Silas Maniatis
@manimota.bsky.social
Father and scientist. Doing dad stuff in Brooklyn and science at New York Genome Center.
𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴
𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 @𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧.𝘣𝘴𝘬𝘺.𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭
@𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴
𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴
𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 @𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧.𝘣𝘴𝘬𝘺.𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭
@𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴
One of my favorite things about the Mamdani sign style meme is how few people posting them have any interaction with the fact they are clearly a callback to NYCHA signage.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One of my favorite things about the Mamdani sign style meme is how few people posting them have any interaction with the fact they are clearly a callback to NYCHA signage.
Just hit 4K miles on the family cargo bike while taking the kids to school this am. This thing has been one of the biggest parental level-ups we’ve discovered. It’s made the commute something the kids look forward to, and has cut my commute (which was not bad to start) in half.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just hit 4K miles on the family cargo bike while taking the kids to school this am. This thing has been one of the biggest parental level-ups we’ve discovered. It’s made the commute something the kids look forward to, and has cut my commute (which was not bad to start) in half.
Also… for those that don’t know, ‘Defend NYC’ & ‘Fix the city’ are billionaire superpacs. Michael Bloomberg is one of the most important contributors to the legal milieu that gave rise to ‘Kavenaugh stops’ (and to NYGC)
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Also… for those that don’t know, ‘Defend NYC’ & ‘Fix the city’ are billionaire superpacs. Michael Bloomberg is one of the most important contributors to the legal milieu that gave rise to ‘Kavenaugh stops’ (and to NYGC)
I mean, dude has a pied-a-terre here I guess, but snuggles with his leaded gas era Camaro upstate most nights.. anyway…. If there’s an honest debate over progressive local taxation though.. Check out what happened in Boston when they put in a wealth tax. (Hint. The billionaires didn’t move)
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I mean, dude has a pied-a-terre here I guess, but snuggles with his leaded gas era Camaro upstate most nights.. anyway…. If there’s an honest debate over progressive local taxation though.. Check out what happened in Boston when they put in a wealth tax. (Hint. The billionaires didn’t move)
Dep_H_Sec had a big raid on canal near the genome center today. Came home and took kids to the park and immediately saw Coast_G (part of same org) deploying drones on the east river.
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dep_H_Sec had a big raid on canal near the genome center today. Came home and took kids to the park and immediately saw Coast_G (part of same org) deploying drones on the east river.
I’m returning from being on a panel at a conference in San Diego, and TSA is at the gate questioning everyone boarding the plane and checking IDs. I’ve never seen this before. They just questioned 4 active duty military personnel as they boarded
September 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I’m returning from being on a panel at a conference in San Diego, and TSA is at the gate questioning everyone boarding the plane and checking IDs. I’ve never seen this before. They just questioned 4 active duty military personnel as they boarded
Brooklyn golden hour remains undefeated
September 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Brooklyn golden hour remains undefeated
8:00 summer BK vibe is undefeated
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
8:00 summer BK vibe is undefeated
April 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I’ve been a life long pats fan. like sitting on an aluminum bench in a high school quality stadium in Foxboro against the browns cuz we might win a game in the 80’s. I will never support them again. What the actual …. Best look is if this just Navy contract for rotation or something.. still nah
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I’ve been a life long pats fan. like sitting on an aluminum bench in a high school quality stadium in Foxboro against the browns cuz we might win a game in the 80’s. I will never support them again. What the actual …. Best look is if this just Navy contract for rotation or something.. still nah
My friend Tim said it best…. We live in the timeline where Biff got the sports magazine.
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My friend Tim said it best…. We live in the timeline where Biff got the sports magazine.
Favorite line of the day (wish I knew the speaker’s name) “Today we stand together to defend science… tomorrow we must stand together to defend the arts, humanities!” Because you know it won’t stop with us. Now is the time folks. The time for all of us to stand together against this evil.
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Favorite line of the day (wish I knew the speaker’s name) “Today we stand together to defend science… tomorrow we must stand together to defend the arts, humanities!” Because you know it won’t stop with us. Now is the time folks. The time for all of us to stand together against this evil.
Had a pretty profound and revitalizing moment in life today. Stood up for science with my father (and lots of other scientists, and non-scientists too). Like my father’s father before us, we Maniatii don’t sit around when fascism is on the move.
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Had a pretty profound and revitalizing moment in life today. Stood up for science with my father (and lots of other scientists, and non-scientists too). Like my father’s father before us, we Maniatii don’t sit around when fascism is on the move.
Don’t know how I (and the entire media apparently) missed this, but the plan is to essentially permanently shut down the government. Said so in sec 3C of the EO of 2/11/25. Basically, only the fed workers who work during a shutdown will have a job when done.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Don’t know how I (and the entire media apparently) missed this, but the plan is to essentially permanently shut down the government. Said so in sec 3C of the EO of 2/11/25. Basically, only the fed workers who work during a shutdown will have a job when done.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
and so it begins...
March 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
and so it begins...
I am perhaps the luckiest person on earth. Certainly one of the proudest… I get to be colleagues with my father and end my Friday reading his commentary in Cell about the threat to US science. Sat morning I get up and see my 10yo son reading and understanding it and then talk about what’s going on.
March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am perhaps the luckiest person on earth. Certainly one of the proudest… I get to be colleagues with my father and end my Friday reading his commentary in Cell about the threat to US science. Sat morning I get up and see my 10yo son reading and understanding it and then talk about what’s going on.
More egg, no plane crash
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
More egg, no plane crash
For those of us with DOD grants, they’re coming for those too. These are priorities of the incoming deputy assistant sec def for strategy (aside from science, he also wants to eliminate commissary benefits and DOD schools too, so that’s a great way to get soldiers to quit, aka carry Putin’s water)
January 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
For those of us with DOD grants, they’re coming for those too. These are priorities of the incoming deputy assistant sec def for strategy (aside from science, he also wants to eliminate commissary benefits and DOD schools too, so that’s a great way to get soldiers to quit, aka carry Putin’s water)
