@protein-enjoyer.bsky.social
I like a bunch of different stuff; some of that stuff is protein
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I am an evolutionary biologist (though publishing more in medicine these days). I think trans modality is an evolutionary spandrel. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandre...
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I am an evolutionary biologist (though publishing more in medicine these days). I think trans modality is an evolutionary spandrel. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandre...
I click on ONE German-language subreddit and now Reddit's like "Ah, Du sprichst Deutsch" and now I keep getting recommended posts I can't understand
December 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I click on ONE German-language subreddit and now Reddit's like "Ah, Du sprichst Deutsch" and now I keep getting recommended posts I can't understand
Finally some snow! ❄️
December 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Finally some snow! ❄️
This administration is desperately obsessed with ruining this one random guy's life. It's bizarre, and if it were a person doing it instead of a government I'd say it's pathetic
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This administration is desperately obsessed with ruining this one random guy's life. It's bizarre, and if it were a person doing it instead of a government I'd say it's pathetic
I genuinely do not understand what strange magic Sam Altman has, that causes all these corporations to keep giving him billions of dollars
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I genuinely do not understand what strange magic Sam Altman has, that causes all these corporations to keep giving him billions of dollars
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They should team up with other transit systems to make one that has a different logo on each side. Then we can all argue about which one's ג, which one's ש, etc
The D.C. Metro is selling these nonsense dreidels as part of the holiday merchandise collection — kind of love it?
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They should team up with other transit systems to make one that has a different logo on each side. Then we can all argue about which one's ג, which one's ש, etc
They should team up with other transit systems to make one that has a different logo on each side. Then we can all argue about which one's ג, which one's ש, etc
The D.C. Metro is selling these nonsense dreidels as part of the holiday merchandise collection — kind of love it?
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They should team up with other transit systems to make one that has a different logo on each side. Then we can all argue about which one's ג, which one's ש, etc
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I would not chat with it in a box
I would not chat with it alongside a fox
I would not chat with it in Excel
I would not chat with it even in Hell
I would not chat with it alongside a fox
I would not chat with it in Excel
I would not chat with it even in Hell
I do not want to chat with Copilot in Excel
December 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I would not chat with it in a box
I would not chat with it alongside a fox
I would not chat with it in Excel
I would not chat with it even in Hell
I would not chat with it alongside a fox
I would not chat with it in Excel
I would not chat with it even in Hell
I have briefly considered putting together, as an exercise, the most convincing argument possible that there is only ONE gender. Then every time these people rant about "the lie that there are multiple genders" I can say, "you're right! There's only one!"
Maybe one day I'll actually do it
Maybe one day I'll actually do it
failing her just for this sentence that contains a gish gallop, three scope shifts, and up to six citations needed, bringing her grade up to a d for rejecting the social imposition of gender, but failing her again because she doesn't know what multiple of those words mean, including multiple.
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I have briefly considered putting together, as an exercise, the most convincing argument possible that there is only ONE gender. Then every time these people rant about "the lie that there are multiple genders" I can say, "you're right! There's only one!"
Maybe one day I'll actually do it
Maybe one day I'll actually do it
Why does the Walgreens website only work, like, 50% of the time?
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Why does the Walgreens website only work, like, 50% of the time?
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Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes streamers
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes streamers
"Are bleachers stairs" is another question I've seen raised by CAPTCHA
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Are bleachers stairs" is another question I've seen raised by CAPTCHA
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The article: LANL
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The article: LANL
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
I found and read the press release, and I still have no idea what the fuck L'Oreal is going to use the AI for
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I found and read the press release, and I still have no idea what the fuck L'Oreal is going to use the AI for
The article: LANL
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The article: LANL
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
My brain: Lawrence of Arabia National Laboratory
This post reminded be of the anti-harassment training videos they had us watch at an old academic gig. They all took place in the same office, and that office clearly had a Problem Employee. Credit to the actor, he was clearly having a great time doing a hammy sendup of The Worst Guy
New job, so I get to watch videos of people experiencing micro aggressions at work for an hour.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This post reminded be of the anti-harassment training videos they had us watch at an old academic gig. They all took place in the same office, and that office clearly had a Problem Employee. Credit to the actor, he was clearly having a great time doing a hammy sendup of The Worst Guy
Hearing the sad version of the Rohan theme
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hearing the sad version of the Rohan theme
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THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Can this FINALLY be the thing that forces Larry Summers out of public life? Stop hiring him, stop listening to him, remove him as an obstacle from the paths of people actually trying to accomplish things
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Can this FINALLY be the thing that forces Larry Summers out of public life? Stop hiring him, stop listening to him, remove him as an obstacle from the paths of people actually trying to accomplish things
Nice case of nominative determinism also
Very impressed with Levi Strong and Jordan Osborne here (I already knew what Lucas Hatton is capable of)
#strongman #magnusvermagnussonclassic
#strongman #magnusvermagnussonclassic
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Nice case of nominative determinism also
Catching up on the Magnús Ver Magnússon Classic. The swimming pool loading event is delightfully silly.
I do appreciate the different techniques I've seen so far. Walking backwards, walking sideways, someone actually tried swimming at the beginning
#strongman
I do appreciate the different techniques I've seen so far. Walking backwards, walking sideways, someone actually tried swimming at the beginning
#strongman
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Catching up on the Magnús Ver Magnússon Classic. The swimming pool loading event is delightfully silly.
I do appreciate the different techniques I've seen so far. Walking backwards, walking sideways, someone actually tried swimming at the beginning
#strongman
I do appreciate the different techniques I've seen so far. Walking backwards, walking sideways, someone actually tried swimming at the beginning
#strongman
Thinking about the Chinese grad students and postdocs I knew in my academic days
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Thinking about the Chinese grad students and postdocs I knew in my academic days
Decided to upgrade my OS a couple of days ago. Found out today my mic no longer works.
Linux is super user-friendly, so easy and fun.
Linux is super user-friendly, so easy and fun.
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Decided to upgrade my OS a couple of days ago. Found out today my mic no longer works.
Linux is super user-friendly, so easy and fun.
Linux is super user-friendly, so easy and fun.
Always hilarious seeing adults sit in those tiny chairs for children
Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Always hilarious seeing adults sit in those tiny chairs for children
Went to bed way too late last night, was up hopescrolling. Just nice for once to keep refreshing the timeline and seeing good news after good news
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Went to bed way too late last night, was up hopescrolling. Just nice for once to keep refreshing the timeline and seeing good news after good news