Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026cowboystatedaily.com/2026/09/24/l...cowboystatedaily.comLaramie City Worker Caught Doing Epically Bad Curb Paint JobA city worker caught doing an epically bad curb-painting job in Laramie’s downtown district has locals saying they’re “embarrassed," and the city… 3183
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yes, whole genome sequencing gets cheaper every day. But I’m holding out for when they start paying us for the privilege of sequencing our samples. 1120
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Back, because I felt like it dammit. The lavender ones are sweet peas and have a nice scent. 090
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I don’t line to brag, but I think I may have just carried out the least conclusive complementation test in the history of genetics. Thanks you. 2120
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Still in my dahlia phase. They are just so arresting. 092
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Yet another terrible policy for WYcowboystatedaily.comAnother Trump Call For Imported Beef Riles Up Wyoming RanchersWyoming ranchers are riled at President Trump’s Friday announcement that the U.S. will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported… 3120
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026: 7248371037
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"So we CANNOT have wind turbines or solar panels because of how it iruins the landscape', but data centers somehow get a free pass??" 16550141299
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Sometimes it’s helpful to see nice flower arrangements. 040
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyEthan (Chee Kiang) Ewe @ethanewe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Come one, come all!! 121
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Brought to you by inflated tuition!chronicle.com94% of Division I Athletics Programs Lost MoneyMinnesota State at Mankato trims 60 jobs, U. of Alaska cuts out-of-state tuition, and visa limits pose revenue risk. 140
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026With most 1st-year PhD students starting graduate programs this month, it seemed like a good time to address the most important dilemma faced by many incoming PhD students—how to choose rotation labs. Although perhaps obvious to those with experience, many of the key factors are often overlooked.helpimascientist.comChoosing rotations and a dissertation lab - Help, I'm a Scientist!By David Fay Choosing a lab in which to carry out your PhD is admittedly one of the more important decisions you’ll make in your early scientific career. But it’s important to have some perspective. F... 22213
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The really funny part is that the comic was undoubtedly made by AI. 061
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A new Origin Story piece in helpimascientist.com by Andrew Ramirez. Please send us your own origin story!helpimascientist.comUsing mentors and family to guide my trajectory to engineering - Help, I'm a Scientist!By Andrew Ramirez, Ph.D. Scientists travel many different paths—sometimes quite circuitous—before reaching their destinations, which are not always final. What’s your story and what takeaways might he... 253
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026“Institutions stop exactly where the cost to them would begin.” Sorry for taking your land… anyway, moving along…nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Native American. Land Acknowledgments Are Infuriating.Conservatives who critique land acknowledgments aren’t acting in good faith, but they do have a point. 110
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026One of the better local hats I’ve seen for sale. 130
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyMaureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Really excited about our new paper. The 2nd author Carlos Nava Cruz started as an UG, was supported by an diversity NIH supplement, & is completing his masters. C. elegans model for functional analysis of conserved ADPKD variants in cilia, EVs, & signaling academic.oup.com/genetics/art...academic.oup.comA C. elegans model for functional analysis of conserved ADPKD variants in cilia, extracellular vesicles, and sensory signalingAbstract. Interpreting the pathogenic significance of missense variants in human disease gene candidates remains a major challenge in precision medicine. A 43310
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Good grief!cowboystatedaily.comTourist Seriously Injured After Yellowstone Bison Launches Man 8 Feet In The AirA tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional… 050
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New from Help, I'm a Scientist! Scientists tend to move around a lot during our training period. Adjusting to new science and social environments can be challenging and intimidating but also exciting. Andrew Ramirez writes about navigating this process with the right mindset and useful strategies.helpimascientist.comAdjusting to new laboratories, scientific fields, and academic/social cultures. - Help, I'm a Scientist!By Andrew Ramirez, Ph.D. As scientists, we move around a lot. Insights from scientists who have navigated these waters and what important lessons they took away. I am a current postdoctoral researcher... 043
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Modeling Fans: Ah-Ram Kim, the developer and tester of interaction metrics including LIS and iLIS, has made it super easy to extract these values (and many others) from modeling runs using zip files generated by AF2, AF3, etc. Simply go the LIVIA GitHub website (flyark.github.io/LIVIA). 👍👍flyark.github.ioLIVIA — Local Interaction Visualization and Analysis 021
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Awesome sign in Paris. “Ask your biologist for advice!” 061
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026European Worm Meeting Summary: Great science, great talks, great posters, and great people. Also beautiful city populated with gracious helpful locals. Also a refreshing change of lifestyle and perspective. And if that’s not enough, you’re never more than 100 feet from a great bakery! 0140
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026A few days ago I posted about a funny and smart interview Ezra Klein did with writer Gary Sheyngart. They discussed his prescient novel about a pathetic dystopian society where everyone is constantly being officially ranked based on every possible criteria. And then I hear about QED! 👌 0385
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Hot off the press, a cool perspective from Chen Wang about finding fulfillment in science projects that broadly benefit the research community.helpimascientist.comA side project clarified my identity as a scientist - Help, I'm a Scientist!By Chen Wang (王琛), Ph.D. In early 2020, my postdoctoral project hit a wall. I was working on how a family of genes could affect neurotransmitter identities in C. elegans, when I realized that the fiel... 2155
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026'How hard should science trainees work?' Of all the articles on helpimascientist.com, this one garnered the most views—several thousand within a few days after posting about it on Twitter. And I was reminded of the subject after several conversations this week with several new trainees,thenode.biologists.comHow hard should science trainees work? - the Nodehttps://helpimascientist.com/2022/11/20/how-hard-should-you-work/ Of all the articles on helpimascientist.com, this one garnered the most views—several 195
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Confession. When I’m hiking, ~80% of the time my attention is sucked into some internal dialogue. But then I’ll get pulled into the moment. It can be the sound of wind in the leaves or the shocking beauty of wildflowers or the ominous creaking of a dead tree. But I’ll happily take that 20% any time. 190
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Despite the title, a mostly upbeat discussion with lots of humor and good insights.podcasts.apple.comI Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian NovelPodcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · June 19 · 1h 18m 120
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/06/2026Gift linknytimes.comOpinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack 518879
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Fun mini reunion pic in DC with some of my favorite human beings. 0100
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026One current and two former Fay-lab members walk into a poster session... (Thanks to Tai Montgomery for the photo). Sorry to miss Madison! (Had another meeting(s)). But also looking forward to Bordeaux! 070
Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Very high attendance at the NISBRE meeting in DC. An NIH program to build research capacity across the US. Ultimately it’s a relatively modest investment (percentage wise) that creates investment and commitment to NIH research in all states. 0205
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyMaureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"I do not think I would have dared to leave Greece if the lab where I worked during my post doc had not felt so welcoming...Years later, Marty won the Nobel Prize for GFP, but what I remember most is that when I fell ill and underwent surgery, he stood beside my mother in the waiting room." 0355
Reposted by Wyoming WormboyPeter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Whichever of the purple dots you look at turns more purple. 28767273
