Nancy Parmalee
@nparmalee.bsky.social
Human geneticist turned data scientist in Seattle. Supporting clinicians at a large hospital. Human first. Kindness, standing up for people, sailing, climbing mountains, making a ruckus when necessary. Enduring optimist often tested to the limit.
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Last time I was at my local independent bookstore, Left Bank Books, I had recommended Hello Sunshine to the staff, who hadn't heard of it yet. Next time I came back not only was it on their shelves, but it was a staff pick! @keezyyoung.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Last time I was at my local independent bookstore, Left Bank Books, I had recommended Hello Sunshine to the staff, who hadn't heard of it yet. Next time I came back not only was it on their shelves, but it was a staff pick! @keezyyoung.bsky.social
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So many prominent Chinese-American scientists whose lives and careers were turned upside down in the first Trump administration.
The 5 year retroactive punishment is like penalizing something for an ‘infraction’ which was not even an infraction when the action occurred. How does this make sense?
The 5 year retroactive punishment is like penalizing something for an ‘infraction’ which was not even an infraction when the action occurred. How does this make sense?
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So many prominent Chinese-American scientists whose lives and careers were turned upside down in the first Trump administration.
The 5 year retroactive punishment is like penalizing something for an ‘infraction’ which was not even an infraction when the action occurred. How does this make sense?
The 5 year retroactive punishment is like penalizing something for an ‘infraction’ which was not even an infraction when the action occurred. How does this make sense?
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Join us at this exciting Workshop on #LongReads with keynotes from @aphillippy.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social
co-organized by @christinebeck.bsky.social and Mark Adams @jacksonlab.bsky.social Register www.jax.org/longread
#RNA #genomics #bioinformatics #cancer #medicine #evolution #neuroscience
co-organized by @christinebeck.bsky.social and Mark Adams @jacksonlab.bsky.social Register www.jax.org/longread
#RNA #genomics #bioinformatics #cancer #medicine #evolution #neuroscience
Long-Read Sequencing Workshop
The program will involve sessions on Genome Evolution, Genome Regulation, Transcriptomics, Rare Diseases, Common Diseases, and Viral and Microbial Genomes. Committed speakers include Adam Phillipy (NH...
www.jax.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Join us at this exciting Workshop on #LongReads with keynotes from @aphillippy.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social
co-organized by @christinebeck.bsky.social and Mark Adams @jacksonlab.bsky.social Register www.jax.org/longread
#RNA #genomics #bioinformatics #cancer #medicine #evolution #neuroscience
co-organized by @christinebeck.bsky.social and Mark Adams @jacksonlab.bsky.social Register www.jax.org/longread
#RNA #genomics #bioinformatics #cancer #medicine #evolution #neuroscience
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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🚀 Looking for a motivated postdoc in molecular biology! Apply for a Juan de la Cierva 2025 fellowship and join R'n'R lab in Madrid.
📅 PhD Jan'24–Dec'25
🔍 DNA replication & biotech #piMDA #WGA, bacterial genomics & defense
👉 rnrlab.github.io
#Postdoc #JdC2025
@iib.uam.es @uammedicina.bsky.social
📅 PhD Jan'24–Dec'25
🔍 DNA replication & biotech #piMDA #WGA, bacterial genomics & defense
👉 rnrlab.github.io
#Postdoc #JdC2025
@iib.uam.es @uammedicina.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚀 Looking for a motivated postdoc in molecular biology! Apply for a Juan de la Cierva 2025 fellowship and join R'n'R lab in Madrid.
📅 PhD Jan'24–Dec'25
🔍 DNA replication & biotech #piMDA #WGA, bacterial genomics & defense
👉 rnrlab.github.io
#Postdoc #JdC2025
@iib.uam.es @uammedicina.bsky.social
📅 PhD Jan'24–Dec'25
🔍 DNA replication & biotech #piMDA #WGA, bacterial genomics & defense
👉 rnrlab.github.io
#Postdoc #JdC2025
@iib.uam.es @uammedicina.bsky.social
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Proposal: instead of pouring resources into AI, tech companies first figure out a way for people to be able to copy slides from one PowerPoint presentation to another without the formatting getting all fucked up
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Proposal: instead of pouring resources into AI, tech companies first figure out a way for people to be able to copy slides from one PowerPoint presentation to another without the formatting getting all fucked up
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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Called my Senators ( @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov ) and told them I’m upset about the vote to cave on ACA subsidies and that it reflects a failure of Sen. Schumer’s leadership and that they should replace him. You can call yours too.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Called my Senators ( @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov ) and told them I’m upset about the vote to cave on ACA subsidies and that it reflects a failure of Sen. Schumer’s leadership and that they should replace him. You can call yours too.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
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Literally watching this scene *right now*
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally watching this scene *right now*
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This only thing worse than a gov shutdown for 40 days is a shutdown that achieved nothing but pain and suffering for the people it was supposed to protect.
I just called my senators: hold the line.
I just called my senators: hold the line.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This only thing worse than a gov shutdown for 40 days is a shutdown that achieved nothing but pain and suffering for the people it was supposed to protect.
I just called my senators: hold the line.
I just called my senators: hold the line.
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Primary Schumer.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Primary Schumer.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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These are the senators at risk of caving.
Please call them - especially if you live in their state. Please tell them to not cave until you get guarantees on healthcare. (Not just empty promises from Rs)
What was the point in all this if Dems cave now without any guarantees?
Please call them - especially if you live in their state. Please tell them to not cave until you get guarantees on healthcare. (Not just empty promises from Rs)
What was the point in all this if Dems cave now without any guarantees?
Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
These are the senators at risk of caving.
Please call them - especially if you live in their state. Please tell them to not cave until you get guarantees on healthcare. (Not just empty promises from Rs)
What was the point in all this if Dems cave now without any guarantees?
Please call them - especially if you live in their state. Please tell them to not cave until you get guarantees on healthcare. (Not just empty promises from Rs)
What was the point in all this if Dems cave now without any guarantees?
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Do. Not. Cave.
@shaheen.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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shutdown deal per AXIOS:
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
shutdown deal per AXIOS:
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
republicans get: government reopens and party avoids political consequences for refusing to make health care affordable
democrats get: seven beans, an old case logic CD wallet (empty), a coupon for 15% off Busch Gardens, one spiced pumpkin scented candle, a 6-pack of Zima
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I think that any D who votes for this deal will not like what's waiting for them when they fly home.
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I think that any D who votes for this deal will not like what's waiting for them when they fly home.
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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i don't think democratic voters should have to spend this much time whipping democratic elected officials.
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
i don't think democratic voters should have to spend this much time whipping democratic elected officials.
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Of course they are.
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Of course they are.
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This is the WHO, right? This is what the WHO is for.
But somebody threw a tantrum and decided to take the US ball and go home. Somebody…. somebody….
who was that…. OH YEAH. THESE SAME GUYS.
But somebody threw a tantrum and decided to take the US ball and go home. Somebody…. somebody….
who was that…. OH YEAH. THESE SAME GUYS.
US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid
Draft template seen by the Guardian has no reference to countries receiving benefits for sharing information, such as guaranteed access to medicines developed as a result
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is the WHO, right? This is what the WHO is for.
But somebody threw a tantrum and decided to take the US ball and go home. Somebody…. somebody….
who was that…. OH YEAH. THESE SAME GUYS.
But somebody threw a tantrum and decided to take the US ball and go home. Somebody…. somebody….
who was that…. OH YEAH. THESE SAME GUYS.
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You cross a picket line for a *cup of coffee* and you are real pond scum.
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You cross a picket line for a *cup of coffee* and you are real pond scum.