Jeremiah Genest
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Jeremiah Genest
@jeremiahgenest.bsky.social
Bostonian. Pharmaceutical QA. Worrier.
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
USP Revised: Aligning Compendial Validation with ICH Q2(R2) and Q14’s Lifecycle Vision

The United States Pharmacopeia's proposed revision of General Chapter  Validation of Compendial Procedures, published in Pharmacopeial Forum 51(6), represents the continuation of a fundamental shift in how…
USP <1225> Revised: Aligning Compendial Validation with ICH Q2(R2) and Q14’s Lifecycle Vision
The United States Pharmacopeia's proposed revision of General Chapter &lt;1225&gt; Validation of Compendial Procedures, published in Pharmacopeial Forum 51(6), represents the continuation of a fundamental shift in how we conceptualize analytical method validation—moving from static demonstration of compliance toward dynamic lifecycle management of analytical capability. This gets to the heart of a challenge us to think differently about what validation actually means.
investigationsquality.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Quality: Think Differently – A World Quality Week 2025 Reflection

As we celebrate World Quality Week 2025 (November 10-14), I find myself reflecting on this year's powerful theme: "Quality: think differently." The Chartered Quality Institute's call to challenge traditional approaches and embrace…
Quality: Think Differently – A World Quality Week 2025 Reflection
As we celebrate World Quality Week 2025 (November 10-14), I find myself reflecting on this year's powerful theme: "Quality: think differently." The Chartered Quality Institute's call to challenge traditional approaches and embrace new ways of thinking resonates deeply with the work I've explored throughout the past year on my blog, investigationsquality.com. This theme isn't just a catchy slogan—it's an urgent imperative for pharmaceutical quality professionals navigating an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, rapid technological change, and evolving expectations for what quality systems should deliver.
investigationsquality.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Dekker is also tremendously influential on the site reliability engineering discipline.
And Jere’s blog is always worth reading if you’re a tech geek; surprising how much overlap there is between pharma quality and keeping servers running.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sidney Dekker: The Safety Scientist Who Influences How I Think About Quality

Over the past decades, as I've grown and now led quality organizations in biotechnology, I've encountered many thinkers who've shaped my approach to investigation and risk management. But few have fundamentally altered my…
Sidney Dekker: The Safety Scientist Who Influences How I Think About Quality
Over the past decades, as I've grown and now led quality organizations in biotechnology, I've encountered many thinkers who've shaped my approach to investigation and risk management. But few have fundamentally altered my perspective like Sidney Dekker. His work didn't just add to my toolkit—it forced me to question some of my most basic assumptions about human error, system failure, and what it means to create genuinely effective quality systems.
investigationsquality.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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New map compiled by archaeologists charts twice as many Roman roads as the standard reference work. Their sources include ancient travel itineraries, 19thC camel routes, Soviet military charts, Ottoman surveys and declassified American spy-satellite images.
www.thetimes.com/article/335a...
Truth of vast network of Roman roads revealed
Using spy-satellite images and ancient travel itineraries, researchers have identified a huge number of forgotten roads, some of them less than straight
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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"None of the proposals outlined by Makary and Prasad justify firing hundreds of scientific experts dedicated to protecting public health. Staffing and budget cuts will only further diminish the FDA’s capacity to approve drugs in a timely manner."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
True words
Priorities of the US Food and Drug Administration
To the Editor As the chair of the Doctors for America Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force, I am responding to the recent Viewpoint “Priorities for a New FDA” by FDA Commissioner Martin A. Ma...
jamanetwork.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’ve stopped business travel for the time being.
A surge in callouts among air traffic controllers "is straining staffing levels" at multiple airports across the US — including in the NYC area where 80% of controllers are absent.

The FAA said half of the 30 busiest facilities were experiencing staffing shortages, "leading to widespread impacts."
80% of NYC-area air traffic controllers absent amid 'surge' in callouts: FAA
Staffing shortages snarled flights at a slew of major airports on Friday.
abcnews.go.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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And now it’s time for our annual viewing of The Haunting (1963): my favorite horror movie, and probably the best haunted house movie of all time
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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We live in a condo, and rarely get trick-or-treaters, so today we set up a table outside, actually handed out some candy, and got to say hi to some of our neighbors. We also had some anti-ice/know your rights pamphlets to hand out.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Food banks have already been well past capacity since the start of 2025. The infrastructure we have absolutely cannot support the enormous number of people who are about to lose access. Please if you can, find your local food bank and give today.
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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If you're looking for some food banks to donate to, we vetted a ton all over the country back in 2020, in conjunction with our marble league sponsorship, a sentence that I swear made sense in context. Anyway -- there are links to 17 of them in this thread. (And apologies for linking to... y'know.)
Last Week Tonight on X: "Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:" / X
Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:
x.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Or, and radical thought here, we can trust when someone tells us who they are. I know a deeply personal choice for most people. So I always trust what someone’s tattoos tell me. And nazi symbols tells me everything I need to know to want to be far away
I have no idea what Graham Platner's religious views are, but the way our culture is obsessed with trying to divine a person's "real" interior views, by definition radically private and unknowable, above and beyond external actions in the world, is a sign of how culturally Protestant we all are.
October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If he was a “convert” the tattoo would have been removed. And seriously why do I need to forgive former Nazi’s? Let him spend his life in humble service if he’s contrite and not run for one of the highest offices.
This is the actual interesting side of the discussion.

I've started to question the idea of working your way up the ranks of government, and it's supported by how rarely we actually see it (more below).

And the other side is that putting a convert out in public helps create more.
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chris Murphy admits he’s fine with Nazi sympathizers. I clearly understand his current behavior towards the current regime.
Chris Murphy on Platner's Totenkopf tattoo: "He sounds like a human being to me. A human being who made mistakes, recognizes them, and is very open about it."
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We have a great opportunity to vote against Seth Moulton AND to support a primary challenge against him. bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just watched Strange Harvest (2025) which I found disappointing. Great adherence to the format of a true crime documentary but it was unable to thread the Lovecraftian needle.
October 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Hey all, food insecurity is expected to rise dramatically this fall & winter. I’ve just set up monthly donations with my local food banks (that’s GBFB and Project Bread here in Boston), and you can, too! Or make a one-time donation if that works better for you (money is better than goods)!
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I agonized for 4 years over 1 tattoo making sure it was right for me. I think I can at minimum expect a senate candidate to fully understand the symbolism of ink on his body
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Material Tracking Models in Continuous Manufacturing: Development, Validation, and Lifecycle Management

Continuous manufacturing represents one of the most significant paradigm shifts in pharmaceutical production since the adoption of Good Manufacturing Practices. Unlike traditional batch…
Material Tracking Models in Continuous Manufacturing: Development, Validation, and Lifecycle Management
Continuous manufacturing represents one of the most significant paradigm shifts in pharmaceutical production since the adoption of Good Manufacturing Practices. Unlike traditional batch manufacturing, where discrete lots move sequentially through unit operations with clear temporal and spatial boundaries, continuous manufacturing integrates operations into a flowing system where materials enter, transform, and exit in a steady state. This integration creates extraordinary opportunities for process control, quality assurance, and operational efficiency—but it also creates a fundamental challenge that batch manufacturing never faced: how do you track material identity and quality when everything is always moving?
investigationsquality.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
He is either a nazi sympathizer of some sort or a moron. Both should disqualify him from office.
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I don’t use it, but Spotify is running ICE ads, so fuck Spotify.
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM