Adam Gordon
@dnadam.bsky.social
human geneticist, queerdo, mystery solver, gentle giant, big ol’ nerd, ADHD-brained.
He/him
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aJKZ5RYAAAAJ&hl=en
He/him
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aJKZ5RYAAAAJ&hl=en
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
9. M83, “Kim & Jessie” (2012)
dir. Eva Husson
youtu.be/n5cgzcjqOtE
9. M83, “Kim & Jessie” (2012)
dir. Eva Husson
youtu.be/n5cgzcjqOtE
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
9. M83, “Kim & Jessie” (2012)
dir. Eva Husson
youtu.be/n5cgzcjqOtE
9. M83, “Kim & Jessie” (2012)
dir. Eva Husson
youtu.be/n5cgzcjqOtE
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
8. Blood Orange, “You’re Not Good Enough” (2014)
dir. Gia Coppola
youtu.be/7gtdpnKbT10
8. Blood Orange, “You’re Not Good Enough” (2014)
dir. Gia Coppola
youtu.be/7gtdpnKbT10
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
8. Blood Orange, “You’re Not Good Enough” (2014)
dir. Gia Coppola
youtu.be/7gtdpnKbT10
8. Blood Orange, “You’re Not Good Enough” (2014)
dir. Gia Coppola
youtu.be/7gtdpnKbT10
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
7. The Avalanches, “Since I Left You” (2001)
dir. Blue Source
youtu.be/wpqm-05R2Jk
7. The Avalanches, “Since I Left You” (2001)
dir. Blue Source
youtu.be/wpqm-05R2Jk
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
7. The Avalanches, “Since I Left You” (2001)
dir. Blue Source
youtu.be/wpqm-05R2Jk
7. The Avalanches, “Since I Left You” (2001)
dir. Blue Source
youtu.be/wpqm-05R2Jk
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
6. Daft Punk, “Voyager” (2001)
dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi
youtu.be/CqZgd6-xQl8
6. Daft Punk, “Voyager” (2001)
dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi
youtu.be/CqZgd6-xQl8
July 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
6. Daft Punk, “Voyager” (2001)
dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi
youtu.be/CqZgd6-xQl8
6. Daft Punk, “Voyager” (2001)
dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi
youtu.be/CqZgd6-xQl8
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
5. Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife” (2013)
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
youtu.be/VG1VVFfOnYQ
5. Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife” (2013)
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
youtu.be/VG1VVFfOnYQ
July 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
5. Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife” (2013)
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
youtu.be/VG1VVFfOnYQ
5. Fiona Apple, “Hot Knife” (2013)
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
youtu.be/VG1VVFfOnYQ
Reposted by Adam Gordon
Just published! ACMG SF v3.3 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical #exome and #genome #sequencing. This 2025 update adds 3 genes - ABCD1, CYP27A1, and PLN - to the recommended minimum gene list with a description of the factors considered. #genetics bit.ly/40jQv3C
June 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just published! ACMG SF v3.3 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical #exome and #genome #sequencing. This 2025 update adds 3 genes - ABCD1, CYP27A1, and PLN - to the recommended minimum gene list with a description of the factors considered. #genetics bit.ly/40jQv3C
This is true for NHGRI as well
June 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is true for NHGRI as well
Reposted by Adam Gordon
Seeing lots in my feed today referencing the @cos.io statement and @theguardian.com op-ed on gold standard science, and IMHO most people are worrying about the wrong thing -- it's not *closing down* the flow of science into policy that worries me, it's a radical *opening up* of data for reanalysis
May 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Seeing lots in my feed today referencing the @cos.io statement and @theguardian.com op-ed on gold standard science, and IMHO most people are worrying about the wrong thing -- it's not *closing down* the flow of science into policy that worries me, it's a radical *opening up* of data for reanalysis
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
4. Animal Collective, “Brother Sport” (2010)
dir. Jack Kubizne
youtu.be/MGQjyGT1-mc
4. Animal Collective, “Brother Sport” (2010)
dir. Jack Kubizne
youtu.be/MGQjyGT1-mc
May 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
4. Animal Collective, “Brother Sport” (2010)
dir. Jack Kubizne
youtu.be/MGQjyGT1-mc
4. Animal Collective, “Brother Sport” (2010)
dir. Jack Kubizne
youtu.be/MGQjyGT1-mc
Double-grabbing the future with Frame-Perfect Policy
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Double-grabbing the future with Frame-Perfect Policy
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
3. Bee Gees, “Too Much Heaven” (1979)
dir. Martin Pitts
youtu.be/nREV8bQJ1MA
3. Bee Gees, “Too Much Heaven” (1979)
dir. Martin Pitts
youtu.be/nREV8bQJ1MA
May 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
3. Bee Gees, “Too Much Heaven” (1979)
dir. Martin Pitts
youtu.be/nREV8bQJ1MA
3. Bee Gees, “Too Much Heaven” (1979)
dir. Martin Pitts
youtu.be/nREV8bQJ1MA
If ‘cilia’ is allowed then ‘ciliate’ MUST be allowed too and yes I will die on this hill
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If ‘cilia’ is allowed then ‘ciliate’ MUST be allowed too and yes I will die on this hill
May 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am a Northwestern faculty impacted just how you describe. My research - including an active trial
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
May 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am a Northwestern faculty impacted just how you describe. My research - including an active trial
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
That’s true about its origins - and we absolutely should work to reduce sugar consumption too - but fluoridation *works,* and is not associated with any risks to health, as this study comparing fluoridated and non-fluoridated regions in the UK clearly shows
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Community water fluoridation and health outcomes in England: a cross‐sectional study
Background Six million people in England live in areas where the level of fluoride in water is adjusted to reduce the significant public health burden of dental caries. The dental effects of fluorid...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
That’s true about its origins - and we absolutely should work to reduce sugar consumption too - but fluoridation *works,* and is not associated with any risks to health, as this study comparing fluoridated and non-fluoridated regions in the UK clearly shows
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Ah yes, the r-squared must be around negative eleventy-q
April 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ah yes, the r-squared must be around negative eleventy-q
Every day is 100 days now
April 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Every day is 100 days now
Reposted by Adam Gordon
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Reposted by Adam Gordon
the autoconclave can sterilize any cardinals still tainted by original sin in 30 minutes
April 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
the autoconclave can sterilize any cardinals still tainted by original sin in 30 minutes
This is why he’s gutting the National Human Genome Research Institute, which for years has worked to disrupt this awful pseudoscience of genetic determinism and to build the evidence and infrastructure for equitable genome-informed public health
April 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is why he’s gutting the National Human Genome Research Institute, which for years has worked to disrupt this awful pseudoscience of genetic determinism and to build the evidence and infrastructure for equitable genome-informed public health
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
2. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2001)
dir. Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry
youtu.be/0S43IwBF0uM
2. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2001)
dir. Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry
youtu.be/0S43IwBF0uM
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
2. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2001)
dir. Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry
youtu.be/0S43IwBF0uM
2. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (2001)
dir. Michel Gondry & Olivier Gondry
youtu.be/0S43IwBF0uM
Brutalist Spite Library is my new indie band name
April 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Brutalist Spite Library is my new indie band name
They’re dismantling NHGRI
April 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
They’re dismantling NHGRI
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
1. Annie Lennox, No More “I Love You’s” (1995)
dir. Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer
youtu.be/NSkboTTTmpg?...
1. Annie Lennox, No More “I Love You’s” (1995)
dir. Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer
youtu.be/NSkboTTTmpg?...
Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's" (Official Video)
YouTube video by AnnieLennoxVEVO
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Perfect Music Videos, in no particular order:
1. Annie Lennox, No More “I Love You’s” (1995)
dir. Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer
youtu.be/NSkboTTTmpg?...
1. Annie Lennox, No More “I Love You’s” (1995)
dir. Annie Lennox & Joe Dyer
youtu.be/NSkboTTTmpg?...