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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 16d

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No promises, but if @evoquant.bsky.social hosted a buttload of pre-computed antiSMASH v8 results would anyone be interested in paying for fast access to those (in traditional antiSMASH view)?

Probably subscription and a very small per-genome fee.

fry from futurama says just out of curiosity in a cartoon

ALT: fry from futurama says just out of curiosity in a cartoon

media.tenor.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1h

Damn right.

And the strong reporting hasn’t come only from legacy outlets such as the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune but also from newer independent media such as Block Club Chicago, the TRiiBE, Borderless, Unraveled, and South Side Weekly.

There is nothing like being there and seeing things with your own eyes, which is why local journalism is so important.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 3h

If the mental ability of *any* President has become compromised (stroke, dementia) they should be considered for 25th Amendment removal.

"What about Biden or a Dem?"
Yes

There are >300 million US citizens to choose from

chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 4h

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You don't have to sign up on any website to attend.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 4h

Spotted yesterday (Chicago)

www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 14h

As a lawyer, I’m begging all the court watchers out there to stop being such lawyers about it. They are nakedly political. Their reasoning, when they deign to write any, is lipstick on a pig. The people need to understand that. Tell them plainly.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 1d

There is widespread support in Russia for Vladimir Putin, even after he impoverished the country and fed Russian teens into a war woodchipper.

Why? Because he took over the media in Russia and uses it to deceive people. That’s what’s happening here too with Ellison and Bari Weiss.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

nypost.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Noah @ncallaway.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is half the goal of AI for those seeking a post-truth order. Yes, they can produce fake evidence against people they don’t like, but probably more importantly they can dismiss actual evidence against them as being fake.

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 1d

Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 15h

Well the airports are gonna start shutting down if this government shutdown lasts too much longer...

chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 3d

"When is it time to flee the US?" I've been asked. "When will it be too late?"

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 3d

i can‘t get over how he performatively straps his gun around his back as if that somehow evens any kind of odds before jumping an unarmed man with his gun-toting buddy right next to him

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2d

The new Supreme Court term starts today, meaning that -- in a novel twist -- the justices will hear oral arguments in some cases before they issue rulings that actually explain what they are doing.

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Keith Hornberger @krhornberger.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry Eve, and you know what that means - it’s time for the annual survey!

Who will win this year’s chemistry Nobel? Wrong answers only.

a cartoon hand is pressing a red button that says wrong answer

ALT: a cartoon hand is pressing a red button that says wrong answer

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 1d

You can dislike Massie all you want. We need more Repubs to stand up for what they believe in, not what the "Freedom Caucus" or Trump want.

chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 1d

Need more of this

Post by Representative Thomas Massie:
The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session.

Why are we in recess?

Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

@SpeakerJohnson doesn’t want that to be the news.

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 1d

From January

The actual headline, not fully shown in the preview card:

‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump

The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump

Trump has said he wants to use active duty U.S. troops to quell protests and round up immigrants. Will the military comply?

www.politico.com

chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 1d

Noem and Bovino keep saying the majority of people in Chicago want them here. And businesses want them. It's just the mayor and governor that don't.

But then they also say agents are being denied when they go for lunch/coffee or restrooms.

And local business groups are speaking out too:

Chicago biz groups push back on Trump's National Guard plan

Three high-profile organizations representing Chicago’s business community issued an unusual joint statement over the weekend rapping President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy Illinois National Guard tr...

www.chicagobusiness.com

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

This is not a surprise to anyone on Bluesky. "A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism

Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.

www.npr.org

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 1d