If ever there was a better example that different people are taking very very different lessons from this political moment here you go

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

My MS student just defended their MS thesis and is current looking for jobs. Their thesis included population genomics of an invasive forest pest and habitat suitability modeling. Skills included molecular techniques, some bioinformatics, & ArcGIS. If you know of any positions, please let me know!

Good. Everyone should rally around the winner.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d ago

No matter who wins tonight's primaries in Michigan, the state Democratic party is launching a rally for all of the top nominees on Friday in Detroit. Pete Buttigieg will join the event - seeking to unify, after a blistering fight between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens

I'm going to miss my baby mini iphone, but at least all of my mac devices have the same charger now.

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Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 2d ago

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

I am officially the PI that emails everyone in my lab a week before a talk asking for all of the images and graphs they've made over the past 4 months. 🫠

Whew... my student's acknowledgement section of their thesis just made me cry.

I don't understand how doctors and referrals work.

Just got the email that my absentee ballot has been accepted. So... I VOTED.

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There’s also something to how women are socialized to be suspicious of flattery — it’s how we transfer responsibility for men’s desire onto women’s bodies; we are taught to defend against that in service to our “innocence” or whatever — whereas men accept flattery as their due. Perfect marks.

Once again, according to my dr., I need a 6-pack to be able to walk without pain. He also recommended I take advantage of our local pool, where the open swim times are from 11 am - 2 pm. I'm not sure if he realizes that I actually have a job.

Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

The fact that piercings take so long to heal is annoying af because I want more now. Also, I want a nose ring. I think my midlife crisis is kicking into overdrive.

#jobalert Assistant Professor in Applied Ethology University of Guelph, Canada More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Assistant_Pr...

The Grammys created a separate-but-(un)equal category for "Asian" pop. BTS said fuck that. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The K-pop group BTS will not submit their music for consideration at next year's Grammy Awards. Their announcement Wednesday comes one month after the Recording Academy unveiled a new category for Asian pop that is set to debut at next year's ceremony.

Our partners shipped samples to us in diaper boxes. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

I don’t want a fucking consumer experience, I want to fill out a couple of job-required documents and email them to someone else and then be left alone to live my life

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 7d ago

Consider yourself warned: Microsoft is about to supercharge Copilot: “Copilot is evolving rapidly from chat to Cowork to autopilots...one super app spanning both consumer and commercial experience." Via Gizmodo

We need better on-boarding for new faculty.

Working on a paper that is a mix of me and Canadian co-authors and it is taking everything not to change defence to defense. It just looks wrong.

Fauci’s role in the conspiracy was to have a Zoom call with the scientists in which he said, “it could be a lab leak, you should look into it.”

My postdoc is coming to an end, so I'm looking for work! Let me know if you, or anyone you know, wants to hire a philosopher of biology/cognition with a knack for cross-disciplinary work, a focus on autonomy + agency, and experience writing for the broader public (10+ yrs in sci/tech journalism).

It’s almost as if for-profit companies are not a reliable partner in developing long term scientific innovation for public good.

Well that sucks. www.engadget.com/2225849/goog... Least bummer interpretation: AlphaFold served its purpose, DeepMind already spun off a drug lab, so it was time to reassign the time.

Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini - Engadget

DeepMind's award-winning AlphaFold team is no more.

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Pop genomics peeps: What could be causing the variable site frequency spectrum to have a higher frequency but only when the number of minor alleles is in multiples of 2?

man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

BTS withdraw from Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize

BTS withdraw from Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize

K-pop superstars will not submit Arirang album or its songs for 2027 ceremony, in wake of new Asian pop category being announced BTS, the biggest pop act in east Asia, have withdrawn themselves from the 2027 Grammy awards, intimating that their decision is due to the addition of a new award for best Asian pop music performance. Writing on Instagram, each of the South Korean group’s seven members said: “We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year. I hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” Continue reading...

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1/4 In today's funding climate, every grant and fellowship matters. Based on feedback from our GSAC Community Check-In Survey, we're building a growing hub of graduate & postdoctoral funding opportunities and job boards to make them easier to find. 🧵

Rumor is that we may have an opening for a new colleague soon!! www.gvsu.edu/wri

Real talk: I don't know what happens to documents on one drive once I close them and I don't know how to find them again. So.... I'm just never closing them.

Finally posted an ad for the postdoc position on my new NSF-funded project—come help build a new method to study plants' responses to environmental variation in space and over time, and figure out interesting ways to use it! Apply by 23 August to ensure consideration. Details: buff.ly/qTvaqvD