Chiasm
@chiasm.bsky.social
Scientist, science fiction reader, anime enthusiast, you can imagine the rest (go left, though).
Well I spoke too soon! The Guinea-Bissau study is still going forward, though currently without approval from a US or European ethical board. Still withholding vaccines from newborns. Keep the pressure up, all the ethical people -- we don't need to do another Tuskegee experiment!! 🤬
January 20, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Well I spoke too soon! The Guinea-Bissau study is still going forward, though currently without approval from a US or European ethical board. Still withholding vaccines from newborns. Keep the pressure up, all the ethical people -- we don't need to do another Tuskegee experiment!! 🤬
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People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
This is also a good action-- glad to hear it, OSU!! I mean CBP isn't ICE per se but close enough. The sentiment is enough.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Ohio State students tell university to remove CBP recruiters from job fair
Several campus and community groups are calling on Ohio State University to pull U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruiters from an upcoming career fair.
www.dispatch.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is also a good action-- glad to hear it, OSU!! I mean CBP isn't ICE per se but close enough. The sentiment is enough.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Ok this is great news! I was appalled about this trial when I heard about it (it was a canonical counterexample for all the Belmont principles) -- but it's finally cancelled! (Or going to be modified to address the concerns. Woot!)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Ok this is great news! I was appalled about this trial when I heard about it (it was a canonical counterexample for all the Belmont principles) -- but it's finally cancelled! (Or going to be modified to address the concerns. Woot!)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ok Gwar is pretty damn funny to watch, and their cover of Pink Pony Club is a riot. 😂 (Check YouTube, I expect you can't miss it...)
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Ok Gwar is pretty damn funny to watch, and their cover of Pink Pony Club is a riot. 😂 (Check YouTube, I expect you can't miss it...)
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Block Party for @icegov.bsky.social pass it on
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Block Party for @icegov.bsky.social pass it on
Now this is a bright spot. I was worried about these folks. They didn't have many more days before they'd be dead of starvation. 🤕
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Prison rights, Elbit’s loss: How the Palestine Action hunger strike ‘won’
As critically ill activists begin re-feeding in prison, campaigners and an MP believe the government made 'concessions'.
www.aljazeera.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Now this is a bright spot. I was worried about these folks. They didn't have many more days before they'd be dead of starvation. 🤕
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Mein gawd
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email [email protected] with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
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January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Mein gawd
You don't want homeless folks on your streets? You want to get rid of addiction? You want to be able to feel you can walk downtown safely? Don't stop funding the people who do the front line work!
The problem does not disappear just because you erase it from the budget. 🤬
The problem does not disappear just because you erase it from the budget. 🤬
January 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
You don't want homeless folks on your streets? You want to get rid of addiction? You want to be able to feel you can walk downtown safely? Don't stop funding the people who do the front line work!
The problem does not disappear just because you erase it from the budget. 🤬
The problem does not disappear just because you erase it from the budget. 🤬
Holy smokes that's worth a read!! 💪
The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Holy smokes that's worth a read!! 💪
Well I'll be. I did not think Carey would do that!
With all five Ohio Democratic U.S. representatives supporting a bill to restore expired Affordable Care Act subsidies, last week 3 of 10 Ohio Republican U.S. representatives defied President Trump and voted with Democrats to restore them as well. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/13/o...
Ohio Democratic U.S. reps joined by three Ohio Republicans to restore Affordable Care Act subsidies • Ohio Capital Journal
With all five Ohio Democratic U.S. representatives supporting a bill to restore expired Affordable Care Act subsidies, last week 3 of 10 Ohio Republican U.S. representatives defied President Donald…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Well I'll be. I did not think Carey would do that!
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"Oh yay, the robbers who stripped science for parts are magnanimously robbing us less!"
"And we totally trust these robbers and liars to actually disburse our funds instead of just dangling it over our heads (they've never done that before, right?)"
"And we totally trust these robbers and liars to actually disburse our funds instead of just dangling it over our heads (they've never done that before, right?)"
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Oh yay, the robbers who stripped science for parts are magnanimously robbing us less!"
"And we totally trust these robbers and liars to actually disburse our funds instead of just dangling it over our heads (they've never done that before, right?)"
"And we totally trust these robbers and liars to actually disburse our funds instead of just dangling it over our heads (they've never done that before, right?)"
@jackvanhorn8.bsky.social Finally got a chance to read this-- well said!! Agree with all of it! 💪
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
Interview with Prof. Jack Van Horn, 2025 Winner of the Education in Neuroimaging Award — OHBM Communications
Author: Simon Steinkamp Editors: Zaki Alasmar, Ashley Tyrer
www.ohbm-com.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
@jackvanhorn8.bsky.social Finally got a chance to read this-- well said!! Agree with all of it! 💪
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
That's nice-- Starbucks sells a caramel protein latte that has 27 g of protein and they can make it with oat milk.
Breakfast at the airport just got easier! 😁
Breakfast at the airport just got easier! 😁
January 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
That's nice-- Starbucks sells a caramel protein latte that has 27 g of protein and they can make it with oat milk.
Breakfast at the airport just got easier! 😁
Breakfast at the airport just got easier! 😁
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Thousands marched in downtown Columbus while we held the line at our weekly #TeslaTakedown in memory of #ReneeGood. Her murder and its cover-up is an outrage. I hope Good’s wife and family take some from the millions of us who are with them. #CrushICE
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Thousands marched in downtown Columbus while we held the line at our weekly #TeslaTakedown in memory of #ReneeGood. Her murder and its cover-up is an outrage. I hope Good’s wife and family take some from the millions of us who are with them. #CrushICE
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‘ICE, Out for Good’ protests over fatal shooting erupt in Minneapolis, other US cities
‘ICE, Out for Good’ protests over fatal shooting erupt in Minneapolis, other US cities
Tens of thousands of people marched through Minneapolis and other US cities on Saturday to decry the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. More rallies under the slogan, "ICE, Out for Good" are planned this weekend in other cities and towns to protest the Trump administration's mass deportations.
f24.my
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
‘ICE, Out for Good’ protests over fatal shooting erupt in Minneapolis, other US cities
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Happening now: “ICE out” protests from East Coast to West Coast in solidarity 🔥
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Happening now: “ICE out” protests from East Coast to West Coast in solidarity 🔥
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My quote of the day
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
My quote of the day
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck
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The I71 footbridge crew was at it again tonight with a much bigger crew!
January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The I71 footbridge crew was at it again tonight with a much bigger crew!
😁 I said to my lab today that if we invade Cuba next week and I can't get back from this conference in the Caribbean I'll be at, to carry on and I'll be back when I can. 😉
The youngest grad student said, oh no, we'll come get you out, don't worry!!
I appreciate the enthusiasm. 👍 😂
The youngest grad student said, oh no, we'll come get you out, don't worry!!
I appreciate the enthusiasm. 👍 😂
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
😁 I said to my lab today that if we invade Cuba next week and I can't get back from this conference in the Caribbean I'll be at, to carry on and I'll be back when I can. 😉
The youngest grad student said, oh no, we'll come get you out, don't worry!!
I appreciate the enthusiasm. 👍 😂
The youngest grad student said, oh no, we'll come get you out, don't worry!!
I appreciate the enthusiasm. 👍 😂
hee--yesterday I was working with a friend and his student, who didn't speak English very well, so my friend was translating as we worked on a paper. (1/n)
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
hee--yesterday I was working with a friend and his student, who didn't speak English very well, so my friend was translating as we worked on a paper. (1/n)
These were Xmas presents to myself--a phenomenal choice, full of disorienting worlds and a swooping, fantastic story with No Villain. I laughed, I cried, and there's that sadness when it's done.
It was so rich, so happy. #books
The Hands of the Emperor and At the Feet of the Sun, by V. Goddard.
It was so rich, so happy. #books
The Hands of the Emperor and At the Feet of the Sun, by V. Goddard.
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
These were Xmas presents to myself--a phenomenal choice, full of disorienting worlds and a swooping, fantastic story with No Villain. I laughed, I cried, and there's that sadness when it's done.
It was so rich, so happy. #books
The Hands of the Emperor and At the Feet of the Sun, by V. Goddard.
It was so rich, so happy. #books
The Hands of the Emperor and At the Feet of the Sun, by V. Goddard.
Gah. I need a snappy answer to "what is the impact of your research?"
The joy in people's eyes when they find and understand something no one else has found before -- that doesn't cut it, unfortunately! 😆
The joy in people's eyes when they find and understand something no one else has found before -- that doesn't cut it, unfortunately! 😆
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Gah. I need a snappy answer to "what is the impact of your research?"
The joy in people's eyes when they find and understand something no one else has found before -- that doesn't cut it, unfortunately! 😆
The joy in people's eyes when they find and understand something no one else has found before -- that doesn't cut it, unfortunately! 😆