Greg Bedwell
@gbedwell.bsky.social
Protein chemist, computational biologist, and general data enthusiast. Big fan of good food, sports, travel, and books. gbedwell.github.io
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i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"
August 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
A great, interesting thread.
I have been thinking about a lot lately how Jack Warner, whose desk and office David Zaslav uses, was the most bullying, cruel, domineering, & sadistic of all of Old Hollywood's studio bosses (no small feat) & is still preferable to Zaslav. Perhaps I shall write a thread on this matter ..
The entirety of ‘Looney Tunes’ has been removed from Max.
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A great, interesting thread.
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We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
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it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
“We are living under FDR’s personal monarchy.”
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
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A thread on NIH Reorganization and the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB)
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
1/n
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
1/n
November 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
A thread on NIH Reorganization and the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB)
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
1/n
Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through.
1/n
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1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
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wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 AM
wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
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Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find.
So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.
Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.
Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Starter packs are genius, but I was surprised there wasn't a list of them for people to find.
So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.
Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
So I built it:
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
The website monitors the packs being shared and adds the ones it finds to the database.
Missed your stater pack? Message me and I'll get it added.
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NIAID releases alternative to BioRender, all illustrations freely available in public domain
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
October 30, 2024 at 2:46 PM
NIAID releases alternative to BioRender, all illustrations freely available in public domain
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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Speaking of the utterly broken Twitter search (RIP), here are instructions for searching on Bluesky. It requires a little more from you, but once you know the prefixes, I've found the search works just fine. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky
Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!
bsky.social
November 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Speaking of the utterly broken Twitter search (RIP), here are instructions for searching on Bluesky. It requires a little more from you, but once you know the prefixes, I've found the search works just fine. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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To a lot of Americans, everyone who isn’t a white straight cis guy is an “elitist.”
Our culture *unquestionably accepts* it when millionaire MAGA dudes who own car dealerships claim THEY’RE not elite, but librarians who make $30K and listen to NPR
ARE “elite.”
We should stop accepting it.
Our culture *unquestionably accepts* it when millionaire MAGA dudes who own car dealerships claim THEY’RE not elite, but librarians who make $30K and listen to NPR
ARE “elite.”
We should stop accepting it.
the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"
November 10, 2024 at 7:08 PM
To a lot of Americans, everyone who isn’t a white straight cis guy is an “elitist.”
Our culture *unquestionably accepts* it when millionaire MAGA dudes who own car dealerships claim THEY’RE not elite, but librarians who make $30K and listen to NPR
ARE “elite.”
We should stop accepting it.
Our culture *unquestionably accepts* it when millionaire MAGA dudes who own car dealerships claim THEY’RE not elite, but librarians who make $30K and listen to NPR
ARE “elite.”
We should stop accepting it.
A thread.
the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"
November 9, 2024 at 11:28 PM
A thread.
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Today, millions of people woke up to see the problem of a broken information ecosystem that asymmetrically favors anti-democratic & authoritarian emotions, narratives, actors and movements.
Some suggest to fight fire with fire, build a left-leaning influence machine against the rightwing one...
🧵
Some suggest to fight fire with fire, build a left-leaning influence machine against the rightwing one...
🧵
November 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Today, millions of people woke up to see the problem of a broken information ecosystem that asymmetrically favors anti-democratic & authoritarian emotions, narratives, actors and movements.
Some suggest to fight fire with fire, build a left-leaning influence machine against the rightwing one...
🧵
Some suggest to fight fire with fire, build a left-leaning influence machine against the rightwing one...
🧵
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Every Milton press conference referencing the misinformation and conspiracy theories—and one just now, advising people not to believe what they see on social media... the time when social media was an emergency comms system in a disaster has passed. Musk sped it along, but the momentum is beyond him
October 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Every Milton press conference referencing the misinformation and conspiracy theories—and one just now, advising people not to believe what they see on social media... the time when social media was an emergency comms system in a disaster has passed. Musk sped it along, but the momentum is beyond him
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Incredible that the Harris-Walz campaign is just basically this now, and it's working.
August 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Incredible that the Harris-Walz campaign is just basically this now, and it's working.
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Alphafold and various materials modeling techniques are some of the best algorithmic probability generators out there, today, and I really wish we hadn't let these hypemerchants collapse and conflate GPTs, LLMs, ML, NLP, and Algorithms into an undifferentiated smear they labeled "AI"
August 5, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Alphafold and various materials modeling techniques are some of the best algorithmic probability generators out there, today, and I really wish we hadn't let these hypemerchants collapse and conflate GPTs, LLMs, ML, NLP, and Algorithms into an undifferentiated smear they labeled "AI"
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I knew most of the human genome reference came from one donor. I didn't know he only consented to be 10% of it. The identity of another contributor is revealed in this story as well. 🧪🧬💻
undark.org/2024/07/09/i...
undark.org/2024/07/09/i...
Haunting the Human Genome Project: A Question of Consent
One person’s DNA has long been the centerpiece of a genetic sequence used by biologists the world over. Did he agree to that?
undark.org
July 30, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I knew most of the human genome reference came from one donor. I didn't know he only consented to be 10% of it. The identity of another contributor is revealed in this story as well. 🧪🧬💻
undark.org/2024/07/09/i...
undark.org/2024/07/09/i...
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Italy going for our jugular
July 2, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Italy going for our jugular
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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
June 22, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
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New York Times 1924. New York Times 2024.
June 22, 2024 at 10:06 PM
New York Times 1924. New York Times 2024.
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I have known many CTOs that did not need to replaced by AI because they could have been replaced much more easily with a very short shell script.
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says "some creative jobs maybe will go away" due to AI, "but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place" (Kate Irwin/PCMag)
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June 21, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I have known many CTOs that did not need to replaced by AI because they could have been replaced much more easily with a very short shell script.
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Survey research shows that older generations always hate student protest, no matter what’s being protested. They think students are essentially children and have to earn the right to have a real voice in political affairs.
May 17, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Survey research shows that older generations always hate student protest, no matter what’s being protested. They think students are essentially children and have to earn the right to have a real voice in political affairs.