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Jason Williams
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Assist Dir. @DNALC @CSHL

Engineering 66%
Biology 15%

A message to all the haters

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I assure you, if I had known, things would be different. They would have been different.

Thanks for amplifying my embarrassment.

My clickbait knows me.

I have no doubt they will perceive this as the punishment Sailor Moon constantly threatens her enemies with.

There must be an anime convention’s worth of cosplay outfits you can wear.

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Meanwhile, over at NSF…
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org

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It also won't reduce the burden on POs! Any PO with a conscience will not have to read every grant they receive and think hard about the relative merits of each one. (3/5)
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Breakfast: Homemade coconut bun, and cha siu roast pork bun.

You think you can leave us? Just like that? I know you feel that creature inside. It’s hungry. And it’s patient.

Trust your instincts.

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The NIH is seeking leadership via Facebook ad. The comments are spectacular.

www.facebook.com/share/1AAWyg...
Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.

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The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—

They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
This is a London attempt to trap unwary New Yorkers

Their culture and traditions are dangerous. Look up pork roll.

Staten Island ferry, or the NJ side of any bridge is where I turn back.

Monitoring for when you are tagging the episodes with 1000+ watches.

It’s been a while because it’s a journey to make, but well worth it!

Tomorrow’s soup croutons.

Pretty outrageous.

Dinner: Lamb gyro on homemade pita.

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🎉🧪 Some rare GOOD news (🙃): the National Defense Authorization Act language that's just been released seems to have eliminated the "SAFE Research Act," which would have barred any scientist from federal funding if they had Chinese collaborations in the last 5 years rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
rules.house.gov

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I’m not a big investor, but how does one buy stock in Hep B specifically?
Death by starvation is turning out to be at least as bad as death by firing squad. Because we have no termination notice, everyone is struggling to apply for bridge funding, and no one is stepping in to save our work, because our project "still exists" even as our labs' bank accounts hit zero. /5

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I wish I could say "the work, at least, will continue" with a straight face. But the people driving this project are (mostly early-career) researchers who U.S. face funding shortages across the board. In-progress work will be lost on fundamental bio, climate change, and pandemic risk assessment /4