edballister.bsky.social
Parent, partner, scientist, restaurant-suggester
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Love that little š©· at the left!
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Itās like those PIs that co-author 50+ papers a year!
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Itās pin the tail on the donkey played by braying asses
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So gross. making cute infographics of windbagsā opinions about how bad things are is sickening. then they choose to place their dots in the ātrans people donāt matterā zone. The only thing this graph reveals is the moral and intellectual emptiness of all involved. NYtimes opinion page is shameless
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God that is really horrifying
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Beautiful work! Makes me so nostalgic for my days in the Lampson lab š
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This is just the first step. They want to take us back to an entirely RNA world.
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Is Petoās Paradox just a Simpsonās Paradox in disguise?! š
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I try to explain what I know to friends and family whenever I get a chance, and they always seem so amazed and excited to learn that all these cool things happen in their own bodies, all the time, to keep them safe!
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Yes yes I really wish everyone knew the basics of how our immune systems work. I think people would be much more resistant to anti vax propaganda
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Integrity and freedom of speech are like oxygen and water for science, and funding is like food. We can have more or less funding (and we should have more!!!), but without freedom, honest and integrity itās worthless.
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Itās not just the money, itās that historically the US tried have rule of law and free speech. Funding awarded by scientists (relatively) free of direct political interference. Now weāve lost that. Even if they doubled the research budget we have lost the atmosphere of integrity.
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Maybe the internet was a mistake but the rest yes
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Iām a huge fan and proud Cal alum, but IDK if we really want to get behind the position that āif only the nazis had supported scientists they would have wonā, do we? š¤
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Jāaimerais faire recherche en France! Jāadore les Ćtats Unis mais jāai beaucoup de peur pour mon pays š
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Ha! I switched from Chrome to Safari and I started seeing ads for Chrome! (Chrome was consuming enormous resources and making my laptop run its fan at top speed)
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I was a little shocked when she almost got her lab killed when they got into an accident after she made them drive into a blizzard! But ban it? No way
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Iāll be there!
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Columbia too š. I donāt see what we have to gain by complying so readily.
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Are they threatening to take away ozempic? I canāt see that going well.
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Maybe @nytimes.com can run an obit as part of their forgotten people series
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Give my best regards to Manchester!
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ššš itās so bad. Enjoy Spain! Hopefully we can free ourselves from fascism without a catastrophic war or decades of repression. š
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Isnāt their whole hateful program a āgender ideologyā?
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Would love to see a Bills-Eagles Super Bowl. Iāve never had the pleasure of visiting Buffalo, but it seems like a town that deserves a win!
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Get a (larval) wiggle on!
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Larval steps?
What is the term for a single swish of a fishās tail?
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Can we talk more about this? Can I dm you?
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"Everybody is on welfare in this country. The problem is that we all to often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor. Thatās the problem."
MLK āThe Minister to the Valley,ā February 23, 1968, From the archives of the SCLC.* 3/n
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I was rooting for Detroit mainly because Goff is a former Cal player, and we kind of need to wash away the memory of the last Cal QB to hit the big timeā¦ š
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Ahhh, I love this so much š¤£š@laurelmack.bsky.social and I have said that to each other so many times. Itās encouraging to know that someone as accomplished like you also has this blind spot. Maybe 2025 will be our full year too.
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And of course I hope your friend is okay! š
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Cool! (Go Bears!?) would love to chat with this person if we ever cross paths irl.
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I grew up in Altadena (yup just lost childhood home!) and have lived in Berkeley, Philadelphia, Manchester UK and now in NY. Love all these places! densification seems to be the only reasonable future for CA.
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I keep imagining all the different ways LA could be if it had the same population as now but density of NY, all concentrated in the parts that are nicest climatically and most fire defensible. (Or higher population, why not?)
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āFirst person narrators with mute interiorityā - Bryan Washington?! I like his work, I am 100% *for* him, but I get frustrated by the muteness of his characters. His essays and first person reports from his own life are SO voluble and exciting and fun!
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Yeah currently Iām in the weird situation of heavily using Insta, WhatsApp and even (horrors) Facebook because weāre networking and fundraising for my family (Eaton Fire). But I definitely want to eliminate Meta whenever possible
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Are you also thinking about abandoning Insta?
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āOver the course of several weeks, all Columbiansāincluding students, faculty, staff, and alumniājoined with President Shafik and our neighbors and friends for a series of events and programs across our campusesā
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The page is still up!
president.columbia.edu/inauguration
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We had a multi-week inauguration process for Minouche Shafik here at Columbia. It felt, well, hubristic. And look how that turned out.
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What bank?
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Yes, and if you like seafood, I think Los Mariscos at Chelsea Market is amazing (I prefer it to its sister restaurant Los Tacos #1)
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Biking: good for your lungs
Bike: bad for your lungs ššš