough to swallow as a kid. And I think, at times, it was a frustrating and unglamorous path for my Dad.

He was the first in his generation. And as such he took on his role as foundation and an example. It’s a role for which he received little praise and asked for even less.

But all of us here have been influenced and inspired by my Dad’s example. He believed that a thing that could be done, could be done better.

And we are each here are taller and stronger for standing on the foundation he laid.

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