Enjoying seeing some familiar faces while representing @addgene.bsky.social at the 2026 United States Culture Collection Network! #USCCN

Whether Argentina wins or not, at least Messi got a LEGO kit out of it.

The most entertaining urinal I’ve ever used. GOOOOAAAAL!!!!

This year’s sand sculpture in Sankt Peter-Ording. Real crab on top for scale.

I was initially annoyed when I realized I couldn’t watch World Cup games from our vacation apartment in Germany, but now that I know what happened with the US red card, I have no desire watch any FIFA event again. What an atrocious precedent (and president).

Oh my god, Tah is going to be reliving that kick for the rest of his life😩

Yesterday, a group of fellow middle-aged friends (aka The Dad Bod Squad) and I finished a Spartan Super 10K. I ended up running well over 10K due to a few penalty loops for obstacles I couldn't quite finish. This is how my mid-life crisis is manifesting, and I'm okay with that😅

You may have to zoom in a bit to see it, but on my morning walk to work I discovered a scenario that perfectly embodies a pessimist’s view on life.

Today my poem-a-day poem was Robert Frost’s “Build Soil”, first published in 1939. It features this line: “Bounds should be set To ingenuity for being so cruel In bringing change unheralded on the unready.” Whoo boy, if you only knew, Robert.

Whoa…you can get a yellow card for flopping now? Or sorry, “simulating”?

I asked a ~12yo kid in my parkour class how doing parkour in Crocs was working out for him. He answered “Crocs are life, and life is parkour.” I…didn’t know what to do with that.

Who can guess what science concept I was trying to convey to my daughter with this hastily drawn sketch?

Trying to make plans with a friend for a weekend fishing trip when I realized my weekends were booked from now (early May) until late July. What am I doing to myself...

All of my work notebooks for the last several years have been science-themed (from Cognitive Surplus), but only this one has caused a kerfuffle with a few arachnophobic colleagues 😬.

Read the intro to @chanda.blacksky.app’s new book while waiting for her to speak at Harvard last night, and these two paragraphs alone should convince you that this is a book you need to read.

In my most recent Belmont Voice column, I write about the importance of keeping some blank squares on your calendar. Though I will confess, I've completely failed to do that this week 😬. belmontvoice.org/generations-...

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My 13yo is currently at a Model UN summit at the actual UN in NYC with other 6th-8th graders and these are the subtopics for discussion in one session 😲. If she understands what all (or any?) of these things mean, she is way more politically savvy than I am.

This week, I celebrate 18 years at @addgene.bsky.social. My tenure is an adult! It's rare for someone in biotech to stay at the same place for so long, but my role at Addgene has changed many times over the years and Addgene itself continues to grow and evolve. Grateful for this org and its mission!

Dogma Schmogma! My son is a Physics major because they say that Biology is too messy and doesn't follow rules. And my response to that is "Yes, exactly! That's why Biology is amaaaaaazing!"

Alex Gao@algao.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Excited to share our new findings in @science.org on how the DRT3 bacterial defense system uses a reverse transcriptase that builds DNA repeats without a nucleic acid template. Microbes never cease to amaze! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I’m sure I’m not the first to say something about this here, but did anyone else on science Bluesky snort laugh at the egregiously unbalanced centrifuge in Project Hail Mary?

Clearly they're not driving in Boston.

Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Somewhere up in heaven, Richard Scarry is like “fuck yeah, told you so”: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

My 13yo's April Fool's joke this morning was surprising us by getting up when she was actually supposed to without us harassing her every 5 minutes for 45 minutes, as we usually do. Hilarious! Please play this joke on us EVERY DAY. Now we just need the 16yo to prank us by doing her homework.

Hot tip on Trans Day of Visibility: trans people make some of the best music! Check out, in no particular order of awesomeness: Laura Jane Grace Anjimale jasmine.4.t Grumpster Ezra Furman Noahfinnce Rainbow Kitten Surprise …and many more, but these are some of my favorites!

At no point in my texting history have I typed something that should train my predictive text to replace the word “Yup” with “Tupac” 🤔

This piece by David William Silva sums up a lot of my thoughts about AI much better than I ever could have. substack.com/home/post/p-... This section in particular articulates my biggest fear when people tell me they used AI for "creative thinking". It's not brainstorming. It's pattern recognition.

I think I *might* have a few science communication followers on here, so you should know that Addgene is hiring for an experienced Senior Science Communications Manager. Spread the word! addgene.applytojob.com/apply/6q7Pr6...

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I think about think about Wonko the Sane a lot... “It seemed to me,” said Wonko the Sane, “that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”

Tracy O’Connell Novick@tracynovick.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's the birthday of Douglas Adams! Time to share favorite quotes!