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A bunch of election conspiracy theorists have been posting up outside of libraries filming voters as they return their early ballots and claiming they are "mules" or "ballot stuffing."
One post went viral on Twitter, despite not showing any illegal activity, prompting this from the commissioner:
One post went viral on Twitter, despite not showing any illegal activity, prompting this from the commissioner:
November 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A bunch of election conspiracy theorists have been posting up outside of libraries filming voters as they return their early ballots and claiming they are "mules" or "ballot stuffing."
One post went viral on Twitter, despite not showing any illegal activity, prompting this from the commissioner:
One post went viral on Twitter, despite not showing any illegal activity, prompting this from the commissioner:
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did not know that the MMR vaccine actually prevents autism. if pregnant women get rubella they commonly develop fetal abnormalities that lead to autism newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i...
October 31, 2024 at 5:19 PM
did not know that the MMR vaccine actually prevents autism. if pregnant women get rubella they commonly develop fetal abnormalities that lead to autism newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i...
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Human spermatogenesis leads to a reduced nuclear pore structure and function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.30.620797v1
Human spermatogenesis leads to a reduced nuclear pore structure and function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.30.620797v1
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are nuclear gateways which regulate transit of molecules larger than 4
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October 31, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Human spermatogenesis leads to a reduced nuclear pore structure and function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.30.620797v1
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NEW: I contacted dozens of electors on Trump slates in swing states across the country, with a question: would they participate in a 2020 fake elector scheme in 2024, if Harris wins their state? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/some-tr...
Some Trump Electors In Swing States Are Primed To Stop The Steal Again In 2024
Roxan Wetzel is a relative newcomer to politics. She began to get involved in 2019, she said, inspired by the start of North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s meteoric rise in politics.
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
NEW: I contacted dozens of electors on Trump slates in swing states across the country, with a question: would they participate in a 2020 fake elector scheme in 2024, if Harris wins their state? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/some-tr...
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Highly recommend reading the conclusion, acknowledgements, and the "about the authors" section of their original paper. They presented on this work when they were high school students, at a national conference.
AND. THEY. FOUND. MULTIPLE. WAYS. TO. SOLVE. IT.
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There isn’t enough hype on this one, y’all.
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There isn’t enough hype on this one, y’all.
Students discover and publish unexpected proof for 2,000 year-old mathematical theory | CNN
Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their work began in a high school math contest.
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Highly recommend reading the conclusion, acknowledgements, and the "about the authors" section of their original paper. They presented on this work when they were high school students, at a national conference.
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Sharing on behalf of Andy Clark @ Cornell. Their Dept of Mol Bio and Genetics has an Asst Prof opening with a focus on human genetics and genomics this year: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28554
Cornell University, CALS Molecular Biology and Genetics
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October 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Sharing on behalf of Andy Clark @ Cornell. Their Dept of Mol Bio and Genetics has an Asst Prof opening with a focus on human genetics and genomics this year: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28554
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Excited to see this paper of ours in print! We worked out the genetic basis of a difference in courtship performance between flies carrying different Y chromosomes found in natural populations
Trans regulation of an odorant binding protein by a proto-Y chromosome affects male courtship in house fly
An integrative approach is used to identify a mechanism by which the fitness effects of Y chromosomes can manifest via trans effects on autosomal genes, through their effects on male courtship and oth...
doi.org
October 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Excited to see this paper of ours in print! We worked out the genetic basis of a difference in courtship performance between flies carrying different Y chromosomes found in natural populations
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Wow, the Guardian journalists who just yesterday published about the network of race scientists getting funding from tech CEOs just broke another story that this group has accessed UK Biobank data without authorization. This is seriously bad for the integrity of science & a massive failure by UKBB
‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data
Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Wow, the Guardian journalists who just yesterday published about the network of race scientists getting funding from tech CEOs just broke another story that this group has accessed UK Biobank data without authorization. This is seriously bad for the integrity of science & a massive failure by UKBB
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In the least surprising revelation ever: Aporia magazine -- the white nationalist substack that promotes racial pseudoscience -- is astroturfed by a right-wing tech billionaire. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2024 at 11:40 PM
In the least surprising revelation ever: Aporia magazine -- the white nationalist substack that promotes racial pseudoscience -- is astroturfed by a right-wing tech billionaire. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
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So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes are reproductively obligate bloodfeeders which feed on vertebrate blood to obtain nutrients required for egg production (driving transmission of vector-borne pathogens in the process...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2024 at 6:52 PM
So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"
Let's dive into the paper
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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IF YOU ARE EVACUATING FROM FLORIDA HAVE NOWHERE TO GO OR CANNOT AFFORD A HOTEL...
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email [email protected]
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email [email protected]
October 8, 2024 at 8:20 PM
IF YOU ARE EVACUATING FROM FLORIDA HAVE NOWHERE TO GO OR CANNOT AFFORD A HOTEL...
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email [email protected]
We have 40 acres in Picayune, MS where you, your horses, farm animals, and pets can ride out the storm. We are about 9 hours from Tampa. Tents and RVs welcome. Please email [email protected]
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NEW: Nebraska state senator Mike McDonnell says he WON'T support the last-minute GOP push to change the way Nebraska allocates its electoral votes to favor Trump
State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024 • Nebraska Examiner
State Sen. Mike McDonnell announced he won't back the GOP push to change how Nebraska awards its Electoral College votes to winner-take-all.
nebraskaexaminer.com
September 23, 2024 at 5:40 PM
NEW: Nebraska state senator Mike McDonnell says he WON'T support the last-minute GOP push to change the way Nebraska allocates its electoral votes to favor Trump
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Most nucleotide sites [in Daphnia] experience fluctuating selection with mean selection coefficients near zero, with little covariance in selection strength across time intervals, and with selection distributed across large numbers of genomic islands of linked sites
The genome-wide signature of short-term temporal selection
#evolution #EvolutionaryGenetics
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#evolution #EvolutionaryGenetics
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org
September 16, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Most nucleotide sites [in Daphnia] experience fluctuating selection with mean selection coefficients near zero, with little covariance in selection strength across time intervals, and with selection distributed across large numbers of genomic islands of linked sites
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The fruit fly Drosophila has been and continues to be a place where exciting new discoveries are made in all areas of biology. For example, we now have the entire "connectome" of its brain, with all neurons and neural connections identified. 1/n 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The fruit fly Drosophila has been and continues to be a place where exciting new discoveries are made in all areas of biology. For example, we now have the entire "connectome" of its brain, with all neurons and neural connections identified. 1/n 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A Postdoc position is available in the Calvi lab at Indiana University, Bloomington to study cell division, genome stability and cancer in Drosophila.
Calvi lab: calvi.lab.indiana.edu/index.html
To apply: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25679
Calvi lab: calvi.lab.indiana.edu/index.html
To apply: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25679
Cell division and genome stability in development and disease Calvi Lab
Welcome to the Calvi Lab: Cell Division and Genome Stability in Development and Disease (home page).
calvi.lab.indiana.edu
September 10, 2024 at 4:52 PM
A Postdoc position is available in the Calvi lab at Indiana University, Bloomington to study cell division, genome stability and cancer in Drosophila.
Calvi lab: calvi.lab.indiana.edu/index.html
To apply: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25679
Calvi lab: calvi.lab.indiana.edu/index.html
To apply: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25679
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Stream or attend a conference on Frontiers in Human Genetics at Columbia University (Oct 10 & 11), by registering here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
August 2, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Stream or attend a conference on Frontiers in Human Genetics at Columbia University (Oct 10 & 11), by registering here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
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I am happy to share a preprint of recent microbe mineral interaction research from our team led by Nicole Fiore demonstrating calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon for methanogenesis. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
Microbial methane production from calcium carbonate at moderately alkaline pH
Carbonate minerals are considered a metastable carbon reservoir under alkaline conditions. Here we demonstrate the use of calcium carbonate as a sole inorganic carbon source at moderately alkaline pH ...
www.researchsquare.com
August 20, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I am happy to share a preprint of recent microbe mineral interaction research from our team led by Nicole Fiore demonstrating calcium carbonate as the sole source of inorganic carbon for methanogenesis. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4...
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Check out my review on Haldane's rule, thinking about sex-biased hybrid dysfunction with ESD, homomorphic GSD, haplodiploidy, & hermaphrodites in @elife.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Beyond Haldane’s rule: Sex-biased hybrid dysfunction for all modes of sex determination
A broad and inclusive view of sex biases in hybrid dysfunction, irrespective of sexual system, expands the reach of Haldane's rule to help characterize the underlying forces and mechanisms responsible...
doi.org
August 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Check out my review on Haldane's rule, thinking about sex-biased hybrid dysfunction with ESD, homomorphic GSD, haplodiploidy, & hermaphrodites in @elife.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Absolutely beautiful work by @christianlandry.bsky.social et al., experimentally demonstrating constructive neutral evolution via compensatory mutations in duplicate genes
Compensatory mutations potentiate constructive neutral evolution by gene duplication
The functions of proteins generally depend on their assembly into complexes. During evolution, some complexes have transitioned from homomers encoded by a single gene to heteromers encoded by duplicat...
www.science.org
August 15, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Absolutely beautiful work by @christianlandry.bsky.social et al., experimentally demonstrating constructive neutral evolution via compensatory mutations in duplicate genes
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scenes from political media's faux-wonk heel turn talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kamal...
Kamala, A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma, Many People are Saying
TPM Reader KJ sent me this in response to yesterday’s Backchannel. At...
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August 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
scenes from political media's faux-wonk heel turn talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kamal...
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New preprint! It’s about the population genetics of antagonistic Medea gene-drive elements under partial selfing. Lots of weird surprising things emerge — selfing makes Medeas frequency dependent and turns them into barriers to gene flow between populations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 24, 2024 at 6:59 PM
New preprint! It’s about the population genetics of antagonistic Medea gene-drive elements under partial selfing. Lots of weird surprising things emerge — selfing makes Medeas frequency dependent and turns them into barriers to gene flow between populations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Escalation of genome defense capacity enables control of an expanding meiotic driver https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.12.598716v1
Escalation of genome defense capacity enables control of an expanding meiotic driver https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.12.598716v1
From RNA interference to chromatin silencing, diverse genome defense pathways silence selfish geneti
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June 15, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Escalation of genome defense capacity enables control of an expanding meiotic driver https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.12.598716v1
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Transformation of meiotic drive into hybrid sterility in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.10.593569v1
Transformation of meiotic drive into hybrid sterility in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.10.593569v1
Hybrid male sterility is one of the fastest evolving intrinsic reproductive barriers between recentl
www.biorxiv.org
May 14, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Transformation of meiotic drive into hybrid sterility in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.10.593569v1
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