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Jason Williams

@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1h

Hmm. Where is it getting its training data?

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1h

”start making the proof boys”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 7h

Missed the part where you said ‘New Haven.’

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 7h

Find an adult and ask them for help.

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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 9h

Now that I can say it publicly - huge congratulations to @michelleitano.bsky.social , winner of this year's @bioimagingna.bsky.social Michael W Davidson award for "Community contributions, in any of the areas of Engagement, Education, Mentorship, and Standardization". So well deserved! #GBIxBINA2025

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 12h

This is how your life should be and if it’s not, there must be something very wrong.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Midwest truffles are in season.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations 🎊🍾🎈

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Anna Pardo, Ph.D. @annapardo-phd.bsky.social · 1d

Are you organizing a talk session at PAG 33? I would love to speak about my postdoc work on the genomics of variable facultative CAM photosynthesis in a hybrid Yucca species! Possible workshop topics include: hybrid genomics, abiotic stress, non-model species. Please DM me if you're interested!

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

What if you were enthusiastic? Thrilled? What if this heretofore unknown egg preparation raised every human emotion to panic intensity?

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until you stumble upon your first formation of orthogneiss.

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2d

Long-read sequencing reveals telomere inheritance patterns from human trios https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680721v1

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 2d

Your regular reminder that plant genomes are messy. Good luck getting your shortbread data to recapitulate this:

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 2d

I know three someones who are going to find an extra lobster coupon in their room key envelope they next time they get off at Syosset…

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs on.ft.com/3VRfPeU

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs

Three scientists honoured for research on what prevents immune cells from attacking the body

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs on.ft.com/3VRfPeU

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for immune system breakthroughs

Three scientists honoured for research on what prevents immune cells from attacking the body

on.ft.com

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 3d

No sooner had Goodall left us than you let loose with your attack on jellyfish personhood.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, this is a much better outcome for you than I had expected.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4d

"Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement."

bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 4d

“Deloitte was forced to investigate the report after University of Sydney academic Dr Christopher Rudge highlighted multiple errors in the document.”

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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 4d

Extra nitrogen and calcium.

Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 4d

Each individual Irukandji is entitled to personal liberties and that includes the right to maintain their own dignity and privacy. That you are seeking to jeopardize those rights is concerning, and pushes forward to a time on the internet where the threat of catfishing could silence free speech.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 4d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Philipp Bayer @philippbayer.bsky.social · 4d

Best part is that the fly-'actors' are dressed like Kuruko, 'hidden' stage hands in Kabuki theatre

Screenshot from google images showing a few Kuruko

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 5d

Went to a party hosted by an absolute icon

A hanging banner spelling out “PLEASE LEAVE BY 8”

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 5d

Despite the unfortunate circumstances if deadlines are going to be changed, all the more reason to make a change here.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 6d

It's pronounced "bouquet"

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 6d

Day 3 of European Galaxy Days, participants at CoFest and Hackathon.
More than 20 experts from microbiology to admins to tool and workflow developers are tackling challenges across every difficulty and domain.

##EGD2025 ##galaxyproject ##hackathon ##eosc ##cofest ##fair ##open_science

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 6d

The pattern on the back of this Nepenthes pitcher plant takes me back to playing MS-DOS games in the 90s.

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!

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