The Mouse Husband
@babcockchrism.bsky.social
MSU ‘22
UT Austin ‘28
Lover of rodents who researches alcohol use and social challenges, and aggression. Also an amateur bassist.
UT Austin ‘28
Lover of rodents who researches alcohol use and social challenges, and aggression. Also an amateur bassist.
I read through this on the wiki back in 2023. There are very few stories I’ve enjoyed enough to read a second time. That being said, I look forward to my revisit. @qntm.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I read through this on the wiki back in 2023. There are very few stories I’ve enjoyed enough to read a second time. That being said, I look forward to my revisit. @qntm.org
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The W-index: a novel tool to evaluate gender equity in STEM research https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685415v1
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The W-index: a novel tool to evaluate gender equity in STEM research https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685415v1
All roads lead to Rome. All railroads lead to Chicago.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
All roads lead to Rome. All railroads lead to Chicago.
Fun fact: Despite having been an Halo fan since 2010 when my brother and I got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, I didn’t even know what the Flood was until I played the entirety of the Master Chief Collection in 2020.
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Fun fact: Despite having been an Halo fan since 2010 when my brother and I got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, I didn’t even know what the Flood was until I played the entirety of the Master Chief Collection in 2020.
If I wanted to take revenge on someone, I wouldn’t injure or poison them, nor would I sabotage their reputation. Instead, I’d inject them with a ridiculous amount of allicin so they’d have a very strong taste of garlic in their mouth for a day or more
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If I wanted to take revenge on someone, I wouldn’t injure or poison them, nor would I sabotage their reputation. Instead, I’d inject them with a ridiculous amount of allicin so they’d have a very strong taste of garlic in their mouth for a day or more
HUGE potential breakthrough in neurodegenerative disorders this week—a gene therapy Phase I/II clinical trial shows 75% reduction in Huntington’s onset after 3 years! It isn’t peer-reviewed yet, but this may extend patients’ lifespans from ~45 years to old age! uniqure.gcs-web.com/node/12261/pdf
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September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
HUGE potential breakthrough in neurodegenerative disorders this week—a gene therapy Phase I/II clinical trial shows 75% reduction in Huntington’s onset after 3 years! It isn’t peer-reviewed yet, but this may extend patients’ lifespans from ~45 years to old age! uniqure.gcs-web.com/node/12261/pdf
I think the world would be a better place and people would be generally less awful if everyone worked customer service at least one point in their lives. Make it so you can’t receive your high school diploma until you work at least 240 hours at Domino’s or something
Being a dick to wait staff is 100% a "tell me you've never worked in the service industry without saying you've never worked in the service industry" giveaway
September 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I think the world would be a better place and people would be generally less awful if everyone worked customer service at least one point in their lives. Make it so you can’t receive your high school diploma until you work at least 240 hours at Domino’s or something
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My grandparents are in their late 80's. My grandma reads (or listens to audio books) every day. My grandpa does not. The difference in their cognition is striking.
"Use it or lose it" applies to your brain too.
"Use it or lose it" applies to your brain too.
Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well.
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
publichealthpolicyjournal.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
My grandparents are in their late 80's. My grandma reads (or listens to audio books) every day. My grandpa does not. The difference in their cognition is striking.
"Use it or lose it" applies to your brain too.
"Use it or lose it" applies to your brain too.
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Fun fact you can only find these in the great lakes. I think these also glow under a UV light if I'm not mistaken? But they're fossilized coral - can find em in Lake Michigan. Use a UV flashlight to spot them and Yooperlite - another special MI rock. (I like rocks)
www.youtube.com/shorts/Grdc9...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Grdc9...
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fun fact you can only find these in the great lakes. I think these also glow under a UV light if I'm not mistaken? But they're fossilized coral - can find em in Lake Michigan. Use a UV flashlight to spot them and Yooperlite - another special MI rock. (I like rocks)
www.youtube.com/shorts/Grdc9...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Grdc9...
What originally motivated me to go to grad school was a desire to develop a non-addictive painkiller that was as affective as opioids. My aspirations have changed in the last few years, but it’s very uplifting to see other people are working toward that regardless!
Cannabivarin and Tetrahydrocannabivarin Modulate Nociception via Vanilloid Channels and Cannabinoid-Like Receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669105v1
August 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
What originally motivated me to go to grad school was a desire to develop a non-addictive painkiller that was as affective as opioids. My aspirations have changed in the last few years, but it’s very uplifting to see other people are working toward that regardless!
The cool thing about Microsoft Copilot is that not only does it seem to take more technical knowledge and effort than I’d consider reasonable to fully remove it from your computer, but every time your computer updates, Windows adds it back.
August 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The cool thing about Microsoft Copilot is that not only does it seem to take more technical knowledge and effort than I’d consider reasonable to fully remove it from your computer, but every time your computer updates, Windows adds it back.
If a midwest emo track isn’t made in the the basements of cornfield-adjacent suburbia then it’s just sparkling math rock
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If a midwest emo track isn’t made in the the basements of cornfield-adjacent suburbia then it’s just sparkling math rock
Cool, will there also be a registry for employers who make fake job postings and/or ghost their applicants? No, you say?
House Bill 395 would create an online registry of applicants who don’t show up to job interviews without notice. The bill tasks the Department of Job and Family Services with making a simple way of reporting applicants who don’t show up. https://nbc4i.co/4frqCVZ?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
August 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cool, will there also be a registry for employers who make fake job postings and/or ghost their applicants? No, you say?
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pleased to announce that the McLaughlin Lab will be investing in bird-based backups for our bird genome sequences, we really think this is going to...take off (*sad trombone noise*)
Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system
July 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
pleased to announce that the McLaughlin Lab will be investing in bird-based backups for our bird genome sequences, we really think this is going to...take off (*sad trombone noise*)
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THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it.
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Genuinely the craziest science-related thing I’ve heard in a while
HOW COOL IS THIS? Researchers have developed a DENTAL FLOSS that can DELIVER vaccines THROUGH the gums, a method that could one day offer a NEEDLE-FREE alternative for vaccination. This approach effectively stimulated immunity AND provided FULL protection against a lethal strain of influenza. 🧪🧵⬇️
July 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Genuinely the craziest science-related thing I’ve heard in a while
I was wondering what was going on here on the chemical level and it’s great to know that’s being actively looked into. I’m hopeful there’ll be more work put into how serotonin as a driver for reduced plasticity (if it *is* a driver here) fits into this as well.
Corticosterone drives behavioral inflexibility via plasticity-related gene expression in the dorsal striatum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.24.666631v1
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I was wondering what was going on here on the chemical level and it’s great to know that’s being actively looked into. I’m hopeful there’ll be more work put into how serotonin as a driver for reduced plasticity (if it *is* a driver here) fits into this as well.
#HouseofLeaves’ selection of narrators is kind of amusing. You got a guy whose own house traps him in an infinite labyrinth, and an old blind recluse who presumably gets killed by a mythological creature, but the one having the worst time is the guy just trying to get a book published.
July 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
#HouseofLeaves’ selection of narrators is kind of amusing. You got a guy whose own house traps him in an infinite labyrinth, and an old blind recluse who presumably gets killed by a mythological creature, but the one having the worst time is the guy just trying to get a book published.
![A screenshot of echo-heo’s post on Tumblr on December 14, 2024.
Party rock is¹ in the house [“house” is colored blue] tonight
Everybody just have a good time (Yeah)²
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[in Johnny’s font] ¹Pretty sure it’s “party rockers.”³
²LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” Sorry for Party Rocking, 2011
³It’s “party rockers is.” — Ed.
#house of leaves
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It’s basic but the last Zampanó poem in the Appendix goes so hard. It makes the whole book come together IMO if you buy into the interpretation that Zampanó is just a character made up by Johnny and the only 100% genuine part of the entire book is his mother’s letters.
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s basic but the last Zampanó poem in the Appendix goes so hard. It makes the whole book come together IMO if you buy into the interpretation that Zampanó is just a character made up by Johnny and the only 100% genuine part of the entire book is his mother’s letters.
Johnny Truant
Taking a break on the to-do list today as I descend into the mossy, odiferous depths of gremlinhood
July 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Johnny Truant
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