Dan
@purpleandorange.bsky.social
From silver carbonate to glowing glia—Trying to keep my science in focus while the government blurs the lines of morality.
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Dan
@purpleandorange.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Over the years we’ve faced all kinds of adventures, from vanquishing magic pixies to battling shoe stealing mud. Supporting someone through mental health struggles isn’t about fixing the path, it’s about running beside them, cheering them on every step of the way. #MentalHealthMatters
Anyone else not ready for summer to end? Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited for my first real fall in over twenty years but there’s something about being surrounded by so much life. It insulates you from the chaos of the world and, even if only for a moment, lets you exhale.
August 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Anyone else not ready for summer to end? Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited for my first real fall in over twenty years but there’s something about being surrounded by so much life. It insulates you from the chaos of the world and, even if only for a moment, lets you exhale.
How is this real life? 🤦♂️
President Donald Trump announced his plan in Iowa to have a UFC match at the White House during the kickoff for a year’s worth of festivities to celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
A White House spokesperson said they had no details to share beyond the president’s announcement.
A White House spokesperson said they had no details to share beyond the president’s announcement.
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
How is this real life? 🤦♂️
Indy returns to battle a rising tide of fascism where science is silenced, universities are gutted, and truth is the enemy. His greatest fight isn’t for a relic… it’s for reality itself.
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Indy returns to battle a rising tide of fascism where science is silenced, universities are gutted, and truth is the enemy. His greatest fight isn’t for a relic… it’s for reality itself.
@phnxsuns.bsky.social
The KD trade is terrible, if we are trying to win next season… but I’m okay with it if we are rebuilding. Draft McQueen, Saraf, and whatever we get for Booker. A lineup of Saraf, Green, Dunn, & McQueen could be fun and play with more heart than anything we saw this season.
The KD trade is terrible, if we are trying to win next season… but I’m okay with it if we are rebuilding. Draft McQueen, Saraf, and whatever we get for Booker. A lineup of Saraf, Green, Dunn, & McQueen could be fun and play with more heart than anything we saw this season.
June 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@phnxsuns.bsky.social
The KD trade is terrible, if we are trying to win next season… but I’m okay with it if we are rebuilding. Draft McQueen, Saraf, and whatever we get for Booker. A lineup of Saraf, Green, Dunn, & McQueen could be fun and play with more heart than anything we saw this season.
The KD trade is terrible, if we are trying to win next season… but I’m okay with it if we are rebuilding. Draft McQueen, Saraf, and whatever we get for Booker. A lineup of Saraf, Green, Dunn, & McQueen could be fun and play with more heart than anything we saw this season.
@jeffgspurs.bsky.social rather than a godfather offer for Giannis, thoughts on drafting Harper & trading Fox, Sochan & salary to PHX for KD? Maybe include #14. I like Harper, Vassell, Castle, KD, & Wemby and think Fox, Booker, Dunn, & Sochan could make sense… thoughts @lockedonsuns.bsky.social ?
May 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@jeffgspurs.bsky.social rather than a godfather offer for Giannis, thoughts on drafting Harper & trading Fox, Sochan & salary to PHX for KD? Maybe include #14. I like Harper, Vassell, Castle, KD, & Wemby and think Fox, Booker, Dunn, & Sochan could make sense… thoughts @lockedonsuns.bsky.social ?
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He's being disrespectful to veterans in a variety of ways, but the thing that really gets me is Veterans Day started out as "Armistice Day." It was explicitly about peace, never "victory." They were celebrating the fact that the war was over, not that it was won.
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
He's being disrespectful to veterans in a variety of ways, but the thing that really gets me is Veterans Day started out as "Armistice Day." It was explicitly about peace, never "victory." They were celebrating the fact that the war was over, not that it was won.
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A new paper from Kohli, Waller, and colleagues describes ring deconvolution microscopy for fast and straightforward correction of spatially varying aberrations across diverse microscopy modalities. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A new paper from Kohli, Waller, and colleagues describes ring deconvolution microscopy for fast and straightforward correction of spatially varying aberrations across diverse microscopy modalities. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Over the years we’ve faced all kinds of adventures, from vanquishing magic pixies to battling shoe stealing mud. Supporting someone through mental health struggles isn’t about fixing the path, it’s about running beside them, cheering them on every step of the way. #MentalHealthMatters
April 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Over the years we’ve faced all kinds of adventures, from vanquishing magic pixies to battling shoe stealing mud. Supporting someone through mental health struggles isn’t about fixing the path, it’s about running beside them, cheering them on every step of the way. #MentalHealthMatters
Remember when we spent billions to eliminate disease? Now we spend it to eliminate morals and decency.
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Remember when we spent billions to eliminate disease? Now we spend it to eliminate morals and decency.
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An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
The GOP’s plan to fix STEM cuts? Rub some dung in the wound to balance the humors and hope for the best.
American academic research is the envy of the world.
Its system of grant making, which is ultra competitive and rigorous, has been emulated by many countries.
And now, as US competitors were doubling down in their STEM investments, we decided that self-inflicted harm was the way forward.
Its system of grant making, which is ultra competitive and rigorous, has been emulated by many countries.
And now, as US competitors were doubling down in their STEM investments, we decided that self-inflicted harm was the way forward.
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The GOP’s plan to fix STEM cuts? Rub some dung in the wound to balance the humors and hope for the best.
Finally! An EPA guided by the rigorous peer review process of corporate earnings calls. What could possibly go wrong?
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Finally! An EPA guided by the rigorous peer review process of corporate earnings calls. What could possibly go wrong?
Why study LGBT+ health, climate change, or diversity in science when you can just defund reality? The NIH is leading the way in evidence-based ignorance—because if the research doesn’t exist, neither do the problems!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Why study LGBT+ health, climate change, or diversity in science when you can just defund reality? The NIH is leading the way in evidence-based ignorance—because if the research doesn’t exist, neither do the problems!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like banning protests, arresting students, and threatening schools. Somewhere, Putin is smiling.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like banning protests, arresting students, and threatening schools. Somewhere, Putin is smiling.
This is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a while and there’s a lot of stupid going around. 🤦♂️
Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck
February 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a while and there’s a lot of stupid going around. 🤦♂️
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
“Defunding is the path to the dark side. Defunding leads to misinformation. Misinformation leads to bad policies. Bad policies lead to suffering.” -Yoda
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Defunding is the path to the dark side. Defunding leads to misinformation. Misinformation leads to bad policies. Bad policies lead to suffering.” -Yoda
If we had an offer, my wife and I would seriously consider as I’m sure would many others… the influx of talent spurred massive growth in America after WWII… Deja vu?
What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.
February 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If we had an offer, my wife and I would seriously consider as I’m sure would many others… the influx of talent spurred massive growth in America after WWII… Deja vu?
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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Government should NEVER be run like a corporation.
A corporation is a wealth-concentration engine. It funnels wealth from many to few.
Government is its polar opposite, distributing resources in a way that benefits everyone.
Running government like a business just makes for bad government.
A corporation is a wealth-concentration engine. It funnels wealth from many to few.
Government is its polar opposite, distributing resources in a way that benefits everyone.
Running government like a business just makes for bad government.
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Government should NEVER be run like a corporation.
A corporation is a wealth-concentration engine. It funnels wealth from many to few.
Government is its polar opposite, distributing resources in a way that benefits everyone.
Running government like a business just makes for bad government.
A corporation is a wealth-concentration engine. It funnels wealth from many to few.
Government is its polar opposite, distributing resources in a way that benefits everyone.
Running government like a business just makes for bad government.
February 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Forcing some of our most talented young people to sit in the back of the bus again is abhorrent…
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Forcing some of our most talented young people to sit in the back of the bus again is abhorrent…
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
A package from HOU is very interesting… Reed/Green, Thompson, Smith, and picks???
SOURCES: With the Suns gauging the market for Kevin Durant, the Houston Rockets are contemplating a pursuit for the 36-year-old superstar.
The latest on KD from @samamick.bsky.social, @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social and @anthonyvslater.bsky.social ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...
The latest on KD from @samamick.bsky.social, @davidaldridgedc.bsky.social and @anthonyvslater.bsky.social ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...
February 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A package from HOU is very interesting… Reed/Green, Thompson, Smith, and picks???