Jeff Kiefer
@jeffk8900.bsky.social
I’m a cancer researcher with interests in bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, drug discovery, and large language models. Personal interest are wine, food, cooking, and the Chicago Bears. All opinions expressed are my own.
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Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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One day the White House “ballroom” will be a museum cataloguing this country’s descent into autocracy, including horrors we have yet to see.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One day the White House “ballroom” will be a museum cataloguing this country’s descent into autocracy, including horrors we have yet to see.
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Bear Down!!!
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Bear Down!!!
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These are not just grants. This is thousands of people who devoted their lives and careers - taking pay cuts, working long hours, living with uncertainty - all for the chance to try to make people's lives a bit better for you and your loved ones. This breaks my heart.
Cutting NIH or NSF funding sounds abstract. Seeing what research is actually being cut makes it real. Kudos to @nytimes.com for this piece:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
These are not just grants. This is thousands of people who devoted their lives and careers - taking pay cuts, working long hours, living with uncertainty - all for the chance to try to make people's lives a bit better for you and your loved ones. This breaks my heart.
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I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
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Multiple articles have been written about Bluesky being a dangerous echo chamber while the world’s richest and influential men are having their brains cooked in increasingly extremist group chats
April 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Multiple articles have been written about Bluesky being a dangerous echo chamber while the world’s richest and influential men are having their brains cooked in increasingly extremist group chats
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The next week or two is an excellent time to call your congresspeople, especially senators (D AND R) to ask them to support scientific research in the upcoming appropriations bill!
If you get anxious like me about this phone call and would like a script to read, here's the one I wrote for myself 1/
If you get anxious like me about this phone call and would like a script to read, here's the one I wrote for myself 1/
sample phone call to congress
[state name and zip code] I'm calling from [X city] and I'm asking you to support scientific research in the upcoming appropriations bill. If we want scientific innovation if we want new cures for ca...
docs.google.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The next week or two is an excellent time to call your congresspeople, especially senators (D AND R) to ask them to support scientific research in the upcoming appropriations bill!
If you get anxious like me about this phone call and would like a script to read, here's the one I wrote for myself 1/
If you get anxious like me about this phone call and would like a script to read, here's the one I wrote for myself 1/
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging
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h/t Aileen, Nancy & zoë - Thanks for the belly laugh.
Needed it today.
Needed it today.
April 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
h/t Aileen, Nancy & zoë - Thanks for the belly laugh.
Needed it today.
Needed it today.
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Bernstein writes that we humans are driven by stories, not facts. A convincing story, no matter how misleading the narrative, will always trump the facts — that is, until those facts begin to “cause great pain” or even “decimate the believers themselves”.
April 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Bernstein writes that we humans are driven by stories, not facts. A convincing story, no matter how misleading the narrative, will always trump the facts — that is, until those facts begin to “cause great pain” or even “decimate the believers themselves”.
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Posting this for the umpteenth time.
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Posting this for the umpteenth time.
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Do not travel to the US. It is not save.
Science is abused for propaganda and polical inconvenient topics defunded. Do not attend or organise science conferences in the US.
Science is abused for propaganda and polical inconvenient topics defunded. Do not attend or organise science conferences in the US.
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
April 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Do not travel to the US. It is not save.
Science is abused for propaganda and polical inconvenient topics defunded. Do not attend or organise science conferences in the US.
Science is abused for propaganda and polical inconvenient topics defunded. Do not attend or organise science conferences in the US.
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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Elon Musk is reviving an ideology rooted in his grandfather’s 1930s movement—one that aimed to replace democracy with rule by experts.
We should be seriously concerned.
#Technocracy #DemocracyAtRisk #ElonMusk
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
We should be seriously concerned.
#Technocracy #DemocracyAtRisk #ElonMusk
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Elon Musk is reviving an ideology rooted in his grandfather’s 1930s movement—one that aimed to replace democracy with rule by experts.
We should be seriously concerned.
#Technocracy #DemocracyAtRisk #ElonMusk
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
We should be seriously concerned.
#Technocracy #DemocracyAtRisk #ElonMusk
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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📌Jonathan Harris's painting is still the most prescient thing I've seen during these past eight, awful years.
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
📌Jonathan Harris's painting is still the most prescient thing I've seen during these past eight, awful years.
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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Donald Trumps two biggest strategic allies appear to be Russia and cancer.
NEW: The National Cancer Institute will be a no-show this year at the the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Reearch, per internal NIH/NCI guidance dated March 4th, 2025.
March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Donald Trumps two biggest strategic allies appear to be Russia and cancer.
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This is a horrible stain on US foreign policy and an absolutely terrible idea. As an American I am furious and ashamed, two emotions that I have been experiencing a lot recently.
Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war.
Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.
Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a horrible stain on US foreign policy and an absolutely terrible idea. As an American I am furious and ashamed, two emotions that I have been experiencing a lot recently.
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Hey national Dems. How about you suspend texting me until you put just ONE significant W on the board?
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey national Dems. How about you suspend texting me until you put just ONE significant W on the board?
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?