Sarah Doom
@sarahdoom.bsky.social
Scientist turned biotech product manager @pacbio.bsky.social, mother of two, wandered a lot and found home on the SF bay peninsula. Views are my own.
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
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Q: Wait. How about fucks? Do you have any of those to give?
A: Great question. Alas, none of those, either. To be clear, we give neither a shit nor a fuck about your opinion on our behavior.
A: Great question. Alas, none of those, either. To be clear, we give neither a shit nor a fuck about your opinion on our behavior.
FAQ: The Status of the Shits Women Have Left to Give
Q: I was wondering: how much of a shit do women give about what conservative old white dudes say about them? A: Thanks for contacting us. We have c...
buff.ly
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Q: Wait. How about fucks? Do you have any of those to give?
A: Great question. Alas, none of those, either. To be clear, we give neither a shit nor a fuck about your opinion on our behavior.
A: Great question. Alas, none of those, either. To be clear, we give neither a shit nor a fuck about your opinion on our behavior.
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Consider donating to support families and students impacted by the ICE activity in Minneapolis gofund.me/53ddce08e
Donate to Support Immigrant Families at Minneapolis School, organized by Maria Henly
My name is Maria, and I've been a literacy volunteer and tutor in Minneap… Maria Henly needs your support for Support Immigrant Families at Minneapolis School
gofund.me
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Consider donating to support families and students impacted by the ICE activity in Minneapolis gofund.me/53ddce08e
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Not to be too hyperbolic but I feel like price discrimination at this granular a level, if done at scale, kinda takes a sledgehammer to some of the fundamentals of microeconomics.
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Different customers, different prices: Companies use data for personalized pricing
Between surveillance pricing and discounting, it's harder than ever to figure out if you're getting the best price.
www.marketplace.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Not to be too hyperbolic but I feel like price discrimination at this granular a level, if done at scale, kinda takes a sledgehammer to some of the fundamentals of microeconomics.
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Consider donating to support families and students impacted by the ICE activity in Minneapolis gofund.me/53ddce08e
Donate to Support Immigrant Families at Minneapolis School, organized by Maria Henly
My name is Maria, and I've been a literacy volunteer and tutor in Minneap… Maria Henly needs your support for Support Immigrant Families at Minneapolis School
gofund.me
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Consider donating to support families and students impacted by the ICE activity in Minneapolis gofund.me/53ddce08e
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Wow! 167.2 Gb HiFi yield from a PacBio SMRT cell🎉 Are we getting close the record? This run was for the “Genome of Sweden” project, where we're building a national reference dataset from 10 year old biobanked DNA samples🧬🧪
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Wow! 167.2 Gb HiFi yield from a PacBio SMRT cell🎉 Are we getting close the record? This run was for the “Genome of Sweden” project, where we're building a national reference dataset from 10 year old biobanked DNA samples🧬🧪
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Holy shit moment. Good statement. The corrupt authoritarians and oligarchs are at the gates. There’s no alternative to fierce resistance and putting down their lawless crusade against the American Republic. x.com/federalreser...
x.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Holy shit moment. Good statement. The corrupt authoritarians and oligarchs are at the gates. There’s no alternative to fierce resistance and putting down their lawless crusade against the American Republic. x.com/federalreser...
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Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses!
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Mental Imagery Science Project Survey
The results of this survey are intended to be used as data for a science project meant to determine the correlation between the vividness of a person's mental imagery and four other factors. Please an...
docs.google.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses!
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
Sequencing Instrument Outlook 2026
A computational biologist's personal views on new technologies & publications on genomics & proteomics and their impact on drug discovery
omicsomics.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies
🧬🖥️
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...
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There is always so much more to learn about Albert Einstein as a person. Such a good guy. Hopefully this link will allow sharing of this fondly-written piece about his life in Princeton.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Albert Einstein’s Brilliant Politics
The physicist fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America. We need his optimism today.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
There is always so much more to learn about Albert Einstein as a person. Such a good guy. Hopefully this link will allow sharing of this fondly-written piece about his life in Princeton.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
New year new office layout new plants 😍🤩
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM
New year new office layout new plants 😍🤩
I love this concept, New York City as a “great processing station of Americanization.” I’m proud and lucky that my Jewish ancestors went through that processing station 100 years ago.
3/ in a way it may be best to see New York City as a great processing station of Americanization, it's a remarkable degree of continuity over more than 250 years and to a degree approaching 400 yrs. It's notable that the New Yorker most identified with the founding generation was in fact ...
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I love this concept, New York City as a “great processing station of Americanization.” I’m proud and lucky that my Jewish ancestors went through that processing station 100 years ago.
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“Most of us live off Hope”
Ever true 💔
Ever true 💔
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Most of us live off Hope”
Ever true 💔
Ever true 💔
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Starting //// going
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Starting //// going
disturbing look at how Roblox prioritizes growth for investors vs safety for their users/concerns of their parents.Thanks for covering this @caseynewton.bsky.social and @kevinroose.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
disturbing look at how Roblox prioritizes growth for investors vs safety for their users/concerns of their parents.Thanks for covering this @caseynewton.bsky.social and @kevinroose.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
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Subtle differences in repeat motifs can cause drastic diff in disease onset: using @pacbio.bsky.social PureTarget amp-free identifies non-canonical repeats and its ratio assoc. with disease onset for Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10)
www.neurology.org/doi/full/10....
www.neurology.org/doi/full/10....
Novel ATXN10 Repeat Motif Patterns in Peruvian Families Modify Disease Onset | Neurology Genetics
ObjectivesSpinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal-dominant disorder caused by
intronic expansions of pentanucleotide repeats in the ATXN10 gene. While various repeat motifs have been de...
www.neurology.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Subtle differences in repeat motifs can cause drastic diff in disease onset: using @pacbio.bsky.social PureTarget amp-free identifies non-canonical repeats and its ratio assoc. with disease onset for Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10)
www.neurology.org/doi/full/10....
www.neurology.org/doi/full/10....
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
I was a grad student at Harvard when Larry Summers said the reason women were underrepresented in science was natural aptitude. Love to see this news.
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was a grad student at Harvard when Larry Summers said the reason women were underrepresented in science was natural aptitude. Love to see this news.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress.
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It's been 50 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
She'll finally be sworn-in today.
She'll finally be sworn-in today.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's been 50 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
She'll finally be sworn-in today.
She'll finally be sworn-in today.
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
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