Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
@rburdine1.bsky.social
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT - says one of the least insightful people on this planet.
Why hello there former US Treasury Secretary, president of Harvard, and director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers.
Sharing with alt so we can all bask in his hidden insights that we are NOT allowed to share.
And here's the source link:
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Sharing with alt so we can all bask in his hidden insights that we are NOT allowed to share.
And here's the source link:
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT - says one of the least insightful people on this planet.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
"The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right."
William Safire,
writer, columnist, journalist, speechwriter
William Safire,
writer, columnist, journalist, speechwriter
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right."
William Safire,
writer, columnist, journalist, speechwriter
William Safire,
writer, columnist, journalist, speechwriter
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Excellent commentary on transgenerational inheritance and the importance of rigor and reproducibility.
Subtitled: when a colleague drags and tries to throw you under the bus because they couldn't follow protocols
@ctmurphy1.bsky.social
Subtitled: when a colleague drags and tries to throw you under the bus because they couldn't follow protocols
@ctmurphy1.bsky.social
I wrote this insight for eLife. A friend said, "Why would you want to step on that rake?". Well, I guess that's just who I am. Enjoy. elifesciences.org/articles/109...
Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Twists and turns in the story of learned avoidance
Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.
elifesciences.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Excellent commentary on transgenerational inheritance and the importance of rigor and reproducibility.
Subtitled: when a colleague drags and tries to throw you under the bus because they couldn't follow protocols
@ctmurphy1.bsky.social
Subtitled: when a colleague drags and tries to throw you under the bus because they couldn't follow protocols
@ctmurphy1.bsky.social
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Stop starving people, extend ACA tax credits, reopen the government. It's not that difficult.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Stop starving people, extend ACA tax credits, reopen the government. It's not that difficult.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
On Friday night, Donald Trump held a Great Gatsby-inspired Halloween party themed "A little party never killed nobody.”
On Monday morning, the Trump administration told a judge it will only PARTIALLY fund SNAP and 40 million Americans should expect delays for food benefits.
On Monday morning, the Trump administration told a judge it will only PARTIALLY fund SNAP and 40 million Americans should expect delays for food benefits.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On Friday night, Donald Trump held a Great Gatsby-inspired Halloween party themed "A little party never killed nobody.”
On Monday morning, the Trump administration told a judge it will only PARTIALLY fund SNAP and 40 million Americans should expect delays for food benefits.
On Monday morning, the Trump administration told a judge it will only PARTIALLY fund SNAP and 40 million Americans should expect delays for food benefits.
We are thrilled to see this out in @jcellsci.bsky.social an in the special issue on Cilia. Cfap298 - which we call Kurly - is the mutant that keeps on giving us surprises! In this paper, a mutation generated by CRISPR, that deletes two aa and changes a third, specifically affects cilia motility.
Marvin Cortez, Cullen Young, Rebecca Burdine @rburdine1.bsky.social and colleagues identify a conserved domain in Cfap298 that governs left–right symmetry breaking in vertebrates.
#JCSciliaSI
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#JCSciliaSI
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We are thrilled to see this out in @jcellsci.bsky.social an in the special issue on Cilia. Cfap298 - which we call Kurly - is the mutant that keeps on giving us surprises! In this paper, a mutation generated by CRISPR, that deletes two aa and changes a third, specifically affects cilia motility.
This is like my son punishing a teacher he thinks is ridiculous by not doing his homework.
I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.
two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is like my son punishing a teacher he thinks is ridiculous by not doing his homework.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
Seconded. Feel free to give me a call or contact me on Signal.
Dear @nytimes,
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
It is entirely possible to write a story about education without seeking comment from Chris Rufo.
Sincerely,
An actual educator
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Seconded. Feel free to give me a call or contact me on Signal.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
Love seeing my home state representing.
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Love seeing my home state representing.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Whether it's Republicans assaulting their wives or Democrats liking negative tweets about their friends at the Free Press, both sides have done things to hurt people who are close to them.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Whether it's Republicans assaulting their wives or Democrats liking negative tweets about their friends at the Free Press, both sides have done things to hurt people who are close to them.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Our job is to teach students the critical thinking and literacy skills to realize why this Forbes headline is dumb.
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our job is to teach students the critical thinking and literacy skills to realize why this Forbes headline is dumb.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
Just FYI if you are not familiar with Academia, it is at least 50% this
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just FYI if you are not familiar with Academia, it is at least 50% this
We need to be paying more attention to this story. Redistricting and buying the voting machines seems very ominous for fair election outcomes.
NEW: Scott Leiendecker now owns both Dominion Voting Systems and poll book firm Knowink, giving him control of voting systems in 27 states. @kimzetter.bsky.social reports on the implications: www.wired.com/story/scott-...
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns.
www.wired.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We need to be paying more attention to this story. Redistricting and buying the voting machines seems very ominous for fair election outcomes.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
I just read this and it floored me. Give it a read and appreciate the wisdom that is Dorothy Thompson.
It seems like time, once again, to post the link to this 84-year-old article that has grown increasingly relevant to the US political climate over the past nine months:
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I just read this and it floored me. Give it a read and appreciate the wisdom that is Dorothy Thompson.
I just read this and it floored me. Give it a read and appreciate the wisdom that is Dorothy Thompson.
It seems like time, once again, to post the link to this 84-year-old article that has grown increasingly relevant to the US political climate over the past nine months:
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I just read this and it floored me. Give it a read and appreciate the wisdom that is Dorothy Thompson.
Reposted by Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD
My quote of the day
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
Linus Pauling
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
Linus Pauling
October 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My quote of the day
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
Linus Pauling
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
Linus Pauling