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manager in a bioinformatics core I might post over here sometimes: https://genomic.social/@mmarchin

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Top Trump officials rush to purchase nuclear war-proof bunkers after Iran attack: report Since President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Iran last week, at least two top Trump administration officials have raced to purchase their own survival shelters designed to withstand an apoca...

A dude in Texas who makes bomb shelters for nuclear war has seen his business skyrocket this week.

Recent clients include 2 Trump admin members, and the rest were almost all “Christian, conservative CEOs,” which included “several of the wealthiest men on the planet."
www.rawstory.com/iran-war/

09.03.2026 04:35 👍 950 🔁 561 💬 124 📌 125
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com

04.03.2026 14:44 👍 2335 🔁 1163 💬 74 📌 105
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 👍 8126 🔁 2410 💬 259 📌 524

The headline reads "Meta workers say they're seeing disturbing things through users' smart glasses."

In a moment of uncharacteristic incredulity I assumed it was badly written. Why would Meta *workers* being seeing things through Meta *users'* glasses?

SILLY ME.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

04.03.2026 02:23 👍 283 🔁 93 💬 6 📌 14
"Mustum playa videogameus" translated as "Must play videogames" by Google Translate.

"Mustum playa videogameus" translated as "Must play videogames" by Google Translate.

The funniest thing about modern AI-powered Google Translate is that it will interpret any fake-sounding Latin

03.03.2026 06:28 👍 497 🔁 102 💬 11 📌 6

Henrietta Lacks' immortal cell line was never not-for-profit.

Many people made vast sums of money from it.

Except for the Lacks' family. They had to sue over it.

The 2nd of those lawsuits literally just settled. As in like on Friday.

28.02.2026 23:06 👍 113 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 0
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New Protein Menus Brands like Chipotle, Dunkin, and Starbucks have started offering new protein-dense menu items. Here are more companies making exciting protein-bas...

New piece on @mcsweeneys.net! "New Protein Menus"! People are saying it's "funnier than 'Hamnet'"!

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...

24.02.2026 17:19 👍 89 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 3

no, but I did make an alias so I can do a quick R calculation on the command line : D

24.02.2026 15:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

24.02.2026 10:11 👍 10199 🔁 5126 💬 335 📌 630

Whoa

20.02.2026 14:40 👍 319 🔁 50 💬 21 📌 3

Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...

14.02.2026 22:00 👍 254 🔁 137 💬 5 📌 7

Homeland Security does not want ICE officers to show their faces but wants to see everybody’s social media accounts.

15.02.2026 02:54 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 6 📌 0
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

13.02.2026 05:44 👍 12540 🔁 6207 💬 444 📌 784

Give this post a publishing deal immediately

13.02.2026 12:26 👍 416 🔁 51 💬 3 📌 0
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

12.02.2026 16:31 👍 10353 🔁 3079 💬 162 📌 419
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Pam Bondi brought a document to the Judiciary Committee today that had my search history of the Epstein files on it.

The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. It’s a disgrace and I won’t stand for it.

12.02.2026 01:14 👍 2975 🔁 1060 💬 107 📌 61
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TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.

"Yeah, everyone just go ahead and delete TikTok now if you haven't already."

11.02.2026 03:03 👍 1553 🔁 1099 💬 20 📌 52
A poem titled: "The Smell of Ravens." The poem's text reads:

There is still old snow
beneath the trees,
and rimes of ice
along the fenceposts in the morning.
The air still cracks your lips
and laughs
with the unquiet rasp
of wind-grabbed branches.
The moon is a cold shadow.
The calendar feels dead.

But winter’s heart is breaking.

Day-by-day,
the south-bourne sun sheds
yet more skin,
peeling off the clinging film
of dusk and dawn
to leave some seconds more of light.
At the bottom of the yard
the water crawls the creek bed,
halting and unsteady
like a car-wrecked body
learning how to step.

And there beneath the wind,
wrapped around
the gasping of the maples,

comes the smell of ravens.

A poem titled: "The Smell of Ravens." The poem's text reads: There is still old snow beneath the trees, and rimes of ice along the fenceposts in the morning. The air still cracks your lips and laughs with the unquiet rasp of wind-grabbed branches. The moon is a cold shadow. The calendar feels dead. But winter’s heart is breaking. Day-by-day, the south-bourne sun sheds yet more skin, peeling off the clinging film of dusk and dawn to leave some seconds more of light. At the bottom of the yard the water crawls the creek bed, halting and unsteady like a car-wrecked body learning how to step. And there beneath the wind, wrapped around the gasping of the maples, comes the smell of ravens.

A poem about spring. 'Cause maybe I can manifest it into being.

11.02.2026 02:41 👍 82 🔁 21 💬 5 📌 4

What the hell is happening. No criminal record. Valid work permit. Married to an American. Locked in a cold, dank El Paso detention center for 5 mos. while the U.S. tries to deport him. Why? #Ireland #ICE #immigration

09.02.2026 10:39 👍 104 🔁 43 💬 4 📌 2
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🧬🌍 Abstract submissions for #ISMB2026 are open!
Share new, in-progress, or recently published work with a global audience at the largest international meeting in #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology!

📅 Deadline: April 9

📥 Details: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts

09.02.2026 12:13 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump suggests federal control of elections in ‘some areas’ In a lengthy interview with NBC, the president said he will accept the results of the midterm elections if they are “honest.”

This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop.

Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government.

This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...

05.02.2026 22:46 👍 7998 🔁 2927 💬 406 📌 149

🦠🧪🧬👇

05.02.2026 23:38 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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Playing with sandbox.bio. This was remarkably cathartic.

05.02.2026 23:56 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Portland City Council member

01.02.2026 03:58 👍 2673 🔁 815 💬 23 📌 12
Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
7um Jing
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026. 7um Jing FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35 There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

31.01.2026 20:41 👍 4061 🔁 1500 💬 63 📌 155

Me looking at any analysis I've ever run my life

30.01.2026 05:53 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

“Bark in a typhoon” is a fitting instruction for these days

28.01.2026 04:58 👍 73 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

28.01.2026 01:51 👍 25424 🔁 6950 💬 7 📌 155

To those American academics out there who have chosen to remain silent/mostly silent about the horror going on in the USA these days at every corner of the federal government, please start speaking out and fighting back.

25.01.2026 04:33 👍 193 🔁 45 💬 2 📌 0

they are killing the helpers. the american government is killing the helpers, the people Mr. fucking Rogers talked about.

25.01.2026 07:10 👍 59 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0