CG Partridge
@partridgecg.bsky.social
Molecular ecologist, eDNA, invasive species, she/her
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CG Partridge
@partridgecg.bsky.social
· Mar 27
I'm just a girl, standing in front of a hemlock woolly adelgid population, asking it how much genetic variation is present.
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Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Them: It can blur lines.
Me internally: But it is a fine line tattoo with faces. 😭😭😭
Me internally: But it is a fine line tattoo with faces. 😭😭😭
Just had an MRI and no one told me I wasn't supposed to get a tattoo right before an MRI! Apparently you are supposed to wait for 6 weeks! Everything still looks fine so I'm praying it stays that way. 😭
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Them: It can blur lines.
Me internally: But it is a fine line tattoo with faces. 😭😭😭
Me internally: But it is a fine line tattoo with faces. 😭😭😭
Just had an MRI and no one told me I wasn't supposed to get a tattoo right before an MRI! Apparently you are supposed to wait for 6 weeks! Everything still looks fine so I'm praying it stays that way. 😭
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just had an MRI and no one told me I wasn't supposed to get a tattoo right before an MRI! Apparently you are supposed to wait for 6 weeks! Everything still looks fine so I'm praying it stays that way. 😭
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Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
What scientists?
And engineers don't count.....
And engineers don't count.....
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What scientists?
And engineers don't count.....
And engineers don't count.....
I just bought a comfy blanket for my office so that I can code in comfort.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I just bought a comfy blanket for my office so that I can code in comfort.
If substack ever goes down, I will never know how to use 'sed' or 'awk' again.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If substack ever goes down, I will never know how to use 'sed' or 'awk' again.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
At this point I would rather stick my head in a fracking blender than use anything associated with AI.
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At this point I would rather stick my head in a fracking blender than use anything associated with AI.
Rather than just copying and modifying other people's code, I'm starting to write my own now and I'm very proud.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Rather than just copying and modifying other people's code, I'm starting to write my own now and I'm very proud.
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Hegseth out here curing imposter syndrome. Thank you for your service.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hegseth out here curing imposter syndrome. Thank you for your service.
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I mean, at least we got something going for us.
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I mean, at least we got something going for us.
Realizing you're going to have to live with chronic back pain for the rest of your life is mentally exhausting & demoralizing.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Realizing you're going to have to live with chronic back pain for the rest of your life is mentally exhausting & demoralizing.
Bad news: My back hurts really bad today.
Good news: It should be obvious if the nerve block works.
Good news: It should be obvious if the nerve block works.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Bad news: My back hurts really bad today.
Good news: It should be obvious if the nerve block works.
Good news: It should be obvious if the nerve block works.
Since the hip surgery didn't really help with my low back pain, I now have a nerve block test tomorrow. Fingers crossed this actually helps a small amount.
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Since the hip surgery didn't really help with my low back pain, I now have a nerve block test tomorrow. Fingers crossed this actually helps a small amount.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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The cat distribution system is getting out of hand.
“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”
The dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly,” then laughed.
The dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly,” then laughed.
Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: 'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield'
A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when a cat carcass crashed into her windshield. The incident happened along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The cat distribution system is getting out of hand.
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Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
Damn it. My money was on unaccounted for epistatic interactions.
"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science."
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Damn it. My money was on unaccounted for epistatic interactions.
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"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science."
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science."
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
I fully understand tattoo addictions now.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I fully understand tattoo addictions now.
I can't believe I'm the Mom to someone in their 20s. Happy Birthday, little man. I'm one proud Mama.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I can't believe I'm the Mom to someone in their 20s. Happy Birthday, little man. I'm one proud Mama.
My tattoo is so itchy!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My tattoo is so itchy!!!!