Mike Chao
@rustydomino.bsky.social
C. elegans biologist, educator, guitarist, food enthusiast. 歹丸南波萬
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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"Viral Video Again Shows Extent of Chinese United Front Activity Directed at Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Viral Video Again Shows Extent of Chinese United Front Activity Directed at Taiwan | New Bloom Magazine
A video by anti-CCP influencer Pa Chiung and former pro-CCP rapper Chen Po-yuan released late last month once again drawn public attention to Chinese United Front activity directed at Taiwan…
newbloommag.net
January 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"Viral Video Again Shows Extent of Chinese United Front Activity Directed at Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
If you start this video at 11:05 pm tonight you get to watch Aaron Judge drop the ball in NYC at midnight. #dodgers
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FULL GAME: Dodgers win 2024 World Series! (Game 5 vs. the Yankees)
YouTube video by MLB
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December 31, 2024 at 9:45 PM
If you start this video at 11:05 pm tonight you get to watch Aaron Judge drop the ball in NYC at midnight. #dodgers
youtu.be/3Oc4S_1np98?...
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Inna Nikonorova is presenting her latest work on signaling extracellular vesicles produced by C. elegans cilia. She developed a method for profiling EV subtypes and that can be applied in any system. This #cellbio2024 session is amazing!!!
It is an exciting time to work on cilia!
Join us 5 pm Sun at #cellbio2024 to talk about new roles for cilia in neuron-glia communication, as cellular transmitters, and even in chromosome segregation in meiosis!
"Cilia in native habitats and novel
contexts" 5-6:30 pm Sun Dec 15, Room 28C
Join us 5 pm Sun at #cellbio2024 to talk about new roles for cilia in neuron-glia communication, as cellular transmitters, and even in chromosome segregation in meiosis!
"Cilia in native habitats and novel
contexts" 5-6:30 pm Sun Dec 15, Room 28C
December 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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The audacity of the university asking employees for donations. Every institution! Every year!
December 4, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The audacity of the university asking employees for donations. Every institution! Every year!
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Budget 60 mm Petri dishes for C. elegans work (bought on Amazon of all places) are roughly 50% cheaper than Fisher Scientific or even Tritech. I’m testing to see if they’re actually sterile - will know after Thanksgiving. Great for dirt poor PIs at a PUI if they work!
November 28, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Budget 60 mm Petri dishes for C. elegans work (bought on Amazon of all places) are roughly 50% cheaper than Fisher Scientific or even Tritech. I’m testing to see if they’re actually sterile - will know after Thanksgiving. Great for dirt poor PIs at a PUI if they work!
Budget 60 mm Petri dishes for C. elegans work (bought on Amazon of all places) are roughly 50% cheaper than Fisher Scientific or even Tritech. I’m testing to see if they’re actually sterile - will know after Thanksgiving. Great for dirt poor PIs at a PUI if they work!
November 28, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Budget 60 mm Petri dishes for C. elegans work (bought on Amazon of all places) are roughly 50% cheaper than Fisher Scientific or even Tritech. I’m testing to see if they’re actually sterile - will know after Thanksgiving. Great for dirt poor PIs at a PUI if they work!
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This is a lovely piece about the 2024 Nobel Prize to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, written by Bruce Wightman, the first author of one of the prize-winning papers. It emphasizes the importance of fundamental research and the beauty of heterochronic genes. #Celegans #devbio 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
It's about time: the heterochronic background for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Summary: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for the discovery of miRNAs; the groundwork was laid by investigating the timing of developmental events in nematodes.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This is a lovely piece about the 2024 Nobel Prize to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, written by Bruce Wightman, the first author of one of the prize-winning papers. It emphasizes the importance of fundamental research and the beauty of heterochronic genes. #Celegans #devbio 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
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I don't watch baseball but this scene of premier 12 final where the captain of Taiwan framing his chest after hitting a three-run homer against Japan really touches me. Playing the only team in premier12 who was forbidden to have country name on jersey, he is reminding the world of his nation.
November 25, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I don't watch baseball but this scene of premier 12 final where the captain of Taiwan framing his chest after hitting a three-run homer against Japan really touches me. Playing the only team in premier12 who was forbidden to have country name on jersey, he is reminding the world of his nation.
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Baseball. Taiwan's historic victory in the WBSC Premier12 Championship has allowed further affirmation for the country on the international stage.
This gesture by Team Taiwan's captain Chen Chieh-hsien best encapsulates this breakthrough. You can't see any logo or team name? Try harder.
Thread.
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This gesture by Team Taiwan's captain Chen Chieh-hsien best encapsulates this breakthrough. You can't see any logo or team name? Try harder.
Thread.
1/n
November 25, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Baseball. Taiwan's historic victory in the WBSC Premier12 Championship has allowed further affirmation for the country on the international stage.
This gesture by Team Taiwan's captain Chen Chieh-hsien best encapsulates this breakthrough. You can't see any logo or team name? Try harder.
Thread.
1/n
This gesture by Team Taiwan's captain Chen Chieh-hsien best encapsulates this breakthrough. You can't see any logo or team name? Try harder.
Thread.
1/n
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November 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Had an #academic #nightmare last night. It was February of spring semester, a month after classes started, and I had not gone to class yet. And I’m the professor.
November 23, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Had an #academic #nightmare last night. It was February of spring semester, a month after classes started, and I had not gone to class yet. And I’m the professor.
November 22, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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Extraordinary heroic statement by 何桂藍 Gwyneth Ho upon her sentencing to 7 years in prison in Hong Kong for violating the National Security Law.
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Extraordinary heroic statement by 何桂藍 Gwyneth Ho upon her sentencing to 7 years in prison in Hong Kong for violating the National Security Law.
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Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”