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majumdar.bsky.social
pretend adult, pretend scientist. man what am I even doing here
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someday your grandkid is gonna open your wikipedia page and read that you voted for something called the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also referred to as OBBBA, OBBB, BBB or OB3." how do you not die of shame thinking about that

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

submitted 10 days ago • 100 comments

Develop a method, use it to discover the missing identities of a bunch of genes in an important biosynthetic pathway. This paper is beautiful.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

submitted 17 days ago • 579 comments

This is one of the wildest thing I've ever seen

submitted 28 days ago • 26 comments

Something about this I can't get over is that UNC is a distinguished scholarly institution. They could have paid for the upkeep of half the buildings on campus for a decade just by hiring Belichick to teach a 300-seat survey class called something like "Paul Revere at 4th and long,"

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment