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Driftlight Relic @driftlightrelic.bsky.social · 1d

This bit in particular is fantastic, I am going to have to start using this verbatim in my daily conversations with the 'AI visionaries' I have the misfortune of working with.

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 12h

The Data Science team at EMBL is hiring for two open positions! First, for a Scientific Community Manager, focusing on community aspects and training on data science. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Scientific Community Manager

EMBL is Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and teams performing scientific research in disci...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

About 1 in 3 US Nobel prize winners are immigrants.
About 1 in 4 were government employees at some point.
About 44% of all Nobel prize winners were educated in US higher education.
As Trump demands a Nobel prize, he is destroying the means by which America came to dominate the prizes.

Sources below

Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

Two things of note in today's announcement of the 2025 Nobel physics prize (besides the work being honored).

1: The US institutional dominance of the prize continues.
2: 2 of the three laureates are immigrants, drawn here decades ago by the then-unmatched opportunities for science here...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 1d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...

forum.image.sc

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 1d

"rather than articulating and defending these goals and processes, many parts of the scientific establishment seemed to be rushing to violate one of the first tenets of historian Timothy Snyder’s important book On Tyranny: Do not obey in advance." 🧪

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 1d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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

Episode 15 - do your images look, well, weird when you open them on your computer? Bad? Weird-and-bad? While we can't tell you EXACTLY what's going on, in this edition of Ask Erin/Dear Beth, @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I go over the most common "ugh, why does it look like THAT?" cases.

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 1d

I started a project earlier this year looking at generative AI as a national security risk. Now that Sora is being publicly tested, more media outlets will have to cover and debunk AI slop and disinformation: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’

Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

"fired tear gas, flash-bang grenades and pepper balls without any clear signs of provocation"

literally making propaganda videos to justify the military deployment for the regime - declare Portland "war ravaged" then attack protestors to create videos that depict conflict and chaos

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

Without an understanding of immune tolerance, organ transplantation will not be possible. Also, their discoveries opened avenues for cancer and auto immune disease therapies.
Congratulations to these year's awardees of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
bit.ly/4mC0Gc5

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 5d

“Good scientists…know the cure for their ignorance is to actively & rigorously test their own assertions. That kind of humility is no different from enduring the hardships required to become a champion…boxer, a great rock climber or a master musician.

It’s time to make that connection explicit.”🧪🛟

“Good scientists are intimate with the limits of what they know and stand ready to learn in domains outside their expertise. They don't just claim they are right. Instead, they know the cure for their ignorance is to actively and rigorously test their own assertions. That kind of humility is no different from enduring the hardships required to become a champion middleweight boxer, a great rock climber or a master musician.

It's time to make that connection explicit, and the best place to start is with members of Gen Z themselves. If I could talk to that young man on the plane again, I would not simply tell him to exercise caution when it comes to fringe experts. I would instead explain the long traditions of scientific discipline and determination that built the jet he's flying in. Einstein's relativity, evolution and genetics, climate physics on any planet (even alien ones) - these topics are a thousand times more compelling than faked moon landings because they are not the fever-dreams of hucksters but a direct vision of nature's outrageous beauty and complexity. Make the effort to walk down that road, embrace its honesty and humility and you'll be hooked forever.”

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 4d

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 4d

Doing massive damage across the economy and then individually "saving" those who kiss up to the leader, doesn't seem like the best way to build a strong economy.

Yahoo Finance @yahoofinance.com · 5d

US President Donald Trump is considering significant tariff relief for US auto production that could effectively eliminate much of the costs major car companies are paying. (Source: Reuters)

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 5d

Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

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Peter O'Toole @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social · 5d

Happy #FluorescenceFriday. Christophe Leterrier⭐in #TheMicroscopists and reflects on the
make-or-break moment at the end of his postdoc
when he came close to leaving academia before securing his CNRS position
and how these experiences shape the way he mentors others.
Stream: bit.ly/microscopist...

The Microscopists | Christophe Leterrier (CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université)

This time on The Microscopists, we're joined by Christophe Leterrier, team leader at NeuroCyto in Marseille and director of a Nikon Center of Excellence for super-resolution microscopy.Christophe r...

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Christophe 🔬 L @christlet.bsky.social · 5d

Want to hear a mid-career PI pontificate about science, career and cooking? Today's your lucky day thanks to The Microscopists podcast! Thanks Peter @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social for having me 🎙️🎧
themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/chr...

The Microscopists | Christophe Leterrier (CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université)

This time on The Microscopists, we're joined by Christophe Leterrier, team leader at NeuroCyto in Marseille and director of a Nikon Center of Excellence for super-resolution microscopy.Christophe r...

themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see Node staff, #i4A training grantee hernanmn.bsky.social & others at the EMBO "Advanced Methods in BioImage Analysis" course! @ahklemm.bsky.social @perrinegil.bsky.social @jytinevez.bsky.social @france-bioimaging.bsky.social @iemcas.bsky.social
More🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/success...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

Remembering how the media reported that the Trump campaign not only denied intent to follow Project 2025, but insisted that anyone associated would be barred from the administration.

@politico.com had a big piece about it.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6d

President Trump says he is meeting today with Russ Vought, OMB director and "of PROJECT 2025 Fame," to discuss cuts to "Democrat Agencies."

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sbi2.bsky.social @sbi2.bsky.social · 13d

📚 Kick off the SBI2 Annual Meeting with our Educational Sessions!

📅 October 27th, 2025

➡️ Using Deep Learning tools for segmentation in CellProfiler -
Instructors: Beth Cimini, Erin Weisbart

➡️ Nextflow for Bioimaging
Instructor: Ken Brewer, PhD

sbi2.org/conference/

Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics 2023 - The Society of Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics

We’re back again! With another content-filled meeting studded with exciting keynotes, education days, spotlight sessions and an amazing networking opportunity with the established and upcoming stars…

sbi2.org

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 6d

On Day 2 of European Galaxy Days, Beatriz Serrano-Solano presented Update by the Imaging Community.
Read more: https://galaxyproject.org/community/sig/image-analysis/

@abretaud.bsky.social
##imaging_community ##bioimaging ##EGD2025 ##galaxyproject ##eosc ##fair ##community ##open_science

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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