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Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
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Some archaea—an ancient group of microorganisms—have an entirely novel genetic code, according to a new study in Science.
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine
Multiple genetic codes developed during the evolution of eukaryotes and bacteria, yet no alternative genetic code is known for archaea. We used proteomics to confirm our prediction that certain archae...
scim.ag
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some archaea—an ancient group of microorganisms—have an entirely novel genetic code, according to a new study in Science.
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
No, scientists do not.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No, scientists do not.
"One thousand gallons of the whole broth of fermented...was extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone"
a close up of a doll 's face with the words imgplay below
ALT: a close up of a doll 's face with the words imgplay below
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"One thousand gallons of the whole broth of fermented...was extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone"
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Mostly me reiterating what was said in the blogpost: this was already policy at many ICs; what is important is not the change away from paylines (which were already a mess) but the quality and integrity of POs/SROs/etc. remains intact
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important.
A new webpage on the NIH site called “Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions” is causing a small kerfuffle on the socials. As per us…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mostly me reiterating what was said in the blogpost: this was already policy at many ICs; what is important is not the change away from paylines (which were already a mess) but the quality and integrity of POs/SROs/etc. remains intact
Just going to preemptively say that I don't think it's okay for the US to invade or bomb Venezuela.
a man in a suit and tie says just saying in front of a map
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says just saying in front of a map
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Just going to preemptively say that I don't think it's okay for the US to invade or bomb Venezuela.
Walking to the office in the morning when you're a morning person...
The original Technoviking video.
YouTube video by Bingo Bingo
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Walking to the office in the morning when you're a morning person...
The 📌 kinda had a bit of weird feel of social pressure to return and read what was marked.
Now I just bookmark things into the ether, never to be seen again.
Now I just bookmark things into the ether, never to be seen again.
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The 📌 kinda had a bit of weird feel of social pressure to return and read what was marked.
Now I just bookmark things into the ether, never to be seen again.
Now I just bookmark things into the ether, never to be seen again.
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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This seems like such a simple fact. But for some reason too many of our elected officials have decided that Donald Trump is so, so, special that he can do anything and say anything without consequence.
So here we are.
So here we are.
Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This seems like such a simple fact. But for some reason too many of our elected officials have decided that Donald Trump is so, so, special that he can do anything and say anything without consequence.
So here we are.
So here we are.
I don't understand how Nvidia doing well this quarter removes fear of there being a bubble?
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I don't understand how Nvidia doing well this quarter removes fear of there being a bubble?
We had to put up with four years of "Hunter Biden".
Like was obvious then, they don't actually care about corruption at all.
Like was obvious then, they don't actually care about corruption at all.
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We had to put up with four years of "Hunter Biden".
Like was obvious then, they don't actually care about corruption at all.
Like was obvious then, they don't actually care about corruption at all.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
All these headlines leave out:
"... except the ones he and Bondi decide not to release by claiming pending litigation"
"... except the ones he and Bondi decide not to release by claiming pending litigation"
President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts.
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
All these headlines leave out:
"... except the ones he and Bondi decide not to release by claiming pending litigation"
"... except the ones he and Bondi decide not to release by claiming pending litigation"
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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150 of the children at my daughter's school in Durham (she teaches 2nd grade) were out yesterday because their parents are afraid to bring them to school. Are you OK with that?
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
150 of the children at my daughter's school in Durham (she teaches 2nd grade) were out yesterday because their parents are afraid to bring them to school. Are you OK with that?
Junior programmers all across the world today:
(Fake cough)... Boss, I'm sick, I can't make it in today 🤧
(Fake cough)... Boss, I'm sick, I can't make it in today 🤧
cloudflare is down --> chatGPT/Claude is down --> you can not code without AI tools
You STILL need solid programming skills.
You STILL need solid programming skills.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Junior programmers all across the world today:
(Fake cough)... Boss, I'm sick, I can't make it in today 🤧
(Fake cough)... Boss, I'm sick, I can't make it in today 🤧
Universities continue to stain themselves by protecting toxicity of every kind
They don't have to be intolerant but near-universal moral standards can be respected
It's demoralizing to see them constantly jump through hoops to protect professors who break a Uni's own code of conduct/written rules
They don't have to be intolerant but near-universal moral standards can be respected
It's demoralizing to see them constantly jump through hoops to protect professors who break a Uni's own code of conduct/written rules
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Universities continue to stain themselves by protecting toxicity of every kind
They don't have to be intolerant but near-universal moral standards can be respected
It's demoralizing to see them constantly jump through hoops to protect professors who break a Uni's own code of conduct/written rules
They don't have to be intolerant but near-universal moral standards can be respected
It's demoralizing to see them constantly jump through hoops to protect professors who break a Uni's own code of conduct/written rules
Dear Bobby Tables...
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Dear Bobby Tables...