Sam Connell
@samuelconnell.bsky.social
Scientist and Global Sales Director at 3i (@the.3i.social), foodie, family man. Tai Chi and meditation matter. Compassion Heals. Microscopes Rock. https://www.intelligent-imaging.com
Sarah Cooper nails it: I had an MRI. The doctor
said it was the best result he has ever
seen as a doctor. That's it.
Uh I have no idea what they analyzed,
but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed
it well and they said that I had as good
a result as they've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHd...
said it was the best result he has ever
seen as a doctor. That's it.
Uh I have no idea what they analyzed,
but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed
it well and they said that I had as good
a result as they've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHd...
How to MRI
YouTube video by Sarah Cooper
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Sarah Cooper nails it: I had an MRI. The doctor
said it was the best result he has ever
seen as a doctor. That's it.
Uh I have no idea what they analyzed,
but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed
it well and they said that I had as good
a result as they've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHd...
said it was the best result he has ever
seen as a doctor. That's it.
Uh I have no idea what they analyzed,
but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed
it well and they said that I had as good
a result as they've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHd...
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Remember last summer when I warned that no, not all of the damage to the healthcare system by Republicans had been delayed until after the midterms?
This is yet another example of what I was talking about.
cc: @simonwdc.bsky.social
This is yet another example of what I was talking about.
cc: @simonwdc.bsky.social
RFK Jr and Trump rolled back a Biden regulation that required nursing care homes that received Medicare and Medicaid payments to have a registered nurse on site 24/7.
Effective January 1st — those rules no longer apply.
So choose carefully when making medical care decisions for your loved ones.
Effective January 1st — those rules no longer apply.
So choose carefully when making medical care decisions for your loved ones.
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Remember last summer when I warned that no, not all of the damage to the healthcare system by Republicans had been delayed until after the midterms?
This is yet another example of what I was talking about.
cc: @simonwdc.bsky.social
This is yet another example of what I was talking about.
cc: @simonwdc.bsky.social
Incredibly grateful to the incredibly kind caregivers from BulaFiji caregiving agency who lovingly helped my father when he was living in a wheelchair. My mother was not capable (truly like most of us) of providing 100% of the care needed - these kindhearted folks helped him during his last years.
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Incredibly grateful to the incredibly kind caregivers from BulaFiji caregiving agency who lovingly helped my father when he was living in a wheelchair. My mother was not capable (truly like most of us) of providing 100% of the care needed - these kindhearted folks helped him during his last years.
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Heads up I will be hiring a postdoc and some techs in the new year! Lots of ephys and fiber photometry. If you've got soon to graduate PhD students or undergrads, send 'em my way!
December 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Heads up I will be hiring a postdoc and some techs in the new year! Lots of ephys and fiber photometry. If you've got soon to graduate PhD students or undergrads, send 'em my way!
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The effing quack is going to be the end of me (and likely many other people including babies).
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Kennedy says adding folic acid to tortillas is “waging war” against poor residents. Folic acid has long been added to cereal and bread and the CDC website currently says it’s safe for those with the mutation mentioned in the thread Kennedy is replying to.
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The effing quack is going to be the end of me (and likely many other people including babies).
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Time to impeach him and force him back under the rock he slithered out from under.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Kennedy says adding folic acid to tortillas is “waging war” against poor residents. Folic acid has long been added to cereal and bread and the CDC website currently says it’s safe for those with the mutation mentioned in the thread Kennedy is replying to.
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Kennedy says adding folic acid to tortillas is “waging war” against poor residents. Folic acid has long been added to cereal and bread and the CDC website currently says it’s safe for those with the mutation mentioned in the thread Kennedy is replying to.
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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆
You've asked for audio-only podcasting, I listened! In addition to hosting a YT channel, I've now joined forces with my friends at Homebrewed Christianity to bring you ground-breaking interviews wherever you listen to podcasts!
You've asked for audio-only podcasting, I listened! In addition to hosting a YT channel, I've now joined forces with my friends at Homebrewed Christianity to bring you ground-breaking interviews wherever you listen to podcasts!
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆
You've asked for audio-only podcasting, I listened! In addition to hosting a YT channel, I've now joined forces with my friends at Homebrewed Christianity to bring you ground-breaking interviews wherever you listen to podcasts!
You've asked for audio-only podcasting, I listened! In addition to hosting a YT channel, I've now joined forces with my friends at Homebrewed Christianity to bring you ground-breaking interviews wherever you listen to podcasts!
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A bundt cake ornament inspired a request for...well a bundt cake. When life gives you lemons and a humble request for bundt cake, lemon bundt cake to the rescue! This heart-shaped cake is dedicated to the Big Love of my Mother in Law & Father in Law (who just passed) who met in high school. #foodsky
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A bundt cake ornament inspired a request for...well a bundt cake. When life gives you lemons and a humble request for bundt cake, lemon bundt cake to the rescue! This heart-shaped cake is dedicated to the Big Love of my Mother in Law & Father in Law (who just passed) who met in high school. #foodsky
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New episode of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🎙️
I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36
Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36
Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
December 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New episode of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🎙️
I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36
Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36
Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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My kids and grandkids have returned to their homes.
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
December 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My kids and grandkids have returned to their homes.
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
Back to the real world.
I just emailed NIH Director Bhattacharya.
My last email of the year (I hope).
1/13
A bundt cake ornament inspired a request for...well a bundt cake. When life gives you lemons and a humble request for bundt cake, lemon bundt cake to the rescue! This heart-shaped cake is dedicated to the Big Love of my Mother in Law & Father in Law (who just passed) who met in high school. #foodsky
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A bundt cake ornament inspired a request for...well a bundt cake. When life gives you lemons and a humble request for bundt cake, lemon bundt cake to the rescue! This heart-shaped cake is dedicated to the Big Love of my Mother in Law & Father in Law (who just passed) who met in high school. #foodsky
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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I am an American descended from people a couple of generations ago who were from small villages in what is now Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. No one spoke English. They arrived in the US with next to nothing.
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I am an American descended from people a couple of generations ago who were from small villages in what is now Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. No one spoke English. They arrived in the US with next to nothing.
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Calico is hiring for roles in medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, preclinical magnetic resonance imaging, antibody engineering, toxicology #chemjobs
www.calicolabs.com/careers/
www.calicolabs.com/careers/
Careers - Calico
www.calicolabs.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Calico is hiring for roles in medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, preclinical magnetic resonance imaging, antibody engineering, toxicology #chemjobs
www.calicolabs.com/careers/
www.calicolabs.com/careers/
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When I quit Twitter/X, I made sure to delete 18 years of Tweets, because I knew this was coming.
If you’re still on that platform, you are enabling sooooo much disinformation.
If you’re still on that platform, you are enabling sooooo much disinformation.
Users are noticing Twitter/X has added a Grok-powered AI image editor that lets anyone edit any image on the platform, including other people’s artwork using text prompts.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
When I quit Twitter/X, I made sure to delete 18 years of Tweets, because I knew this was coming.
If you’re still on that platform, you are enabling sooooo much disinformation.
If you’re still on that platform, you are enabling sooooo much disinformation.
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Pope Leo, with the mic drop.
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Pope Leo, with the mic drop.
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Megaptera novaeangliae bringing Christmas to you.
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
December 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Megaptera novaeangliae bringing Christmas to you.
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Christmas Eve, 2025
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Christmas Eve, 2025
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
Sitting in front of the fireplace with Alice the cat, reflecting upon a very bad, no good year.
So many people have suffered and are suffering this year. Let’s work to use whatever privilege and advantages we have to better life for everyone who has it harder than we do.
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I am beyond excited to announce that the Bisson Lab has a new home!!! Starting January 2026, I will join the Biology Department at Indiana University Bloomington as Associate Professor with tenure.
I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am beyond excited to announce that the Bisson Lab has a new home!!! Starting January 2026, I will join the Biology Department at Indiana University Bloomington as Associate Professor with tenure.
I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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I am actively recruiting scientists across all levels. More in our website: bissonlab.com/join
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A little present under the tree for me🎄
My track "Brood Groove" was selected for the Best of Piston Recordings 2025 compilation!
Pre-order for the 12/26 release!
My track "Brood Groove" was selected for the Best of Piston Recordings 2025 compilation!
Pre-order for the 12/26 release!
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A little present under the tree for me🎄
My track "Brood Groove" was selected for the Best of Piston Recordings 2025 compilation!
Pre-order for the 12/26 release!
My track "Brood Groove" was selected for the Best of Piston Recordings 2025 compilation!
Pre-order for the 12/26 release!
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The new glutamate indicators were announced today in
@natmethods.nature.com.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmethods.nature.com.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Glutamate indicators with increased sensitivity and tailored deactivation rates - Nature Methods
iGluSnFR4f and iGluSnFR4s are the latest generation of genetically encoded glutamate sensors. They are advantageous for detecting rapid dynamics and large population activity, respectively, as demonst...
www.nature.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The new glutamate indicators were announced today in
@natmethods.nature.com.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmethods.nature.com.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Please, amplify.
OSTP has issued a request for information, please share with them your ideas for how to improve government functions related to science funding and policy
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Please, amplify.
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Nice feature from NVIDIA on #syGlass at the MBL! Exciting to see AI, RTX GPUs, and VR coming together to explore massive 3D brain datasets, with high school students contributing to ongoing, cutting-edge neuroscience research.
@mblscience.bsky.social
blogs.nvidia.com/blog/mbl-hum...
@mblscience.bsky.social
blogs.nvidia.com/blog/mbl-hum...
Marine Biological Laboratory Explores Human Memory With AI and Virtual Reality
The lab in Massachusetts is studying molecular mechanisms of human memory function powered by NVIDIA RTX GPUs, HP Z Workstations and virtual-reality technology.
blogs.nvidia.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Nice feature from NVIDIA on #syGlass at the MBL! Exciting to see AI, RTX GPUs, and VR coming together to explore massive 3D brain datasets, with high school students contributing to ongoing, cutting-edge neuroscience research.
@mblscience.bsky.social
blogs.nvidia.com/blog/mbl-hum...
@mblscience.bsky.social
blogs.nvidia.com/blog/mbl-hum...