Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸
@mragsac.com
👩🏽💻 #FilipinoAmerican Postdoc 🧪 at https://amariutalab.org studying #PediatricAsthma • #Bioinformatics PhD, PI: Emma Farley 💻🧬 & #Bioengineering BS, PI: Terry Gaasterland from @ucsandiego.bsky.social ☀️ • #InvisibleDisability 🌻
Personal Account! ✨
Personal Account! ✨
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"the benefits of NIH research in general are wide and diffuse. A very large number of advances—roughly one in two during the 21st century—are linked to NIH grants that are cut in our counterfactual scenario."
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"the benefits of NIH research in general are wide and diffuse. A very large number of advances—roughly one in two during the 21st century—are linked to NIH grants that are cut in our counterfactual scenario."
I got a liver biopsy yesterday and, wow, I didn’t expect that to hurt as much as it did … Thank goodness I have sick days so I can rest! 🥲
They also weren’t able to give me as much sedative because my blood pressure runs pretty low to begin with so I felt everything 😭
They also weren’t able to give me as much sedative because my blood pressure runs pretty low to begin with so I felt everything 😭
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I got a liver biopsy yesterday and, wow, I didn’t expect that to hurt as much as it did … Thank goodness I have sick days so I can rest! 🥲
They also weren’t able to give me as much sedative because my blood pressure runs pretty low to begin with so I felt everything 😭
They also weren’t able to give me as much sedative because my blood pressure runs pretty low to begin with so I felt everything 😭
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"This is our generation. This is our time. Will our leaders come together [to address this]? Because what we've seen is impunity, the violation of the international rules-based order"
Impunity prevails when 'good' governments do nothing.
[And Maria Ressa actually deserved her Nobel Peace Prize]
Impunity prevails when 'good' governments do nothing.
[And Maria Ressa actually deserved her Nobel Peace Prize]
Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist on murdered journalists and Trump's America
Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.
www.abc.net.au
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"This is our generation. This is our time. Will our leaders come together [to address this]? Because what we've seen is impunity, the violation of the international rules-based order"
Impunity prevails when 'good' governments do nothing.
[And Maria Ressa actually deserved her Nobel Peace Prize]
Impunity prevails when 'good' governments do nothing.
[And Maria Ressa actually deserved her Nobel Peace Prize]
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Again, this is *verbatim* the exact messaging Rodrigo Duterte used in order to run his deadly drug war in the Philippines en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...
September 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Again, this is *verbatim* the exact messaging Rodrigo Duterte used in order to run his deadly drug war in the Philippines en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...
Reposted by Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Americans, I am once again begging you to consider that sometimes people aren't in America and may be discussing their own bad governments on the niche microblogging website. Please. I am begging.
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Americans, I am once again begging you to consider that sometimes people aren't in America and may be discussing their own bad governments on the niche microblogging website. Please. I am begging.
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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I work with a lot of researchers — including many researchers who study AI — and this is consistent with my experience. The more one knows, the less likely one is to use it.
So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
The Less You Know About AI, the More You Are Likely to Use It
AI can seem magical to those with low AI literacy, a new study finds. That, in turn, might make them more willing to try it.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I work with a lot of researchers — including many researchers who study AI — and this is consistent with my experience. The more one knows, the less likely one is to use it.
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I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
I attended a @anvilproject.org workshop 🧬 💻 🧪 yesterday and we were outrageously Zoom bombed 💣 💥 🫣
Luckily, the workshop runners handled things well, but … it goes to show that passwords in Zoom meetings are still important for webinars because we can’t trust people 🙃 🫠
Luckily, the workshop runners handled things well, but … it goes to show that passwords in Zoom meetings are still important for webinars because we can’t trust people 🙃 🫠
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I attended a @anvilproject.org workshop 🧬 💻 🧪 yesterday and we were outrageously Zoom bombed 💣 💥 🫣
Luckily, the workshop runners handled things well, but … it goes to show that passwords in Zoom meetings are still important for webinars because we can’t trust people 🙃 🫠
Luckily, the workshop runners handled things well, but … it goes to show that passwords in Zoom meetings are still important for webinars because we can’t trust people 🙃 🫠
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New study on #BlueSky for #SciComm.
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sharing this here on my main feed as well 👀 ! 🧪💻👾
I replied to @carlbergstrom.com’s post about the #GoogleSearch AI Responses, but somebody wrote a cool thing to make them look like “fortunes” and it was featured on @gigazine.net 💪🏽✨
I replied to @carlbergstrom.com’s post about the #GoogleSearch AI Responses, but somebody wrote a cool thing to make them look like “fortunes” and it was featured on @gigazine.net 💪🏽✨
This article is in Japanese but @gigazine.net posted a nifty gadget somebody made to make AI suggestions look like some “fortune” instead 👀✨💻🌐🔮
👩🏽💻 GitHub Repo: github.com/mina37010/Fo...
👩🏽💻 GitHub Repo: github.com/mina37010/Fo...
Google検索の最上部に表示される「AIによる概要」を無害なおみくじに変えるChrome向け拡張機能「Fortune-telling-instead-of-AI-explanation」が登場、「でたらめ言われるくらいならおみくじの方がマシ」という要望に応えて
Google検索では、検索結果に「AIによる概要」が表示されます。このAIによる概要はしばしば訳の分からない回答を出力することがあるため、AIによるめちゃくちゃな概要を集めたXアカウントがあるほどです。そんなAIによる概要が不要という人に向け、AIによる概要を占いに変えるChrome拡張機能「Fortune-telling-instead-of-AI-explanation」が登場しました。
gigazine.net
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sharing this here on my main feed as well 👀 ! 🧪💻👾
I replied to @carlbergstrom.com’s post about the #GoogleSearch AI Responses, but somebody wrote a cool thing to make them look like “fortunes” and it was featured on @gigazine.net 💪🏽✨
I replied to @carlbergstrom.com’s post about the #GoogleSearch AI Responses, but somebody wrote a cool thing to make them look like “fortunes” and it was featured on @gigazine.net 💪🏽✨
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My pet peeve is people who tell other people to quit their jobs while they would never quit theirs.
August 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My pet peeve is people who tell other people to quit their jobs while they would never quit theirs.
I went to my community’s monthly 🏠 HOA Meeting 🌳📆 last evening, and the amount of yelling at board members (then gaslighting them by saying it was polite conversation and comments 🙃) was absolutely insane 🫣
Are other communities in #SanDiego also doing special assessments and balcony projects? 🥲
Are other communities in #SanDiego also doing special assessments and balcony projects? 🥲
August 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I went to my community’s monthly 🏠 HOA Meeting 🌳📆 last evening, and the amount of yelling at board members (then gaslighting them by saying it was polite conversation and comments 🙃) was absolutely insane 🫣
Are other communities in #SanDiego also doing special assessments and balcony projects? 🥲
Are other communities in #SanDiego also doing special assessments and balcony projects? 🥲
Reposted by Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Anthropic says a hacker used its Claude chatbot "to an unprecedented degree": Claude identified vulnerable companies, wrote infostealer malware, analyzed stolen files for extortion purposes, calculated extortion amounts, and wrote extortion messages. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Anthropic says a hacker used its Claude chatbot "to an unprecedented degree": Claude identified vulnerable companies, wrote infostealer malware, analyzed stolen files for extortion purposes, calculated extortion amounts, and wrote extortion messages. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
For the 🦅 MAKE ❤️ AMERICA 🤍 GREAT 💙AGAIN 🇺🇸 campaign, can we PLEASE bring back the trains and public transit modalities that people used to travel around the United States 🥲 (and then modernize them)
I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.
August 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For the 🦅 MAKE ❤️ AMERICA 🤍 GREAT 💙AGAIN 🇺🇸 campaign, can we PLEASE bring back the trains and public transit modalities that people used to travel around the United States 🥲 (and then modernize them)
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Today Taylor Swift accomplished something no AI researcher ever could (made an announcement without posting on X)
August 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Today Taylor Swift accomplished something no AI researcher ever could (made an announcement without posting on X)
I'm currently taking the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Cyber Security Awareness Training 👩🏽💻 🤖 👾 because my certification is expiring, and there was a segment about phishing emails ... 🤔 🥲
Based on this, it seems that a lot of the emails I get from other academics are potential red flags 🚩🚩🚩
Based on this, it seems that a lot of the emails I get from other academics are potential red flags 🚩🚩🚩
August 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm currently taking the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Cyber Security Awareness Training 👩🏽💻 🤖 👾 because my certification is expiring, and there was a segment about phishing emails ... 🤔 🥲
Based on this, it seems that a lot of the emails I get from other academics are potential red flags 🚩🚩🚩
Based on this, it seems that a lot of the emails I get from other academics are potential red flags 🚩🚩🚩
Reposted by Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Acknowledging that we are living under a fascist regime at the Federal level is essential for figuring out how to fight. And I'm sorry but burying one's head in the sand at this moment is actually allowing fascism to be further entrenched & authority more easily consolidated.
August 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Acknowledging that we are living under a fascist regime at the Federal level is essential for figuring out how to fight. And I'm sorry but burying one's head in the sand at this moment is actually allowing fascism to be further entrenched & authority more easily consolidated.
Currently working on my application for the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪✨ and it's my first time ever writing a Diversity Statement 😅
... Though right now, it's reminding me of the undergraduate college application essay writing experience 🫠
... Though right now, it's reminding me of the undergraduate college application essay writing experience 🫠
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Currently working on my application for the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 🧪✨ and it's my first time ever writing a Diversity Statement 😅
... Though right now, it's reminding me of the undergraduate college application essay writing experience 🫠
... Though right now, it's reminding me of the undergraduate college application essay writing experience 🫠
Reposted by Michelle Franc Ragsac, PhD 🇵🇭🇺🇸
Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
August 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.
Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!
Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!
Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!
Fund mRNA research!
Slowly getting back to working out after the pain flare and medication change 💪🏽 I did a hot yoga class 🧘🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️ and my joints feel well-lubricated now! 😤✨
August 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Slowly getting back to working out after the pain flare and medication change 💪🏽 I did a hot yoga class 🧘🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️ and my joints feel well-lubricated now! 😤✨
Check out the replies in this thread for great non-function reads on science history! 🧪 #ScienceSky #BookSky 📚✨
Also! @ucsandiego.bsky.social has a History of Science major (linked), and I loved going through the course offerings and their syllabi as a student ✨👩🏽🏫👩🏽💻🏫
Also! @ucsandiego.bsky.social has a History of Science major (linked), and I loved going through the course offerings and their syllabi as a student ✨👩🏽🏫👩🏽💻🏫
August 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Check out the replies in this thread for great non-function reads on science history! 🧪 #ScienceSky #BookSky 📚✨
Also! @ucsandiego.bsky.social has a History of Science major (linked), and I loved going through the course offerings and their syllabi as a student ✨👩🏽🏫👩🏽💻🏫
Also! @ucsandiego.bsky.social has a History of Science major (linked), and I loved going through the course offerings and their syllabi as a student ✨👩🏽🏫👩🏽💻🏫
To update my #ChronicIllness #InvisibleDisability🌻 saga, I’m switching my long-term pain medication from 1,200 mg/day of gabapentin to Lyrica because of side effects that popped up after taking the med for several years 💊 🩺 🫠
Getting off gabapentin was ROUGH — I forgot how much everything hurts 😭 😩
Getting off gabapentin was ROUGH — I forgot how much everything hurts 😭 😩
August 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To update my #ChronicIllness #InvisibleDisability🌻 saga, I’m switching my long-term pain medication from 1,200 mg/day of gabapentin to Lyrica because of side effects that popped up after taking the med for several years 💊 🩺 🫠
Getting off gabapentin was ROUGH — I forgot how much everything hurts 😭 😩
Getting off gabapentin was ROUGH — I forgot how much everything hurts 😭 😩
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Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
August 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...