Dear community, Bakta needs your help!

To further improve the functional annotation of "hypothetical" CDS, me and @gbouras13.bsky.social, we are looking for the worst Bakta-annotated bacterial genomes ;-)

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"Following a thorough, individualized financial review" DOE is terminating 223 awards worth $7.5 billion.

"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."

Just get an R01 for tenure, they said

Donald Trump received five draft deferments to avoid being drafted in the Vietnam War

“If you think Tylenol is bad for babies, wait until you hear about rubella virus”

@angierasmussen.bsky.social

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-poison...

A cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterase in the VSP-2 island of Vibrio cholerae is regulated by zinc and quorum sensing

in mBio from Chris Waters, Thomas O'Halloran

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Air quality in Grand Rapids, Michigan correlates with Associate Professor salaries in the US (r=0.843)

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.

23% of all resident medical doctors are on H1B, many working in rural and underserved hospitals because those hospitals have trouble getting doctors to move to Danville, VA or Salina, KS.

www.business-standard.com/amp/immigrat...

Even if ‘only’ for new applicants, impact on medical training is massive, and int’l grads frequently work in underserved communities

“Currently, over 30 per cent of medical residents in the US are international graduates, and around 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.”

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas.

Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

If you want to fight censorship and stand up for free speech, cancel your Disney & Paramount subscriptions .

We must refuse to allow this level of censorship as it’s the hallmark of authoritarianism.

Put that money towards PBS, NPR, local radio and news stations and independent journalists.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Happy International Microorganism Day! 🎉

Today, we are celebrating the tiny powerhouses that have a massive impact on our world. From the bacteria in our gut to the fungi that give us antibiotics, these incredible organisms are essential to life.

Let's make some noise for the microscopic!

⚠️ New publication ⚠️ here we explore how daptomycin interacts with bacterial membranes, demonstrating that calcium ions and lipid composition play a crucial role in modulating its activity. Using a stable analogue (1/3) #MicroSky

doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...

If you haven't gotten your updated COVID vaccine by now, book an appointment fast before next week's ACIP meeting. After that, you might not be able to get one. I plan on getting mine this weekend if I possibly can. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.

Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence.

For an actual public servant.

Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

“How to Report ICE” regional zines - Print this single page zine and hand it out or place it in public areas.

Northern California
Southern California
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Durham
Massachusetts
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
and more states

drive.google.com/drive/folder...