Kaitlin
@justktln2.bsky.social
computational protein scientist
vmap enthusiast
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github.com/justktln2
vmap enthusiast
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github.com/justktln2
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Odd how you never hear "We should run business like a university."
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Odd how you never hear "We should run business like a university."
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
Especially since the original model for corporate charters was much more university-like: specifically justified for a public good.
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HerBrain on TIME BEST INVENTIONS OF THE YEAR! I am grateful for the opportunity to work on this project and for many interesting conversations while presenting this work. Want to learn more about how pregnancy/menstruation changes the brain? See our poster⬇️, or public talk⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
HerBrain on TIME BEST INVENTIONS OF THE YEAR! I am grateful for the opportunity to work on this project and for many interesting conversations while presenting this work. Want to learn more about how pregnancy/menstruation changes the brain? See our poster⬇️, or public talk⬇️
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She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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One for the heredity scolds: construct a multi-tissue GRM where people
are differentially related to themselves.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
are differentially related to themselves.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
One for the heredity scolds: construct a multi-tissue GRM where people
are differentially related to themselves.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
are differentially related to themselves.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
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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 8:41 PM
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 🧵
Overhearing one side of a moderately stressful business conversation that a stranger is having on the phone in public is one of life’s purest joys. Like yes bro I agree, they really should get the fuck out of here with this bullshit!
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Overhearing one side of a moderately stressful business conversation that a stranger is having on the phone in public is one of life’s purest joys. Like yes bro I agree, they really should get the fuck out of here with this bullshit!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
when it’s my birthday <<<
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
when it’s my birthday <<<
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Mental Health and Care Denial in Transgender Youth jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Mental Health and Care Denial in Transgender Youth
This Viewpoint discusses care denial for transgender youth forced by law and how health systems will need to invest resources to adjust to the expected emergence of mental health concerns, for which p...
jamanetwork.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Mental Health and Care Denial in Transgender Youth jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
the directors of evolution
I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish
For over a century, evolutionary biologists have been motivated to understand the mechanisms through which organisms adapt to their environments. Coloration and pigmentation are remarkably variable wi...
shorturl.at
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the directors of evolution
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Reading your tweets
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reading your tweets
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I gather that Bluesky is full of posters who are at a threshold that every adult faces: do i get into jazz, for real, or do I stick to my old ways?
As someone who (squints) is 4-6 years above the Bluesky Age, let me help you: do it. Yes, you get into jazz. Modern, even.
As someone who (squints) is 4-6 years above the Bluesky Age, let me help you: do it. Yes, you get into jazz. Modern, even.
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I gather that Bluesky is full of posters who are at a threshold that every adult faces: do i get into jazz, for real, or do I stick to my old ways?
As someone who (squints) is 4-6 years above the Bluesky Age, let me help you: do it. Yes, you get into jazz. Modern, even.
As someone who (squints) is 4-6 years above the Bluesky Age, let me help you: do it. Yes, you get into jazz. Modern, even.
I subscribed to a service that flags accounts as possible spammers. One of the flags is “posts a lot: more than 50 times yesterday” and I am sorry say that this has positively cooked many of you
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I subscribed to a service that flags accounts as possible spammers. One of the flags is “posts a lot: more than 50 times yesterday” and I am sorry say that this has positively cooked many of you
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*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
*NEW PAPER*
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How much of a threat are within-organism conflicts, really?
In Biology & Philosophy, @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, Manus Patten, and I present a mathematical framework to measure evolutionary individuality in the face of internal conflicts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"The $8 billion paid in monthly SNAP benefits represents around 10% of retail grocery sales..." - RBC www.rbc.com/en/thought-l...
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"The $8 billion paid in monthly SNAP benefits represents around 10% of retail grocery sales..." - RBC www.rbc.com/en/thought-l...
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Cuomo said diversity can be a weaknesses while calling one msnbc anchor by another's name repeatedly until they corrected him (why yes, they are both Black men). What a candidate!
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cuomo said diversity can be a weaknesses while calling one msnbc anchor by another's name repeatedly until they corrected him (why yes, they are both Black men). What a candidate!
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Protein-protein interaction networks can be highly sensitive to the membrane phase transition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.30.685611v1
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Protein-protein interaction networks can be highly sensitive to the membrane phase transition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.30.685611v1
Government shutdown? President Trump? Gaylor Swift? What are you talking about? John Mayer and Taylor Swift have been married since 2009 and Prime Minister Sanders is serving his third term. You hit your head pretty hard, are you sure you’re ok??
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Government shutdown? President Trump? Gaylor Swift? What are you talking about? John Mayer and Taylor Swift have been married since 2009 and Prime Minister Sanders is serving his third term. You hit your head pretty hard, are you sure you’re ok??
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The greatest innovation of our time is not AI — it’s GLP-1.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The greatest innovation of our time is not AI — it’s GLP-1.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
Obesity is declining. And as obesity declines, so too will diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and the many cancers linked to excess weight.
Making Ozempic for All a reality in America would revolutionize public health.
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Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
www.americansurveycenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
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US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
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NEW method! eComp is a new, #evolution-informed #compression method🗜️ for multiple #sequence alignments (#MSAs)...that outperforms gzip!
Unlike gzip's row-based compression, eComp implements a simple #column-based solution for compression, following how biological information is stored in MSAs
Unlike gzip's row-based compression, eComp implements a simple #column-based solution for compression, following how biological information is stored in MSAs
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NEW method! eComp is a new, #evolution-informed #compression method🗜️ for multiple #sequence alignments (#MSAs)...that outperforms gzip!
Unlike gzip's row-based compression, eComp implements a simple #column-based solution for compression, following how biological information is stored in MSAs
Unlike gzip's row-based compression, eComp implements a simple #column-based solution for compression, following how biological information is stored in MSAs