Seth Borrowman🧬
@epistatic.bsky.social
Viral evolution, computational bio, molecular epidemiology; anti-eugenics, bird nerd, used to run, he/they
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I just converted to Catholicism. Here's why I think the pope is too woke.
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just converted to Catholicism. Here's why I think the pope is too woke.
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Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
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people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
fake evo-psych has cooked a lot of people's brains
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
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Essential genetics debunking of very entrenched myths.
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
May 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Essential genetics debunking of very entrenched myths.
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
Worth also noting that many of these came initially from the labs of US eugenicists, for whom monogenic traits had to explain everything so their proposed policies would ‘work’
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It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
April 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute.
A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
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The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
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Well worth a read. Not because of the content - it's total horseshit - but because it's a prime example of what happens when you mix anti-science, conspiracism, arrogance, and a total lack of expertise.
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid (Gift Article)
The same dangerous mistakes. The same lack of candor.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Well worth a read. Not because of the content - it's total horseshit - but because it's a prime example of what happens when you mix anti-science, conspiracism, arrogance, and a total lack of expertise.
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
The US is talking about mass sterilisation – again
A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse – his country has been here before
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A senior US government official has called for “lower quality humans” to be sterilised en masse.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
It’s disgusting & terrifying. And America has been here before.
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people that live in chicago love to be like “i love living in chicago”
February 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
people that live in chicago love to be like “i love living in chicago”
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Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say
The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.
www.wbez.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
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I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.
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i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
February 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
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Really wild how people continue to act like RFK Jr.’s problem is his remote history of heroin addiction in sustained recovery and not the fact that he’s a sociopathic, science denying, con artist, who wants kids to die so he can make a buck, which has nothing to do with him using heroin decades ago.
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Really wild how people continue to act like RFK Jr.’s problem is his remote history of heroin addiction in sustained recovery and not the fact that he’s a sociopathic, science denying, con artist, who wants kids to die so he can make a buck, which has nothing to do with him using heroin decades ago.
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
February 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
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Umm…the the core resource for ALL molecular biology research in the US is down 🧪
Can other people access NIH’s NCBI nucleotide database? Does NCBI as a whole seems to be missing data? Please tell me this is just me. Please tell me this is a normal glitch.
Can other people access NIH’s NCBI nucleotide database? Does NCBI as a whole seems to be missing data? Please tell me this is just me. Please tell me this is a normal glitch.
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Umm…the the core resource for ALL molecular biology research in the US is down 🧪
Can other people access NIH’s NCBI nucleotide database? Does NCBI as a whole seems to be missing data? Please tell me this is just me. Please tell me this is a normal glitch.
Can other people access NIH’s NCBI nucleotide database? Does NCBI as a whole seems to be missing data? Please tell me this is just me. Please tell me this is a normal glitch.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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Since the USDA launched its Bird Flu milk testing strategy in December, 28 states have enrolled, representing nearly 65% of the nation’s milk production. And there's a dashboard.
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
National Milk Testing Strategy | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since the USDA launched its Bird Flu milk testing strategy in December, 28 states have enrolled, representing nearly 65% of the nation’s milk production. And there's a dashboard.
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS 2024 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS
“One Health” needs ecology
www.pnas.org
December 11, 2024 at 1:17 AM
“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS 2024 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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An AIDS-free future is possible. 🌟
By protecting the right to #HealthForAll and reducing new infections, we can #EndAIDS and sustain the HIV response for years to come.
#WorldAIDSDay: bit.ly/3Z5Ot5P
By protecting the right to #HealthForAll and reducing new infections, we can #EndAIDS and sustain the HIV response for years to come.
#WorldAIDSDay: bit.ly/3Z5Ot5P
December 1, 2024 at 2:57 PM
An AIDS-free future is possible. 🌟
By protecting the right to #HealthForAll and reducing new infections, we can #EndAIDS and sustain the HIV response for years to come.
#WorldAIDSDay: bit.ly/3Z5Ot5P
By protecting the right to #HealthForAll and reducing new infections, we can #EndAIDS and sustain the HIV response for years to come.
#WorldAIDSDay: bit.ly/3Z5Ot5P
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My "left wing twitter" is like 30% bird pictures and for some reason that makes perfect sense?
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 PM
My "left wing twitter" is like 30% bird pictures and for some reason that makes perfect sense?