Grumpy Scientist
@grumpy-scientist.bsky.social
Scientist. Grumpy. Per aspera ad astra.
Pinned
I am just going to start posting our 3D prints and call it self-care.
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
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Nightfall at the edge of Audubon Park, New Orleans
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Nightfall at the edge of Audubon Park, New Orleans
You know what we’re truly the good old days? When decency was a celebrated virtue and vulgarity was frowned upon.
Those weee the days!
Those weee the days!
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know what we’re truly the good old days? When decency was a celebrated virtue and vulgarity was frowned upon.
Those weee the days!
Those weee the days!
Is a tight race for the mental gymnastics gold medal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Is a tight race for the mental gymnastics gold medal.
Is my opinion that social media has a net negative impact on humanity.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Is my opinion that social media has a net negative impact on humanity.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
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New Orleans watercolor
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New Orleans watercolor
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They pick on the weak.
They pick on the vulnerable.
They want it to look like an intimidating show of force.
There’s also something more nefarious behind it…. Which is that they’re counting on society to not care if a disabled person gets *more* disabled.
We need you to care.
They pick on the vulnerable.
They want it to look like an intimidating show of force.
There’s also something more nefarious behind it…. Which is that they’re counting on society to not care if a disabled person gets *more* disabled.
We need you to care.
“I think they wanted to make a point,” said Quinn Haberl, who is 4-foot-6 and legally blind. “So they picked the weakest person they could find and made a big show out of it.”
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
They pick on the weak.
They pick on the vulnerable.
They want it to look like an intimidating show of force.
There’s also something more nefarious behind it…. Which is that they’re counting on society to not care if a disabled person gets *more* disabled.
We need you to care.
They pick on the vulnerable.
They want it to look like an intimidating show of force.
There’s also something more nefarious behind it…. Which is that they’re counting on society to not care if a disabled person gets *more* disabled.
We need you to care.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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Oh, I am so angry right now that I don’t have words.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Oh, I am so angry right now that I don’t have words.
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ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
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My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
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James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
James Watson the perverted racist is dead?! Well that means it's time to celebrate the true hero of DNA discovery: Rosalind Franklin
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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conversations about Watson's death rn are a potent reminder that racism and/or misogyny have RARELY been professionally disqualifying, especially in this country
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
conversations about Watson's death rn are a potent reminder that racism and/or misogyny have RARELY been professionally disqualifying, especially in this country
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James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
James Watson, the sexist racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s ground breaking research on DNA, created his own (sadly widely believed) genius mythology with a popular book, is dead.
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'Now a new study with an unusually long follow-up period has found that radiation to the chest wall made absolutely no difference in survival among women with early-stage breast cancer who had been treated with mastectomy, lymph-node surgery and advanced anti-cancer drugs.'
Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Patients
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
'Now a new study with an unusually long follow-up period has found that radiation to the chest wall made absolutely no difference in survival among women with early-stage breast cancer who had been treated with mastectomy, lymph-node surgery and advanced anti-cancer drugs.'
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So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens
MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New Orleans moonrise (long-lens view from Westwego)
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New Orleans moonrise (long-lens view from Westwego)
"The ability of humans to think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice is well known."
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"The ability of humans to think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice is well known."
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A miniature Crescent City Connection rests inside the cross of St Stephen Basilica, Napoleon avenue, New Orleans
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A miniature Crescent City Connection rests inside the cross of St Stephen Basilica, Napoleon avenue, New Orleans
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The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
FPbase Fluorescence Spectra Viewer
An interactive fluorescence spectra viewer to evaluate the spectral properties of fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, filters, and detectors.
www.fpbase.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The FPbase spectra viewer just had it's biggest software refactor in 6 years. It *should* be largely invisible to the end user (hopefully just faster and less buggy). Please let me know if you find any issues as you use it!
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
www.fpbase.org/spectra/
Jaegermeister and Absinthe. Both taste like ass.
I have a few.... that have made me call Earl 🥴
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Jaegermeister and Absinthe. Both taste like ass.
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PSA: It is very difficult to do chest auscultation when the stethoscope earpieces are not in your ears.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
PSA: It is very difficult to do chest auscultation when the stethoscope earpieces are not in your ears.
is that time of the year when I have to complete my annual mandatory lab safety training.
I am nailing this!
I am nailing this!
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
is that time of the year when I have to complete my annual mandatory lab safety training.
I am nailing this!
I am nailing this!
The result of this trial will have consequences in the rating of movies with food fight scenes. The 3 stooges might become rater R for depictions of food gore violence.
The hunt for red october 2 will be about a LEO searching for a sub with too much marinara before it explodes.
The hunt for red october 2 will be about a LEO searching for a sub with too much marinara before it explodes.
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The result of this trial will have consequences in the rating of movies with food fight scenes. The 3 stooges might become rater R for depictions of food gore violence.
The hunt for red october 2 will be about a LEO searching for a sub with too much marinara before it explodes.
The hunt for red october 2 will be about a LEO searching for a sub with too much marinara before it explodes.
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En mi reciente columna, "Nombrar a la naturaleza", hablo sobre las palabras en desuso para nombrar a la naturaleza y lo que eso refleja sobre el ser humano.
Nombrar a la naturaleza
¿Hay una relación entre el lenguaje y la naturaleza? ¿Qué pasaría si se dejaran de usar las palabras con las cuales nombramos a las plantas, los animales o los ciclos naturales? ¿Reflejan las palabras nuestra relación, positiva o negativa, con nuestro entorno? Un estudio realizado por el psicólogo Miles Richardson, profesor de la Universidad de Derby, en el Reino Unido, estableció que el uso de palabras relacionadas con la naturaleza había declinado en más del 60 % entre los años de 1850 a 2019.
jescudos.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
En mi reciente columna, "Nombrar a la naturaleza", hablo sobre las palabras en desuso para nombrar a la naturaleza y lo que eso refleja sobre el ser humano.