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Ivan Aprahamian
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Chemistry Professor at Dartmouth. Into adaptive materials using tiny switches and machines
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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · Aug 6
🎉Congrats to David @anbismillah.bsky.social the whole crew + collab Albert Wong on the new @cp-chem.bsky.social paper bit.ly/3J5FFse What started with an effort to tune the activation thresholds in negative #feedback loops so we can couple them took a wild turn #ChemSky #molswitch #chemsky ⚗️🧪
Coupling synthetic negative feedback loops
While coupled biochemical feedback loops are optimized over millions of years of evolution, the rational design of synthetic counterparts, not possess…
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The Onion @theonion.com · 3h
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h
"The University of Zurich said the married couple, who currently work at MIT, would join its economics faculty …. [They] will be moving … at a time when experts are warning that Trump's cuts to research funding and attacks on … freedoms could lead to a brain drain …."

www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · 17h
a man in a white shirt is standing next to a red van and says " not jealous "
ALT: a man in a white shirt is standing next to a red van and says " not jealous "
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 1d
There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?
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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · 17h
😂 What are you having?
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19h
Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 21h
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 1d
The Nobel Peace Committee sent a clear message to someone else in awarding the Prize to Ms. Machado:
”But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, …is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.” 👏
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Naomi Moris @nmoris.bsky.social · 2d
The Crick is looking for new junior group leaders! Any postdocs or early career researchers wanting to be our colleagues should apply 👍
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 2d
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d
antifa in portland just announced they will be hosting a counter halftime show to counter turning point's counter halftime show
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d
Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
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Michael Pittelkow @pittelkowlab.bsky.social · 2d
I have a fully funded PhD position available in my group in Copenhagen: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
PhD fellowship in Organic Synthesis and Supramolecular Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in Organic chemistry with a particular focus on supramolecul
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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · 1d
You sure? :)
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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John Fasullo @jfasullo.bsky.social · 2d
"By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history". The result - we are "essentially ending America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation,” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · 2d
Fraser had so much fun with this paper (@ronsmaldone.bsky.social @gassensmith.net @forganross.bsky.social) and teaching everyone what 'Bob's your uncle' means
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d
Nothing shows the dangerous tendency to normalize authoritarianism like the New York Times coverage of the extortion of Harvard. One could read this article and think it is about a free agent inking a contract with the Yankees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d
TFW when you realize you're about to fail the Lando test: "Harvard officials have since discussed internally the possibility of seeking additional assurances from the admin. that the university will not be subject to further demands once an agreement has been signed"

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
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Neil Hillhouse (The Haunting Of) @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 2d
Preventing fair elections by outlawing or harassing Democratic and Democratic-aligned organizations worries me more than the military occupation stuff in some ways. Huge damage to democracy but without the visuals that spur outrage and resistance
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d
President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

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Ivan Aprahamian @aprahamian.bsky.social · 2d
Yesterday's news about the ceasefire in Gaza was encouraging—hopefully it holds. The cherry on top was the Nobel Prize for MOFs and for Omar Yaghi, who is of Palestinian descent
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Hennie Valkenier @hennievalkenier.bsky.social · 2d
The 27th Solvay Conference on Chemistry has just been opened by Prof. Ben Feringa (2016 Nobel prize laureate), and this mornings session will be chaired by Prof. Omar Yaghi, who was awarded the Nobel prize yesterday! 🎉 What a privilege to have the Solvay Institutes in Brussels 😃 #chemsky
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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