Christian Ray
@jcjray.bsky.social
Conceptual biology. Multiomics, information, and manifold learning. Ex-academic. Also here for LOLs, pols, and geometric varietals. DAW jockey and 1.5/10 guitarist. I like trains. I obviously do not speak for or on behalf of my employer.
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This Superbowl feels like both teams know the winner gets invited to the White House.
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
This Superbowl feels like both teams know the winner gets invited to the White House.
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An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 AM
An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
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getting on that grindset
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
getting on that grindset
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who", or "Transformers."
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who", or "Transformers."
"...yet if any man would combine a knowledge of the theoretical part of any subject with the practical, he is bound to get better results than he would with the theoretical alone or the practical alone."
Looking at a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Locomotive Fireman's handbook and I love how they describe scientific principles of combustion to an audience of men who probably never graduated high school
February 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"...yet if any man would combine a knowledge of the theoretical part of any subject with the practical, he is bound to get better results than he would with the theoretical alone or the practical alone."
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Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.
I would really love it if articles about Epstein didn't graphically feature his smirking face in the preview.
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I would really love it if articles about Epstein didn't graphically feature his smirking face in the preview.
Driving is a social activity. AI is not “navigate multifaceted social situation” levels of smart right now.
waymo executives admit what we all knew to begin with, that their self driving AI is really just remote operators in the philippines.
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Driving is a social activity. AI is not “navigate multifaceted social situation” levels of smart right now.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Andiamo Fleet! ⚓️
Good luck to our athletes starting their international play today! Here’s when you can catch them in action:
6:10 AM ET – Sweden v. Germany
10:40 AM ET – USA v. Czechia
3:10 PM ET – Finland v. Canada (*Postponed to 2/12)
Good luck to our athletes starting their international play today! Here’s when you can catch them in action:
6:10 AM ET – Sweden v. Germany
10:40 AM ET – USA v. Czechia
3:10 PM ET – Finland v. Canada (*Postponed to 2/12)
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Andiamo Fleet! ⚓️
Good luck to our athletes starting their international play today! Here’s when you can catch them in action:
6:10 AM ET – Sweden v. Germany
10:40 AM ET – USA v. Czechia
3:10 PM ET – Finland v. Canada (*Postponed to 2/12)
Good luck to our athletes starting their international play today! Here’s when you can catch them in action:
6:10 AM ET – Sweden v. Germany
10:40 AM ET – USA v. Czechia
3:10 PM ET – Finland v. Canada (*Postponed to 2/12)
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On the workbench tonight: Ann Arbor USRA single-sheathed box car. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
On the workbench tonight: Ann Arbor USRA single-sheathed box car. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
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“Come play trains with us, Danny…”
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
“Come play trains with us, Danny…”
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THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY HAS NO FEAR; NO SHAME
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY HAS NO FEAR; NO SHAME
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I decided to finally do something with this Bitter Creek kit Ive had built for ages. Decals from K4.
If anyone wants to try their hand at wood kits, Bitter Creek's damn near fall together. Highly recommended.
If anyone wants to try their hand at wood kits, Bitter Creek's damn near fall together. Highly recommended.
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I decided to finally do something with this Bitter Creek kit Ive had built for ages. Decals from K4.
If anyone wants to try their hand at wood kits, Bitter Creek's damn near fall together. Highly recommended.
If anyone wants to try their hand at wood kits, Bitter Creek's damn near fall together. Highly recommended.
On the workbench tonight: Ann Arbor USRA single-sheathed box car. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
February 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
On the workbench tonight: Ann Arbor USRA single-sheathed box car. #HOScale #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
This understates Bezos's net worth by 1000x.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This understates Bezos's net worth by 1000x.
The family of onomatopoetic bell sounds is a great cat nickname set: dingdong, dingaling, etc.
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The family of onomatopoetic bell sounds is a great cat nickname set: dingdong, dingaling, etc.
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KOKO THE GORILLA: koko send email. practical Koko type message
Jeffrey Epstein: kooko... part y nex=t week coming>?
KOKO: good email good koko give beautiful koko helicopter to jungle
JE: kko, we cnt get u gorlluhh. endsong vits to is. Land
KOKO: jealousy pedophile
Jeffrey Epstein: kooko... part y nex=t week coming>?
KOKO: good email good koko give beautiful koko helicopter to jungle
JE: kko, we cnt get u gorlluhh. endsong vits to is. Land
KOKO: jealousy pedophile
February 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: koko send email. practical Koko type message
Jeffrey Epstein: kooko... part y nex=t week coming>?
KOKO: good email good koko give beautiful koko helicopter to jungle
JE: kko, we cnt get u gorlluhh. endsong vits to is. Land
KOKO: jealousy pedophile
Jeffrey Epstein: kooko... part y nex=t week coming>?
KOKO: good email good koko give beautiful koko helicopter to jungle
JE: kko, we cnt get u gorlluhh. endsong vits to is. Land
KOKO: jealousy pedophile
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On Saturday, October 14, 1939, Southern Pacific (SP) 4314 was in Sacramento, CA.
SP 4314 was an ALCo 4-8-2, SP Class MT-1.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #film #filmphotography #ALCo #steam #steamengines #steamtrains #southernpacificrailroad #southernpacific
SP 4314 was an ALCo 4-8-2, SP Class MT-1.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #film #filmphotography #ALCo #steam #steamengines #steamtrains #southernpacificrailroad #southernpacific
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
On Saturday, October 14, 1939, Southern Pacific (SP) 4314 was in Sacramento, CA.
SP 4314 was an ALCo 4-8-2, SP Class MT-1.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #film #filmphotography #ALCo #steam #steamengines #steamtrains #southernpacificrailroad #southernpacific
SP 4314 was an ALCo 4-8-2, SP Class MT-1.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #film #filmphotography #ALCo #steam #steamengines #steamtrains #southernpacificrailroad #southernpacific
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On an unknown date, in Sep 1972, Southern Pacific train 118 powered by GP9 3003 passed a group of Train Masters that were waiting out the weekend in San Jose, CA.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #southernpacific #emd #trainspotting #film #filmphotography #sanjose #kodachrome
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #southernpacific #emd #trainspotting #film #filmphotography #sanjose #kodachrome
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
On an unknown date, in Sep 1972, Southern Pacific train 118 powered by GP9 3003 passed a group of Train Masters that were waiting out the weekend in San Jose, CA.
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #southernpacific #emd #trainspotting #film #filmphotography #sanjose #kodachrome
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#train #trains #railroads #railroading #southernpacific #emd #trainspotting #film #filmphotography #sanjose #kodachrome
I would like to know who the Michigan virology colleague was. @umich.edu is absolutely full of rotten evil people, so it's hard for me to narrow it down.
It is important at this stage to emphasize that other people were part of these conversations beyond assistants and the unspecified colleague at the University of Michigan (hard to say who this was, but I have an educated guess), including colleagues at Metabiota and elsewhere:
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I would like to know who the Michigan virology colleague was. @umich.edu is absolutely full of rotten evil people, so it's hard for me to narrow it down.
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ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country.
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Rice students create nationwide ICE tracker to monitor immigration enforcement
The students had been teaching weekly children's classes as volunteers. One day, the kids stopped showing up.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country.
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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A poem of mine is the subject of the inaugural translation puzzle contest in N+1 Magazine’s Miss Translation column by Bela Shayevich
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A poem of mine is the subject of the inaugural translation puzzle contest in N+1 Magazine’s Miss Translation column by Bela Shayevich
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written