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All posting done on personal time, using personal device, and only reflect my personal opinions. Founder- @evoquant.bsky.social
Using National Guard soldiers as props in authoritarian theater is pricey. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion
The estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term.
washingtonpost.com
Riboseek is a fast RNA/DNA search. More sensitive than nhmmer at 250x speed. Structure-aware realignment produces MSAs approaching rMSA quality. Plus 1.7M precomputed RNA MSAs, and an API to search your own 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/riboseek
The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.
“Ex Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel to infiltrate A.I. chatbots… Clock Tower X holds a $46.5 million contract with the Israeli government…”
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
dropsitenews.com
The Founding Fathers are ashamed The ring features two large diamond “Ts” on either side, and “45” and “47” — references to Mr. Trump’s presidential terms — ringed in diamonds in a Superman-style logo. On its interior is engraved, “Crafted in Antwerp for Donald John Trump.”
Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Include Diamonds, Oil and Gas, Copper and Other Items (Gift Article)
A new round of tariff carve-outs has raised familiar questions about who should receive the lucrative exceptions, and why.
nytimes.com
"How to dismantle Universities in piecemeal and divert funding meant for basic research to already enourmous companies that were already offering internships"
Indeed! For example, why is this racist mass murderer still a Fellow of the Royal Society? @royalsociety.org
Carrie Brown@brizzyc.bsky.social · last wk."Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project?" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Thus far, the administration hasn’t answered these same questions from Congress
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Q: There's a report that the US has taken in $13b from Venezuela. Where is that money going? T: Even more Q: But where is it going? T: We've paid for that war many times over Q: Where is the money going? T: Running the country Q: No, the money US is taking in -- T: Running the country
I'm really struggling with the whole Mitch McConnell thing. Like, is the whole democratic party so weak that not one will book a flight to walk into the hospital or hire a PI to determine if he's dead? Do we not have investigative journalists anymore? WTH is happening, and why is no one checking?
NIH is testing their ability to terminate “unaligned” grants, with at least one new termination documented. Disgustingly, they awarded this grant simply so they could add a termination clause. Then they terminated it. From @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikes
With cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants
science.org
"Few schools resisted as Penn did after it was pressed for antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups involved with Judaism."
Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn (Gift Article)
The move was a rare pullback for the administration, which has used inquiries as leverage. Few schools resisted as Penn did after it was pressed for antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups...
nytimes.com
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
Name one thing that farmers and mass spectrometrists have in common...
Steve Kregel@stevenjkregel.bsky.social · 2w agoI think that if vendors are going to stop supporting a functioning piece of equipment, they should be required to release all of the schematics so that people can fix it themselves. It’s ridiculous to make people buy a new (more expensive) system just because their currently adequate one is too old.
Attacks on Universities continue.
Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
npr.org
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
Tariffs are/were being passed to consumers. If any Senators need literal receipts, I have plenty.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoGREER: I don't concede that the tariffs went through to consumers WHITEHOUSE: If it fact it's not paid by the American side, it would make no sense to be making refunds. So your behavior with tariff refunds provides the point that tariffs aren't just paid by foreigners
"Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation"
Ryan Reynolds: Huh Confused
ALT: Ryan Reynolds: Huh Confused
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So many people were arrogant that this would never happen.
For Novartis' CEO, China deals aren't a strategy shift — just where the science is
Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan says the pharma company's deals in China follow science, not geography.
endpoints.news
"White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants" apnews.com/article/cali...
Five years ago, the #AlphaFold Database, a collaboration with Google DeepMind, made predicted protein structures free for everyone to use. Today, the database contains over 260 million structure predictions and is used by more than 3.5 million researchers in 190 countries around the world.
I like the idea of open source/weights. Open source models at frontier quality are going to be a problem.
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.
openai.com
WOW. The Trump admin just barred the FBI from investigating cases where DHS officers get into confrontations with immigrants or citizens. ICE HSI will lead all investigations, yet HSI has no jurisdiction to investigate civil rights violations. The fox is guarding the henhouse.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
