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Zach Stevenson

@zachcst.bsky.social
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Postdoc, Shendure lab University of Washington/HHMI. Synthetic circuit development. Ph.D, Phillips Lab University of Oregon. Genetic engineering and experimental evolution. Zachstevenson.com

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
nytimes.com
Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.wbur.org/news/2026/08... Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canada
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Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canada
A renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among the first recipients of awards that will total more tha...
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Kenneth Loi @kenjmloi.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Excited to share our discovery of a new programmable RNA-guided DNA-targeting system hiding inside bacteriophages that predates CRISPR. We call it VIPR (Viral Interference Programmable Repeat), and it uses an entirely new logic to find its targets. Thread + link below.
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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The government has not formally initiated deportation proceedings, but that is still expected to happen. Sidhe, a 43-year-old who worked as a doctor in Kenya and founded a nonprofit devoted to expanding healthcare access, had a medical crisis at the Tacoma facility"
seattletimes.com
UW Medical Center staffer ordered released from ICE detention
Robert Sidhe, who worked as a doctor in Kenya, came to the U.S. legally and had a pending asylum application when he was detained by ICE in Augst.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You can now update bioRxiv/medRxiv preprints with funding information after the fact. Authors often omit/don't have all funding info when submitting, but funders understandably want it there. This solves the problem without requiring you to submit a whole new paper. openrxiv.org/updating-fun...
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Updating funder information on preprints - openRxiv
For the past year, bioRxiv and medRxiv authors have been able to include funder information with their preprints. This can be entered in a dedicated field during the submission process, using Research...
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you have to pass out a flowchart for your faculty to perform basic operations to understand the policy, then maybe the tools you use for those basic operations is too complicated and is taking up too much of their time. SAP Concur is the devil.
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MN Mike @fiveman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The effects of this administration will be felt for decades. Meanwhile, Canada is adding top scientists and researchers from the U.S. We are dumb and getting dumber. It’s just sad, and it’s exactly where they want us. It’s easier to sell their pablum. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities
Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
disconnect.blog
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Grand Central Bakery⁠ has recalled 517 loaves of Potato Sourdough bread sold in the Seattle and Tacoma, Washington areas after a pallet nail was discovered inside one loaf. The company says the affected batch could contain additional pieces of metal. #TheCityBrief
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/08/2026
The NSF has a sneaky proposal that'll implement Vought's OMB Proposal policies ahead of time such as removing requirements tied to statutory civil rights obligations and applying international collaboration restrictions.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Against all odds, with an HHS that has defunded mRNA research programs, the FDA just approved the first mRNA flu vaccine
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Linda Wolff was pepper-sprayed by ICE goons in Inwood on 7/30/26, but she’s suing for assault & refuses to stop filming their crimes. Facing mace threats only proves ICE are total cowards hiding behind badges. We won't be intimidated or silenced by rogue bullies. ICE OUT!
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
futurism.com
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/08/2026
The cost of groceries has become one of the defining challenges of the affordability crisis. That's why our municipal grocery stores will offer a 30% discount on the grocery staples New Yorkers depend on — from meat to produce to dairy.
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Jay Shendure @jshendure.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New preprint from Shendure Lab on Locus-Scale aka Long-@$$ MPRAs led by the amazing Abby McGee & @carinabiar.bsky.social Most MPRAs test ~300 bp fragments next to a promoter. But real enhancers are bigger, act combinatorially and from a distance. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 29/07/2026
ICE agents threatened to beat up a Seattle small business owner, married to a citizen, with NO criminal record unless he signed a "voluntary" departure. I'm told there were cameras in the room. I'm demanding any video and that Eduardo be brought home immediately.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 19/07/2026
The FBI reportedly won’t investigate ICE anymore
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The FBI reportedly won’t investigate ICE anymore
They’re just going to trust ICE to investigate itself.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mexico says it will pursue legal action against US after deadly ICE shooting in Houston. abc13.com/post/mexico-...
abc13.com
Mexico says it will pursue legal action against US after deadly ICE shooting in Houston
"Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States," President Claudia Sheinbaum said after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I chatted with Bethany Brookshire for this important story in Verge on the proposed OMB rules changes. It's not too late to make a public comment if you haven't already.
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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Damn Colbert is a treasure. He very knowingly and intentionally played Linus and Lucy on the air, and the copyright holder joyfully got a fine out of CBS for it and then donated it to World Central kitchen. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Stephen Colbert's Unauthorized Use of Vince Guaraldi's 'Peanuts' Music Leads to Donation
The owners of Vince Guaraldi’s music reached a licensing agreement with CBS over Stephen Colbert playing 'Peanuts' music during final ‘The Late Show.’
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The most shadow banned post in the history of posts lol
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026
Let's Streisand-effect these people. Here's the editorial that somehow merited calling the cops. Read and share.
diabetesjournals.org
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Doing a linear stretch on these images shows how dramatic the "edits" were, revealing the deception in clear terms. This should be a complete scandal for Thermo Fisher and more people in the biosciences should be talking about it.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If they start hiring scientists, they will mostly hire their own citizens, many of whom trained in US universities anyway and are every bit as capable. US scientists mostly have to deal with that, under fascism, we're unemployed.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/05/2026
I didn’t know there were FIVE ICE detention hunger strikes going on all over the country.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ICE is targeting press outside Delaney Hall
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Science in Seattle @scienceinseattle.com · 27/05/2026
“Postdocs are the engines of innovation." Dr. Marion Pepper from UW Medicine believes that postdoc fellowships are integral to success in both academia and industry, and she wants to expand postdoc opportunities both at UW and SeaBridge: bit.ly/4uLZKXq
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Kathleen Cottontail 🏳️‍⚧️♿️🖖🏻🐰 @kathleengmaz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Time to fight back New Jersey. They wouldn’t even let the governor enter. abc7ny.com/post/protest...
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Protesters clash with ICE agents outside Delaney Hall amid hunger strike
Demonstrators say agents used pepper spray and batons during the scuffle at Delaney Hall in Newark early Monday morning.
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Tamara Caspary @tamaragenes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“The drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment. Taxpayers funded the research and the clinical trials. This country made a long bet on science, and I’m alive because it paid off.” www.ms.now/opinion/canc...
ms.now
Opinion | The U.S. is dangerously close to defunding miracles like the one that saved my life
Jenney Bitner: I'm not a scientist or policy expert. But I know that the drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment.
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A new Planned Parenthood service now offers Washingtonians the option to order abortion pills BEFORE they’re pregnant. This potentially lifesaving information shouldn’t be behind a paywall and therefore:
WA Planned Parenthood rolls out new abortion pill service
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Some of us just don't like getting colds
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Did some airplane travel this week- the number of people back to wearing masks over hantavirus and Ebola is truly shocking.
I feel sad for the people who live their lives in fear over over-hyped, extremely rare diseases. 
People, so fearful that they can't go out in public or travel without masks...
I pity them, I worry for their mental health, I even worry for our country that has so many guillible people - but these poor fools are not my enemy.
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Sport Ponies 🐎🐴🍁 @sportponies.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
CBS Broadcasting Inc. operates as a major division of Paramount Skydance Corporation. The company's corporate holdings are structured into discrete groups under the #CBS Entertainment Group umbrella.
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Nick Fortunato @nickfortunato.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The news is state media 🥳🎊🎉 @bibugona.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social @sandor22.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @teresa555.bsky.social @bluesnowflake.bsky.social
CBS paramount television the boycott now begins pass it on
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.
youtu.be
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Someone in the news departments of @nature.com or @science.org needs to take a look at this--its a huge scandal from the scientific supplier that has become a monopoly
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 22/05/2026
“By just cutting back on little luxuries like that, avocado toast, or giving that transphobe hedge fund manager Brian Heywood your money by the dumptruck, you’ll have your fifth home in no time.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Protesters staged noise demo through the rich Seattle neighborhood of #Laurelhurst that lobbied against noisy helicopters flying sick and injured kids over their mansions to Children's Hospital. 🤪 It got a bit noisy.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Just had Canvas stop working as I was typing comments on a student paper. I now can’t access anyone’s work or grades. Strangely, this never happened back when I used a grade book and had students email me their papers, a system no shareholders extracted money from.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Workers and businesses are feeling the impact of unjust U.S. tariffs — so we’re stepping in. This week our government invested $1.5 billion to help Canadian companies and workers adapt, diversify, and win in a shifting trade environment.
Prime Minister Carney meets with workers in Blainville, Québec.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Are you fuck'n kidding me? These fuck'n rich douchebags from #Laurelhurst, #Seattle are complaining that helicopters landing at Seattle Children's Hospital is causing them "discomfort" due to the "noise." They are forcing them to land elsewhere. WTF! Join us this Saturday. Let's make some noice!
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