LIewGreen
@liewgreen.bsky.social
Morganist
The prime minister's necromantic protégé
The prime minister's necromantic protégé
I like to test little things with AI chatbots sometimes to see if I can pre-empt cheating.
New task I found that they suck at doing—calculating the Tms of primers.
Really: two tested couldn't even count the correct number of bases when I submitted the primer sequences.
No, thats 6Gs, not 5 there.
New task I found that they suck at doing—calculating the Tms of primers.
Really: two tested couldn't even count the correct number of bases when I submitted the primer sequences.
No, thats 6Gs, not 5 there.
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I like to test little things with AI chatbots sometimes to see if I can pre-empt cheating.
New task I found that they suck at doing—calculating the Tms of primers.
Really: two tested couldn't even count the correct number of bases when I submitted the primer sequences.
No, thats 6Gs, not 5 there.
New task I found that they suck at doing—calculating the Tms of primers.
Really: two tested couldn't even count the correct number of bases when I submitted the primer sequences.
No, thats 6Gs, not 5 there.
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This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide
Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.
www.sciencenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is such a cool study. A parasitic ant queen tricks worker ants into murdering their own queen, so the parasite can take over the colony.
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Wow, I never really noticed this 'fastp' software. I'm apparently the only one though.
They simply re-used an existing name already employed by popular and historically significant software. How is this kind of thing possible?
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
They simply re-used an existing name already employed by popular and historically significant software. How is this kind of thing possible?
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
fastp: an ultra-fast all-in-one FASTQ preprocessor
AbstractMotivation. Quality control and preprocessing of FASTQ files are essential to providing clean data for downstream analysis. Traditionally, a differ
academic.oup.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Wow, I never really noticed this 'fastp' software. I'm apparently the only one though.
They simply re-used an existing name already employed by popular and historically significant software. How is this kind of thing possible?
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
They simply re-used an existing name already employed by popular and historically significant software. How is this kind of thing possible?
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
I can just make make out the northern lights with my naked eye in my backyard. Unreal.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I can just make make out the northern lights with my naked eye in my backyard. Unreal.
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
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The aurora is happening … and disturbingly red.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The aurora is happening … and disturbingly red.
Heh, saya menggunakan “vibes” untuk menggabungkan kata kerja
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Heh, saya menggunakan “vibes” untuk menggabungkan kata kerja
Jesus Christ, just what I need
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Jesus Christ, just what I need
This is so good
you think the French haven't already inferred the phylogeny of every cheese fungus?? FOOLS
September 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is so good
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How variable are temperature effects on species interactions within a local community? Find out in our new paper led by @zoeyneale.bsky.social
"Thermal responses of feeding rates differ across co‐occurring predator species" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"Thermal responses of feeding rates differ across co‐occurring predator species" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How variable are temperature effects on species interactions within a local community? Find out in our new paper led by @zoeyneale.bsky.social
"Thermal responses of feeding rates differ across co‐occurring predator species" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"Thermal responses of feeding rates differ across co‐occurring predator species" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.
https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb
David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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In Jakarta, rioters set fire to a five-story building near Brimob police headquarters, while others torched vehicles and attacked government offices. Demonstrators are angry about what they call lavish perks for lawmakers, rising living costs and the lack of jobs www.youtube.com/watch?v=bACS...
Violent protests erupt in Indonesia after police killing | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In Jakarta, rioters set fire to a five-story building near Brimob police headquarters, while others torched vehicles and attacked government offices. Demonstrators are angry about what they call lavish perks for lawmakers, rising living costs and the lack of jobs www.youtube.com/watch?v=bACS...
So, was someone trying to hide in the Strathbogie Ranges or something??
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/news/two-in-...
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/news/two-in-...
Two in custody as Nagambie and Avenel communities asked to remain vigilant during search for Porepunkah suspect
Police have taken two people into custody as part of their investigation into the fatal shooting of two police officers and serious injury to a third during the exec...
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au
August 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So, was someone trying to hide in the Strathbogie Ranges or something??
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/news/two-in-...
www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/news/two-in-...
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This always blows my mind. Dude mapped qtl for a quantitative trait to a chromosome in 1923!
Related but cool combo of cytogenetics and phenotype. Know when the first QTL was mapped?
Sax, K. 1923. The association of size differences with seed coat pattern and pigmentation in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genetics 8:552-560.
Sax, K. 1923. The association of size differences with seed coat pattern and pigmentation in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genetics 8:552-560.
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This always blows my mind. Dude mapped qtl for a quantitative trait to a chromosome in 1923!
So it looks like a SovCit is responsible for the Porepunkah shooting. But unlike the Trains at Wieambilla, he's gone bush.
August 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So it looks like a SovCit is responsible for the Porepunkah shooting. But unlike the Trains at Wieambilla, he's gone bush.
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BREAKING: The Tassie Parliament’s upper house has removed the Lord’s Prayer from its formal proceedings, making it the first chamber of an Australian state parliament to do so. We welcome the decision, but further secular reform is needed. More: rationalist.com.au/rsa-welcomes...
#taspol #auspol
#taspol #auspol
RSA welcomes change as Tassie upper house drops the Lord’s Prayer | Rationalist Society of Australia
The Rationalist Society of Australia welcomes the decision of the Tasmanian Parliament’s upper house to remove the Lord’s Prayer from its formal proceedings, but is calling for further secular reform....
rationalist.com.au
August 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
BREAKING: The Tassie Parliament’s upper house has removed the Lord’s Prayer from its formal proceedings, making it the first chamber of an Australian state parliament to do so. We welcome the decision, but further secular reform is needed. More: rationalist.com.au/rsa-welcomes...
#taspol #auspol
#taspol #auspol
Had half a mind to see how many days left I had on my Australian SIM before I had to recharge.
Today
It has to be done today.
Good job, internal chronometer.
Today
It has to be done today.
Good job, internal chronometer.
August 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Had half a mind to see how many days left I had on my Australian SIM before I had to recharge.
Today
It has to be done today.
Good job, internal chronometer.
Today
It has to be done today.
Good job, internal chronometer.
Imagine if Napster got away with this reasoning?
The absurdity of their argument is basically: "It's too hard to figure out how to pay everyone we stole from." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Imagine if Napster got away with this reasoning?
Yep, this is timely
Hey! New faculty! Your annual reminder to keep track of *everything* you do in some way or another. I just dump stuff into a Google doc, nothing fancy, but saves a ton of time when working on promotion & tenure docs.
(Ask me what I'm working on right now...!) 🧪
(Ask me what I'm working on right now...!) 🧪
August 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yep, this is timely
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New additions in fellowships, industry, and academic jobs! If you've recently gotten a fellowship or a job (research, industry, PUI) please consider contributing your application materials. It's a helpful resource for those on the job market! github.com/RILAB/statem...
GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants
Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New additions in fellowships, industry, and academic jobs! If you've recently gotten a fellowship or a job (research, industry, PUI) please consider contributing your application materials. It's a helpful resource for those on the job market! github.com/RILAB/statem...
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I love in crime shows when someone’s special mystery solving skill is noticing. God they notice so much
August 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love in crime shows when someone’s special mystery solving skill is noticing. God they notice so much