Rich Abdill
@richabdill.com
Studying the human microbiome at UChicago
Looks like @moderation.bsky.app automatically mutes "rude" content? What an embarrassingly infantalizing thing for a social media platform to do
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Looks like @moderation.bsky.app automatically mutes "rude" content? What an embarrassingly infantalizing thing for a social media platform to do
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From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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If you're wondering how things have been going since the CDC shooting, someone bombed a friend's workplace at Harvard yesterday and, if you were going off the discourse on Bluesky, you would honestly never know it happened www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
‘Intentional’ Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you're wondering how things have been going since the CDC shooting, someone bombed a friend's workplace at Harvard yesterday and, if you were going off the discourse on Bluesky, you would honestly never know it happened www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
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The Python Software Foundation won a $1.5m grant from the US government National Science Foundation.
Turned it down because required to affirm that we "will not... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI"
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
Turned it down because required to affirm that we "will not... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI"
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
The Python Software Foundation was recently "recommended for funding" (NSF terminology) for a $1.5m grant from the US government National Science Foundation to help improve the security of the Python ...
simonwillison.net
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Python Software Foundation won a $1.5m grant from the US government National Science Foundation.
Turned it down because required to affirm that we "will not... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI"
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
Turned it down because required to affirm that we "will not... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI"
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
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every day a new rubicon is crossed
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
every day a new rubicon is crossed
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first time at MSP Film's Main Cinema on St. Anthony Main Street for FRANKENSTEIN (2025) and not only do they offer weed at the concession stand but the Minneapolis skyline view from across the street is dynamite
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
first time at MSP Film's Main Cinema on St. Anthony Main Street for FRANKENSTEIN (2025) and not only do they offer weed at the concession stand but the Minneapolis skyline view from across the street is dynamite
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The people on this airplane have a sense of duty and self-sacrifice that Donald Trump will never understand. They are NOAA employees flying their plane through the middle of the category 4 Hurricane Melissa south of Jamaica. And they aren't getting paid.
I wish them safe flying and a safe return
I wish them safe flying and a safe return
October 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The people on this airplane have a sense of duty and self-sacrifice that Donald Trump will never understand. They are NOAA employees flying their plane through the middle of the category 4 Hurricane Melissa south of Jamaica. And they aren't getting paid.
I wish them safe flying and a safe return
I wish them safe flying and a safe return
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The official USDA site is blaming trans people for SNAP benefits expiring.
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The official USDA site is blaming trans people for SNAP benefits expiring.
cc all the thin blue line "WhO aRe yoU gOinG To CaLL wHen ThErE'S a cRiMe" poeple. Seems like when a cop wants to murder people, the answer is nobody www.inquirer.com/crime/new-je...
N.J. cop went to an ATM first when dispatched to a shooting scene and missed a double murder discovered a day later, prosecutors say
Lauren Semanchik, a veterinarian, and Tyler Webb, a volunteer firefighter, were killed, and Ricardo Jorge Santos, a lieutenant with the N.J. State Police and Semanchik's ex-boyfriend, was also dead.
www.inquirer.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
cc all the thin blue line "WhO aRe yoU gOinG To CaLL wHen ThErE'S a cRiMe" poeple. Seems like when a cop wants to murder people, the answer is nobody www.inquirer.com/crime/new-je...
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Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
Applied Biostatistics
ybrandvain.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...
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The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise
There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
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Pre-print alert 🚨
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum disrupt the blood-brain barrier
Plasmodium falciparum accumulation at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a hallmark of cerebral malaria, a life-threatening complication. Conversely, the contribution of the immune response to vascular ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Pre-print alert 🚨
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria?
The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
"We have spent a century repenting those mistakes, and now the Trump administration demands that we repeat them."
A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
www.insidehighered.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"We have spent a century repenting those mistakes, and now the Trump administration demands that we repeat them."
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"What NPS anthropologists provide...is the ability to recognize the crossroads and overlaps between what the Park Service hopes to accomplish and the traditions and lifeways of communities who will be affected by their actions." Good piece @sapiens.org by Ellyn Demuynck #anthropology #nationalpark
The Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National Parks
A former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission.
www.sapiens.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"What NPS anthropologists provide...is the ability to recognize the crossroads and overlaps between what the Park Service hopes to accomplish and the traditions and lifeways of communities who will be affected by their actions." Good piece @sapiens.org by Ellyn Demuynck #anthropology #nationalpark
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ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio
When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
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They also cancelled government data collection about hunger to minimize evidence about their policies
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
They also cancelled government data collection about hunger to minimize evidence about their policies
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Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
"When exposed to 13 dietary ingredients and food additives prevalent in industrialized diets, the U.S. microbiome responded differently from its Thai counterpart... the U.S. microbiome showed a predisposition toward weight gain under industrialized dietary conditions."
Shared environments can facilitate microbial transmission and alter metabolic outcomes
While dietary changes are often implicated in the adaptation of traditional microbiomes to highly industrialized society, it only partially explains the observed microbial shifts post-immigration. ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"When exposed to 13 dietary ingredients and food additives prevalent in industrialized diets, the U.S. microbiome responded differently from its Thai counterpart... the U.S. microbiome showed a predisposition toward weight gain under industrialized dietary conditions."
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I’m glad people are aware of this, but it isn’t new. People in immigration detention were consistently moved away from their attorneys in the Biden admin. We reported on it then, but very few people cared about migrants when they weren’t a partisan tool.
ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers
‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.
prospect.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m glad people are aware of this, but it isn’t new. People in immigration detention were consistently moved away from their attorneys in the Biden admin. We reported on it then, but very few people cared about migrants when they weren’t a partisan tool.
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New BMJ Research finds the implementation of work requirements with Medicaid expansion in Georgia did not increase health insurance coverage or employment.
These findings have important implications after recently enacted legislation
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
These findings have important implications after recently enacted legislation
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New BMJ Research finds the implementation of work requirements with Medicaid expansion in Georgia did not increase health insurance coverage or employment.
These findings have important implications after recently enacted legislation
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
These findings have important implications after recently enacted legislation
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵
October 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵
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This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This passage nearly broke me.
Be sure to sign up the right way or the feds will try to put you in prison for a few decades and then never explain why en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Be sure to sign up the right way or the feds will try to put you in prison for a few decades and then never explain why en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.
He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”
“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”
“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’
Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.
He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”
“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”
“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...