Jesse Zaneveld
@jessezaneveld.bsky.social
Random selection of 🎲:
🪸🧫 Coral microbiomes
💻🐍 Bioinformatics
🕊️📰 Politics & PoliSci
♟️🎴 Sciency Games & Game Design
🦜🦔 Delightful Animal Facts
🔥🧯 Hang tight we're in it now
(Personal account | Views my own)
🪸🧫 Coral microbiomes
💻🐍 Bioinformatics
🕊️📰 Politics & PoliSci
♟️🎴 Sciency Games & Game Design
🦜🦔 Delightful Animal Facts
🔥🧯 Hang tight we're in it now
(Personal account | Views my own)
Pinned
Our first printed copies of Benthos from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social arrived and they look 🤩.
Hop in while we open it up and get a first look at what's inside the box! 🪸🐠🧪
Hop in while we open it up and get a first look at what's inside the box! 🪸🐠🧪
New Benthos protypes arrived & I made a quick video of the unboxing
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It's simple: either we uphold academic freedom for everyone or none of us will have it.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's simple: either we uphold academic freedom for everyone or none of us will have it.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
This is so reckless and evil.
Even if you were a perfectly amoral billionaire, you really should want taxes to fund more research like this.
The marginal value of taxes to you is essentially zero (except to compete with other wealthy people) but you can still die of cancer, heart disease, etc.
Even if you were a perfectly amoral billionaire, you really should want taxes to fund more research like this.
The marginal value of taxes to you is essentially zero (except to compete with other wealthy people) but you can still die of cancer, heart disease, etc.
Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID.
apnews.com/article/nih-...
apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is so reckless and evil.
Even if you were a perfectly amoral billionaire, you really should want taxes to fund more research like this.
The marginal value of taxes to you is essentially zero (except to compete with other wealthy people) but you can still die of cancer, heart disease, etc.
Even if you were a perfectly amoral billionaire, you really should want taxes to fund more research like this.
The marginal value of taxes to you is essentially zero (except to compete with other wealthy people) but you can still die of cancer, heart disease, etc.
Reposted by Jesse Zaneveld
Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID.
apnews.com/article/nih-...
apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID.
apnews.com/article/nih-...
apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Extremely nightmarish
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Extremely nightmarish
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📢 rphylopic 📦 1.6.0 is now on #CRAN!
- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤
rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤
rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 rphylopic 📦 1.6.0 is now on #CRAN!
- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤
rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤
rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
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Ahead of the upcoming ACIP meeting on the child immunization schedule, it’s important to remember immunizations are about more than individual decisions — immunizations affect communities, including babies too young to be vaccinated
Utah health officials discovered a person infected with measles visited a Logan medical clinic, where 11 vulnerable babies were exposed, launching a race to get the infants preventative treatment.
Nearly a dozen Utah infants were exposed to measles, triggering a race for preventative treatment
Utah health officials discovered a person infected with measles visited a Logan medical clinic, where 11 vulnerable babies were exposed, launching a race to get the infants preventative treatment.
www.sltrib.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ahead of the upcoming ACIP meeting on the child immunization schedule, it’s important to remember immunizations are about more than individual decisions — immunizations affect communities, including babies too young to be vaccinated
I thought for a moment 'Quiet, Piggy' was a satirical reference to something. But no, just a straight quote from People magazine.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I thought for a moment 'Quiet, Piggy' was a satirical reference to something. But no, just a straight quote from People magazine.
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Hearing a lot about Oz this week? 🧙🏼♀️ Did you know many of the original Oz books & early media are in the public domain? Explore these classic works & how you can access them in our blog!
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...
#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...
#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hearing a lot about Oz this week? 🧙🏼♀️ Did you know many of the original Oz books & early media are in the public domain? Explore these classic works & how you can access them in our blog!
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...
#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...
#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
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In muddy sediments all over the world, tiny bacteria eat and grow by building electrically conducting wires into the muck.
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Metal scaffolds turn bacteria into live wires
Mud-dwelling cable bacteria construct metal organic frameworks to grow
scim.ag
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In muddy sediments all over the world, tiny bacteria eat and grow by building electrically conducting wires into the muck.
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
Now, researchers say they have discovered how these miniature electricians, known as cable bacteria, do it. https://scim.ag/4i2s2Yu
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Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
Why is Mainstream Media Ignoring Overtly Racist Attacks on Mamdani from Congressional Republicans?
Non-stop Islamopbohic vitriol, threats of deportation, and virtually no coverage from CNN, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or The Washington Post.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
Great. A proposed *retroactive* ban on future science funding for anyone in the US who ever collaborated/coauthored anything or comentored a student with anyone from 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 🇰🇵.
It's part of the SAFE Act, introduced but not passed in the House.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
It's part of the SAFE Act, introduced but not passed in the House.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Great. A proposed *retroactive* ban on future science funding for anyone in the US who ever collaborated/coauthored anything or comentored a student with anyone from 🇨🇳 🇷🇺 🇮🇷 🇰🇵.
It's part of the SAFE Act, introduced but not passed in the House.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
It's part of the SAFE Act, introduced but not passed in the House.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
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This is the map, commissioned by a mid level State Department employee in 2013-2014 and then unearthed and presented to Kerry who then presented it to Obama in 2015, which allegedly shocked Obama to his core and led him to not veto UNSCR 2334 in December of 2016.
here you go, it was commissioned by the US state department in 2014
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is the map, commissioned by a mid level State Department employee in 2013-2014 and then unearthed and presented to Kerry who then presented it to Obama in 2015, which allegedly shocked Obama to his core and led him to not veto UNSCR 2334 in December of 2016.
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This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
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This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners & other top officials in a petition we filed today with @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
This expresses something I've wrestled with about oversimplification.
Ending the filibuster has real tradeoffs & almost all of those tradeoffs are much worse if it ends now, rather than when closely followed by offering disenfranchised US territories statehood, rebalancing the electoral college.
Ending the filibuster has real tradeoffs & almost all of those tradeoffs are much worse if it ends now, rather than when closely followed by offering disenfranchised US territories statehood, rebalancing the electoral college.
wrote about why removing the filibuster would be quite bad with unified gop control of government. abortion and voting rights are the two really big and dangerous ones. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-gop-en...
The GOP Ending The Fillibuster Would Be Bad
This is not something we want to have happen.
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This expresses something I've wrestled with about oversimplification.
Ending the filibuster has real tradeoffs & almost all of those tradeoffs are much worse if it ends now, rather than when closely followed by offering disenfranchised US territories statehood, rebalancing the electoral college.
Ending the filibuster has real tradeoffs & almost all of those tradeoffs are much worse if it ends now, rather than when closely followed by offering disenfranchised US territories statehood, rebalancing the electoral college.
There's no way you're doing things right if you're making 40% of women ages 15-44 want to flee the goddamn country.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There's no way you're doing things right if you're making 40% of women ages 15-44 want to flee the goddamn country.
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Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
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Our new paper in Ecology Letters, led by Jan Divíšek, shows that non-invasive alien plant species that successfully establish within local plant communities tend to resemble the resident native species. In contrast, invasive alien species usually differ from native plants.
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Our new paper in Ecology Letters, led by Jan Divíšek, shows that non-invasive alien plant species that successfully establish within local plant communities tend to resemble the resident native species. In contrast, invasive alien species usually differ from native plants.
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Epstein to Maxwell: "... the dog that hasn't barked is trump. spent hours at my house with him"
(With alt text, thanks @rvbdrm.com!)
(With alt text, thanks @rvbdrm.com!)
![A screenshot of an email exchange from April 2, 2011, between Gislaine Maxwell “Gmax” and Jeffrey Epstein.
The body references someone spending hours at Epstein’s house and mentions a “police chief.” A portion of the text is redacted and replaced with “VICTIM.”
Verbatim text:
From: Gmax [gmax1@ellmax.com]
Sent: 4/2/2011 7:09:39 PM
To: jeevacation@gmail.com
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
I have been thinking about that…
—– Original Message —–
From: Jeffrey Epstein jeevacation@gmail.com
To: Gmax
Sent: Sat Apr 02 14:25:45 2011
Subject:
i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been
mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there
–
⸻
The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may
constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of
Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and
destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mx4nzus45ho7dciimoyozkjp/bafkreibfvt37zc55iaa5k4sqipe3arsajg7dj6ednui3yeefk5fbbg5u3m@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Epstein to Maxwell: "... the dog that hasn't barked is trump. spent hours at my house with him"
(With alt text, thanks @rvbdrm.com!)
(With alt text, thanks @rvbdrm.com!)
Epstein to Maxwell: "The dog that hasn't barked is trump. <victim> spent hours at my house with him."
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Epstein to Maxwell: "The dog that hasn't barked is trump. <victim> spent hours at my house with him."
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"A coalition of progressive Jewish organizations is condemning the Anti-Defamation League for what it calls 'Islamophobic and racist' attacks on New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani."
Progressive Jewish groups say ADL's 'Mamdani Monitor' is 'Islamophobic and racist' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish organizations are split along ideological and strategic lines over how to interact with the mayor-elect.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"A coalition of progressive Jewish organizations is condemning the Anti-Defamation League for what it calls 'Islamophobic and racist' attacks on New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani."
Reposted by Jesse Zaneveld
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election
Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.
www.thestranger.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
We should all wish the Syrian people nothing but good things after so many awful years.
For once there is something bipartisan that also seems good: dropping US sanctions to give Syria a chance for stability & normalcy.
apnews.com/article/unit...
For once there is something bipartisan that also seems good: dropping US sanctions to give Syria a chance for stability & normalcy.
apnews.com/article/unit...
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We should all wish the Syrian people nothing but good things after so many awful years.
For once there is something bipartisan that also seems good: dropping US sanctions to give Syria a chance for stability & normalcy.
apnews.com/article/unit...
For once there is something bipartisan that also seems good: dropping US sanctions to give Syria a chance for stability & normalcy.
apnews.com/article/unit...