Dan Gates
@dangatesj.bsky.social
Plant biology, bioinformatics, data science, academia, and industry
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after a scary start, both competitors in the skeleton death luge are off to a scary middle run. stay tuned before what will surely be a scary conclusion
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
after a scary start, both competitors in the skeleton death luge are off to a scary middle run. stay tuned before what will surely be a scary conclusion
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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The Olympics is just me reading gatherings of words I've never read before
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The Olympics is just me reading gatherings of words I've never read before
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TIL: We can apparently engineer E. coli to handle the key steps needed to synthesize acetaminophen (Tylenol) starting from PETE (plastic recycling number 1). This opens up some *very* interesting potential bioremediation angles to the plastics problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X...
Tylenol Is Made From Crude Oil. Can We Change That?
YouTube video by SciShow
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
TIL: We can apparently engineer E. coli to handle the key steps needed to synthesize acetaminophen (Tylenol) starting from PETE (plastic recycling number 1). This opens up some *very* interesting potential bioremediation angles to the plastics problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X...
It has been decided that the baby momma compound works better if it’s 238,000 miles from the nearest lawyer
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It has been decided that the baby momma compound works better if it’s 238,000 miles from the nearest lawyer
This needs to be called out for what it really is: a direct attack on our opening sentence
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This needs to be called out for what it really is: a direct attack on our opening sentence
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I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:
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Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
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We’ve paid rent for over 270 households so far in February and we currently have a waitlist that totals over $30,000.
We distributed rents one by one.
We can’t even think about March rent yet.
You can help us here: gofund.me/5d4d1a571
We distributed rents one by one.
We can’t even think about March rent yet.
You can help us here: gofund.me/5d4d1a571
February 7, 2026 at 5:48 AM
We’ve paid rent for over 270 households so far in February and we currently have a waitlist that totals over $30,000.
We distributed rents one by one.
We can’t even think about March rent yet.
You can help us here: gofund.me/5d4d1a571
We distributed rents one by one.
We can’t even think about March rent yet.
You can help us here: gofund.me/5d4d1a571
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Just put me on a flaming raft and push it out to sea.
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Just put me on a flaming raft and push it out to sea.
If Jesse Pinkman brokered a deal with the King of Scottsdale and casting rolled that dude out even Vince Gilligan would say that’s too on the nose
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If Jesse Pinkman brokered a deal with the King of Scottsdale and casting rolled that dude out even Vince Gilligan would say that’s too on the nose
Before this moment I never considered the King of Scottsdale Arizona but the most miraculous thing occurred. In the milliseconds between reading that phrase and looking at the accompanying image my brain perfectly 100% accurately predicted what I was about to see
Big weekend for Clavicular. His cortisol levels were spiked by foids while he was jestergooning and chadfishing in the club. And then he got ragebaited by the King of Scottsdale.
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Before this moment I never considered the King of Scottsdale Arizona but the most miraculous thing occurred. In the milliseconds between reading that phrase and looking at the accompanying image my brain perfectly 100% accurately predicted what I was about to see
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did he skate to "my own worst enemy"
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
did he skate to "my own worst enemy"
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We are watching in real time who some scientists are willing to sacrifice in favor of access to funding: early career researchers, trainees, scientists from historically excluded groups and immigrants.
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We are watching in real time who some scientists are willing to sacrifice in favor of access to funding: early career researchers, trainees, scientists from historically excluded groups and immigrants.
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
The wife is growing concerned about the number of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that get consumed during a remote work day
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The wife is growing concerned about the number of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that get consumed during a remote work day
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"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist @jarosenfield.bsky.social describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan.
Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
State water regulators are moving forward with the Bay Delta Plan, despite concerns that cities and farms will pump too much water and leave California’s delta in ecological decline.
A long-awaited California water policy promises balance. Opponents call it an ‘extinction plan’
State water regulators are moving forward with the Bay Delta Plan, despite concerns that cities and farms will pump too much water and leave California’s delta in ecological decline.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist @jarosenfield.bsky.social describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan.
Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
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personally I think fish sauce should be the eighth kitchen tap, after hot water, cold water, sparkling water, espresso, dashi, One Long Noodle, One Long Udon Noodle, California roll, ice cream, One Long French Fry, and the fresh mozzarella taps
fish sauce and chili peppers are her go-to for inflexible ingredients? really?
why are we like this in america
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
personally I think fish sauce should be the eighth kitchen tap, after hot water, cold water, sparkling water, espresso, dashi, One Long Noodle, One Long Udon Noodle, California roll, ice cream, One Long French Fry, and the fresh mozzarella taps
The whole sociology department is tanking so they can get Wembanyama next year
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
The whole sociology department is tanking so they can get Wembanyama next year
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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How does population density affect evolutionary trajectory?
Microbes construct their own niche which in turn reshapes their evolution.
Preprint drop from grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social whose evolution experiments featured blue/white colonies, 1000 generations, a lab move, and much more!
Microbes construct their own niche which in turn reshapes their evolution.
Preprint drop from grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social whose evolution experiments featured blue/white colonies, 1000 generations, a lab move, and much more!
Interested in eco-evolutionary feedbacks? Microbial experimental evolution? Pleiotropy? Filamentous phages??
Check out our latest preprint, now up on BioRxiv!
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
For a quick summary, peep the thread below...🧵 (1/10)
Check out our latest preprint, now up on BioRxiv!
biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
For a quick summary, peep the thread below...🧵 (1/10)
biorxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
How does population density affect evolutionary trajectory?
Microbes construct their own niche which in turn reshapes their evolution.
Preprint drop from grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social whose evolution experiments featured blue/white colonies, 1000 generations, a lab move, and much more!
Microbes construct their own niche which in turn reshapes their evolution.
Preprint drop from grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social whose evolution experiments featured blue/white colonies, 1000 generations, a lab move, and much more!
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sports coverage is not about box scores anymore. it's about power and politics and corruption and sovereign wealth and real estate and the use of taxpayer money and the most publicized labor disputes in the country and yes, sometimes about ball go in hoop
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
sports coverage is not about box scores anymore. it's about power and politics and corruption and sovereign wealth and real estate and the use of taxpayer money and the most publicized labor disputes in the country and yes, sometimes about ball go in hoop
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the great joke of this era of unprecedented abundance is that our elite universities could easily solve this "problem" by being bigger, but the point of elite universities is not to ensure that kids go to good schools but to ensure that the right people's kids are the ones who go to the good schools
Helen Andrews, who once accused @adamserwer.bsky.social of writing the "most toxic piece of journalism" of the era and who recently argued that women are basically the main problem, is currently waxing rhapsodic about how the issue with Asian Americans is that they are too good at school.
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
the great joke of this era of unprecedented abundance is that our elite universities could easily solve this "problem" by being bigger, but the point of elite universities is not to ensure that kids go to good schools but to ensure that the right people's kids are the ones who go to the good schools
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The things this guy thinks to be exculpatory are themselves profoundly damning of his entire intellectual enterprise & standing as a morally reasoning person. It’s amazing to read stuff like this: a dispatch from another academic world that is, darkly, also the one my friends & I must live in too
Live your life so that you never have to publish an op-ed in the campus newspaper about your connection with Jeffrey Epstein dukechronicle.com/article/my-c...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The things this guy thinks to be exculpatory are themselves profoundly damning of his entire intellectual enterprise & standing as a morally reasoning person. It’s amazing to read stuff like this: a dispatch from another academic world that is, darkly, also the one my friends & I must live in too