Chiasm
@chiasm.bsky.social
Scientist, science fiction reader, anime enthusiast, you can imagine the rest (go left, though).
Interesting day yesterday, but the long and short of it is, if your eyes start doing weird stuff, get thee to an emergency room.
(I'm ok; it took all day to confirm nothing weird was still going on. But all the docs said If it HAD been something more serious, then time is of the essence!) 👀 😱
(I'm ok; it took all day to confirm nothing weird was still going on. But all the docs said If it HAD been something more serious, then time is of the essence!) 👀 😱
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Interesting day yesterday, but the long and short of it is, if your eyes start doing weird stuff, get thee to an emergency room.
(I'm ok; it took all day to confirm nothing weird was still going on. But all the docs said If it HAD been something more serious, then time is of the essence!) 👀 😱
(I'm ok; it took all day to confirm nothing weird was still going on. But all the docs said If it HAD been something more serious, then time is of the essence!) 👀 😱
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
Rewatching Code Geass --the first time thru several years ago I saw parallels to Breaking Bad. #anime
Now sadly I only see the Israel - Gaza parallels. 💔
Now sadly I only see the Israel - Gaza parallels. 💔
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Rewatching Code Geass --the first time thru several years ago I saw parallels to Breaking Bad. #anime
Now sadly I only see the Israel - Gaza parallels. 💔
Now sadly I only see the Israel - Gaza parallels. 💔
By the way, following #WomenInSTEM is a very good way to cheer yourself up. 😁
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November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
By the way, following #WomenInSTEM is a very good way to cheer yourself up. 😁
"Eventually “the president ordered it” becomes sufficient justification for any action, any violation, any atrocity."
Read this and do not let it go unheeded, eh? We cannot just go quietly into that dark night.
Read this and do not let it go unheeded, eh? We cannot just go quietly into that dark night.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Eventually “the president ordered it” becomes sufficient justification for any action, any violation, any atrocity."
Read this and do not let it go unheeded, eh? We cannot just go quietly into that dark night.
Read this and do not let it go unheeded, eh? We cannot just go quietly into that dark night.
Yup. This is a) unnecessary (waste) and b) part of the effort to make sure research conforms with whatever nuttiness of the day came out in the last executive order and c) removes any documentation about why a grant that was well reviewed by actual scientists as worthy of funding was not funded.
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yup. This is a) unnecessary (waste) and b) part of the effort to make sure research conforms with whatever nuttiness of the day came out in the last executive order and c) removes any documentation about why a grant that was well reviewed by actual scientists as worthy of funding was not funded.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
Statement on CDC autism website changes
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the ...
www.apha.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
Rewatching the end few episodes of SpyxFamily season 2 before starting in on season 3 -- dang I'd forgotten how fun that show is, and simply funny and sweet. ❤️ #anime
Good antidote to the world at large. 😁
Good antidote to the world at large. 😁
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Rewatching the end few episodes of SpyxFamily season 2 before starting in on season 3 -- dang I'd forgotten how fun that show is, and simply funny and sweet. ❤️ #anime
Good antidote to the world at large. 😁
Good antidote to the world at large. 😁
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And if you'd rather not yourself but you'd like to support effective efforts, one effective outlet is @skypeascientist.bsky.social. I recently saw @sarahmackattack.bsky.social give a talk about what they've been up to, and I'm convinced it's important and effective.
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Support Skype a Scientist!
By Skype a Scientist
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November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And if you'd rather not yourself but you'd like to support effective efforts, one effective outlet is @skypeascientist.bsky.social. I recently saw @sarahmackattack.bsky.social give a talk about what they've been up to, and I'm convinced it's important and effective.
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
Sigh. I finally can give blood again because the mad cow rules changed, my iron is solid, I have the time -- and they couldn't find my vein!! 😭 They quit rooting around for it when I nearly screamed from the pain. Never had that happen before!
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Sigh. I finally can give blood again because the mad cow rules changed, my iron is solid, I have the time -- and they couldn't find my vein!! 😭 They quit rooting around for it when I nearly screamed from the pain. Never had that happen before!
I am testing our study that pings you a few times a day about your mood. Turns out, scrolling on blue sky actually moves me off zero on anger and irritation, and lowers my hope and happiness.
Sigh.
Sigh.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I am testing our study that pings you a few times a day about your mood. Turns out, scrolling on blue sky actually moves me off zero on anger and irritation, and lowers my hope and happiness.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Exactly. Look to your left and right, and who is standing up against this misogyny? It had better be all of you!
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Exactly. Look to your left and right, and who is standing up against this misogyny? It had better be all of you!
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#TrumpIsAPig
If US listened to and respected its women, Trump would have never, ever been a President.
We can’t end violence against women unless more people are willing to speak up.
If US listened to and respected its women, Trump would have never, ever been a President.
We can’t end violence against women unless more people are willing to speak up.
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#TrumpIsAPig
If US listened to and respected its women, Trump would have never, ever been a President.
We can’t end violence against women unless more people are willing to speak up.
If US listened to and respected its women, Trump would have never, ever been a President.
We can’t end violence against women unless more people are willing to speak up.
This is an important topic to engage with! #academia
After a quick tea break, I am in the parallel discussion session: "Mitigating risks for early career researchers that blow the whistle on unreliable research" with chair Vincent Mourik @vincentmourik.bsky.social
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is an important topic to engage with! #academia
Long day but four of the meetings were with students/trainees; and I do enjoy seeing the next generation moving forward. 😁 They are all different in what they can do, where they move quickly or where they are weak, but they are all working hard and figuring stuff out. Can't complain about that!
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Long day but four of the meetings were with students/trainees; and I do enjoy seeing the next generation moving forward. 😁 They are all different in what they can do, where they move quickly or where they are weak, but they are all working hard and figuring stuff out. Can't complain about that!
Just an early morning stroll yesterday morning with six thousand other people ... 😆
(It was freaking COLD!! 🥶 But I kept up a 16 min/mile walk the whole 5K, and am pretty pleased about that.)
(It was freaking COLD!! 🥶 But I kept up a 16 min/mile walk the whole 5K, and am pretty pleased about that.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just an early morning stroll yesterday morning with six thousand other people ... 😆
(It was freaking COLD!! 🥶 But I kept up a 16 min/mile walk the whole 5K, and am pretty pleased about that.)
(It was freaking COLD!! 🥶 But I kept up a 16 min/mile walk the whole 5K, and am pretty pleased about that.)
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The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli
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My quote of the day
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
Whitney Young
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
Whitney Young
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My quote of the day
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
Whitney Young
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.
Whitney Young
Hee--cooking curried chicken after dinner for tomorrow, and I had too much chicken, so I roasted the surplus at the same time. Two different main dishes going at the same time! Planning ahead!
Ooooo... New stage of adulting. 😂 Old dogs, my sweet patootie.
Ooooo... New stage of adulting. 😂 Old dogs, my sweet patootie.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Hee--cooking curried chicken after dinner for tomorrow, and I had too much chicken, so I roasted the surplus at the same time. Two different main dishes going at the same time! Planning ahead!
Ooooo... New stage of adulting. 😂 Old dogs, my sweet patootie.
Ooooo... New stage of adulting. 😂 Old dogs, my sweet patootie.
Yahoo!!
“This is a very important development,” says Dyann Wirth, a malaria researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health who was not involved in the work. “We’ve been looking for this for a long time.”
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yahoo!!
Love this! Ask me how much I love this! 💕
MaoMao and Jinshi from "The apothecary diaries" Halloween version🎃🦇
Sorry, with great delay but it was a long job.
#薬屋のひとりごと
#maomao
#TheApothecaryDiaries
#猫猫
#Jinshi #jinmao #kusuriyanohitorigoto
#anime
#commissionsopen
Sorry, with great delay but it was a long job.
#薬屋のひとりごと
#maomao
#TheApothecaryDiaries
#猫猫
#Jinshi #jinmao #kusuriyanohitorigoto
#anime
#commissionsopen
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Love this! Ask me how much I love this! 💕
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It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
Schumer: Step Down as Minority Leader!
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
sign.moveon.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
I hadn't realized exactly all the up and down ballot wins last week -- this is a huge lineup, and if you can get all the way through it without grinning... 😁
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Extra! Extra! 11/9
So. Much. Winning!
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I hadn't realized exactly all the up and down ballot wins last week -- this is a huge lineup, and if you can get all the way through it without grinning... 😁
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
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Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden