Bert Gold, PhD
@bgphd.bsky.social
Molecular Geneticist, Bioinformatics Expert, Connector, Polymath
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Bert Gold, PhD
@bgphd.bsky.social
· Aug 28
"Totalitarian" is the word Eric Sevareid used to describe the Axis countries during WWII. It is the word I use now to describe the US.
This is why the emails of Senators and Congresspeople are no longer public, and you have to fill out a form. They know they are crooked, and they don't want the public to express their outrage directly to them.
We aren't a democracy anymore.
We aren't a democracy anymore.
WATCH: “Every Republican voted to keep a payola provision to send millions to individual senators bank accounts. IT’S CORRUPTION.”
The @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty payday WILL be in the funding bill. Truly obscene & shameless even for them.
The @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty payday WILL be in the funding bill. Truly obscene & shameless even for them.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is why the emails of Senators and Congresspeople are no longer public, and you have to fill out a form. They know they are crooked, and they don't want the public to express their outrage directly to them.
We aren't a democracy anymore.
We aren't a democracy anymore.
My HS closest friend and I are estranged because he voted for a child sex offender.
Probably most of MAGA won't care.
But, that kind of morals is not something I can be near.
Probably most of MAGA won't care.
But, that kind of morals is not something I can be near.
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My HS closest friend and I are estranged because he voted for a child sex offender.
Probably most of MAGA won't care.
But, that kind of morals is not something I can be near.
Probably most of MAGA won't care.
But, that kind of morals is not something I can be near.
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Stop saying "eight of them folded"
They picked who would fold.
Maybe not all but most are in on this.
They picked who would fold.
Maybe not all but most are in on this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Stop saying "eight of them folded"
They picked who would fold.
Maybe not all but most are in on this.
They picked who would fold.
Maybe not all but most are in on this.
Free Sarah Kendzior!
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Free Sarah Kendzior!
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To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
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There is no universe in which Senate Republicans vote to extend ACA subsidies.
It. Will. Not. Happen.
All Senate Democrats can do is make it excruciatingly clear to the American people that this is the logical consequence of giving Republicans complete control of the government.
It. Will. Not. Happen.
All Senate Democrats can do is make it excruciatingly clear to the American people that this is the logical consequence of giving Republicans complete control of the government.
The Senate has rejected a plan from Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-WI to extend the expiring Obamacare health insurance subsidies for 1 year. Party line vote.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no universe in which Senate Republicans vote to extend ACA subsidies.
It. Will. Not. Happen.
All Senate Democrats can do is make it excruciatingly clear to the American people that this is the logical consequence of giving Republicans complete control of the government.
It. Will. Not. Happen.
All Senate Democrats can do is make it excruciatingly clear to the American people that this is the logical consequence of giving Republicans complete control of the government.
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Since the Democratic Party is peddling bullshit by caving,
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Since the Democratic Party is peddling bullshit by caving,
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Since the Democratic Party is peddling bullshit by caving,
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Since the Democratic Party is peddling bullshit by caving,
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
I will not give them a penny in the foreseeable future.
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My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
Democrats caved.
What else is new?
The left in this country is very weak.
What else is new?
The left in this country is very weak.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Democrats caved.
What else is new?
The left in this country is very weak.
What else is new?
The left in this country is very weak.
The madman in the Whitehouse wants 50 Governors and 50 State Legislatures to deny benefits to hungry people.
When will this craziness stop?
When will this craziness stop?
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The madman in the Whitehouse wants 50 Governors and 50 State Legislatures to deny benefits to hungry people.
When will this craziness stop?
When will this craziness stop?
Ketanji Brown Jackson did the wrong thing today.
In other words, she didn't want to 'rock the boat'.
Fuck, that, shit!
In other words, she didn't want to 'rock the boat'.
Fuck, that, shit!
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ketanji Brown Jackson did the wrong thing today.
In other words, she didn't want to 'rock the boat'.
Fuck, that, shit!
In other words, she didn't want to 'rock the boat'.
Fuck, that, shit!
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Watson was an opportunist. He took advantage of Crick’s command of crystallography and managed to get access to Franklin’s experimental data including the famous Photography 51 which reveal a simple cross-like diffraction pattern of DNA in high humidity.
15/41
15/41
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Watson was an opportunist. He took advantage of Crick’s command of crystallography and managed to get access to Franklin’s experimental data including the famous Photography 51 which reveal a simple cross-like diffraction pattern of DNA in high humidity.
15/41
15/41
Even the liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has earned my ire today.
Have you ever been hungry and had no money to buy food?
I have.
But, apparently the Roberts Supreme Court has not.
These elitists make decisions that subjugate the rest of us.
America is fucked up.
Have you ever been hungry and had no money to buy food?
I have.
But, apparently the Roberts Supreme Court has not.
These elitists make decisions that subjugate the rest of us.
America is fucked up.
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Even the liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has earned my ire today.
Have you ever been hungry and had no money to buy food?
I have.
But, apparently the Roberts Supreme Court has not.
These elitists make decisions that subjugate the rest of us.
America is fucked up.
Have you ever been hungry and had no money to buy food?
I have.
But, apparently the Roberts Supreme Court has not.
These elitists make decisions that subjugate the rest of us.
America is fucked up.
Donald J. Trump is asking the United States Supreme Court to give him the authority to deny food to the hungry.
What a fucking idiot!
What a fucking idiot!
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Donald J. Trump is asking the United States Supreme Court to give him the authority to deny food to the hungry.
What a fucking idiot!
What a fucking idiot!
My experience with several LLMs leads me to conclude that optimizing code is efficient, but publishing it is not. As in many other areas of computation, the difficulty lies in proper input-output. The output of the revised code is often filled with publishing errors. #AI #LLM #CODE
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The code-publishing functions in ChatGPT5 have recently become EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE and BUGGY.
The insertion of errant punctuation at the left margin (remnants of ChatGPT5 self-talk) makes Python unusable.
The insertion of errant punctuation at the left margin (remnants of ChatGPT5 self-talk) makes Python unusable.
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The code-publishing functions in ChatGPT5 have recently become EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE and BUGGY.
The insertion of errant punctuation at the left margin (remnants of ChatGPT5 self-talk) makes Python unusable.
The insertion of errant punctuation at the left margin (remnants of ChatGPT5 self-talk) makes Python unusable.
Only in America can a President refuse to feed his people.
Only a criminal could do that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Only a criminal could do that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Only in America can a President refuse to feed his people.
Only a criminal could do that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Only a criminal could do that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Elon Musk's one trillion-dollar pay is a massive challenge to American democracy. That is 1/6 of the Budget of the US Federal Government. So, yes, they accomplished their goal of of getting government: "get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub" - Grover Norquist
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Elon Musk's one trillion-dollar pay is a massive challenge to American democracy. That is 1/6 of the Budget of the US Federal Government. So, yes, they accomplished their goal of of getting government: "get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub" - Grover Norquist
Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic in 40 Major Markets if Shutdown Continues
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
It's true that the only way that the Republicans can win is to cheat:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Republicans File Lawsuit in Attempt to Block California’s New House Maps
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's true that the only way that the Republicans can win is to cheat:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Assholes trying to delegitimize American democracy. If the crybabies can't win, they call the election flawed. And then they mount an insurrection.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Republicans Reprise Unfounded Claims of Widespread Election Interference
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Assholes trying to delegitimize American democracy. If the crybabies can't win, they call the election flawed. And then they mount an insurrection.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...