K.T. Elliott
@ktelliottmicro.bsky.social
bacterial geneticist, associate professor, mom. enjoy: science, dogs, gin, books, vaccines, chocolate, old bay, the US Constitution & Bill of Rights
Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
If you have a "public health agency" that you only fund to test for bacteria & viruses but not parasites, you don't have a public health agency! 🥲 Now we all know!!
The laws in Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey take different approaches to which retailers and products they cover, the discount exceptions they allow and how violations are enforced. From @stateline.org
States begin banning ‘surveillance pricing’ that uses personal data to charge more • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Three states this year became the first ones to enact laws restricting companies from using personal data such as browsing history or shopping habits to set surveillance pricing.
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Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...
I was wrong! There *was* a library mileage that didn’t show up on my sample ballot. Hooray!
Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · yesterdayI'm always disappointed in local elections when there is not an option to give more money to the libraries. We have good libraries. But they could be even better with more money. At least I get to vote to restore previously reduced funding to the parks and trails.
Was trying to do an annual update, but it has come to my realization that Trump wiped everything between FY2024 and FY2026 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. @thexylom.com now has one of the last independent copies of data re: H-1B skilled workers in America's top higher education institutions.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...
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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 10mo agoEXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
and here's a special shout-out to my friend and UNC colleague Stephanie Gupton, a neuroscientist extraordinaire and a terrific mentor, colleague and advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion--three core values we need to remember 2/n guptonlab.web.unc.edu
One of the many things I love about @ascbiology.bsky.social ,my favorite scientific society, is that it recognizes there are many ways to contribute to science, including mentoring, education, outreach and advocacy. This year's Fellows represent that. 1/n www.ascb.org/society-news...
anyways you know dennis nedry would be all-in on ai
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
Great reporting from our student journalists at the Duke Chronicle on increases for the most highly paid Duke employees in the wake of unnecessary massive layoffs: www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
As cost-cutting began, Duke’s highest-paid employees took big raises
Tax filings reveal administrators, including President Vincent Price and Provost Alex Gallimore, saw their compensation rise in fiscal year 2025. Managers of Duke’s endowment and standout athletics co...
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Now listed on my art website for-sale section, with dimensions too genuinesnips.art/portfolio/#a...
Portfolio
Selected recent works Currently available for purchase Interested in one of these pieces? Send an email to ekbilski@gmail.com. Shipping costs will be added to the prices listed above. However, if y…
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ANYWAY hey here's something more pleasant: a Baltimore architectural art piece. Available for purchase, $275 + shipping or free local delivery The backing is reclaimed matboard so the dimensions are a little janky; if it looks slightly crooked to you, that's why
dr. e. katherine@actualkatherine.bsky.social · last wk.I'm working on a wycinanki art piece of the Wilkens-Robins Building rn, if any Baltimore architecture appreciators want to call dibs on it in advance en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkens...
No one ever had to spend $175M on librarian misconduct settlements Not even when we drank that Dallas bar out of tequila
sara@saract.bsky.social · 3d agowe're on pace to spend something like 5x the total public library budget on misconduct settlements alone. do we think that number will go up or down with 1,000 more officers? you cannot propose this kind of stuff and be taken seriously as a "fiscally responsible" candidate
Delighted to see my #Udemy courses on propaganda and disinformation have helped people in 44 different countries (!) become more digitally literate. Incredible to see such an impact for a course equipping people for our misleading and manipulative online environment. www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Collette is right on target: Fight back and we can win. Write your Senator now to make sure its included in the final bill
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d agoTHIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”
Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d agoPeople still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
Had to cancel a family vacation this weekend b/c of illness so kiddos had a staycation w/grandparents while I recuperated One of the highlights: K2 took her "flat senseis" from insta:@Amerikick_Langhorne biking on a railrider carriage on a railroad! Love this Flat Stanley variant! So creative!
Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342
Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the time. Out of a sample of 1,427 alerts that Flock sent to police in the town of Roseville, alerts that flagged vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras, 71% were inaccurate.
Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town
Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.
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