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Michael Gilman

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Scientist, entrepreneur, ex-biopharm exec, former FM radio jock, lifelong hockey fan, aspiring guitar player and mixologist, #immigrant, #BioSky. CEO, Arrakis Therapeutics and a variety of other things. https://www.michaelgilman.net/disclosures/

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 39m

I think the frogs are winning.

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1h

ht: @nocontextmr.bsky.social

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 40m

I'm not sure that 1 and 2 together are a reasonable ask fwiw.

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 19h

Her baby in her placenta?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a fun read.

Nobel Prize in literature goes to Hungarian novelist for work confronting ‘apocalyptic terror’ | CNN

The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality “to the point of madness.”

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 1d

Best part of winning the Nobel Prize at Berkeley is the parking.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 2d

Um, wow.

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

I REALLY wonder what John thinks about his new boss.

John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 3d

Our essay on the judiciary and the executive defining where the line is: substack.com/profile/5411...

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Hat-tip to the AMAZING podcast, A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs.

Episode 59: “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” by Jerry Lee Lewis

Episode fifty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” by Jerry Lee Lewis. Click the full post to read liner notes, link…

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Fun little tidbit. Halfway through, Lewis tosses his piano stool offscreen. At around the 2:00 mark it comes flying back, supposedly tossed by the famously stuffy and conservative Allen, who was obviously getting into things.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Hard to imagine how mind-blowing this Jerry Lee Lewis performance on the Steve Allen show must have been for 1957 America. youtu.be/vkUYjSu8GIA?...

Jerry Lee Lewis (Steve Allen 1957) Shakin' in Colour

YouTube video by Lucio Vids

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

What's so delightful about Monday's laureates is that they were clearly not waiting around the phone for this call to come in.

Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 3d

I still love this nugget, but I also love the email I got yesterday evening (my time) that said "Dr. Ramsdell is currently living his best life and is off the grid on a pre-planned hiking trip."
I wonder if he knows yet?

bsky.app/profile/gilm...

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Love this story about one of today's Nobel winners, Mary Brunkow.

(She and colleague Fred Ramsdell, working at Celltech (RIP), uncovered the role of Foxp3 in the development of Tregs.)

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Yep, and this leads to some of the sweetest stories.

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Apologies, here's the link to the AP story.

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system

They won for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, which is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack and attacking your own tissues..

apnews.com

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 3d

Love this story about one of today's Nobel winners, Mary Brunkow.

(She and colleague Fred Ramsdell, working at Celltech (RIP), uncovered the role of Foxp3 in the development of Tregs.)

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 6d

Served six drinks this evening. But this Old Cuban is the only one I managed to capture. If you’ve never had one, you should!

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 6d

Last of the mint for tonight’s cocktails. Spiritually aligned with the last-of-the-basil pesto for tonight’s main course.

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 8d

Live look at my to-do list.

Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 8d

The view is even better on camera 3. www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 9d

Good morning, friends. Welcome to Q4.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 10d

Tariff on movies. What does that even mean?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 11d

RNA FTW

Dominik Hrebik @dhrebik.bsky.social · 11d

This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 11d

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Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined

Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined [Kosmas, Jason, Zaric, Dushan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 11d

This may look like yet another Manhattan or riff thereof. But it's actually a riff on a Negroni. Specifically, a Nerina, as created by Employees Only in the West Village. Link to their cocktail book in the next post.

Anyhow: Plymouth Gin, Punt e Mes, Amaro Meletti. Equal parts. Orange twist.

Yum.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 13d

HEPATITAS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 15d

And the problem, of course, is that you make a batch, use an ounce (or less), then the whole thing goes off in a couple of weeks.

Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, to Penicillin. Though a little fussier owing to the need for ginger syrup.

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