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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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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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After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
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Assad's Henchmen:
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Assad's Henchmen:
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
For years they sold us pride & sacrifice, swore they’d die for Syria, nothing could shake their courage. But when the walls closed in, the heroes of their own myths dropped the flag and ran like mice, proving their loyalty ended where danger began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
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tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working
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The only way this sort of thing makes sense is if they are against the entire concept of a “public good.” That is, something paid for by the public via taxes, owned by the public via government, and benefitting the public as a whole.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The only way this sort of thing makes sense is if they are against the entire concept of a “public good.” That is, something paid for by the public via taxes, owned by the public via government, and benefitting the public as a whole.
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in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan
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Just our Secretary of Defense announcing that he will (or has already) commit war crimes.
(A reminder that his immediate previous job was a 3rd tier Fox News host who few people in the military had even heard of)
(A reminder that his immediate previous job was a 3rd tier Fox News host who few people in the military had even heard of)
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just our Secretary of Defense announcing that he will (or has already) commit war crimes.
(A reminder that his immediate previous job was a 3rd tier Fox News host who few people in the military had even heard of)
(A reminder that his immediate previous job was a 3rd tier Fox News host who few people in the military had even heard of)
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⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Medicine and Pregnancy: An Overview
Learn how common it is to take medicines during pregnancy and what you should do if you're pregnant.
www.cdc.gov
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk.
As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔
www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...
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Don’t take medical advice from the President.
And vote out every single Senator who is responsible for RFK Jr. leading our Department of Health.
And vote out every single Senator who is responsible for RFK Jr. leading our Department of Health.
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Don’t take medical advice from the President.
And vote out every single Senator who is responsible for RFK Jr. leading our Department of Health.
And vote out every single Senator who is responsible for RFK Jr. leading our Department of Health.
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We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
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As a Norwegian-American, I must say I’m really sick of all this white supremacist Valhalla bullshit. Most Viking Age Norwegians were not cruising around in longships pillaging & blood-eagling their enemies, unless by that you mean growing barley, cod fishing, & herding sheep.
September 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
As a Norwegian-American, I must say I’m really sick of all this white supremacist Valhalla bullshit. Most Viking Age Norwegians were not cruising around in longships pillaging & blood-eagling their enemies, unless by that you mean growing barley, cod fishing, & herding sheep.
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The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live.
Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed
Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed
September 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live.
Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed
Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed
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You would think, right, that more people would have a general awareness by now that a lot of the easiest experiences are always kinda crap.
It's not called slop for nothing.
Anyway, form real connections. Seek to understand why ideas are popular or unpopular with the crowd here. And have fun.
It's not called slop for nothing.
Anyway, form real connections. Seek to understand why ideas are popular or unpopular with the crowd here. And have fun.
September 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
You would think, right, that more people would have a general awareness by now that a lot of the easiest experiences are always kinda crap.
It's not called slop for nothing.
Anyway, form real connections. Seek to understand why ideas are popular or unpopular with the crowd here. And have fun.
It's not called slop for nothing.
Anyway, form real connections. Seek to understand why ideas are popular or unpopular with the crowd here. And have fun.
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In my estimation, a lot of the people who have problems with Bluesky are so used to platforms just serving up the content buffet that they're unwilling to do the work to have a good experience here.
That work is the social part of social media.
That work is the social part of social media.
September 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In my estimation, a lot of the people who have problems with Bluesky are so used to platforms just serving up the content buffet that they're unwilling to do the work to have a good experience here.
That work is the social part of social media.
That work is the social part of social media.
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In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.
August 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.
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Our new review “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤-𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴” is out
Compared to antibiotics, vaccines:
✓ Act prophylactically at low pathogen burden
✓ Less prone to inducing resistance due to multifactorial nature of immune pressure
🧵1/3
Compared to antibiotics, vaccines:
✓ Act prophylactically at low pathogen burden
✓ Less prone to inducing resistance due to multifactorial nature of immune pressure
🧵1/3
August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our new review “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤-𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴” is out
Compared to antibiotics, vaccines:
✓ Act prophylactically at low pathogen burden
✓ Less prone to inducing resistance due to multifactorial nature of immune pressure
🧵1/3
Compared to antibiotics, vaccines:
✓ Act prophylactically at low pathogen burden
✓ Less prone to inducing resistance due to multifactorial nature of immune pressure
🧵1/3
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The thing about headlines like this is that
A) racists wouldn't care (or worse)
B) systemic racism requires more than a headline to explain
C) the same sort of brain which can accept "sea level rise isn't a big deal, people can just sell their property" will ask "why don't they just move?"
A) racists wouldn't care (or worse)
B) systemic racism requires more than a headline to explain
C) the same sort of brain which can accept "sea level rise isn't a big deal, people can just sell their property" will ask "why don't they just move?"
Deaths, illness from air pollution related to gas and oil hit people of color hardest, study finds
Deaths, illness from air pollution related to gas and oil hit people of color hardest, study finds
Americans of color are dying and getting sick at increasing rates from air pollution linked to gas and oil, according to a new study.
www.latimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The thing about headlines like this is that
A) racists wouldn't care (or worse)
B) systemic racism requires more than a headline to explain
C) the same sort of brain which can accept "sea level rise isn't a big deal, people can just sell their property" will ask "why don't they just move?"
A) racists wouldn't care (or worse)
B) systemic racism requires more than a headline to explain
C) the same sort of brain which can accept "sea level rise isn't a big deal, people can just sell their property" will ask "why don't they just move?"
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Pleasing to fly out of Vancouver and see Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier poking through the clouds
August 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Pleasing to fly out of Vancouver and see Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier poking through the clouds
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I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.
If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
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If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
1/13
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.
If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
1/13
If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent.
1/13
Make America stupid again
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Make America stupid again
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social brilliantly describe a common theme: disastrous products of choices pushed by overconfident, connected "elites" with dominant viewpoints. Will we ever learn to short-circuit the next disaster?
#democracy #powerandprogress
#democracy #powerandprogress
July 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social brilliantly describe a common theme: disastrous products of choices pushed by overconfident, connected "elites" with dominant viewpoints. Will we ever learn to short-circuit the next disaster?
#democracy #powerandprogress
#democracy #powerandprogress
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As Trump's family businesses invest heavily in crypto...
-He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry
-His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies
-His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes.
See the problem?
-He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry
-His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies
-His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes.
See the problem?
July 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As Trump's family businesses invest heavily in crypto...
-He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry
-His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies
-His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes.
See the problem?
-He's instructing the government to ease up on regulating the industry
-His SEC is dropping major lawsuits against crypto companies
-His DOJ terminated a team focused on crypto crimes.
See the problem?
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If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.