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Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · 15d

A homebuilt printing press for publishing after the rapture without drawing the attention of the Antichrist.
Patent Application Publication US 2012/0279405

Hand-drawn figure of a simple printing press.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I am a born again Christian. The Bible says that there will be a certain event known as the rapture, when born again Christians will be taken to heaven as Christ returns to take them away. There will then be a time of peril upon the earth known commonly as the tribulation period. During this time, the AntiChrist will rule, and claim to be the Christ. You will not be able to buy or sell without the number of the beast which is 666. The gospel will be greatly hindered. Anyone giving out the gospel will be beheaded, and those who trust Christ as their Savior will not be able to buy tracts or have them printed in any way. There will no way to give out the gospel anonymously, and yet many, in times of peril, will be seeking the Lord.

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Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

In new study led by @ckikawa.bsky.social, we provide near real-time data on human neutralizing antibody landscape to influenza by measuring ~26,000 titers to >100 recent viral strains

Data can inform vaccine selection & evolutionary/epidemiological modeling
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Near real-time data on the human neutralizing antibody landscape to influenza virus to inform vaccine-strain selection in September 2025

The hemagglutinin of human influenza virus evolves rapidly to erode neutralizing antibody immunity. Twice per year, new vaccine strains are selected with the goal of providing maximum protection again...

www.biorxiv.org

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Sep 6

Watching ER and wondering if my firm will ever expand to Chicago.

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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 22

While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980.

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Aug 20

“Send our friends in Washington a message — it is working,” Gov. Hochul said of the vehicle tolls.

Q Train Expansion Into Harlem Gets a Green Light, Thanks in Part to Congestion Pricing

“Send our friends in Washington a message — it is working,” Gov. Hochul said of the vehicle tolls.

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Jo Rhodes @drjorhodes.com · Aug 18

This is the science I want funded (alongside curing cancer etc)

A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation - Nature Microbiology

An in-depth microbiological and metagenomic analysis of Colombian farm and fermentation facilities resulted in the design of a defined microbial community that can reproduce the flavour of fine chocol...

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Nature Reviews Genetics @natrevgenet.nature.com · Jul 28

ICYMI: New online! Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation

Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation

Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 21 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00867-6In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the underlying genetics and forces that shape phenotypic evolution.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Jul 26

a cartoon of a woman wearing a pink hat

Alt: Louise Belcher staring with one eye twitching

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 8

the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Jun 27

But also, finally getting around to Black Mirror S7 and reading Code Name: Pale Horse.

The meme format of “Patrick Star from the episode Band Geeks” asking, “Is Civil Procedure with Richard Freer fun or a distraction?”

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Jun 5

Tortefeasor, you say?

A chef making a torte, the thin dense cake, not a tort, the cause of action.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · May 14

As an introdcution to the phylogeny of filled pasta paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Evolution of the Italian pasta ripiena: the first steps toward a scientific classification - Discover Food

In this study, phylogenetic and biogeographic methods are used to investigate the evolutionary relationships between various types of Italian pasta ripiena (filled pasta) and related representatives f...

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · May 14

My “Taxonomy and Phylogenetics for Patent Attorneys” presentation is coming along nicely.

A slide captioned “Ravioli? Or Tortellini?” And showing Pop-Tart mascots.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · May 2

Wore my pinkest shirt and greenest pants today to channel this Nicole Kidman energy on my way out of my last ever law school final tonight.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Apr 30

My Pumpkins? Smashing.

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · Apr 28

10/10. No Notes

reason.com/volokh/2025/...

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Apr 27

Playing a zero-sum game of poker in the presence of multiple mirrors may not have been the wisest decision.

Nate sits at what appears to be a poker table with five copies of himself, owing to the mirrors bordering a 1/6 wedge of the table. Chicago Museum of Illusions.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Apr 6

I come from a small town and a blue collar family. I’m a first generation college graduate. There’s dignity in all labor. There’s nothing inspiring about dreams of people placing small screws in phones for non-living wages. We should build big things in America. And it requires many hands to do it.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Mar 21

Reading Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves; watching Severance; and listening to Delain before a concert tomorrow.

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🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · Feb 24

I have a lovely colleague whose title is the "Thomas Pickles Professor of Law," and all I can think of when I see their email signature is

Rugrats Nap GIF

ALT: Rugrats Nap GIF

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Feb 13

if you need a break from doom, please take 5 seconds to help my labmate make a family feud style game for her very cool microbes and society class she's developing and teaching this quarter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Survey Says....You're Helping Out Maddy! Family Feud Survey

Become a member of the audience for a Family Feud style game that I am playing with my undergrad class! This is an introduction activity where I will ask them to guess the most popular answers to the ...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jan 26

"The value added is a feeling that you’re on the cutting edge of technology even though you’re using a product that is now actively worse."

Our Customers Demand Terrible AI Systems

We’ve been banging our heads against the wall, trying to think of the new “it” thing our customers want. At one point, somebody suggested improving...

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Jan 14

Had 40 minutes to kill between classes after one ended early. Were it not Dry January, I probably would’ve found a nearby bar and had a beer, but instead wandered over to HomeGoods, and wound up bringing a guest to Medicare Law.

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Nate Jacobs @nacobs.bsky.social · Jan 9

Amazing. At least one of these quotes is going into my paper on taxonomy in patent law.

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