Jesse Zaneveld
@jessezaneveld.bsky.social
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🪸🧫 Coral microbiomes
💻🐍 Bioinformatics
🕊️📰 Politics & PoliSci
♟️🎴 Sciency Games & Game Design
🦜🦔 Delightful Animal Facts
🔥🧯 Hang tight we're in it now
(Personal account | Views my own)
🪸🧫 Coral microbiomes
💻🐍 Bioinformatics
🕊️📰 Politics & PoliSci
♟️🎴 Sciency Games & Game Design
🦜🦔 Delightful Animal Facts
🔥🧯 Hang tight we're in it now
(Personal account | Views my own)
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Our first printed copies of Benthos from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social arrived and they look 🤩.
Hop in while we open it up and get a first look at what's inside the box! 🪸🐠🧪
Hop in while we open it up and get a first look at what's inside the box! 🪸🐠🧪
New Benthos protypes arrived & I made a quick video of the unboxing
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Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
City Council Puts Financial Crackdown On Detention Facilities
Amid increased police overtime costs and complaints about environmental contaminants related to a local immigration processing center, Portland City Council passed a new land use fee December 3, targe...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
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I mean, the US averages about 3 million deaths per year, for all causes.
And drugs, we are told, are killing millions per year.
These are utterly FANTASTICAL numbers. FLAGRANTLY impossible.
And they should be reported as such.
And drugs, we are told, are killing millions per year.
These are utterly FANTASTICAL numbers. FLAGRANTLY impossible.
And they should be reported as such.
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I mean, the US averages about 3 million deaths per year, for all causes.
And drugs, we are told, are killing millions per year.
These are utterly FANTASTICAL numbers. FLAGRANTLY impossible.
And they should be reported as such.
And drugs, we are told, are killing millions per year.
These are utterly FANTASTICAL numbers. FLAGRANTLY impossible.
And they should be reported as such.
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I’m going to justify dunking on this by using it to share numbers too.
In 2023, there were officially ~30,000 deaths from cocaine overdoses.
That would be the small boats Trump illegally blew up were carrying over 30x the total volume of coke trafficked into the US in 2023.
In 2023, there were officially ~30,000 deaths from cocaine overdoses.
That would be the small boats Trump illegally blew up were carrying over 30x the total volume of coke trafficked into the US in 2023.
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’m going to justify dunking on this by using it to share numbers too.
In 2023, there were officially ~30,000 deaths from cocaine overdoses.
That would be the small boats Trump illegally blew up were carrying over 30x the total volume of coke trafficked into the US in 2023.
In 2023, there were officially ~30,000 deaths from cocaine overdoses.
That would be the small boats Trump illegally blew up were carrying over 30x the total volume of coke trafficked into the US in 2023.
Whoa! Totally never heard of this way to visualize things before. Almost like an extended pop-up book.
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Whoa! Totally never heard of this way to visualize things before. Almost like an extended pop-up book.
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A collaborative project that began with the Osaka Expo has just been released as a preprint!
Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota)
Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion, and spatially organized signalling pathways1–3. Asgard archaea (phylum Promethearchae...
www.biorxiv.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A collaborative project that began with the Osaka Expo has just been released as a preprint!
Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here, we show Promethearchaeota (Asgard archaea) “moving” under anaerobic conditions.
The videos capturing this unique behavior are so fascinating you can watch endlessly.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
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Excited to finally see STREAMS guidelines for environmental and host-associated microbiome studies out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies - Nature Microbiology
This Consensus Statement presents the standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies (STREAMS) guidelines.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Excited to finally see STREAMS guidelines for environmental and host-associated microbiome studies out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As electricity costs go up, Trump tries to stymie half the planned new energy in the country. Killing the competition to fossil fuels is what that industry wanted for their billion they gave to Trump. We pay for his corruption. seia.org/blog/america...
American Energy Under Threat: Political Attacks Threaten Half of All Planned Power in the U.S. – SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. Learn more at seia.org
seia.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
As electricity costs go up, Trump tries to stymie half the planned new energy in the country. Killing the competition to fossil fuels is what that industry wanted for their billion they gave to Trump. We pay for his corruption. seia.org/blog/america...
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Santa Fe is linking wages to rental prices — a first in the U.S. — as officials try to slow displacement with soaring housing costs
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Santa Fe is linking wages to rental prices — a first in the U.S. — as officials try to slow displacement with soaring housing costs
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
13 killed in Israeli ceasefire with Syria
Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest Israeli attack since its troops seized a swath of southern Syria a year ago.
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
13 killed in Israeli ceasefire with Syria
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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“Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon that operates south of the Litani, says Israel has committed more than 10,000 air and ground violations during the ceasefire.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'This is no life': Security and long-held views shattered in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes
A year on from a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel is continuing attacks on what it says are Hezbollah's efforts to recover from their war.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon that operates south of the Litani, says Israel has committed more than 10,000 air and ground violations during the ceasefire.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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it's great that convergent evolution made sure we have the "evil muppet lurking in the swamp" niche covered on multiple continents
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
it's great that convergent evolution made sure we have the "evil muppet lurking in the swamp" niche covered on multiple continents
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Global greenhouse emissions will soon flatten or decline—a historic moment driven by China’s surge in renewable energy. https://scim.ag/3M3fQdP
Global carbon emissions will soon flatten or decline
With China’s surge in renewable energy, greenhouse gases are reaching a turning point
scim.ag
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Global greenhouse emissions will soon flatten or decline—a historic moment driven by China’s surge in renewable energy. https://scim.ag/3M3fQdP
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This is VERY COOL!
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is VERY COOL!
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
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Surrounded the *judge's* car threatening to smash in the windows
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Surrounded the *judge's* car threatening to smash in the windows
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Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
🖥️🧬🦠
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
🖥️🧬🦠
GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource
AbstractMotivation. Over the past years, substantial numbers of microbial species’ genomes have been deposited outside of conventional INSDC databases.Resu
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
🖥️🧬🦠
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
🖥️🧬🦠