Mark D. Garfinkel, Ph.D.
@mdgarfinkel.bsky.social
"Native New Yorker, adoptive Chicagoan, 24-year veteran of being a stranger in a strange land." Drosophila (fly) person. Childless cat man. Cinema buff. "Fascinated by everything except how to dress," as Matt Groening would put it.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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A campaign that could evolve into bombing a nation thirty times the size of Panama, larger than Ukraine, and home to nearly 30 million people cannot be slipped past either Congress or the American public as an extension of drug policy. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’
And talk of a quick invasion and easy ‘regime change’ is dangerously misleading.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A campaign that could evolve into bombing a nation thirty times the size of Panama, larger than Ukraine, and home to nearly 30 million people cannot be slipped past either Congress or the American public as an extension of drug policy. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has more integrity and spine than the entire HHS "leadership"
I don’t think it gets mentioned enough that Trump & Vought want to subvert the federal civil service with “Schedule F.”
Bovino is demonstrating what a fully politicized spoils-based FCS would look like. The badge, gun & body armor — plus the bloviating — serve to amplify the point.
Bovino is demonstrating what a fully politicized spoils-based FCS would look like. The badge, gun & body armor — plus the bloviating — serve to amplify the point.
I don't think it gets mentioned enough that Bovino is a member of the civil service. He is not a political appointee. Yet he still engages in constant open partisanship while in uniform and with a DHS flag behind him.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I don’t think it gets mentioned enough that Trump & Vought want to subvert the federal civil service with “Schedule F.”
Bovino is demonstrating what a fully politicized spoils-based FCS would look like. The badge, gun & body armor — plus the bloviating — serve to amplify the point.
Bovino is demonstrating what a fully politicized spoils-based FCS would look like. The badge, gun & body armor — plus the bloviating — serve to amplify the point.
Interesting he chose 2028 & 2030 for his reference years… it’s as if Massie is warning certain _senators_ who will come up for reelection in either of those years, and for anyone considering a run for president.
Clever. Perhaps too clever by half.
Clever. Perhaps too clever by half.
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Interesting he chose 2028 & 2030 for his reference years… it’s as if Massie is warning certain _senators_ who will come up for reelection in either of those years, and for anyone considering a run for president.
Clever. Perhaps too clever by half.
Clever. Perhaps too clever by half.
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
The locations shown in this video are 45-60 minutes northeast of #Birmingham #Alabama along I-59.
I am seriously tempted!!
I am seriously tempted!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The locations shown in this video are 45-60 minutes northeast of #Birmingham #Alabama along I-59.
I am seriously tempted!!
I am seriously tempted!!
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Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
Priceless — two non-scientists mischaracterizing how science is conducted before an anti-science audience.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Priceless — two non-scientists mischaracterizing how science is conducted before an anti-science audience.
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The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
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Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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... isn't that pre-calculus?
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
... isn't that pre-calculus?
“I’m a doctor, not an actuary!” said the physician-senator from the great state of Kansas.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“I’m a doctor, not an actuary!” said the physician-senator from the great state of Kansas.
Truly, we have descended into Carl Sagan's prophetic _Demon-Haunted World._
“I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message: that we need to be more boldly anti-vax,” said Mark Gorton, the head of the MAHA Institute…(he) called for the elimination of the childhood vaccination schedule & removal of vaccines from the market.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating RFK Jr.’s rise
An anti-vaccine conference in Austin celebrated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rise to political power, highlighting his influence in Trump’s Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Truly, we have descended into Carl Sagan's prophetic _Demon-Haunted World._
I’d love to know who was aboard the Cessna Citation business jet that whistled overhead yesterday while on final approach to #Bessemer ( #Alabama ) Regional Airport after a 3h25m flight that originated at #Hyannis, Cape Cod, #Massachusetts.
These new #FAA regs wouldn’t have stopped them.
These new #FAA regs wouldn’t have stopped them.
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’d love to know who was aboard the Cessna Citation business jet that whistled overhead yesterday while on final approach to #Bessemer ( #Alabama ) Regional Airport after a 3h25m flight that originated at #Hyannis, Cape Cod, #Massachusetts.
These new #FAA regs wouldn’t have stopped them.
These new #FAA regs wouldn’t have stopped them.
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“I’m the XO of a unit called ECOMCON… and it’s the damndest thing. We train more for seizing than for preventing… like we had to take it back.”
— paraphrase from _Seven Days in May_
— paraphrase from _Seven Days in May_
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“I’m the XO of a unit called ECOMCON… and it’s the damndest thing. We train more for seizing than for preventing… like we had to take it back.”
— paraphrase from _Seven Days in May_
— paraphrase from _Seven Days in May_
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oh yeah ok this is super cool
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
#Science #Entomology #Arachnids #Spiders
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating
Scientists named the half-male, half-female spider after an One Piece anime character who can change sex at will.
www.zmescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
oh yeah ok this is super cool
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
not only did they find a gynandromorph spider, it also turned out to be a new species! 🤯🧪🕷️
It’s #Caturday (still), so here is a #bicolor that I saw wandering the apartment complex earlier today.
There used to be a #cat colony on the grounds, but TNR & attrition depleted it long ago.
This one looks too healthy-looking to be feral or abandoned, but I honestly don’t know.
#catsofbluesky
There used to be a #cat colony on the grounds, but TNR & attrition depleted it long ago.
This one looks too healthy-looking to be feral or abandoned, but I honestly don’t know.
#catsofbluesky
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It’s #Caturday (still), so here is a #bicolor that I saw wandering the apartment complex earlier today.
There used to be a #cat colony on the grounds, but TNR & attrition depleted it long ago.
This one looks too healthy-looking to be feral or abandoned, but I honestly don’t know.
#catsofbluesky
There used to be a #cat colony on the grounds, but TNR & attrition depleted it long ago.
This one looks too healthy-looking to be feral or abandoned, but I honestly don’t know.
#catsofbluesky
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Madre de Dios. A Redditor just asked for help identifying this obscure object.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Madre de Dios. A Redditor just asked for help identifying this obscure object.