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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 2h

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1h

You will soon stalk, hunt, and take down Prey in theaters:

reactormag.com/prey-predato...

Prey Is Finally Getting the Theatrical Release Director Dan Trachtenberg Says It Was Made For - Reactor

The 2022 film is showing as part of a Predator double feature.

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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 1h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 15h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 8h

@jusher.bsky.social Do you recall the number of SNPs between your C. glabrata a & alpha sexual strains?

I'm curious if there's enough to have YMAP visualize the haplotypes present in your recombinant strains.

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Sam @spinachwrap.bsky.social · 9h

Behold the pretty beans

Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 15h

I keep going back and looking at this picture. It seems, no matter what topic I'm working with, I really like bright, saturated colors.

Rectangular woven basket filled with blue, yellow, and pink dry beans.

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 3d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Andrew Kniss @wyoweeds.bsky.social · 6d

2076:

Historian: the 2nd Amendment remained strong throughout American history.

James Madison: Huzzah!

H: An authoritarian government rose in the 2020s.

JM: But it was quashed by the armed citizens as intended!

H: Well, actually, all the heavily armed folk sided with the authoritarians...

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 15h

This reminds me of the algorithms I used to work with.

hackaday.com/2025/10/07/m...

Mesmerizing Patterns From Simple Rules

Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with his …

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 15h

I keep going back and looking at this picture. It seems, no matter what topic I'm working with, I really like bright, saturated colors.

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Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Superhappy to share the last paper from my PhD in @litinice.bsky.social lab. We evolved yeasts with humanized telomeric repeats and discovered that they adapt through amplification of telomere-binding proteins and inactivation of the DNA damage response.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The adaptive molecular landscape of reprogrammed telomeric sequences

Telomeric sequences vary across the tree of life and intimately co-evolve with telomere-binding protein complexes. However, the molecular mechanisms allowing organisms to adapt to new telomeric sequen...

www.biorxiv.org

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liti_nice @litinice.bsky.social · Jul 3

how (yeast) cells re-climb the fitness landscape when they are reprogrammed to a different telomere DNA sequences (human-like)? read the latest from @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social etal , with great help and insights from Eric Gilson, Jonas Warringer and @juliamuenzner.bsky.social (& Ralser lab)

Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Superhappy to share the last paper from my PhD in @litinice.bsky.social lab. We evolved yeasts with humanized telomeric repeats and discovered that they adapt through amplification of telomere-binding proteins and inactivation of the DNA damage response.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The adaptive molecular landscape of reprogrammed telomeric sequences

Telomeric sequences vary across the tree of life and intimately co-evolve with telomere-binding protein complexes. However, the molecular mechanisms allowing organisms to adapt to new telomeric sequen...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 15h

Central to the in-development YMAP2 is processing long-read data.

Until that is published, feel free to reach out to me for a collaboration if you have some long-read data that needs to be processed.

Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 15h

The recent issues that the YMAP server has been having were due to incompatible long-read datasets being uploaded, leading to extreme memory utilization and the web server crashing.

YMAP will now produce an error in the user interface for such data and won't crash.

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Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · 1d

280 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Kyanite:
- Aluminosilicate mineral
- Polymorph of sillimanite & andalusite
- An index mineral (used to estimate metamorphic temperature, depth & pressure)
- Used in ceramic production
- The winner of #MinCup25!
- Its name comes from the Greek word "kyanos" (blue) #minerals

Thin blue blades of kyanite sticking out of a beige quartz groundmass. From Itabira, Brazil.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

A lump consisting of blue and white kyanite prisms. Frm Botriphnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

A cluster of white, opaque kyanite prisms. From Val di Vizze, Italy.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

An aggregate of kyanite blades, ranging from dark inky blue in the centre to paler blue towards the edges. From Sultan Hamud, Kenya.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 16h

Most people can’t leave anyway. Whenever I read a post about get out while you can, I wince. Most people can’t. No one should have to anyway.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

Clearly the National Guard is needed to save us all from:

Dancing unicorns
Gyrating frogs
ICE fisherman

And our hard working immigrant friends and neighbours.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 17h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Lunch Pail Chris @lunchpailchris.bsky.social · 22h

The sad part is $7k is still too high. We could have Medicare for all for under $3,500 a year with no deductibles or out of pocket expenses, but we choose to continue banging our dick in a desk drawer over and over again.

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 16h

The go-by-the-rules people often don't. They just use it as a weapon to punish other people, but then can't imagine why it would apply to them. They're "good" people, after all.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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AnarchoArachnid @anarchoarachnid.bsky.social · 22h

I'm in the UK and haven't owned a TV for over 15yrs. Can anyone tell me how much of Trumps horror show with ICE etc. Is being shown on the BBC or any other channels, please?

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 16h

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 17h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.bsky.social · 1d

Every new AI tool or gadget is advertised as the best new thing ever, don't wanna miss it for the world, everyone LOVES this...! And then the response from actual users ranges from "this is pretty useless and doesn't work as advertised" to "how do I nuke it from the orbit?"

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PeachesIsMe 💜💜💜💜 @peachesisme55.bsky.social · 1d

Translation: Government Employees, just us in Congress/White House will get paid.. Government Employees outside of Congress/White House will not get compensation even when the Government shutdown is over.

My opinion: ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THAT IS AFFECTED BY THIS SHUTDOWN SHOULD NOT GO TO WORK.

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jpstork83.bsky.social @jpstork83.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone should stop working, see how the oligarchs love that.

No workers = no production
No workers = no tax $
No workers = no healthcare $
No workers = nobody to buy their products.

They are NOTHING without We The People! They work for US! Time to put the screws to these crooks!

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