Dan Mielcarz
@mielcarz.bsky.social
Immunology, flow cytometry, music, beer. Opinions 100% my own. He/him. ⭕️
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @mielcarz@shakedown.social
Director of @dartlab.bsky.social
“To science, I felt that I could help”
Also on mastodon: @mielcarz@shakedown.social
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In non-basketball news, the Dartmouth women's soccer team just stunned top-seeded Princeton 1-0 to win the Ivy League title and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. @chris-awk.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In non-basketball news, the Dartmouth women's soccer team just stunned top-seeded Princeton 1-0 to win the Ivy League title and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. @chris-awk.bsky.social
@chadfinn.bsky.social Any chance Pats-Bills on 12/14 gets flexed to Sunday Night or is it too late already?
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@chadfinn.bsky.social Any chance Pats-Bills on 12/14 gets flexed to Sunday Night or is it too late already?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This Spoon single from 2020 that never made an album is truly great. For some reason the chorus rattles around in my head all the time these days.
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
Spoon - "No Bullets Spent" (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Spoon
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Spoon single from 2020 that never made an album is truly great. For some reason the chorus rattles around in my head all the time these days.
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
"What we need now's an accident/no one to blame and no bullets spent"
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Please, please learn from this, New Hampshire Democratic Party.
Democrats contested all 100 Virginia House of Delegates races. Part of the party’s statewide success is due to the synergies between the legislative and statewide campaigns—even the losing ones. This is a big reason why Jay Jones won comfortably. This is a model the Dems should emulate everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Please, please learn from this, New Hampshire Democratic Party.
As someone who lives in New Hampshire:
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As someone who lives in New Hampshire:
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I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
Not going to guess at a motive from these three but please don’t try to blow up medical schools.
Harvard PD looking for help identifying these people
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Not going to guess at a motive from these three but please don’t try to blow up medical schools.
Happy Halloween! Did you know that Ward Sutton who made this incredible Phish poster also makes the amazing political cartoons for @theonion.com under the pseudonym Stan Kelly ( @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social ) ? Now you do!
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Happy Halloween! Did you know that Ward Sutton who made this incredible Phish poster also makes the amazing political cartoons for @theonion.com under the pseudonym Stan Kelly ( @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social ) ? Now you do!
This is quite long but very good.
In America and Europe, the rising bourgeoisie was a class of ink and newsprint. They wanted their subordinates to be literate too. What, then, to make of America’s move to abandon mass literacy and public education?
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is quite long but very good.
Or a concert! “Yo La Tango”
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Or a concert! “Yo La Tango”
I have been informed by @chopaganda.bsky.social on Mastodon that saying Cory Wong is in Vulfpeck might be stolen valor and that it would be more accurate to say he is in the Vulfpeck Cinematic Universe.
Cory Wong of Vulfpeck has a long form interview with Trey that seems like it could be pretty good. (I’ve only listened to a clip from Instagram so far)
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
Trey Anastasio on Dumbles, Broadway, and 40-Plus Years of Phish — Wong Notes — Overcast
overcast.fm
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have been informed by @chopaganda.bsky.social on Mastodon that saying Cory Wong is in Vulfpeck might be stolen valor and that it would be more accurate to say he is in the Vulfpeck Cinematic Universe.
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Cory Wong of Vulfpeck has a long form interview with Trey that seems like it could be pretty good. (I’ve only listened to a clip from Instagram so far)
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
Trey Anastasio on Dumbles, Broadway, and 40-Plus Years of Phish — Wong Notes — Overcast
overcast.fm
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cory Wong of Vulfpeck has a long form interview with Trey that seems like it could be pretty good. (I’ve only listened to a clip from Instagram so far)
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
https://overcast.fm/+AAbN9YtCakU
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Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
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He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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JOHN FRUSCIANTE: So I can do like five minutes of melodic King Crimson stuff at the end? With a field recording?
ANTHONY KIEDIS: Yeah man absolutely. Sounds incredible. The song is called “Sir Psycho Sexy” by the way.
ANTHONY KIEDIS: Yeah man absolutely. Sounds incredible. The song is called “Sir Psycho Sexy” by the way.
March 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
JOHN FRUSCIANTE: So I can do like five minutes of melodic King Crimson stuff at the end? With a field recording?
ANTHONY KIEDIS: Yeah man absolutely. Sounds incredible. The song is called “Sir Psycho Sexy” by the way.
ANTHONY KIEDIS: Yeah man absolutely. Sounds incredible. The song is called “Sir Psycho Sexy” by the way.
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If you get a flu shot, you can get a donut after.
It's not free I just had two good ideas.
It's not free I just had two good ideas.
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you get a flu shot, you can get a donut after.
It's not free I just had two good ideas.
It's not free I just had two good ideas.
As a dad with two kids who got mailers from this place it always seemed a bit off: super long and flashy but emphasizing "life skills" instead of academics. I kind of assumed it was a Liberty University knockoff for dumber born-again Christians but apparently it is mainline protestant (Methodist).
I'm quoted in this Wall Street Journal piece on High Point University, which has gone all-in on amenities (a $40,000-per year housing and dining plan!) to attract modest-achieving, high-income students.
How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students
As Trump slashes funding, schools are trying to attract the limited pool of higher-end families. High Point University is a blueprint.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As a dad with two kids who got mailers from this place it always seemed a bit off: super long and flashy but emphasizing "life skills" instead of academics. I kind of assumed it was a Liberty University knockoff for dumber born-again Christians but apparently it is mainline protestant (Methodist).
I know he endorsed Janet Mills already but it might be nice if the 48-year-old Maine Beer Co. co-founder was still in the Maine senate primary.
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I know he endorsed Janet Mills already but it might be nice if the 48-year-old Maine Beer Co. co-founder was still in the Maine senate primary.
Keeping this vague to avoid outright spoilers: I regret to inform you all that the DNA test in One Battle After Another is kinda bullshit, and what is described in that scene as evidence for something is not evidence of anything.
Or was that maybe the point?
Or was that maybe the point?
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Keeping this vague to avoid outright spoilers: I regret to inform you all that the DNA test in One Battle After Another is kinda bullshit, and what is described in that scene as evidence for something is not evidence of anything.
Or was that maybe the point?
Or was that maybe the point?