Kathleen Rhoades, PhD
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UGH FINE I'M HERE. I have BROKEN my PROMISE to MYSELF I am ONCE AGAIN MICROBLOGGING UNDER MY GOVERNMENT NAME.
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I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
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Everyone thinks wisconsin is about beer and cheese but it's actually about wild rice and cranberry.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Everyone thinks wisconsin is about beer and cheese but it's actually about wild rice and cranberry.
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Just a gentle reminder that holidays should not be stressful and you get to ensure and protect your joy however you need.
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just a gentle reminder that holidays should not be stressful and you get to ensure and protect your joy however you need.
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The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Disrupted Federal Funding for Extramural Cancer Research
This cross-sectional study assesses the scale and scope of terminated cancer research grants from the National Cancer Institute.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
some might even say it's
fuckign wimdy
fuckign wimdy
it's windy as hell in Lansing Michigan USA
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
some might even say it's
fuckign wimdy
fuckign wimdy
I'm at the ER vet with the dog, who's having some sort of urinary issue that I hope will be easy to resolve
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm at the ER vet with the dog, who's having some sort of urinary issue that I hope will be easy to resolve
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Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
What if I told you Walmart is not the only store trying to move into low-cost delivery? And this is about Atlanta because this is about Atlanta opening a city-subsidized grocery store.
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And why should someone have to bear the cost of food delivery? Or be restricted to Walmart? And how did this become specifically about Atlanta? So many goal posts.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
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All NSF SBE DDRIG solicitations have been archived and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Grants currently submitted will be processed, but as always, chances of funding remain very low. This means anyone aiming for the upcoming deadline will not be able to submit. 1/3
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
All NSF SBE DDRIG solicitations have been archived and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Grants currently submitted will be processed, but as always, chances of funding remain very low. This means anyone aiming for the upcoming deadline will not be able to submit. 1/3
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
I disagree with the list but PERSIMMON MENTIONED WOOOO
the list of best pies, and this is not debatable, goes:
1. key lime
2. lemon meringue
3. cherry
4. pumpkin
5. persimmon
people who disagree deserve to be interned for the rest of their natural lives in an underground prison camp
1. key lime
2. lemon meringue
3. cherry
4. pumpkin
5. persimmon
people who disagree deserve to be interned for the rest of their natural lives in an underground prison camp
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I disagree with the list but PERSIMMON MENTIONED WOOOO
My Pie Take, as a Doctor of Fruit:
All types of pies have the potential to be great pies, but the person making them has to do so with intention and love.
All types of pies have the potential to be great pies, but the person making them has to do so with intention and love.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My Pie Take, as a Doctor of Fruit:
All types of pies have the potential to be great pies, but the person making them has to do so with intention and love.
All types of pies have the potential to be great pies, but the person making them has to do so with intention and love.
what is happening at Popular Mechanics
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
what is happening at Popular Mechanics
Just because this came up in my own therapy yesterday: I think "neurodivergent" is becoming a wildly overused term. And I don't think there's anything useful to be gained from referring to dogs, which have been intentionally selected for certain behavioral traits, as "ADHD" or whatever.
Autistic dogs? Neurodiversity in our pets and what it might mean for us theconversation.com/autistic-dog...
Autistic dogs? Neurodiversity in our pets and what it might mean for us
Have you ever wondered whether your pet has ADHD? Research is showing the answer is complicated.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just because this came up in my own therapy yesterday: I think "neurodivergent" is becoming a wildly overused term. And I don't think there's anything useful to be gained from referring to dogs, which have been intentionally selected for certain behavioral traits, as "ADHD" or whatever.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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I love how much Darwin was just some guy.
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I love how much Darwin was just some guy.
who's all going to PAG in January?
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
who's all going to PAG in January?
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#OTD in 1859 'On the Origin of Species' was published. We have a few different editions in the library @thembauk.bsky.social but we are privileged to be custodians of an early edition gifted to (a mystery) someone by Charles #Darwin himself
📖BS.15/D
📖BS.15/D
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#OTD in 1859 'On the Origin of Species' was published. We have a few different editions in the library @thembauk.bsky.social but we are privileged to be custodians of an early edition gifted to (a mystery) someone by Charles #Darwin himself
📖BS.15/D
📖BS.15/D
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Btw food systems are the #2 driver of climate change, fix food and fix fuel and we are good on multiple fronts
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Btw food systems are the #2 driver of climate change, fix food and fix fuel and we are good on multiple fronts
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I complain a lot about how easy human geneticists have with their biobank-scale data and existing datasets ("I'll just download this pre-made pangenome and ARG"), but then I'm reminded they can't replicate genotypes or control environments and I feel better
I think pretty much all estimates of heritability are the same. I mean they're all between 0 and 1. From this fantastic piece by @sashagusevposts.bsky.social theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I complain a lot about how easy human geneticists have with their biobank-scale data and existing datasets ("I'll just download this pre-made pangenome and ARG"), but then I'm reminded they can't replicate genotypes or control environments and I feel better
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Reposted by Kathleen Rhoades, PhD
Wakefield literally made shit up for his initial paper. This was established well over a decade ago. Johnson is an active agent in the destruction of the United States. Whether he's actually paid by a foreign adversary or not, his actions & words express only contempt for the country and its people.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is crowing about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s CDC pushing debunked vaccine misinformation.
“Time to apologize to Dr. Andrew Wakefield and all the others who were maligned and vilified for simply asking the right questions,” he says.
Wakefield’s paper was *fraudulent.*
“Time to apologize to Dr. Andrew Wakefield and all the others who were maligned and vilified for simply asking the right questions,” he says.
Wakefield’s paper was *fraudulent.*
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Wakefield literally made shit up for his initial paper. This was established well over a decade ago. Johnson is an active agent in the destruction of the United States. Whether he's actually paid by a foreign adversary or not, his actions & words express only contempt for the country and its people.
"This isn't chess. Or boxing. It's chess-boxing." Honestly what a perfect modern-day adaptation of Holmes.
taking a sick day, going to make it everyone else's problem (read: spend the day in my recliner binge-watching Elementary)
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"This isn't chess. Or boxing. It's chess-boxing." Honestly what a perfect modern-day adaptation of Holmes.
taking a sick day, going to make it everyone else's problem (read: spend the day in my recliner binge-watching Elementary)
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
taking a sick day, going to make it everyone else's problem (read: spend the day in my recliner binge-watching Elementary)