Daniel Liu 🍜
@dan-liu.net
Historian of biology, chemistry, *and* some physics, somehow.
About me + publications + CV + etc.: https://dan-liu.net/
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Daniel Liu 🍜
@dan-liu.net
· Sep 19
The Elementary Organisms - Journal of the History of Biology
In 1861 the physiologist Ernst Brücke (1819–1892) published “The Elementary Organisms,” calling for a major reform of the definition of the animal cell. An English translation of Brücke’s essay is pre...
link.springer.com
Hi #histsci and #philsci people! I'm proud to announce that I published a translation of Ernst Brücke's 1861 essay "The Elementary Organisms" and an intro essay on the history of the
#organism concept with JHB, link.springer.com/article/10.1... and link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#organism concept with JHB, link.springer.com/article/10.1... and link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Many are the rubes of our time, but the Q-Anoners who voted for Pedo-President three times may be the most rube and patsy that anyone can ever get.
In the history of the world, 'anti-pedophile conspiracy detective accidentally makes a pedophile rapist president *twice*' may never be topped.
In the history of the world, 'anti-pedophile conspiracy detective accidentally makes a pedophile rapist president *twice*' may never be topped.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Many are the rubes of our time, but the Q-Anoners who voted for Pedo-President three times may be the most rube and patsy that anyone can ever get.
In the history of the world, 'anti-pedophile conspiracy detective accidentally makes a pedophile rapist president *twice*' may never be topped.
In the history of the world, 'anti-pedophile conspiracy detective accidentally makes a pedophile rapist president *twice*' may never be topped.
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Good piece: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Good piece: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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Okay, here are some first reflections on Watson.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Okay, here are some first reflections on Watson.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
Holy god is Liquid Glass on Mac OS 26 ugly. What did they do to the Mail app, and why is the top of the Maps app inexplicably blurry?
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy god is Liquid Glass on Mac OS 26 ugly. What did they do to the Mail app, and why is the top of the Maps app inexplicably blurry?
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All is fine!
BML, Plut.73.16, f.92v, c. 1250.
tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
#histmed #bookhistory
BML, Plut.73.16, f.92v, c. 1250.
tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
#histmed #bookhistory
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
All is fine!
BML, Plut.73.16, f.92v, c. 1250.
tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
#histmed #bookhistory
BML, Plut.73.16, f.92v, c. 1250.
tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
#histmed #bookhistory
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Harvard has slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Harvard has slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
For the sake of historical accuracy: the Totenkopf was not exclusively a Nazi symbol, it was a symbol commonly used in nationalist death squads in Central and Eastern Europe after 1919. Also, for the sake of historical accuracy, the Totenkopf was a symbol commonly used in nationalist death squads.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
For the sake of historical accuracy: the Totenkopf was not exclusively a Nazi symbol, it was a symbol commonly used in nationalist death squads in Central and Eastern Europe after 1919. Also, for the sake of historical accuracy, the Totenkopf was a symbol commonly used in nationalist death squads.
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Besuch an den Open Days der Fondazione FS im Depot Milano. Ab Milano Centrale fährt ein Shuttle mit restaurierten ALn668 🥰
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Besuch an den Open Days der Fondazione FS im Depot Milano. Ab Milano Centrale fährt ein Shuttle mit restaurierten ALn668 🥰
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Jane Goodall Institute announced just minutes ago that she died this morning from natural causes while in California for a speaking tour. :(
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Jane Goodall Institute announced just minutes ago that she died this morning from natural causes while in California for a speaking tour. :(
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there is already a way to extend life and youth indefinitely
1. Be a stored-grain dermestid beetle larva (say, Trogoderma)
2. Every time food gets scarce, moult backwards into a previous instar
3. Proceed to grow as usual
4. Repeat step 2
1. Be a stored-grain dermestid beetle larva (say, Trogoderma)
2. Every time food gets scarce, moult backwards into a previous instar
3. Proceed to grow as usual
4. Repeat step 2
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
there is already a way to extend life and youth indefinitely
1. Be a stored-grain dermestid beetle larva (say, Trogoderma)
2. Every time food gets scarce, moult backwards into a previous instar
3. Proceed to grow as usual
4. Repeat step 2
1. Be a stored-grain dermestid beetle larva (say, Trogoderma)
2. Every time food gets scarce, moult backwards into a previous instar
3. Proceed to grow as usual
4. Repeat step 2
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@petervale.bsky.social & I are looking for scholars interested in contributing to an upcoming workshop/special issue on aeromobility and 20th science & tech. How aircraft changed scientific practice, use in experiments, air travel as foundation for academic collaboration, etc. Please share!
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@petervale.bsky.social & I are looking for scholars interested in contributing to an upcoming workshop/special issue on aeromobility and 20th science & tech. How aircraft changed scientific practice, use in experiments, air travel as foundation for academic collaboration, etc. Please share!
If this is an app it better have a geolocation feature that detects when your in a library, and change it to sound like turning or flipping pages in a book.
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If this is an app it better have a geolocation feature that detects when your in a library, and change it to sound like turning or flipping pages in a book.
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An enchanted archive.
August 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
An enchanted archive.
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and finally, a reminder to always photograph your glabrous beetles with a diffuser. Geotrupes splendidus looks HARDLY as splendid with hard lighting.
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
and finally, a reminder to always photograph your glabrous beetles with a diffuser. Geotrupes splendidus looks HARDLY as splendid with hard lighting.
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OKAY good morning everyone, let's talk about the ostensible katydid testicles on display here and their horrifying evolution
Like Jesus bro we’re in a park there are kids here come on
August 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
OKAY good morning everyone, let's talk about the ostensible katydid testicles on display here and their horrifying evolution
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The submissions for the new Massachusetts seal, flag and motto are up, and my friends, they are a *trip* www.mass.gov/doc/massachu...
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The submissions for the new Massachusetts seal, flag and motto are up, and my friends, they are a *trip* www.mass.gov/doc/massachu...
Entomologists:
Anyway the take-home message is that ladies love a little nuptial gift with that sperm transfer, so be sure to bring a large jello molded dessert or fun-sized bag of flaming hot Cheetos on your next date night
August 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Entomologists:
Today Sylvana was 49 x 15 cm. #特に意味をなさない猫の計測
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today Sylvana was 49 x 15 cm. #特に意味をなさない猫の計測
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If you have ever wondered what difference does disinformation really make, please read this:
www.kff.org/health-infor...
The kicker is not this chart, but the finding that fully 40% of Republicans think more people died from the Covid vaccine than the disease, up from 25% in 2023.
www.kff.org/health-infor...
The kicker is not this chart, but the finding that fully 40% of Republicans think more people died from the Covid vaccine than the disease, up from 25% in 2023.
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: January 2025 | KFF
As Senate hearings begin for President Trump’s health nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust shows a decline in public trust for govern...
www.kff.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you have ever wondered what difference does disinformation really make, please read this:
www.kff.org/health-infor...
The kicker is not this chart, but the finding that fully 40% of Republicans think more people died from the Covid vaccine than the disease, up from 25% in 2023.
www.kff.org/health-infor...
The kicker is not this chart, but the finding that fully 40% of Republicans think more people died from the Covid vaccine than the disease, up from 25% in 2023.
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Show me your getaway vehicle.
August 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Show me your getaway vehicle.
Furthest I've been:
N: Trondheim, Norway
E: Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong, China
S: Mérida, Mexico
W: Port Orford, Oregon, USA
N: Trondheim, Norway
E: Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong, China
S: Mérida, Mexico
W: Port Orford, Oregon, USA
Furthest I've been:
N: Bergen
E: Singapore
S: Singapore
W: San Francisco
Never been in the southern hemisphere!
N: Bergen
E: Singapore
S: Singapore
W: San Francisco
Never been in the southern hemisphere!
Furthest I’ve been:
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Shanghai, China
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Solvang, USA
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Shanghai, China
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Solvang, USA
August 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Furthest I've been:
N: Trondheim, Norway
E: Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong, China
S: Mérida, Mexico
W: Port Orford, Oregon, USA
N: Trondheim, Norway
E: Mount Tai 泰山, Shandong, China
S: Mérida, Mexico
W: Port Orford, Oregon, USA
Depending on how extensive this scheme is the US might become an unsuitable place to host international conferences.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
State Department to charge some travelers $10,000 bond to get visas
The first Trump administration announced it would launch a six-month pilot of a similar program in 2020.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Depending on how extensive this scheme is the US might become an unsuitable place to host international conferences.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Want to learn more about earthquakes like today's M8.7? Get your info straight from the experts with this spectacular list of seismologists!
Assembled by the awesome @geohenning.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/ND4oS9k
Assembled by the awesome @geohenning.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/ND4oS9k
July 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Want to learn more about earthquakes like today's M8.7? Get your info straight from the experts with this spectacular list of seismologists!
Assembled by the awesome @geohenning.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/ND4oS9k
Assembled by the awesome @geohenning.bsky.social: go.bsky.app/ND4oS9k
I think we all did a bit better than Tom Lehrer thought we would! So far, at least. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAE...
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I think we all did a bit better than Tom Lehrer thought we would! So far, at least. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAE...