Benoit Bruneau
@benoitbruneau.bsky.social
Cardiac developmental biologist. Oakland and San Francisco. Hi friends! 🇨🇦
watching the Woman in Cabin 10 (across the street from the girl in the window and passing the woman on a train)
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
watching the Woman in Cabin 10 (across the street from the girl in the window and passing the woman on a train)
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The effing quack is going to be the end of me (and likely many other people including babies).
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Kennedy says adding folic acid to tortillas is “waging war” against poor residents. Folic acid has long been added to cereal and bread and the CDC website currently says it’s safe for those with the mutation mentioned in the thread Kennedy is replying to.
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The effing quack is going to be the end of me (and likely many other people including babies).
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
where's my gift? asks Lola
December 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
where's my gift? asks Lola
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This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots
Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!
Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
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Right in the Asimovs
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Right in the Asimovs
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If you were wondering - though I’m not sure why - yes, mosquitoes can fly in the rain.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/1110.3051
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/1110.3051
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you were wondering - though I’m not sure why - yes, mosquitoes can fly in the rain.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/1110.3051
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/1110.3051
Jonathan carrying a cassette of A Love Supreme is the plot twist I'm waiting for
December 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Jonathan carrying a cassette of A Love Supreme is the plot twist I'm waiting for
@hitenmadhani.bsky.social don't go driving now. Sure it's great to be on the cover of the New York Times, but still... www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Flood risks remain after storm lashes California on Christmas Day
Days into an atmospheric river event that has deluged the state since the weekend, officials warned of heavy rains and flood risks in Southern California.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@hitenmadhani.bsky.social don't go driving now. Sure it's great to be on the cover of the New York Times, but still... www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
I love avocados even more now! So @mbeisen.bsky.social? Gonna eat one now?
I’ll never look at avocados in quite the same way: The latest from UC Berkeley Miller Fellow Jeff Groh who sits in my lab and Ben Blackman’s lab. He works on balancing selection and molecular mechanisms underlying the coevolutionary phenomenon of mating type alternation (PhD with Graham Koop).
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695989v1
December 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I love avocados even more now! So @mbeisen.bsky.social? Gonna eat one now?
GOAT
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
GOAT
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Mais aussi peut-être, j'en ai peur, un vieux fond raciste : les Occidentaux ont l'intellect pour concevoir, la Chine etc. ce sont des exécutants. Et on est surpris et on se sent floué quand l'exécutant conçoit ses propres systèmes.
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Mais aussi peut-être, j'en ai peur, un vieux fond raciste : les Occidentaux ont l'intellect pour concevoir, la Chine etc. ce sont des exécutants. Et on est surpris et on se sent floué quand l'exécutant conçoit ses propres systèmes.
reminds me of someone I know, a colleague perhaps? Can't put my finger on it....
john waters' 1995 christmas card with steve buscemi as him
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
reminds me of someone I know, a colleague perhaps? Can't put my finger on it....
Playing synth emulators with my guitar via MIDI Guitar 2: no need for hex pickup, direct into A/D converter. It’s a Christmas miracle!
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Playing synth emulators with my guitar via MIDI Guitar 2: no need for hex pickup, direct into A/D converter. It’s a Christmas miracle!
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Christmas Eve, 2025
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Christmas Eve, 2025
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
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I have just now learned that the German version of Jingle Bells is called Schlittenfahrt and the holidays are henceforth forever changed
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I have just now learned that the German version of Jingle Bells is called Schlittenfahrt and the holidays are henceforth forever changed
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don’t wrap presents on the floor without a plan on how to get back up
December 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
don’t wrap presents on the floor without a plan on how to get back up
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Cry more, whiny asses...
Taylor Swift has donated $1 million dollars to the AHA.
From the American Heart Association:
🫶 Thank you, Taylor Swift, for your generous gift! We remain "Fearless" in our relentless commitment to prevent heart disease and stroke. Every donation we receive is an honor.
Taylor Swift has donated $1 million dollars to the AHA.
From the American Heart Association:
🫶 Thank you, Taylor Swift, for your generous gift! We remain "Fearless" in our relentless commitment to prevent heart disease and stroke. Every donation we receive is an honor.
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Cry more, whiny asses...
Taylor Swift has donated $1 million dollars to the AHA.
From the American Heart Association:
🫶 Thank you, Taylor Swift, for your generous gift! We remain "Fearless" in our relentless commitment to prevent heart disease and stroke. Every donation we receive is an honor.
Taylor Swift has donated $1 million dollars to the AHA.
From the American Heart Association:
🫶 Thank you, Taylor Swift, for your generous gift! We remain "Fearless" in our relentless commitment to prevent heart disease and stroke. Every donation we receive is an honor.
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my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)
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Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse on Tuesday said he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. https://to.pbs.org/49cDtIV
Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse says he has stage-four pancreatic cancer
Sasse expressed determination to fight the disease, highlighting advancements in immunotherapy and other treatments as part of his hope.
www.pbs.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
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Have you seen our latest Science in Seconds video?
Seth Shipman and his team recently identified seven new retrons from environmental bacteria by sampling soil and water in nature
Seth Shipman and his team recently identified seven new retrons from environmental bacteria by sampling soil and water in nature
Science in Seconds | Researchers Discover New Bacterial Immune Systems
Seth Shipman and his team recently identified seven new retrons from environmental bacteria by sampling soil and water in nature.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Have you seen our latest Science in Seconds video?
Seth Shipman and his team recently identified seven new retrons from environmental bacteria by sampling soil and water in nature
Seth Shipman and his team recently identified seven new retrons from environmental bacteria by sampling soil and water in nature
such sad new. Any impending death is tragic. This one hits home. I wish his family courage.
Former Sen. Ben Sasse announces that he has been diagnosed with "metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer," writing in an X post that the diagnosis is "a death sentence."
Former Sen. Ben Sasse says he was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer
Sasse wrote in an X post that he learned about the diagnosis last week, calling it a "death sentence."
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
such sad new. Any impending death is tragic. This one hits home. I wish his family courage.
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This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
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Exciting new paper out! @allanaschooley.bsky.social and Sergey Venev led this project that let to the discovery of two chromosome folding programs: one inherited via mitotic chromosomes and one mitotic inherited through the cytoplasm!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interphase chromosome conformation is specified by distinct folding programmes inherited through mitotic chromosomes or the cytoplasm - Nature Cell Biology
Schooley et al. find that mitotically bookmarked loci drive a transient chromosome folding state during G1 entry that is subsequently modulated by factors inherited through the cytoplasm.
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Exciting new paper out! @allanaschooley.bsky.social and Sergey Venev led this project that let to the discovery of two chromosome folding programs: one inherited via mitotic chromosomes and one mitotic inherited through the cytoplasm!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Move deliberately and fix things
It's like some people can't conceive of moving slowly and taking care with things... you don't have to move fast and break everything. You just don't. You can be methodical. You can take care.
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Move deliberately and fix things