A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

I've been putting off sending a professional email since July because I've dreaded the response.

I sent it today, and received a reply of "no worries that's fine" in about three minutes.

I will learn nothing from this.

My personal block list now has grown to well over 2,000 argumentative Trump-lovin' trolls. If you use lists, feel free to subscribe and block/mute all of them at once. Just a look through the names on it will tell you that you never want to see them again.
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Just signed.
Stand up for golden rice. #goldenrice
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A highly innovative, potential breakthrough in synthetic biology: engineered receptor platform to activate specific cells based on their cell surface molecules, such as immune response to cancer
nature.com/articles/s4158…

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New #JWST image just dropped 🔭🐡🧪

this is what I make agar plates with so only the strong survive

In today's Nature: A ‘Wikipedia for cells’
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in-frame deletion #genetics

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This paper is a really interesting read. The concept of an organism manipulating another into a mutualistic relationship as opposed to a parasitic one is quite unexpected. Total dick move on the part of the fungus and I love it.

I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.

I like this version of social media, and the world.

Thanks, folks.