"There are no answers; only choices."
– S. Lem
I choose one [o] or two-cell [8] organisms and dissonant music.
Professor of Biochemistry @ UW-Seattle. Any coincidence of my opinions with my employer's is coincidental.
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I do not think that people should be on a website owned by this man
met a grad student in Holger’s lab and asked him about his research. my jaw was on the floor about halfway through and he just kept piling on to the bonkers scope and challenge. This project is so insanely cool and ambitious.
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NEW: Chief Judge McConnell (Obama/RI) sternly tells USCIS to immediately halt several Trump policies blocking immigration benefits: 'There is no excuse this time; the Govt has an obligation to immediately comply'
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
I'm sure they managed to come up with a rancid reason for doing the right thing.
burn in oily hellfire
Gotta say, opening up the app to this was pretty sweet. Tahoma!
I have signed up. If you're in DC, log on and get a booking (if you can).
8 years ago I edited this story by @lindy2350.bsky.social about the return of infectious diseases www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-wa.... Now @amymaxmen.bsky.social shows US policy has made things worse: in Utah measles regularly bring death and tears.🧪 kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
Only if Sheehy is willing to ride along for at least 30 flight hours per week during fire season, randomly assigned to a different plane for each flight.
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof
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Josh Gerstein
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Josh Fischman
James Fallows
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In a series of 3 papers and preprints, we’re thrilled to share with you the working laser phase plate. In collaboration with research led by Holger Müller at UC Berkeley, this is a huge innovation in imaging to make small and faint objects inside cells visible. bit.ly/4vK9LVn
Lee Raymond, the former head of Exxon who oversaw the biggest corporate merger in the history of the oil industry and was derided as “the Darth Vader of global warming” for his skepticism toward climate change, has died. He was 87.
Breaking News: The Supreme Court blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas to execute a man convicted of murder.
Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors.
This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Today, I toured the Epstein Reading Room with many of the courageous survivors who are lifting up the horrors of Epstein’s trafficking ring and fighting for accountability.
If you’re in DC, you can visit this exhibit until Sunday. Reserve a time today: trumpsonian.us/rr
My. Rainier Showing off for golden hour tonight 🫢😮💨
Lee Raymond, the former head of Exxon Mobil Corp. who oversaw the biggest corporate merger in the history of the oil industry and was derided as “the Darth Vader of global warming” for his skepticism toward climate change, has died. He was 87.
NEW: U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, who previously ran a company that provides aircraft for fighting wildfires, has proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft. One of the company’s aircraft failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing.
Laura
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
