Drew Steen
@drewsteen.bsky.social
I do science about the ocean, organic carbon, weird microbes and their enzymes. Associate Prof, Marine and Environmental Biology, USC. He/him.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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For anyone else whose Mac Outlook 365 has started making regular, massive faux pas through Autocorrect recently: Start typing new email > Edit > Spelling and Grammar > uncheck 'Correct Spelling Automatically'. Literally just called a new collaborator Baby because of this ... 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For anyone else whose Mac Outlook 365 has started making regular, massive faux pas through Autocorrect recently: Start typing new email > Edit > Spelling and Grammar > uncheck 'Correct Spelling Automatically'. Literally just called a new collaborator Baby because of this ... 🙄
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Look who made the crossword!
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Look who made the crossword!
This looks like a really promising postdoc
📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Postdoc on microbial oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones
Application deadline: 17 November 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This looks like a really promising postdoc
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📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Postdoc on microbial oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones
Application deadline: 17 November 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣Postdoc opportunity @nordcee.bsky.social , University of Southern Denmark! 📣
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
Join us and work with Bo Thamdrup and me on microbial dark oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones!
Please share widely!
Deadline: 17 November
More information can be found here:
tinyurl.com/2vuur3wh
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prewriting someone else’s obituary that tears them apart before dying yourself is some incredible work. i am in awe. she might be dead but it didn’t stop her from eulogizing him with two middle fingers up
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
prewriting someone else’s obituary that tears them apart before dying yourself is some incredible work. i am in awe. she might be dead but it didn’t stop her from eulogizing him with two middle fingers up
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Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.
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From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's always excellent baseball newsletter. Is it a newsletter? A blog? What is life? Not sure, but I like it and he's right.
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's always excellent baseball newsletter. Is it a newsletter? A blog? What is life? Not sure, but I like it and he's right.
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can’t get past this:
both Will Smiths were eliminated from championship contention on 10/10/19
Gemini Man (movie where Will Smith fights Will Smith) was released 10/11/19
neither Will Smith won a championship before then
a Will Smith has won the championship every year since then
both Will Smiths were eliminated from championship contention on 10/10/19
Gemini Man (movie where Will Smith fights Will Smith) was released 10/11/19
neither Will Smith won a championship before then
a Will Smith has won the championship every year since then
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
can’t get past this:
both Will Smiths were eliminated from championship contention on 10/10/19
Gemini Man (movie where Will Smith fights Will Smith) was released 10/11/19
neither Will Smith won a championship before then
a Will Smith has won the championship every year since then
both Will Smiths were eliminated from championship contention on 10/10/19
Gemini Man (movie where Will Smith fights Will Smith) was released 10/11/19
neither Will Smith won a championship before then
a Will Smith has won the championship every year since then
I am 100% sure they have read it but have zero reading comprehension
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I am 100% sure they have read it but have zero reading comprehension
Dodgers paid immigrants what they’re worth, more than they could make in their home country, and it worked out pretty great
The Dodgers have already made their money back on the money they’ve promised Ohtani and Yamamoto due to ticket/merch sales and Japanese sponsorships.
Any team could have done this!
Ohtani deferred his contract and offered the same terms to everyone!
Any team could have done this!
Ohtani deferred his contract and offered the same terms to everyone!
Guys like Freddie and Ohtani and Mookie are also there because the Dodgers were the organization willing to pay workers their fair market value as opposed to most of the rest of the league working as a cartel to depress worker pay!
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dodgers paid immigrants what they’re worth, more than they could make in their home country, and it worked out pretty great
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Build the entire plane out of Yamamoto.
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Build the entire plane out of Yamamoto.
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Today would’ve been Fernando Valenzuela’s bday. It’s also Dia de Los Muertos. Hope you enjoy the game💙
a man wearing a dodgers jersey and a helmet
Alt: Go Dodgers!!!
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today would’ve been Fernando Valenzuela’s bday. It’s also Dia de Los Muertos. Hope you enjoy the game💙
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I'm sure no one wants to hear it from me but condolences to the Jays fans, an absolutely incredible season, a juggernaut of a team that deserved to win
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm sure no one wants to hear it from me but condolences to the Jays fans, an absolutely incredible season, a juggernaut of a team that deserved to win
He kinda was right?
Dave Roberts thinks he's in a movie
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
He kinda was right?
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Re-watching the ninth inning. It appears Blue Jays Chris Bassit drew #51 on his cap for Dodger Alex Vesia.
What a class act.
What a class act.
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Re-watching the ninth inning. It appears Blue Jays Chris Bassit drew #51 on his cap for Dodger Alex Vesia.
What a class act.
What a class act.
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re: Glasnow
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
re: Glasnow
New frontiers in frustrating football
This Bill Belichick UNC team is so cursed they’re outgaining their opponent 103 to negative 8 and losing
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
New frontiers in frustrating football
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This Bill Belichick UNC team is so cursed they’re outgaining their opponent 103 to negative 8 and losing
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This Bill Belichick UNC team is so cursed they’re outgaining their opponent 103 to negative 8 and losing
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
I KNEW there was a reason I love this show
I enjoy "The Diplomat," in that it is just a soap opera/romantic comedy hybrid written in such a way that it is exquisitely micro-targeted at my personal demographic of "annoying wonks"
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I KNEW there was a reason I love this show
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No there isn’t you Vichy bastards
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
No there isn’t you Vichy bastards
I am haunted by the thought (fact?) that I would have been VERY receptive to that stuff at that age
Here’s my hot take that is actually hot; if you have a middle class white cis male straight kid who is struggling starting at 11 or 12 there is a whole right wing internet community targeting them and that’s how early it starts
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I am haunted by the thought (fact?) that I would have been VERY receptive to that stuff at that age
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Here’s my hot take that is actually hot; if you have a middle class white cis male straight kid who is struggling starting at 11 or 12 there is a whole right wing internet community targeting them and that’s how early it starts
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Here’s my hot take that is actually hot; if you have a middle class white cis male straight kid who is struggling starting at 11 or 12 there is a whole right wing internet community targeting them and that’s how early it starts