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@gramnegativity.bsky.social

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assistant teaching professor of microbiology | seattle enjoyer, king of the hill expert, tattoo enthusiast, & bacterial geneticist | she/her | personal account

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Jul 3

Feels a little weird to announce good personal news in times like these, but I’m very excited to share that I will be starting as an assistant teaching professor in the microbiology dept at UW this fall! I’ve had such a great time as a postdoc in this department and I’m so happy I get to stay!

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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 7d

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 4d

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 10d

me when I’m about to err

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10d

I do not think I shall err

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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 13d

Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 11d

this time is even worse than usual because it’s not even a restaurant, it’s my GROCERY STORE 😭

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 11d

everyone in seattle should have access to a form titled “kenji lopez-alt blew up my spot” that you can submit to receive compensation every time kenji lopez-alt blows up your spot

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 17d

🔵 ANNIVERSARY SALE 🔵

To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.

Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 21d

This feels pretty good though ngl

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 21d

Things I found in my desk on my first day (non-exhaustive):

-padlocks: 15 (padlocks with keys: 4)
-loose unlabeled keys: at least 40
-loose scalpel blades: 2
-clipboards: 7
-a receipt from 1978
-a peanut

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 27d

lmao my dog is “everything”

Embark DNA test results:
Chihuahua - 27.7%
Supermutt - 16.3%
Australian Shepherd - 13.6%
APBT - 12.7%
Chow chow - 11.3%
American Eskimo dog - 8.3%
Pekingese - 7.1%
German Shepherd - 3%

the dog in question (brown/grey with black speckles, bat ears, and long awkward legs)

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 28d

!!!

the dog resting is his head on the cat omg

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 7

advocating for open access research and objecting to companies feeding your work to the plagiarism engine are not incompatible or even conflicting opinions

Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · Sep 7

Sitting here with 🍿 watching researchers (a) objecting to the publishers of their paywalled papers allowing AI companies to use them to train LLMs while also (b) advocating for all papers to be freely open (CC-BY) for anyone to use and do what they want with.

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · Sep 6

Postdoc position (please re-post)
A funded postdoctoral position, will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology.
If interested in more information, please contact Hank Seifert
[email protected]
#MicroSky

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 6

teacher’s pet

grey and black speckled dog wearing a UW huskies bandana

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love that if you found some condition to which bacteria could not evolve adaptations, this would be considered a failure of the project and not, like, the biggest evolutionary discovery since luria-delbrück lol

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

thum mak tua (lao papaya salad w/ green beans instead of papaya), lao sausage, & crispy fried egg 🧑‍🍳🤌💋

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 2

They come in sealed bags and there are four designs, and the lady volunteering at the front desk asked me to open it so she could see which one I got and she said “oh good, that’s the cutest one!”

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 2

Every single time I’ve donated blood during a giveaway they’ve been out of the giveaway item

UNTIL TODAY

A Red Cross tshirt with the shape of a blood drop made up of tiny woodstocks from peanuts, captioned “a little goes a long way. give blood.”

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 31

Like how are any of you wearing socks?? I want to wear socks

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 31

Is there even a single woman in existence who prefers ankle length pants to actual pants length pants. You cannot possibly convince me that for the past decade+ the vast majority of women would rather look like a child who outgrew last year’s clothes. I hate ankle length pants so much

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 30

it’s both actually 🥲

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Aug 30

alright i'm going to be honest some of you are hoping against hope the president is about to die and some of you are lifelong mariners fans lamenting another loss and none of you are being all that clear about which one you're feeling right now

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

But by far and away, the biggest priority for a Heritage Foundation-captured CDC is going to be using the agency's legal frameworks for access to medical data, and weaponizing them to control women. *Most* of the Project 2025 plan for CDC is a witch hunt against abortion on an unprecedented scale.

Respect for Life and Conscience. The CDC should eliminate programs and
projects that do not respect human life and conscience rights and that undermine
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family formation. It should ensure that it is not promoting abortion as health care.
It should fund studies into the risks and complications of abortion and ensure that
it corrects and does not promote misinformation regarding the comparative health
and psychological benefits of childbirth versus the health and psychological risks
of intentionally taking a human life through abortion.
The CDC oversaw and funded the development and testing of the COVID-19
vaccines with aborted fetal cell lines, insensitive to the consciences of tens of
thousands to hundreds of thousands of people who objected to taking a vaccine with such a link to abortion. As evidenced by litigation across the country,
it is likely that thousands were fired unjustly because of the exercise of their
consciences or faith on this question, which could have been avoided with a
modicum of concern for this issue from CDC. There is never any justification for
ending a child’s life as part of research, and the research benefits from splicing or
growing aborted fetal cells and aborted baby body parts can easily be provided
by alternative sources. All such research should be prohibited as a matter of
law and policy.
CDC should update its public messaging about the unsurpassed effectiveness of
modern fertility awareness–based methods (FABMs) of family planning and stop
publishing communications that conflate such methods with the long-eclipsed
“rhythm” or “calendar” methods. CDC should fund studies exploring the evidence-based methods used in cutting-edge fertility awareness.

Data Collection. The CDC’s abortion surveillance and maternity mortality
reporting systems are woefully inadequate. CDC abortion data are reported by
states on a voluntary basis, and California, Maryland, and New Hampshire do not
submit abortion data at all. Accurate and reliable statistical data about abortion,
abortion survivors, and abortion-related maternal deaths are essential to timely,
reliable public health and policy analysis.
Because liberal states have now become sanctuaries for abortion tourism, HHS
should use every available tool, including the cutting of funds, to ensure that every
state reports exactly how many abortions take place within its borders, at what
gestational age of the child, for what reason, the mother’s state of residence, and
by what method. It should also ensure that statistics are separated by category:
spontaneous miscarriage; treatments that incidentally result in the death of a child
(such as chemotherapy); stillbirths; and induced abortion. In addition, CDC should
require monitoring and reporting for complications due to abortion and every
instance of children being born alive after an abortion. Moreover, abortion should
be clearly defined as only those procedures that intentionally end an unborn child’s
life. Miscarriage management or standard ectopic pregnancy treatments should
never be conflated with abortion.
Comparisons between live births and abortion should be tracked across various demographic indicators to assess whether certain populations are targeted by
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abortion providers and whether better prenatal physical, mental, and social care
improves infant outcomes and decreases abortion rates, especially among those
who are most vulnerable.
The Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 20239
would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and Public Health Service Act
to improve the CDC’s abortion reporting mechanisms by requiring states, as a

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 29

shape of a dog who definitely did not just upset the cat and get himself hissed at

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 27

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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