grimmrad 🧬🎼🖼️🏛️
@grimmrad.bsky.social
Physician-scientist, Radiologist, Prof & Lab Head in NYC
Imaging & treating cancer using particles faster than light + others.
Science, Music, Art and History lover and connoisseur.
Opinions solely mine and not my employer's or lab members'.
Imaging & treating cancer using particles faster than light + others.
Science, Music, Art and History lover and connoisseur.
Opinions solely mine and not my employer's or lab members'.
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grimmrad 🧬🎼🖼️🏛️
@grimmrad.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it, or thinking about it.”
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
First Intermediate Period in Egypt, 2170-2040 BC, has some strong reminiscence with today…
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
First Intermediate Period in Egypt, 2170-2040 BC, has some strong reminiscence with today…
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What if Paleolithic rock art wasn’t just meant to be seen—but heard?
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
When the Caves Answer Back: Sound, Rock Art, and the Deep History of Listening
When we think about Paleolithic rock art, we tend to think with our eyes.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
What if Paleolithic rock art wasn’t just meant to be seen—but heard?
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
New post on sound, echo, and why some caves may have mattered because they answered back.
Measured acoustics, not mysticism.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Archaeology #DeepHistory #RockArt #SoundStudies
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During these challenging times, we could all benefit from a smile, so I would like to present the oldest smile in the world: the Mannetje van Willemstad (the little man from Willemstad, Netherlands).
The Mesolithic figurine, dating about 5400 BC, was carved in oak wood. 🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The Mesolithic figurine, dating about 5400 BC, was carved in oak wood. 🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
During these challenging times, we could all benefit from a smile, so I would like to present the oldest smile in the world: the Mannetje van Willemstad (the little man from Willemstad, Netherlands).
The Mesolithic figurine, dating about 5400 BC, was carved in oak wood. 🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The Mesolithic figurine, dating about 5400 BC, was carved in oak wood. 🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
250 years circle closes in 2026 for the US. Seems back where we started.
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 AM
250 years circle closes in 2026 for the US. Seems back where we started.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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New research reveals that paperbarks, among other trees, host abundant, specialized, and metabolically active bark-dwelling microbial communities that modulate climatically relevant gases, including methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide.
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4bp9hgl
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4bp9hgl
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
New research reveals that paperbarks, among other trees, host abundant, specialized, and metabolically active bark-dwelling microbial communities that modulate climatically relevant gases, including methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide.
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4bp9hgl
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4bp9hgl
Munich. Glyptothek. After a full day yesterday of meetings at TUM on our optoacoustic imaging collaboration
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Munich. Glyptothek. After a full day yesterday of meetings at TUM on our optoacoustic imaging collaboration
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PSA for biomedical scientists 🧪
If you are submitting an NIH grant in February, you will be required to use SciENcv to prepare you biosketch.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
IT IS MUCH WORSE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
Set aside *at least* 4 hours just to transfer an existing an biosketch into SciENcv.
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
PSA for biomedical scientists 🧪
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This regime excels at one thing. Killing people in a myriad of ways, each crueler than the one before.
. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
Malnutrition deaths are soaring in the US – especially among seniors
The reasons for the rapid increase may include people’s difficulties in maintaining a healthy diet and a new focus in identifying malnutrition, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This regime excels at one thing. Killing people in a myriad of ways, each crueler than the one before.
. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
If someone would have given me this headline years back (pre 2016) I would have told them they are nuts.
January 7, 2026 at 3:26 PM
If someone would have given me this headline years back (pre 2016) I would have told them they are nuts.
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It’s wilful ignorance. They’re definitely positive that the imaginary federal benefits that they think are going to undocumented aliens are coming right out of their own pockets, but they can’t seem to connect the dots with all the get richer quick scams for billionaires.
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 AM
It’s wilful ignorance. They’re definitely positive that the imaginary federal benefits that they think are going to undocumented aliens are coming right out of their own pockets, but they can’t seem to connect the dots with all the get richer quick scams for billionaires.
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OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
OUT: Helping you pay for health care.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
IN: Helping oil companies pay for their infrastructure in a foreign country.
Lufthansa again top of its game. 1h delay on a 1h flight. Partially weather related (snow) but they are planing so tight that everyone can predict that this will not work most of the time. And particularly not in winter.
January 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Lufthansa again top of its game. 1h delay on a 1h flight. Partially weather related (snow) but they are planing so tight that everyone can predict that this will not work most of the time. And particularly not in winter.
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Peru, ca. 200 - 700 CE vermutlich eine Art Jaguar oder Puma, mehr Grinsekatze geht aber eigentlich nicht 😃 made my day.
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Peru, ca. 200 - 700 CE vermutlich eine Art Jaguar oder Puma, mehr Grinsekatze geht aber eigentlich nicht 😃 made my day.
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A cat-shaped ceramic vessel (200-700 CE), likely depicting a jaguar, puma, or pampas cat, attributed to the Recuay or Paracas culture from the northern highlands of Peru 🇵🇪
The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.
MET Museum
#archaeohistories
The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.
MET Museum
#archaeohistories
January 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A cat-shaped ceramic vessel (200-700 CE), likely depicting a jaguar, puma, or pampas cat, attributed to the Recuay or Paracas culture from the northern highlands of Peru 🇵🇪
The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.
MET Museum
#archaeohistories
The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.
MET Museum
#archaeohistories
This snow looks nice and all but when you realize old people have to clear the stairs, get to the doctor, trains are off schedule, planes delayed or cancelled, streets clogged, trees falling - it is becoming less magical…
January 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This snow looks nice and all but when you realize old people have to clear the stairs, get to the doctor, trains are off schedule, planes delayed or cancelled, streets clogged, trees falling - it is becoming less magical…
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The last nine years have been Democrats saying “Have you no shame” and Republicans laughing while saying “Nope”
January 4, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The last nine years have been Democrats saying “Have you no shame” and Republicans laughing while saying “Nope”
360 days to go just in 2026 alone…
January 5, 2026 at 6:26 AM
360 days to go just in 2026 alone…
Missing the good old days. Like, 2 years ago…
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Missing the good old days. Like, 2 years ago…
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Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
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we did it! a perfectly structured democracy. it's got checks, it's got balances. this thing is made to last. there's only one weakness: bad guys. if somehow some bad guys who don't care about decorum got elected they could basically just tip the whole thing over. luckily such men are unelectable
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
we did it! a perfectly structured democracy. it's got checks, it's got balances. this thing is made to last. there's only one weakness: bad guys. if somehow some bad guys who don't care about decorum got elected they could basically just tip the whole thing over. luckily such men are unelectable
A winter wonderland.
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
A winter wonderland.