Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD
@prasad.bsky.social
Prof & Lab Head in NYC. 100% research: cell division, genome integrity, cancer.
Curious to a fault. Also πολύτροπος. Talking here for me alone. I listen to the finest worksong. Like/repost = bookmark/news, not agreement/endorsement.
Curious to a fault. Also πολύτροπος. Talking here for me alone. I listen to the finest worksong. Like/repost = bookmark/news, not agreement/endorsement.
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In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
www.statnews.com/2019/01/11/l...
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
In 2019 CSHL “unequivocally reject[ed] the unsubstantiated & reckless personal opinions” Watson expressed on ethnicity and genetics, calling them “reprehensible [and] unsupported by science. The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice."
if/when we or another species improves this technology to communicate via olfaction (our most ancient sense anatomically [CN I in the figure below]), I fear humanity will be undone
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
if/when we or another species improves this technology to communicate via olfaction (our most ancient sense anatomically [CN I in the figure below]), I fear humanity will be undone
pitchers have ears
October 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
pitchers have ears
mockery is what the namesake amphibians in Aristophanes's "The Frogs" do to the Greek god Dionysus, who is rowing a boat and complaining about his sore butt
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
mockery is what the namesake amphibians in Aristophanes's "The Frogs" do to the Greek god Dionysus, who is rowing a boat and complaining about his sore butt
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
the frogs troll Dionysus in many ways, including onomatopoeia ("brekekekex koax koax")
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
how hard is it to find an elected Republican official who is outraged by this stuff? it's like searching for an honest and righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
how hard is it to find an elected Republican official who is outraged by this stuff? it's like searching for an honest and righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah
once again I'm begging the people who write these sorts of headlines to learn a crumb of statistics
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
once again I'm begging the people who write these sorts of headlines to learn a crumb of statistics
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
"average" = mean, median, or mode (usually mean)
in all cases "average" depends on distribution
all assume a single mode
most things aren't unimodal
P.S. I hate how easy it was to make this graph
Merida Aguilar’s request to stay in the US to care for Jair, a US citizen ― and to continue as sole financial support for his wife and their two other citizen children ― has been denied by ICE.
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Merida Aguilar’s request to stay in the US to care for Jair, a US citizen ― and to continue as sole financial support for his wife and their two other citizen children ― has been denied by ICE.
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
ICE concluded that “granting discretionary relief is not sufficiently warranted.”
this was an egregious mistake by Roberts, who cannot contemplate that his theory of the 'unitary executive' is a zero-day exploit
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
this was an egregious mistake by Roberts, who cannot contemplate that his theory of the 'unitary executive' is a zero-day exploit
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
the Founders created our separation of powers because we're all fallen and imperfect, and that all powers of the state were at risk of falling into the wrong hands
“A man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the HQ of CDC broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons & wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines. The bullets pierced ‘blast-resistant’ windows across the campus, pinning employees down.”
the cruelty is the point
the cruelty is the point
October 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“A man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the HQ of CDC broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons & wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines. The bullets pierced ‘blast-resistant’ windows across the campus, pinning employees down.”
the cruelty is the point
the cruelty is the point
"exceptional" is not what I'd want to hear
"unexceptional" is preferable
"unexceptional" is preferable
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"exceptional" is not what I'd want to hear
"unexceptional" is preferable
"unexceptional" is preferable
I don't know why any skilled physician would make such an egregious and unjustified conclusion re: cardiac health, other than to signal cryptically
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I don't know why any skilled physician would make such an egregious and unjustified conclusion re: cardiac health, other than to signal cryptically
this boils my blood
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
this boils my blood
it's insane for a sitting President to be threatening to jail a governor out of pique and shame
October 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
it's insane for a sitting President to be threatening to jail a governor out of pique and shame
pure uncut covfefe
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
pure uncut covfefe
“Two weeks after Taher’s little boy died, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress & declared: ‘No one has died’ because of his govt’s decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: ‘No children are dying on my watch.’
That, Taher says, ‘is a lie.’” tinyurl.com/zfxe4v2v
That, Taher says, ‘is a lie.’” tinyurl.com/zfxe4v2v
October 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“Two weeks after Taher’s little boy died, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress & declared: ‘No one has died’ because of his govt’s decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: ‘No children are dying on my watch.’
That, Taher says, ‘is a lie.’” tinyurl.com/zfxe4v2v
That, Taher says, ‘is a lie.’” tinyurl.com/zfxe4v2v
let's all bear witness to this incident, including the particulars:
a Presbyterian minister stood on the ground, preached his faith, and posed no harm to anyone
yet he was shot in the head by taxpayer-funded lowlifes no private employer would consider
a Presbyterian minister stood on the ground, preached his faith, and posed no harm to anyone
yet he was shot in the head by taxpayer-funded lowlifes no private employer would consider
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
let's all bear witness to this incident, including the particulars:
a Presbyterian minister stood on the ground, preached his faith, and posed no harm to anyone
yet he was shot in the head by taxpayer-funded lowlifes no private employer would consider
a Presbyterian minister stood on the ground, preached his faith, and posed no harm to anyone
yet he was shot in the head by taxpayer-funded lowlifes no private employer would consider
the widening gyre, to be poetic
escape velocity, to be scientific
it takes a constantly orthogonal (centripetal) force to make an arc
if that force is exceeded, you fly away forever
this is what Yeats means by “the centre cannot hold”
gravity is so so weak in our timeline
almost a joke
escape velocity, to be scientific
it takes a constantly orthogonal (centripetal) force to make an arc
if that force is exceeded, you fly away forever
this is what Yeats means by “the centre cannot hold”
gravity is so so weak in our timeline
almost a joke
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
the widening gyre, to be poetic
escape velocity, to be scientific
it takes a constantly orthogonal (centripetal) force to make an arc
if that force is exceeded, you fly away forever
this is what Yeats means by “the centre cannot hold”
gravity is so so weak in our timeline
almost a joke
escape velocity, to be scientific
it takes a constantly orthogonal (centripetal) force to make an arc
if that force is exceeded, you fly away forever
this is what Yeats means by “the centre cannot hold”
gravity is so so weak in our timeline
almost a joke
offered without comment
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
offered without comment
“they’d rather shut down the government and make you pay more for healthcare than admit they f**ed up and let us fix it” is both true and good politics
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“they’d rather shut down the government and make you pay more for healthcare than admit they f**ed up and let us fix it” is both true and good politics
I am astounded, disgusted, demoralized, & fed up
every single institution of our great nation is under siege by these grifters, scammers, liars, & idiots
they are sabotaging the greatest engine of progress, prosperity, and power that the world has ever known
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
every single institution of our great nation is under siege by these grifters, scammers, liars, & idiots
they are sabotaging the greatest engine of progress, prosperity, and power that the world has ever known
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I am astounded, disgusted, demoralized, & fed up
every single institution of our great nation is under siege by these grifters, scammers, liars, & idiots
they are sabotaging the greatest engine of progress, prosperity, and power that the world has ever known
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
every single institution of our great nation is under siege by these grifters, scammers, liars, & idiots
they are sabotaging the greatest engine of progress, prosperity, and power that the world has ever known
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Microsoft’s Agent Mode is god-awful, but the human benchmark isn’t much better
they’re selling “disaster, faster” and business is buying it??
Microsoft’s Agent Mode is god-awful, but the human benchmark isn’t much better
they’re selling “disaster, faster” and business is buying it??
September 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Microsoft’s Agent Mode is god-awful, but the human benchmark isn’t much better
they’re selling “disaster, faster” and business is buying it??
Microsoft’s Agent Mode is god-awful, but the human benchmark isn’t much better
they’re selling “disaster, faster” and business is buying it??
trying again, with better opsec
this is a college campus in northeastern NY state
this is a college campus in northeastern NY state
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
trying again, with better opsec
this is a college campus in northeastern NY state
this is a college campus in northeastern NY state
I look back at photos like this one -- my dad and mom in their 20s, shortly after they married, before they decided to leave India -- and marvel at their bravery
in the late 1960s, they accepted a mission not unlike the Apollo 11 astronauts who went to the Moon
they went to America
in the late 1960s, they accepted a mission not unlike the Apollo 11 astronauts who went to the Moon
they went to America
September 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I look back at photos like this one -- my dad and mom in their 20s, shortly after they married, before they decided to leave India -- and marvel at their bravery
in the late 1960s, they accepted a mission not unlike the Apollo 11 astronauts who went to the Moon
they went to America
in the late 1960s, they accepted a mission not unlike the Apollo 11 astronauts who went to the Moon
they went to America
“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”
September 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”