Dan Mielcarz
@mielcarz.bsky.social
Immunology, flow cytometry, music, beer. Opinions 100% my own. He/him. ⭕️
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @[email protected]
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @[email protected]
My high school scanned every yearbook from 1927 to the present, so now I can share former Supreme Court Justice David Souter's senior picture with Bluesky:
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My high school scanned every yearbook from 1927 to the present, so now I can share former Supreme Court Justice David Souter's senior picture with Bluesky:
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We should treat being an “influencer” with as much disdain as any other get rich quick scheme. At best you’re mining your life (and the life of your children) for maximum attention to flip as advertisement potential, and at worst you’re getting things like this. The model’s broken and corrosive.
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 2:16 PM
We should treat being an “influencer” with as much disdain as any other get rich quick scheme. At best you’re mining your life (and the life of your children) for maximum attention to flip as advertisement potential, and at worst you’re getting things like this. The model’s broken and corrosive.
Inspiring video and a great guitar solo for your Friday.
My dear friend @kernelforbin.bsky.social added the video of Trey’s first sober notes (on “Lie In Our Graves” with Dave Matthews Band @ SPAC) to the end of this clip of T speaking about it & wow… Phishbumps galore ✨ I’m not crying, you’re crying! So grateful for second chances 🙏 youtu.be/YOR310gu_Eg
Trey First Sober Note Story + Clip
YouTube video by KernelForbin
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Inspiring video and a great guitar solo for your Friday.
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
This is a great listen. There is something special and uniquely American about musical families like this.
I’m happy to share my deep dive for @stlpublicradio.bsky.social on Devon Allman, Duane Betts & their tribute to their dads’ music from the Allman Brothers Band. A story of a 2nd generation & 2nd chances.
www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-11...
www.stlpr.org/arts/2025-11...
Two rock heirs will pay tribute to their dads in an evening of Allman Brothers tunes at the Factory
Devon Allman and Duane Betts lead the Allman Betts Family Revival, a touring tribute to their famous dads. The Revival plays the Factory in Chesterfield on Nov. 29.
www.stlpr.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is a great listen. There is something special and uniquely American about musical families like this.
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The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The only thing worse than Newsom being the 2028 nominee will be Bluesky if Newsom is the 2028 nominee.
Lots of interesting stuff here, including Newsom being weirdly popular among young voters www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-covid-...
The COVID political backlash disappeared
Turns out the pandemic didn't break the Democratic Party
www.theargumentmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The only thing worse than Newsom being the 2028 nominee will be Bluesky if Newsom is the 2028 nominee.
This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This just makes me sick. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most-studied conspiracy theories and has been debunked every time (for example, the link below looked at >650k Danish children). Thousands of children will die of easily preventable diseases because of this.
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32 years ago today, we first witnessed the wonder of the My Dinner with Andre video game. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
32 years ago today, we first witnessed the wonder of the My Dinner with Andre video game. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.
This was the first album I bought on the day it came out.
On this day in 1991, U2 released their seventh studio album “Achtung Baby”
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This was the first album I bought on the day it came out.
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Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Bono is going to rewrite "Mothers of the Disappeared" for Sarah Kendzior like Elton John did "Candle in the Wind" for Princess Di.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bono is going to rewrite "Mothers of the Disappeared" for Sarah Kendzior like Elton John did "Candle in the Wind" for Princess Di.
Great and accurate rant.
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Great and accurate rant.
Deposited a check at the ATM this morning and was informed by an on-screen message that the max deposit is $999,999. I have to say, if I was depositing that much I would probably go into the bank.
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Deposited a check at the ATM this morning and was informed by an on-screen message that the max deposit is $999,999. I have to say, if I was depositing that much I would probably go into the bank.
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Happy 80th birthday to one of the best to ever do it, Neil Young!
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy 80th birthday to one of the best to ever do it, Neil Young!
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In non-basketball news, the Dartmouth women's soccer team just stunned top-seeded Princeton 1-0 to win the Ivy League title and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. @chris-awk.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In non-basketball news, the Dartmouth women's soccer team just stunned top-seeded Princeton 1-0 to win the Ivy League title and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. @chris-awk.bsky.social
@chadfinn.bsky.social Any chance Pats-Bills on 12/14 gets flexed to Sunday Night or is it too late already?
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@chadfinn.bsky.social Any chance Pats-Bills on 12/14 gets flexed to Sunday Night or is it too late already?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This Spoon single from 2020 that never made an album is truly great. For some reason the chorus rattles around in my head all the time these days.
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
Spoon - "No Bullets Spent" (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Spoon
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Spoon single from 2020 that never made an album is truly great. For some reason the chorus rattles around in my head all the time these days.
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Please, please learn from this, New Hampshire Democratic Party.
Democrats contested all 100 Virginia House of Delegates races. Part of the party’s statewide success is due to the synergies between the legislative and statewide campaigns—even the losing ones. This is a big reason why Jay Jones won comfortably. This is a model the Dems should emulate everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Please, please learn from this, New Hampshire Democratic Party.
As someone who lives in New Hampshire:
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As someone who lives in New Hampshire: