Damien C-C
@dccc-phd.bsky.social
Human geneticist 🧬, bioinformagician 🧙🏻♂️, choral musician 🎼, and unrepentant city slicker 🏙️. Amplifying interesting signals (like #ScienceWin)! [he/him]
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-1846
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Damien C-C
@dccc-phd.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Hey there, potential follower!
A heads-up that I repost A LOT because a lot of things interest me and I think a lot of things are worth sharing.
You may find some common themes you're not equally excited about, so mute keywords and accounts as needed.
A heads-up that I repost A LOT because a lot of things interest me and I think a lot of things are worth sharing.
You may find some common themes you're not equally excited about, so mute keywords and accounts as needed.
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Mato Tipila,
1/17/2026, 5:11:57 PM
1/17/2026, 5:11:57 PM
January 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Mato Tipila,
1/17/2026, 5:11:57 PM
1/17/2026, 5:11:57 PM
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We have reached the golden hour in Wyoming.
Vedauwoo,
1/17/2026, 4:07:57 PM
Vedauwoo,
1/17/2026, 4:07:57 PM
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
We have reached the golden hour in Wyoming.
Vedauwoo,
1/17/2026, 4:07:57 PM
Vedauwoo,
1/17/2026, 4:07:57 PM
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Season 2 Episode 31 - Frame 1527 out of 2763
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Season 2 Episode 31 - Frame 1527 out of 2763
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I'm honestly confused and worried I did something wrong - I set aside ~4h after reading this thread, and it took me <30 min to do and get a download of the verified copy? Maybe they stabilized the system in the interim, but I found it pretty painless.
If you are submitting an NIH grant in February, you will be required to use SciENcv to prepare you biosketch.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I'm honestly confused and worried I did something wrong - I set aside ~4h after reading this thread, and it took me <30 min to do and get a download of the verified copy? Maybe they stabilized the system in the interim, but I found it pretty painless.
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Pullman Company promo booklet for the World's Fair (1939)
Image: The Pullman Company / Illinois State Library
Image: The Pullman Company / Illinois State Library
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Pullman Company promo booklet for the World's Fair (1939)
Image: The Pullman Company / Illinois State Library
Image: The Pullman Company / Illinois State Library
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I signed up for a creative writing class. Zero stakes. No grades. And someone asked if we could use chatgpt to help write stories. It's like... why are you here?
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I signed up for a creative writing class. Zero stakes. No grades. And someone asked if we could use chatgpt to help write stories. It's like... why are you here?
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I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
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I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
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Early Dilbert comics were funny but also harmful to society because they turned us against the noble cubicle. Cubicles were civilization’s apex - a cloth box for everyone, millennia of progress ending in a private paradise cube - but Dilbert made them uncool and we’ve paid the price ever since
January 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Early Dilbert comics were funny but also harmful to society because they turned us against the noble cubicle. Cubicles were civilization’s apex - a cloth box for everyone, millennia of progress ending in a private paradise cube - but Dilbert made them uncool and we’ve paid the price ever since
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me and a 4yo filling out our library card applications together. literally going through the same shit
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
me and a 4yo filling out our library card applications together. literally going through the same shit
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over in Beverly, some storage units are going to be converted to artist studios buff.ly/9Gqf02e
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
over in Beverly, some storage units are going to be converted to artist studios buff.ly/9Gqf02e
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KEEP HONKING, I’M LISTENING TO a lengthy voicemail from my mom about drivers who back into the parking spots at Costco, don’t these idiots know they’ll want to load their trunks later
January 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
KEEP HONKING, I’M LISTENING TO a lengthy voicemail from my mom about drivers who back into the parking spots at Costco, don’t these idiots know they’ll want to load their trunks later
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Hey, Chicago!
(Can we at least get some in CTA stations?)
(Can we at least get some in CTA stations?)
More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
January 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hey, Chicago!
(Can we at least get some in CTA stations?)
(Can we at least get some in CTA stations?)
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Great place great times we love you Minnesota!
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Great place great times we love you Minnesota!
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More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
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I’ll take ten of those, please. 🌆
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I’ll take ten of those, please. 🌆
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I'm not saying I want to move to Chicago, but snowy days and elevated trains are a charming duo.
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I'm not saying I want to move to Chicago, but snowy days and elevated trains are a charming duo.
Love the lines in this shot!
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Love the lines in this shot!
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Talking with my husband about our division of the mental load, and he reminds me that he handles our family’s worrying about infectious disease
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Talking with my husband about our division of the mental load, and he reminds me that he handles our family’s worrying about infectious disease
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I may have to officially treat Black women unemployment news the way I treat Black maternal health news. I already know the gist and reading it will just anger me so much that my blood pressure starts acting up.
It’s bad enough how many losses there have been in federal jobs, but the private sector should be ashamed of itself for being complicit in this process.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I may have to officially treat Black women unemployment news the way I treat Black maternal health news. I already know the gist and reading it will just anger me so much that my blood pressure starts acting up.
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Helping your biologist friends pack for moving always involves the hard questions, like "can you throw out 1m ill-preserved corals in the regular trash" and "but the city requires only clear trash bags, they're definitely going to see it, what do I do with this rotting coral I need to throw out"
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Helping your biologist friends pack for moving always involves the hard questions, like "can you throw out 1m ill-preserved corals in the regular trash" and "but the city requires only clear trash bags, they're definitely going to see it, what do I do with this rotting coral I need to throw out"
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Ahmed Raafat
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Ahmed Raafat
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My kids were mostly interested in checking out the railroad tracks. I blew their mind by telling them that they’ve been there for over 150 years, and that they use to be over the water.
January 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM
My kids were mostly interested in checking out the railroad tracks. I blew their mind by telling them that they’ve been there for over 150 years, and that they use to be over the water.