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I-75 Scientist
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“He’s just this guy, ya know”
Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75.
focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development.
Husband, dad x 4,🏊‍♂️ 🚴 🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🍺🥃
Opinions my own, Reposts not endorsments
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What idiot said “we don’t want free childcare”??!? Why the fuck wouldn’t you want that for everyone??
In NYC, Mayor Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory in part because of a pledge to make child care free.

But D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George's plan for affordable childcare doesn't go that far: “People have said to me, ‘We don't want free child care. We just want affordable child care.'"
Janeese Lewis George wants affordable child care for DC
It’s not free, and her plan faces fiscal challenges.
51st.news
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Just narrowly avoided signing off an email with "Thank you for your hell" but I should have just left it
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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When asking someone to do something it's important to be clear about everything you are asking them to do, and when you are asking them to do it, up front.

Increasingly I'm asked to do something, I look at my schedule and other commitments and agree to the ask, and then weeks later... 1/n
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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If the DeSantis regime knew much about the "Western Canon," they might not like it so much. But since when are they interested in actual learning? floridaphoenix.com/2026/02/09/d...
Do Florida public universities really embrace the Western Tradition? • Florida Phoenix
It’s a lousy time to be a kid in Florida. You’re told you can’t read certain books or study certain subjects or discuss certain topics. You’re told you can’t go by your chosen name; you must conform t...
floridaphoenix.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Several men I knew back in college have since died from colon cancer in their late 40s early 50s because they ignored the signs (& family history) and didn’t seek treatment until it was way too late. Do the prep, get the test, live longer. Please.
Reupping this because a colonoscopy is no big deal and anyone over 40 should be talking to their doctor about getting one.

Take care of yourselves, people.
The prep isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, the surgery is the best nap you'll ever have, and the first meal after is a religious experience.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Someone really needs to run a campaign of “Floridians have been elected GOP governors, cabinet, & legislative majorities for almost twenty years now. All you’ve gotten is a state that does nothing for anyone but wealthy campaign donors. That’s not a state, that’s an investment fund.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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*in no sense* do people regard relinquishing their child as an “alternative” to terminating a pregnancy they do not want to carry to term.

it’s not even a “second choice.”

it doesn’t fucking RATE. 🥚
The Turnaway Study found that NINETY-ONE PERCENT of respondents who had SOUGHT abortions but were denied them nevertheless chose to keep their children.

Lots of people want to adopt babies, but essentially *no one* wants to surrender one. +
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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No one warns you that success doesn’t always feel good.

Promotion can bring:
- More visibility
- More responsibility
- Less internal safety

So when relief doesn’t come, people assume something is wrong with them.
Nothing is.

You’re responding normally to sustained pressure without recovery.
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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When "stop WOKE" was passed, I was consulting with a department at a large FL university, helping them think through how to attract and retain more BIPOC students and fix racial disparities in their D/F/W grade rates. Literally that week, acting on admin "guidance," +
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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I eagerly await FIRE's amicus brief and legal support on behalf of this HBCU.
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Higher ed in Florida is spiraling and I hope those students and administrators are ignoring such a silly demand.
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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February 8, 1968: 3 Black students are killed and 28 are wounded as state troopers open fire on student demonstrators on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg following protests over a whites-only bowling alley. The event becomes known as the Orangeburg Massacre.
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
One of my favorite parts of home ownership is when you replace parts in the toilet but then the water supply valve itself starts leaking b/c it was closed and opened for the 1st time in 15yrs…
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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"The alleged crimes happened under former CFO Jimmy Patronis, now a congressman for the state's western Panhandle."

One of Jimmy's employees running a really brazen million dollar scam under his nose.

MSN link gets you around the payroll...

www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
February 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Kentucky Coffee, for when you don’t know if you need an afternoon coffee or a cocktail.
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Bondi demonstrates that she doesn't actually know how federal government human resources law works.

Annual leave payout upon separation is an entitlement, and that separation being involuntary is immaterial. But I'm sure it sounded good on teevee.
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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You don’t praise the people who were unsuccessful in their attempts to fully dismantle a scientific infrastructure it took 80 years to build. You praise the people who successfully resisted some of the dismantling

bsky.app/profile/jere...
I was shocked to see this statement from a group of representatives from the American scientific establishment...

1/2
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Well that’s not right.
1: you swim, then bike, then run.
2: sharks
February 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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RFK routinely tells the public doctors are corrupt liars.

Remember this the next time MAHA disinformation sycophants like Podcast Jay fake that they want to "restore trust."
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Summing up: the donor class is creepy and debased. These people should not be allowed anywhere near our research, academic programs, or campuses, because universities and academics can't be trusted to exercise any judgement when confronted with wealth.
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Welcome to #Florida, the WTF state.
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Florida has no shame. Imagine banning an entire field with a straight face.

But it sure makes UM, a private university, look good by comparison.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM