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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 9d

i keep saying this but what i hate most about the ezra kleins of the world is their insistence is that politics is about messaging and triangulating. its never about offering a compelling vision of the world, its about trying desperately to capitulate to whatever moment we are in

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13d

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

www.nytimes.com

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John M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · 14d

Newly expanded version of my guide to scientific writing -- known as the “15 steps” -- published in PLOS Computational Biology. Special thanks to Éric Marty for creating a fantastic visualization.

Check it out: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

#ScientificWriting #PLOSComputationalBiology

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Aug 13

Honestly, the fact a 1/2 semester ethics course was considered sufficient for my PhD is appalling. Having talked to many a scientist, I'm pretty confident that all of us need at least a couple years of *just* humanities.

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 13

My esteemed colleague who has suggested the universities drop that humanities has also previously written about how he doesn't think his grants should have to cover maternity leave, so I feel that perhaps, I am going to not even touch this one 😇

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · Aug 13

Re: sci-comm you ingest: how much open condemnation of administration & anti-science American culture is helpful?

I debate this constantly, *trying* to inform & not alienate the people who need to hear it MOST but I have also fucking HAD it. Frog pot is at a roiling boil & some ppl won't listen

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Aug 7

Never ask postdocs what they'll be doing next year, that's considered terribly offensive in their culture.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · Aug 4

The sort of energy I bring to the workplace:

Screenshots from The Man from Uncle, which ran from 1964-1968. Napoleon Solo talks into a speaker and asks his partner, Ilya Kuryakin: Ilya? We're in need of your special talents. Are you free?

Through the speaker, Ilya responds: No man is free who has to work for a living, but I'm available.

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Andrew Rambaut @arambaut.bsky.social · Jul 15

Some great new features and updates from the awesome Pathoplexus project. This is a new open pathogen genome database that can provide access to your sequences under a use-restricted license but also feed directly in to INSDC (EBI, Genbank etc) when you are ready. pathoplexus.org/news/2025-07...

Pathoplexus | Pathoplexus July Update

Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.

pathoplexus.org

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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · Jun 30

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

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Lee Katz @lskatz.github.io · Jul 10

I think it's worth bringing up this site again for those who are job hunting in bioinformatics. github.com/lskatz/aweso...

GitHub - lskatz/awesome-bioinformatics-jobs: Resources for bioinformatics jobs

Resources for bioinformatics jobs. Contribute to lskatz/awesome-bioinformatics-jobs development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jul 9

And in more immediate danger, I'm in the throes of despair trying to get an inset or zoom on my silly ternary plot that doesn't look like a crime against science.

Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jul 9

"But it’s not clear that industry will be able to absorb all the Ph.D.s currently on the job market... For young researchers, 'there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,'..."

(I'm in danger meme here)

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · Jul 9

BEAST X for Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic inference www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/beast-dev/be...

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · Jul 6

🔥🔥 those from low income backgrounds are also our parent's primary source of financial relief, and that there are usually no $$ retirement plans

Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Jul 6

'The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid graduate and postdoctoral positions, the hidden costs of ‘doing science’ are profound.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

journals.plos.org

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 2

"More people need to find their place in the resistance and to foster what Hannah Arendt called “conditions of courage” to allow others to choose defection rather than compliance"

@aliciay.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Building a resistance to US assaults on public health

The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential oppos...

www.thelancet.com

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jun 30

My least favorite thing is how the more stressed you get, the less you're able to do basic things like keeping things organized or paperwork.

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is how all organizations should be responding to federally mandated exclusionary practices. Carpentries is a great, values-driven organization.

Toby Hodges @tobyhodges.bsky.social · Jun 11

Earlier this week our Executive Team published this post about their decision to withdraw The @carpentries.carpentries.org' proposal for the #NSF POSE program. Proud to work for an organisation that stays true to its core values.
carpentries.org/blog/2025/06...

Announcing Withdrawal of NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Proposal

In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program. This project would position The Carpentr...

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Jun 19

For the most part, trans folks who are disabled / chronically ill face insurmountable barriers to emigrating out of this fucking hellscape

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Hailey Robertson @haileyrobertson.bsky.social · Jun 17

🧬🦠🌍 What are the big, cross-scale questions shaping the ecology and evolution of emerging viruses?

@torrelavelle.bsky.social and I are building a list of 100 questions + want your input. Help map the future of EEID — fill out & share our short survey!

🔗 airtable.com/appTW4ZoSFjR...

Airtable | Everyone's app platform

Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.

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Gabriella Veytsel @gabriella-veytsel.bsky.social · Jun 17

Come visit my poster (#84) about wastewater surveillance, cryptic transmission, and epidemic dynamics today from 5:15-7pm! @eeid2025.bsky.social #EEID2025

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today (Tuesday), I'm presenting a poster on a flexible graph database pipeline for data integration, with a small teaser on a completed subsampling tool for phylogenetics, if you want to chat about that instead!

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jun 17

Excited to be at #EEID2025 this year for my last conference as a PhD student (ojalá)! Pronoun badges, gender neutral restroom maps, and quick fixes to dorm setup problems have already made it a great experience.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · Jun 14

I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought

NPR @npr.org · Jun 14

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

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Guppy Stott @guppy-stott.bsky.social · Jun 10

Morning news starting with "sends active duty marines to protests... [And] removes all members of a CDC vaccine advisory committee" is wild no matter how much you keep up to date on the news.

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Torre Lavelle @torrelavelle.bsky.social · Jun 6

@haileyrobertson.bsky.social and I are excited to officially launch our research exercise to identify the 100 most pressing questions about the ecology and evolution of emerging viruses! If you have some subject matter expertise in this area, we'd love to have you fill out our 10-minute survey below

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