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1/ It is no secret that I view the unchecked rise of liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) in biology as a profound distortion of molecular biology. It conflicts with its principles, it is logically incompatible with them, and the claims made in its name have been, with rare exceptions,...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
1/ It is no secret that I view the unchecked rise of liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) in biology as a profound distortion of molecular biology. It conflicts with its principles, it is logically incompatible with them, and the claims made in its name have been, with rare exceptions,...
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The beauty of the story of the discovery of DNA is that it had a happy ending. Franklin got what really matters - a first author @Nature paper.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The beauty of the story of the discovery of DNA is that it had a happy ending. Franklin got what really matters - a first author @Nature paper.
@arseblog.com on a scale of 1 to 10 how Spursy a game was that?
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@arseblog.com on a scale of 1 to 10 how Spursy a game was that?
Why do MLB managers keep making this exact mistake? A mistake everyone knows they’re making in real time. That was the spot for Munoz. Insane that he wasn’t hot.
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Why do MLB managers keep making this exact mistake? A mistake everyone knows they’re making in real time. That was the spot for Munoz. Insane that he wasn’t hot.
play for your dogs
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
play for your dogs
software recommendations for screening nanopore environmental samples data for unknown animals?
October 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
software recommendations for screening nanopore environmental samples data for unknown animals?
I'm sure @elmcitytree.blacksky.app means well.
White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm sure @elmcitytree.blacksky.app means well.
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
First they came for the Immigrants.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for trans people.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for the comedians.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for me.
And there was no one to write a memo for me.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for trans people.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for the comedians.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for me.
And there was no one to write a memo for me.
House Democratic leadership are accusing Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr of a "corrupt abuse of power" following ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and are calling on Carr to resign.
"House Democrats will make sure the American people learn the truth ... This will not be forgotten."
"House Democrats will make sure the American people learn the truth ... This will not be forgotten."
September 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
First they came for the Immigrants.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for trans people.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for the comedians.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for me.
And there was no one to write a memo for me.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for trans people.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for the comedians.
And I wrote a memo.
Then they came for me.
And there was no one to write a memo for me.
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@mbeisen.bsky.social and I have already been operating without journal proxies throughout our careers and, tbh, every aspect of it is better. Both the experience of doing science and the potential outcomes for science.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@mbeisen.bsky.social and I have already been operating without journal proxies throughout our careers and, tbh, every aspect of it is better. Both the experience of doing science and the potential outcomes for science.
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Reposted by Michael Eisen
Thoughtful and powerful advice from @pracheeac.bsky.social and @mbeisen.bsky.social
While journal publishing has always been deeply problematic, hurting both the pace and trajectory of science, something is happening in this moment that is finally causing the system to crumble under its own weight and cost.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thoughtful and powerful advice from @pracheeac.bsky.social and @mbeisen.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael Eisen
While journal publishing has always been deeply problematic, hurting both the pace and trajectory of science, something is happening in this moment that is finally causing the system to crumble under its own weight and cost.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
While journal publishing has always been deeply problematic, hurting both the pace and trajectory of science, something is happening in this moment that is finally causing the system to crumble under its own weight and cost.
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Absolute football hilarity.
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Absolute football hilarity.
I have never wanted to be in a pub with the @arseblog.com gents more than right now.
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I have never wanted to be in a pub with the @arseblog.com gents more than right now.
This is for you, @benlindbergh.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is for you, @benlindbergh.bsky.social
A fly that gets everyone to say "screw worms" is the perfect animal.
JUST IN: U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America, but has spread north in recent years.
The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America, but has spread north in recent years.
n.pr
August 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A fly that gets everyone to say "screw worms" is the perfect animal.
Harvard never should have had these patents in the first place - nobody should be able to patent government funded work - and universities really do misuse their IP portfolios - but man this is some seriously unprincipled and incoherent bullshit.
New: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exclusive: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration
The Trump administration on Friday ordered a comprehensive review of Harvard University's federally funded research programs, and threatened to take title to or grant licenses from the school's lucrative portfolio of patents.
www.reuters.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Harvard never should have had these patents in the first place - nobody should be able to patent government funded work - and universities really do misuse their IP portfolios - but man this is some seriously unprincipled and incoherent bullshit.
Made my film obsessed kid a drive in theater cake featuring a full screening of their favorite film - @edgarwright.bsky.social’s Hot Fuzz.
August 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Made my film obsessed kid a drive in theater cake featuring a full screening of their favorite film - @edgarwright.bsky.social’s Hot Fuzz.