Nicholas Genesjockey
@genesjockey.com
Working to advance the scientific enterprise. Evolutionary biologist by training, spent time in computer networks, now in food science. Into many geeky things. Opinions are strictly my own. Reposts are not endorsements.
🏳️🌈He/They
📍St Paul, MN
🏳️🌈He/They
📍St Paul, MN
I saw another study premised on the idea that humans are monogamous...
Humans are not monogamous. That's a cultural assumption. Even saying humans are serially monogamous is premised on cultural notions common in the West. Some cultures are monogamous. Some aren't. Even within cultures it varies!
Humans are not monogamous. That's a cultural assumption. Even saying humans are serially monogamous is premised on cultural notions common in the West. Some cultures are monogamous. Some aren't. Even within cultures it varies!
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I saw another study premised on the idea that humans are monogamous...
Humans are not monogamous. That's a cultural assumption. Even saying humans are serially monogamous is premised on cultural notions common in the West. Some cultures are monogamous. Some aren't. Even within cultures it varies!
Humans are not monogamous. That's a cultural assumption. Even saying humans are serially monogamous is premised on cultural notions common in the West. Some cultures are monogamous. Some aren't. Even within cultures it varies!
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Please. He abducted himself. The dude he was attempting to kidnap tried to push him out of the car and then they drove him to a police station while on the phone with 911. How many kidnappers try to push their kidnapees out of the car, call 911, or drive to a police station? Very few I'd wager
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Please. He abducted himself. The dude he was attempting to kidnap tried to push him out of the car and then they drove him to a police station while on the phone with 911. How many kidnappers try to push their kidnapees out of the car, call 911, or drive to a police station? Very few I'd wager
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Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
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📊Our new report "Amino acid cost & supply chain analysis for cultivated meat" is out today
The analysis gathers new data on food-grade amino acid prices & models projected volumes, cost contributions, & role of hydrolysates in the supply chain
Key results in this thread
gfi.org/resource/ami...
The analysis gathers new data on food-grade amino acid prices & models projected volumes, cost contributions, & role of hydrolysates in the supply chain
Key results in this thread
gfi.org/resource/ami...
Amino acid cost and supply chain analysis for cultivated meat - The Good Food Institute
This white paper explores how to make amino acids affordable for cultivated meat, offering research and supply chain paths for industry growth.
gfi.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📊Our new report "Amino acid cost & supply chain analysis for cultivated meat" is out today
The analysis gathers new data on food-grade amino acid prices & models projected volumes, cost contributions, & role of hydrolysates in the supply chain
Key results in this thread
gfi.org/resource/ami...
The analysis gathers new data on food-grade amino acid prices & models projected volumes, cost contributions, & role of hydrolysates in the supply chain
Key results in this thread
gfi.org/resource/ami...
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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".
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📣 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝: A joint report from FFAR & GFI outlining priority research areas to accelerate protein innovation—focused on plant-based and fermentation-derived ingredients. Check it out 👇
Research priorities for plant-based and fermentation-enabled protein ingredients - The Good Food Institute
This joint report from GFI and FFAR identifies funding priorities and research opportunities for protein ingredient optimization.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
📣 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝: A joint report from FFAR & GFI outlining priority research areas to accelerate protein innovation—focused on plant-based and fermentation-derived ingredients. Check it out 👇
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It's amazing how so fucking many institutions complied with fascism when pretty much every time someone goes "fuck you, make me" the government goes "oh no we made an oopsie, we didn't mean to say that, birthday boy did a lil poopsie oopsie"
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's amazing how so fucking many institutions complied with fascism when pretty much every time someone goes "fuck you, make me" the government goes "oh no we made an oopsie, we didn't mean to say that, birthday boy did a lil poopsie oopsie"
Paper to help thinking about using tools like GitHub for reproducible science: Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Paper to help thinking about using tools like GitHub for reproducible science: Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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Angie Craig against too
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Angie Craig against too
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Torres is a no and DNC Vice Chair Kenyatta says its a mistake
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Torres is a no and DNC Vice Chair Kenyatta says its a mistake
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
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Lots of comments correcting that it’s a stay for 48 hours — which I get — but it needs to be said: even 48 hours is devastating for some families. Eating isn’t something you can defer for a few days. The effects of hunger compound. Etc
This whiplash is absolute torture for hungry families. I shouldn’t be surprised SCOTUS would sink this low and allow Republicans to starve Americans, but here we are. I’m horrified and worried about Minnesotans — babies, seniors, people with disabilities — going hungry, getting sick, or dying.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lots of comments correcting that it’s a stay for 48 hours — which I get — but it needs to be said: even 48 hours is devastating for some families. Eating isn’t something you can defer for a few days. The effects of hunger compound. Etc
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
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This year we are deciding if our city is allowed to enforce municipal ordinances, or if we will stick with our current system of solemnly shaking our head in disapproval.
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This year we are deciding if our city is allowed to enforce municipal ordinances, or if we will stick with our current system of solemnly shaking our head in disapproval.
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Good morning, i wrote about the St. Paul election issue of administrative citations, an extremely basic tool we need for growing the city of St. Paul. Vote yes.
www.twincities.com/2025/10/19/w...
www.twincities.com/2025/10/19/w...
Wes Burdine: Why this St. Paul business owner is voting ‘yes’ to amend the city charter
On my three-block walk to work, on one of the busiest streets in the city, I pass by three empty lots and I stare at a wall of empty storefronts. Just a few more blocks away is the derelict CVS tha…
www.twincities.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good morning, i wrote about the St. Paul election issue of administrative citations, an extremely basic tool we need for growing the city of St. Paul. Vote yes.
www.twincities.com/2025/10/19/w...
www.twincities.com/2025/10/19/w...
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It’s a shame that @naomikritzer.bsky.social won’t give us her real opinions
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October 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s a shame that @naomikritzer.bsky.social won’t give us her real opinions
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...
My neighborhood Facebook group seems less overtly racist than NextDoor, but it's still wild. For example, one person was discussing something that was obviously an animal (all of some kind of plant was clipped close to the ground) but acted like it must be some malicious person.
August 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My neighborhood Facebook group seems less overtly racist than NextDoor, but it's still wild. For example, one person was discussing something that was obviously an animal (all of some kind of plant was clipped close to the ground) but acted like it must be some malicious person.
Nobody has yet talked about the wonderful amphibians that are the caecilians on BlueSky yet? Wow! Well, a caecilian is a limbless amphibian. The Como Park Zoo in St Paul has one, and theirs looks almost like an eel. Look them up sometime if you haven't heard of them before!
August 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nobody has yet talked about the wonderful amphibians that are the caecilians on BlueSky yet? Wow! Well, a caecilian is a limbless amphibian. The Como Park Zoo in St Paul has one, and theirs looks almost like an eel. Look them up sometime if you haven't heard of them before!
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We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
USDA NIFA released a potentially very impactful grant program, but with a very short timeline. They are looking to fund a framework for open data in agriculture. If anyone is interested, please look at it. Please note the deadline is August 6!
www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/fundi...
www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/fundi...
Open Data Framework
www.nifa.usda.gov
July 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
USDA NIFA released a potentially very impactful grant program, but with a very short timeline. They are looking to fund a framework for open data in agriculture. If anyone is interested, please look at it. Please note the deadline is August 6!
www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/fundi...
www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/fundi...
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Another ICE "assault" case unravels. Border Patrol and ICE are arresting US citizens and then after they find out that they are US citizens, they are charging them with "assault" to justify their actions. This is clearly DHS policy at this point. We've seen it repeatedly now.
July 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Another ICE "assault" case unravels. Border Patrol and ICE are arresting US citizens and then after they find out that they are US citizens, they are charging them with "assault" to justify their actions. This is clearly DHS policy at this point. We've seen it repeatedly now.
US-Americans know how to be jerks, and right now, there is some hope in that. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68fF53L/
Your tax dollars are paying for ICE agents to stay at a Hilton.
TikTok video by MatchmakerMaria
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July 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
US-Americans know how to be jerks, and right now, there is some hope in that. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68fF53L/