Diana Voss
@dianavoss.bsky.social
Cardiac Development • Epigenetics • Postdoc • UPenn #devbio 🫀🔬🧬🐭 #firstgen #academicjobmarket
🚨Posts may contain science, bad jokes, cooking 🧵s &/or political snark. The typos are free.
🚨Posts may contain science, bad jokes, cooking 🧵s &/or political snark. The typos are free.
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Diana Voss
@dianavoss.bsky.social
· Jun 19
There's a weird left-QAnon thing starting up centered around dubious claims about the 2024 results popping up at the periphery of the internet. I feel like we're gonna hear more and more about this so just laying down my understanding of it now.
I think its basically a hoax.
1/a lot
I think its basically a hoax.
1/a lot
Conspiracy theories aren't limited to one political ideology. Anyone, left, right... even experts who study misinformation, can misjudge the legitimacy of a story. (Yep, scientists too 🫣.)
However, there are ways to protect yourself from getting suckered by pseudoscience and fake news. A long-ish 🧵
However, there are ways to protect yourself from getting suckered by pseudoscience and fake news. A long-ish 🧵
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Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Of so many things to be infuriated about, this is perhaps my biggest gripe. Pancreatic cancer patients, who face a future without hope, are being denied a potential game-changing therapy
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...
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In honor of world #CHD awareness day, I want to share my family story about a CHD called #hlhs. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare (1 in 3800) condition where a baby has a small left ventricle.
Nobody knows what causes hlhs but it accounts for 23% of cardiac deaths in the 1st wk of life. 🧪🫀
Nobody knows what causes hlhs but it accounts for 23% of cardiac deaths in the 1st wk of life. 🧪🫀
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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This also applies to mentoring people in Academia. The trees and the woods 🧪
I used to be a secondary English teacher, and did my teacher training 'on the job' through the Graduate Teacher Programme, back in 2006-2007. I remember, when I first started in the classroom, setting some written homework for a class of Year 7 boys. 1/n
It cannot be overstated how much hobby gamers underestimate how unintuitive and difficult hobby games are to non-gamers.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This also applies to mentoring people in Academia. The trees and the woods 🧪
Today was a big day for me personally. 🤩
I sent my 3rd & final #postdoc first author paper to my co-authors for approval before submission (most of which have already said 👍) AND...
I legally changed my name. Won't go into all the reasons, but this is meaningful & a bit aspirational.
xo,
Dr. Voss
I sent my 3rd & final #postdoc first author paper to my co-authors for approval before submission (most of which have already said 👍) AND...
I legally changed my name. Won't go into all the reasons, but this is meaningful & a bit aspirational.
xo,
Dr. Voss
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Today was a big day for me personally. 🤩
I sent my 3rd & final #postdoc first author paper to my co-authors for approval before submission (most of which have already said 👍) AND...
I legally changed my name. Won't go into all the reasons, but this is meaningful & a bit aspirational.
xo,
Dr. Voss
I sent my 3rd & final #postdoc first author paper to my co-authors for approval before submission (most of which have already said 👍) AND...
I legally changed my name. Won't go into all the reasons, but this is meaningful & a bit aspirational.
xo,
Dr. Voss
MAHA logic: If toilet coke can’t kill ya, nothing can!
This is why kids don’t need vaccines?! 🤦🏻♀️🤬🫠
This is why kids don’t need vaccines?! 🤦🏻♀️🤬🫠
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
MAHA logic: If toilet coke can’t kill ya, nothing can!
This is why kids don’t need vaccines?! 🤦🏻♀️🤬🫠
This is why kids don’t need vaccines?! 🤦🏻♀️🤬🫠
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My quote of the day
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
My quote of the day
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin
For #CHD awareness this week I want to highlight several types of 🫀 defects & some of what we know about them. 🧪
First up are ventricular septal defects, #VSDs. A VSD is a hole in the heart between the left and right ventricles. That's bad because it allows mixing of blood & that means less oxygen.
First up are ventricular septal defects, #VSDs. A VSD is a hole in the heart between the left and right ventricles. That's bad because it allows mixing of blood & that means less oxygen.
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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For everyone requesting ¡Amor!
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
For everyone requesting ¡Amor!
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The first thing I wanted to post this morning is how that Bad Bunny halftime show could be used as a teaching tool in any American history course and then I saw this. Of course!
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The first thing I wanted to post this morning is how that Bad Bunny halftime show could be used as a teaching tool in any American history course and then I saw this. Of course!
Yesterday marked the start of congenital heart disease week. #CHD affects 1 in 100 births. 25% of babies will require surgery or intervention to save their lives. Learn more about defects & how you can help at: www.heart.org/en/health-to... 🧪
February 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Yesterday marked the start of congenital heart disease week. #CHD affects 1 in 100 births. 25% of babies will require surgery or intervention to save their lives. Learn more about defects & how you can help at: www.heart.org/en/health-to... 🧪
I don’t know what happened here but this snow pile has a story to weave…
#philly #winterscenes #IfthisSnowcouldTalk #hair
#philly #winterscenes #IfthisSnowcouldTalk #hair
February 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I don’t know what happened here but this snow pile has a story to weave…
#philly #winterscenes #IfthisSnowcouldTalk #hair
#philly #winterscenes #IfthisSnowcouldTalk #hair
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I don’t have any Bad Bunny attire so I’m wearing my eagles shirt for the Super Bowl today. I know they’re not in it, I don’t care, it’s still go birds.
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I don’t have any Bad Bunny attire so I’m wearing my eagles shirt for the Super Bowl today. I know they’re not in it, I don’t care, it’s still go birds.
I absolutely love that Bad Bunny’s compromise with yt America is “you don’t have to learn Spanish, just learn to dance”.
🥲 Have you seen us?
You expect too much, sir.
🥲 Have you seen us?
You expect too much, sir.
a man in a suit and tie is walking barefoot on the ground
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is dancing poorly
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I absolutely love that Bad Bunny’s compromise with yt America is “you don’t have to learn Spanish, just learn to dance”.
🥲 Have you seen us?
You expect too much, sir.
🥲 Have you seen us?
You expect too much, sir.
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Bush - The Chemicals Between Us
youtu.be/9AtnKPh-hE8
youtu.be/9AtnKPh-hE8
Bush - The Chemicals Between Us
YouTube video by BushVEVO
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Bush - The Chemicals Between Us
youtu.be/9AtnKPh-hE8
youtu.be/9AtnKPh-hE8
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This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.
Let's talk about it.
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Ice Fuck You!
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Ice Fuck You!
The wheels fall off Democracy spinning round and round… 😵💫
We are locked in an infinite loop where the administration distracts from outrage over Epstein files by creating outrage over ICE excesses, and distracts from outrage over ICE excesses by creating outrage over Epstein files.
This is a unique way for a democracy to spiral towards oblivion.
This is a unique way for a democracy to spiral towards oblivion.
February 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The wheels fall off Democracy spinning round and round… 😵💫
Okay, so I just realized we have a Tandoori Pizza here in Philly 🇮🇳 🍕 🤩
Taking votes… Do we order the lamb kabob or butter chicken or masala pesto paneer 🤤
#whatsfordinner
@michaelbyrum.bsky.social
Taking votes… Do we order the lamb kabob or butter chicken or masala pesto paneer 🤤
#whatsfordinner
@michaelbyrum.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Okay, so I just realized we have a Tandoori Pizza here in Philly 🇮🇳 🍕 🤩
Taking votes… Do we order the lamb kabob or butter chicken or masala pesto paneer 🤤
#whatsfordinner
@michaelbyrum.bsky.social
Taking votes… Do we order the lamb kabob or butter chicken or masala pesto paneer 🤤
#whatsfordinner
@michaelbyrum.bsky.social
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My quote of the day
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 PM
My quote of the day
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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