Our research team is ramping up for coming midterms. Looks like we'll be busy. If you're interested, here's an interactive graph (thanks to Stephen Prochaska) showing how X influencers re-ran the "rigged election" narrative during/following the CA primaries. faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Cumu...

Though President Trump rescinded the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, it is having a second life. As red and blue states draft their own versions, they're drawing on the vocabulary Americans have long reached for to contest power, @alondra.bsky.social writes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A civic grammar for AI rights

Earlier this year, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude, published a document it calls “Claude’s Constitution,” described by the company as ...

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My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.

Paul Boldrin@paulboldrin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I read a history of early 20th century socialism and it's crazy how much of it is just clubs doing art or reading books and trying to get miners and factory workers to do art and read books.

Glad the young scientists are out here thriving.

Shreyas Pai@theshreyaspai.bsky.social · last yr.

Why is sex so common if it's so costly? Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)

BREAKING: Greenwood Leflore Hospital in the Mississippi Delta warns employees it will close permanently on June 15 as Medicaid clawbacks cause severe financial stress. Residents of 70%-Black Greenwood would have to travel 33 miles to the nearest hospital. Kevin Edwards reports:

Greenwood Leflore Hospital Warns Staff It Could Close Permanently in June Amid Medicaid Woes

Greenwood Leflore Hospital warned employees on Monday that it may close in June if its efforts to stay open fail.

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Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪  Mar 27 (Year 2, Week 13) - attacks on DEI via accreditation bodies & medical schools - missed deadline for CDC director nomination: measles still rising - #noKings & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Year 2, Week 13

Mar 21-27, 2026 - work the problem

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I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

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Seeing black twitter survive and thrive on reddit is soo satisfying

Devan Jenkins' home in Memphis' Whitehaven neighborhood—a stone's throw from Southaven—has been disrupted by a persistent drone making it hard for her to think and sleep. The noise is from xAI's data centers and the gas turbines powering them. "You can feel it rattling your eardrums," she said.

‘We Are Not Expendable’: Southaven Residents Fight xAI Plan for 41 Gas Turbines to Power Musk's Grok

Many residents around Southaven, Mississippi, oppose xAI’s data centers and presence in their backyards, fearing for their health and environment.

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Trump’s war will easily cost more than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits. Republicans are telling the American people—there is always money for war, always money for billionaire tax breaks. Just never any money for health care or families here at home.

You know if there are fundamental biology differences that lead to disparities in chronic disease…then why not let people continue to study them? Let the experts do what they’ve been doing.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Bhattacharya: That’s rhetorical flourish in op ed, right? So... obviously, there are... biological differences, and the NIH portfolio accounts for those ... and different people from different populations have different rates of disease... That’s not DEI that’s just fundamental biology. 27/n

🚨 AIMBE calls on the scientific community to take a minute to send our new advocacy letter urging Congress to support the immediate reauthorization of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) & Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs! Please share 👇 takeaction.io/aimbe/sbir-s...

This was a super fun and insightful conversation! Thanks for joining the podcast Mike! @profmikeking.bsky.social I forgot to bring to ask you about your book!

Michael King@profmikeking.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wake up babe, new BMES podcast just dropped! Had a great time talking about the value of professional societies with my friend @lizwaynephd.bsky.social … Liz is the best in the biz and I was honored to share my experiences with BMES… give it a listen! 🎧🎙️🗣️ www.bmes.org/podcast/offi...

One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” (Published Sept. 2025)

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope

After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

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Interesting topic

After I heard about the incident a few hours ago, I spent some time reading about N-word tics and intrusive thoughts and what I came away with was a feeling of deepened anger about the way white supremacist society has associated “Black person” with this word so it’s there, in people’s brains

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson shouted the N-word while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the BAFTA Film Awards Host Alan Cumming thanked the audience for their understanding after several outbursts throughout the event variety.com/2026/film/aw...

less draftkings commercials. period.

seriously though, was that wedding real?

Did they actually get married??

Great halftime performance!

The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 118 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

🫁🧬Organoids work better with immune cells inside. Rising Star Awardee Elizabeth Wayne (University of Washington) optimizes incorporation of monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages into human airway organoids. Building airways with immunity included.🌟 #CMBE2026 #RisingStar

🧬⚡Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all. Vision Speaker Jenny Robinson (University of Washington) challenges how we think - reDEFINING: Hormones, Healing, and the Future of Sports Medicine. Science that changes the game. #CMBE2026

Was disappointed to miss the conference. Thanks to the organizers, @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social, and everyone who made it out to #cmbe2026. A privilege to be invited and share my perspective on the future of bioengineering. ❤️

@bmes-cmbe.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Prof. Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social joining us virtually to bring his experience "at the intersection of health, society & imagination" trying to "identify new boundary conditions to make healthcare more equitable" working across #regeneration, #complexity & #cancervaccine #CMBE2026

Welcome to CMBE 2026! We are excited to kick off the CMBE Conference here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Here's to an exciting few days of scientific discovery and collaboration. 🌴✨ #CMBE2026

Great kick off for #cmbe2026 with wonderful co-chairs @bellasfatlab.bsky.social & @lizwaynephd.bsky.social in leading us through Renew, Recharge, Reimagine - Transforming Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Together

Please join me on Wednesday, December 10, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. ET. I’ll be in conversation with three esteemed STEM colleagues as we share insights on navigating rapid change and uncertainty across the field. www.pathlms.com/asm/webinars...

I think Lizzo’s reflection about how movements move is really important. I like how she discusses what it means to be a symbol in a movement and the power but also weight of that responsibility. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Why is everybody losing weight and what do we do? Sincerely, a person who’s lost weight

Author’s note: when I use the term “ozempic boom” it is not a demonization of Glp-1s and the people who use them. Rather, it is a punchy term to describe the new ‘thin-is-in-era’ of the 2020’s

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If AI is inevitable then why does it need so much government support and why are they constantly worried Rhetorical RHETORICAL