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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 11h

Open Group Leader Positions at the IMB, UQ. Interested in joining us in sunny Queensland?

Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 13h

SpongeBob, Patrick, Pikachu, Cookie Monster and more all on scene at the Portland ICE facility.

Probably around 100 give or take total right now.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners!!!!!!!!

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

This Mariners game is bonkers.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

My ex-husband’s house burned down tonight. He is my best friend. He lost everything but he and his dog got out. He’s spending the night in the burn unit but he’s mostly ok.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

Shabbat shalom.

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Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · 1d

I recommend reading this really powerful letter from MIT!

Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 2d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 1d

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment h/t @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u... #timetotapthoseendowments

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1d

Public universities serving the public!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

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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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 1d

BINGO

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Pauline Barmby @pbarmby.bsky.social · 1d

Also includes some Canadian universities, where the process is somewhat different (students are accepted by individual supervisors, not as members of a class) - I’m happy to answer questions about grad school in Canada.

Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 1d

Are you someone who is interested in astronomy graduate school? This is a list of many/most departments and their expectations for admissions this year. Please feel free to spread it far and wide. If you are doing admissions and you'd like to update your entry, reach out as per the form!

US Astronomy Graduate Admissions, AY 2025-2026

docs.google.com

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Jonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 5d

I want to try something again at #ASHG25 this year: I'll block some time on Thursday and Friday afternoons to meet with trainees who would be interested to chat on any topic.

I did this last year and it was great to meet a whole bunch of new people, at all career stages!

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 3d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 2d

From our sister paper @chicagoreader.com, a trio of stories about how the incursion of ICE and federal agents in Chicago makes life extremely difficult for the unhoused, immigrants, and anyone who believes in free speech.

ICE Targets Chicago’s Homeless Community

[This roundup of news about ICE and the incursion of federal agents and troops in Chicago comes from our sister paper, the Chicago Reader—eds.] Feds target unhoused Chicagoans Since September, at leas...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

I feel seen.

Joshua Shapiro @josh.shapiro.foo · 2d

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

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Joshua Shapiro @josh.shapiro.foo · 2d

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much for getting where I was going with this.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2d

Purple and Blue Mitochondria, ink on yupo, 2025, #sciart
, available for purchase artologica.etsy.com/listing/4374...

mitochondria painting in purple and blue

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

The Attorney General of New York has been indicted on two federal counts: prosecuting Donald Trump while black, and prosecuting Donald Trump while female.

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 2d

There is still plenty of time to apply! Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please mention our ad to your colleagues or trainees!

Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 17d

Nature Biomedical Engineering is hiring again! This time we're hoping to add an editor with machine learning expertise to the team (although we are open to those with other relevant expertise!) Deadline is Oct 20. Please RT! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

Modern politics as a series of diss tracks is a cohesive framework.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

This man literally had a better case than the one filed against Tish James. And this man... did NOT have a good case.

Vulture @vulture.com · 2d

Will he finally accept that it’s OVO-ver? A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation and harassment lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Drake could potentially appeal the ruling.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 2d

😂😂😂😂👇🏼😂😂😂😂😂

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