Daniel Colón-Ramos
@dacolon.bsky.social
Professor Cellular Neuroscience @Yale; Associate Director WuTsaiYale; Co-fundador @CienciaPR #cienciaboricua 🇵🇷 Él; He; Him
Dr. Bill Cassidy gave green light to the nomination of RFK, in spite of his training as a physician and huge concerns about RFK’s views on vaccines/science, due to political pressures and to avoid this scenario. Yet here he is.
President Trump on Saturday night endorsed a potential primary challenger to Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, in a surprise announcement that is likely to further complicate Trump’s relationship with Senate Republicans.
Trump Backs a Potential Primary Challenger to Bill Cassidy, a G.O.P. Senator
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
nyti.ms
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Dr. Bill Cassidy gave green light to the nomination of RFK, in spite of his training as a physician and huge concerns about RFK’s views on vaccines/science, due to political pressures and to avoid this scenario. Yet here he is.
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Another truly dark event for science.
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Another truly dark event for science.
Excellent article, must read
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Excellent article, must read
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Piece on why Nature became so influential and “important”. This quote: “history shows that much of its success has been circumstantial and opportunistic rather than meritorious…we should not mistake the system that emerged for one that reliably surfaces the best work.” www.asimov.press/p/nature
How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal
Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?
www.asimov.press
January 18, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Piece on why Nature became so influential and “important”. This quote: “history shows that much of its success has been circumstantial and opportunistic rather than meritorious…we should not mistake the system that emerged for one that reliably surfaces the best work.” www.asimov.press/p/nature
Everyone has an accent
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 18, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Everyone has an accent
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
“I have treated patients who have harmed others. I have cared for people in police custody, people accused of violent crimes…. None of that alters my obligation.
When someone is bleeding in front of you, your duty is to stop the bleeding.” @josephsakran.bsky.social
When someone is bleeding in front of you, your duty is to stop the bleeding.” @josephsakran.bsky.social
I'm a surgeon – and I've been shot. ICE denying Renee Good aid is inhumane.
I do not know if Renee Nicole Good could have been saved; no one can say with certainty. But she should have been given every possible chance.
www.usatoday.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
“I have treated patients who have harmed others. I have cared for people in police custody, people accused of violent crimes…. None of that alters my obligation.
When someone is bleeding in front of you, your duty is to stop the bleeding.” @josephsakran.bsky.social
When someone is bleeding in front of you, your duty is to stop the bleeding.” @josephsakran.bsky.social
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next.
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
Universities Need a New Defense
The authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work.
www.chronicle.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next.
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
Pirates of the Caribbean, 2026 edition.
Russia has dispatched at least one naval vessel to meet and escort an oil tanker that the U.S. military has been pursuing and trying to seize, according to a U.S. official briefed on the operation who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
Russia Sends Naval Vessel to Escort Oil Tanker U.S. Is Pursuing
The development deepens the confrontation over the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1, which the United States wants to seize but which Russia has sought to protect.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Pirates of the Caribbean, 2026 edition.
Currently in Puerto Rico. My flight today was canceled bc the airspace was closed by US military. Archipelago is highly militarized, with frequent military patrols. Flashback to cold war theater of 1980s.
January 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Currently in Puerto Rico. My flight today was canceled bc the airspace was closed by US military. Archipelago is highly militarized, with frequent military patrols. Flashback to cold war theater of 1980s.
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Understanding the mind takes many ways of seeing.
Faculty at the Wu Tsai Institute are working across neuroscience, engineering, and psychology to study how the mind works. A look inside the institute’s new home shows how shared spaces and new tools are supporting discovery through collaboration.
Faculty at the Wu Tsai Institute are working across neuroscience, engineering, and psychology to study how the mind works. A look inside the institute’s new home shows how shared spaces and new tools are supporting discovery through collaboration.
Wu Tsai Institute: Making the right connections
With state-of-the-art research facilities and collaborative spaces, Yale's Wu Tsai Institute is on a mission to understand human cognition by bridging academic disciplines.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Understanding the mind takes many ways of seeing.
Faculty at the Wu Tsai Institute are working across neuroscience, engineering, and psychology to study how the mind works. A look inside the institute’s new home shows how shared spaces and new tools are supporting discovery through collaboration.
Faculty at the Wu Tsai Institute are working across neuroscience, engineering, and psychology to study how the mind works. A look inside the institute’s new home shows how shared spaces and new tools are supporting discovery through collaboration.
Yale Law Prof S. Baldwin in 1899: “To give.. the ignorant and lawless brigands that infest Puerto Rico.. the benefit of such immunities .. would be a serious obstacle to the maintenance ..an efficient government”. Today: Dean of Yale Law is of P Rican and Cuban descent. Congratulations Cristina!
Cristina Rodríguez Selected as Next Dean of Yale Law School
https://www.newsbeep.com/320997/
Professor Cristina M. Rodríguez ’00, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School, has been…
https://www.newsbeep.com/320997/
Professor Cristina M. Rodríguez ’00, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School, has been…
Cristina Rodríguez Selected as Next Dean of Yale Law School - News Beep
Professor Cristina M. Rodríguez ’00, the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School, has been selected as the next dean of Yale Law School,
www.newsbeep.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yale Law Prof S. Baldwin in 1899: “To give.. the ignorant and lawless brigands that infest Puerto Rico.. the benefit of such immunities .. would be a serious obstacle to the maintenance ..an efficient government”. Today: Dean of Yale Law is of P Rican and Cuban descent. Congratulations Cristina!
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Remember when Qatar hosted World Cup and everyone was told to be respectful of local customs and culture? Let’s hear that same energy about Seattle culture.
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
Seattle Has Designated A World Cup ‘Pride Match’—Between Two Countries That Punish Homosexuality
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Remember when Qatar hosted World Cup and everyone was told to be respectful of local customs and culture? Let’s hear that same energy about Seattle culture.
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
Today's NYT front page.
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today's NYT front page.
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
A methodical quest and the latest salvo
Honorary PhDs from academic institutions in 3,2,1….
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Honorary PhDs from academic institutions in 3,2,1….
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
omg they've got me reposting George F Will
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
omg they've got me reposting George F Will
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
This paper was written by my WormAtlas colleagues, Dave and Nate, in addition to 5 Nobel Prize winners. Hopefully more attention and funding will find its way to the invaluable C. elegans resources described in the paper.
A new paper, co-authored by WormAtlas directors Dave Hall and Nate Schroeder, describes how C. elegans community research resources, including WormAtlas, provide the infrastructure that supports nematode research around the world.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This paper was written by my WormAtlas colleagues, Dave and Nate, in addition to 5 Nobel Prize winners. Hopefully more attention and funding will find its way to the invaluable C. elegans resources described in the paper.
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
"Minority women...have traditionally been excluded [from STEM] because of biases related to both their race or ethnicity and gender, constituting a double bind." 🧪
web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/D...
web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/D...
web.mit.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Minority women...have traditionally been excluded [from STEM] because of biases related to both their race or ethnicity and gender, constituting a double bind." 🧪
web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/D...
web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/D...
Reposted by Daniel Colón-Ramos
“Those Muslims must assimilate to our way of life. Like we did when we ‘visited’ other countries.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“Those Muslims must assimilate to our way of life. Like we did when we ‘visited’ other countries.”