Gen Wojcik
@genandgenes.bsky.social
💻 Assoc Prof of Epidemiology at JH Public Health
🛠️ RAGE Lab: Research on Ancestry in Genetic Epi
📢 loud bark, deep bite.
🛠️ RAGE Lab: Research on Ancestry in Genetic Epi
📢 loud bark, deep bite.
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Gen Wojcik
@genandgenes.bsky.social
· Apr 24
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.
www.nature.com
I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.
This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.
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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Everything is fine. FINE.
(this is for a single week of camp out of the eight I need to register them for omg fml)
(this is for a single week of camp out of the eight I need to register them for omg fml)
February 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Everything is fine. FINE.
(this is for a single week of camp out of the eight I need to register them for omg fml)
(this is for a single week of camp out of the eight I need to register them for omg fml)
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the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.
I mean, yeah, I used to be cool waiting for music festival tickets to go live. Now I change travel plans to crouch over my laptop ready pounce on kids summer camp registrations, hoping to get a wait list spot.
And now with two kids to schedule. 🫠
It's fine. I'm fine. Totally fine.
And now with two kids to schedule. 🫠
It's fine. I'm fine. Totally fine.
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I mean, yeah, I used to be cool waiting for music festival tickets to go live. Now I change travel plans to crouch over my laptop ready pounce on kids summer camp registrations, hoping to get a wait list spot.
And now with two kids to schedule. 🫠
It's fine. I'm fine. Totally fine.
And now with two kids to schedule. 🫠
It's fine. I'm fine. Totally fine.
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In What We Inherit, Sam Trejo and @daphmarts.bsky.social debate the use of genomic tools and their societal impact.
Now available (31 March UK pub).
Learn more about this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Biology #ReadUP
Now available (31 March UK pub).
Learn more about this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Biology #ReadUP
February 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
In What We Inherit, Sam Trejo and @daphmarts.bsky.social debate the use of genomic tools and their societal impact.
Now available (31 March UK pub).
Learn more about this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Biology #ReadUP
Now available (31 March UK pub).
Learn more about this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Biology #ReadUP
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Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
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Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
This is awful. There are so many hard-working and talented people who work at the Kennedy Center. They only get paid when there is a performance, so the last year has been hard. And now there will be nothing.
President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers backlash
President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is awful. There are so many hard-working and talented people who work at the Kennedy Center. They only get paid when there is a performance, so the last year has been hard. And now there will be nothing.
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Tyler Childers wins his first Grammy as "Bitin' List" is honored as Best Country Song
stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Tyler Childers wins his first Grammy as "Bitin' List" is honored as Best Country Song
stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
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*At least* a thousand people, probably more, out in the streets today protesting against the ICE detention center in downtown Baltimore
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
*At least* a thousand people, probably more, out in the streets today protesting against the ICE detention center in downtown Baltimore
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NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
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🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🚨 Requesting help:
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists
I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please signal boost?
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there are lots of book buckaroos that do not know football who follow chuck and they say 'who should i root for in general?' and i say 'go seahawks' but honestly a GREAT second choice if you are a book buckaroo is the BALTIMORE RAVENS. only team in the NFL named after a literary character
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
there are lots of book buckaroos that do not know football who follow chuck and they say 'who should i root for in general?' and i say 'go seahawks' but honestly a GREAT second choice if you are a book buckaroo is the BALTIMORE RAVENS. only team in the NFL named after a literary character
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
It's the right choice, but I feel for everyone who works at the Kennedy Center as they only get paid if the show goes on.
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
It's the right choice, but I feel for everyone who works at the Kennedy Center as they only get paid if the show goes on.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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I am a 'no' on the DHS funding bill. Not another penny for ICE.
We cannot give more money to a group of cowards who are making our country less safe.
We cannot give more money to a group of cowards who are making our country less safe.
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I am a 'no' on the DHS funding bill. Not another penny for ICE.
We cannot give more money to a group of cowards who are making our country less safe.
We cannot give more money to a group of cowards who are making our country less safe.
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
the millennial urge to post song lyrics instead of our actual thoughts
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
the millennial urge to post song lyrics instead of our actual thoughts
Really stretching the limits of my northern peoples upbringing to shove all negative emotions way down until they're just smoldering nuggets of rage keeping me warm while also maintaining a happy face and open arms as I'm stuck indefinitely at home w/kids who don't understand but feel everything.
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Really stretching the limits of my northern peoples upbringing to shove all negative emotions way down until they're just smoldering nuggets of rage keeping me warm while also maintaining a happy face and open arms as I'm stuck indefinitely at home w/kids who don't understand but feel everything.
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This devastating, enraging NYT article reveals what happens when scientific institutions naively assume good faith while bad-faith actors exploit their systems. In a likely violation of both HIPAA and the Privacy Act, NIH failed to protect the DNA data of over 20,000 children.
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This devastating, enraging NYT article reveals what happens when scientific institutions naively assume good faith while bad-faith actors exploit their systems. In a likely violation of both HIPAA and the Privacy Act, NIH failed to protect the DNA data of over 20,000 children.
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🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...