B Thuronyi
@thuronyi.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy
Synthetic biologist, V. natriegens booster, Sheets torturer & asst prof Chem @ Williams College. Holding kittens up in front of my face since 2009. Views mine.
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@kbroaders Now you have 2 followers, 2 following, 2 posts, and 2 boosts: please reply twice below to complete Mastodon
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@kbroaders Now you have 2 followers, 2 following, 2 posts, and 2 boosts: please reply twice below to complete Mastodon
I legit don't know the etiquette for replying to a thread with a lot of participants in terms of leaving everyone tagged... Especially if one is posting several replies. Seems like either leaving or removing could be annoying for people. Any tips?
@FediTips
@FediTips
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I legit don't know the etiquette for replying to a thread with a lot of participants in terms of leaving everyone tagged... Especially if one is posting several replies. Seems like either leaving or removing could be annoying for people. Any tips?
@FediTips
@FediTips
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The other problem with this is that research is a type of spread bet/lottery. You do lots of it and hope some of it pans out. If we had a perfect way of selecting which small bits of science and scholarship we "need", we'd have solved the funding problem. But we don't know this.
'Science minister Patrick Vallance has rejected concerns that focusing on “doing fewer things better” in research will lead to funding being concentrated in larger research-intensive universities from the Russell Group.' 1/3
Post-16 plan ‘not recipe for Russell Group domination’ – Vallance
Science minister dismisses as ‘bizarre’ fears that government push for ‘teaching-only’ specialists will further concentrate research activity in small number of institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The other problem with this is that research is a type of spread bet/lottery. You do lots of it and hope some of it pans out. If we had a perfect way of selecting which small bits of science and scholarship we "need", we'd have solved the funding problem. But we don't know this.
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
If I talk about cloning and synbio on this account, is anybody gonna hear it who cares?
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If I talk about cloning and synbio on this account, is anybody gonna hear it who cares?
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"Deserve"
Is one of the most contentious and political words in the English language. When I hear this word used without comment, when it's slipped into an argument in a way meant to feel natural I want to stop the whole conversation.
From justice to sustenance the question of what people […]
Is one of the most contentious and political words in the English language. When I hear this word used without comment, when it's slipped into an argument in a way meant to feel natural I want to stop the whole conversation.
From justice to sustenance the question of what people […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Deserve"
Is one of the most contentious and political words in the English language. When I hear this word used without comment, when it's slipped into an argument in a way meant to feel natural I want to stop the whole conversation.
From justice to sustenance the question of what people […]
Is one of the most contentious and political words in the English language. When I hear this word used without comment, when it's slipped into an argument in a way meant to feel natural I want to stop the whole conversation.
From justice to sustenance the question of what people […]
Re: last boost: amazing to me that as jaded / realistic as I feel I am about US wealth inequality, I can still learn new facts to be shocked by. Truly an endless wellspring of absurd levels of unfairness
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Re: last boost: amazing to me that as jaded / realistic as I feel I am about US wealth inequality, I can still learn new facts to be shocked by. Truly an endless wellspring of absurd levels of unfairness
Following people via Bluesky bridge and then replying to them here is like sitting in the very front of a large lecture hall and asking questions
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Following people via Bluesky bridge and then replying to them here is like sitting in the very front of a large lecture hall and asking questions
PSA: if you hate the fall time change, you actually love DST and want it to be permanent
You only want to get rid of DST if it's the spring time change that bugs you, but the fall one feels like a relief
You only want to get rid of DST if it's the spring time change that bugs you, but the fall one feels like a relief
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
PSA: if you hate the fall time change, you actually love DST and want it to be permanent
You only want to get rid of DST if it's the spring time change that bugs you, but the fall one feels like a relief
You only want to get rid of DST if it's the spring time change that bugs you, but the fall one feels like a relief
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A weird thing I've seen over and over again in AI discourse: "AI is awful at [thing I'm not an expert in], but great for [thing I'm not an expert in]!"
October 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A weird thing I've seen over and over again in AI discourse: "AI is awful at [thing I'm not an expert in], but great for [thing I'm not an expert in]!"
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Last boost gift link below. This piece helped cement a number of vague ideas I had and I found it informative and sensitive
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/autism-rates-science-diagnosis-parent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.z_Gb.1B8gf2Hk4CHS&smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/autism-rates-science-diagnosis-parent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.z_Gb.1B8gf2Hk4CHS&smid=nytcore-android-share
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Last boost gift link below. This piece helped cement a number of vague ideas I had and I found it informative and sensitive
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/autism-rates-science-diagnosis-parent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.z_Gb.1B8gf2Hk4CHS&smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/autism-rates-science-diagnosis-parent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.z_Gb.1B8gf2Hk4CHS&smid=nytcore-android-share
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If anyone ever says to you "heat pumps don't work at low temperatures", ask them "What the fuck do you think is happening in your freezer?"
#climatediary
#climatediary
September 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If anyone ever says to you "heat pumps don't work at low temperatures", ask them "What the fuck do you think is happening in your freezer?"
#climatediary
#climatediary
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Prof. Emily Mane: "If university and college chemistry departments want to retain their talent, the community needs to ask what comes next and how we can take responsibility for building a healthier system."
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
The scientific community must value mentorship, enforce accountability, and make graduate students’ well-being central. cen.acs.org/education/Op... #chemsky 🧪
Opinion: Exploitation persists in academic science—here’s what we can do
The scientific community must value mentorship, enforce accountability, and make graduate students’ well-being central
cen.acs.org
September 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Prof. Emily Mane: "If university and college chemistry departments want to retain their talent, the community needs to ask what comes next and how we can take responsibility for building a healthier system."
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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Open peer reviews were longer, had some more praise, were a bit more informative, had more suggestions for improvement, and were more similar to each other.
Women and reviewers with Western-affiliations wrote longer reports.
Open peer review may help make reports less negative.
#PRC10
Women and reviewers with Western-affiliations wrote longer reports.
Open peer review may help make reports less negative.
#PRC10
September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Open peer reviews were longer, had some more praise, were a bit more informative, had more suggestions for improvement, and were more similar to each other.
Women and reviewers with Western-affiliations wrote longer reports.
Open peer review may help make reports less negative.
#PRC10
Women and reviewers with Western-affiliations wrote longer reports.
Open peer review may help make reports less negative.
#PRC10
[CW: uspol]
The latest from the Trump administration is pure Newspeak: put "scientific integrity is unquestioning compliance with political decisions" alongside "ignorance is strength" […]
The latest from the Trump administration is pure Newspeak: put "scientific integrity is unquestioning compliance with political decisions" alongside "ignorance is strength" […]
Original post on mstdn.science
mstdn.science
July 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
[CW: uspol]
The latest from the Trump administration is pure Newspeak: put "scientific integrity is unquestioning compliance with political decisions" alongside "ignorance is strength" […]
The latest from the Trump administration is pure Newspeak: put "scientific integrity is unquestioning compliance with political decisions" alongside "ignorance is strength" […]
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Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.
@Taweret
https://theonion.com/idiom-shortage-leaves-nation-all-sewed-up-in-horse-pies-1819569663/
Luckily Google Gemini is ready to help
https://theonion.com/idiom-shortage-leaves-nation-all-sewed-up-in-horse-pies-1819569663/
Luckily Google Gemini is ready to help
theonion.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@Taweret
https://theonion.com/idiom-shortage-leaves-nation-all-sewed-up-in-horse-pies-1819569663/
Luckily Google Gemini is ready to help
https://theonion.com/idiom-shortage-leaves-nation-all-sewed-up-in-horse-pies-1819569663/
Luckily Google Gemini is ready to help
Maybe public transportation should be funded exclusively by the people who are NOT taking it
June 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Maybe public transportation should be funded exclusively by the people who are NOT taking it
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I have some bittersweet news: I won't be starting my faculty career in the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Come Sept., I will be joining the School of Chemistry at @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Ad Astra Fellow and Asst. Prof. of "digital chemistry".
#ChemSky #CompChem
#ChemSky #CompChem
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I have some bittersweet news: I won't be starting my faculty career in the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Come Sept., I will be joining the School of Chemistry at @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Ad Astra Fellow and Asst. Prof. of "digital chemistry".
#ChemSky #CompChem
#ChemSky #CompChem
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This was one of the hardest decisions of my life. I love our ChemE community. Until a few months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of turning away from CMU. But as a disabled, genderqueer researcher dedicated to sustainability, I am simply not safe living and working in the United States.
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This was one of the hardest decisions of my life. I love our ChemE community. Until a few months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of turning away from CMU. But as a disabled, genderqueer researcher dedicated to sustainability, I am simply not safe living and working in the United States.
Sometimes I can just see the SNL cold open overlaid on the real photo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/health/covid-vaccines-children-pregnant-women-rfk-jr.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/health/covid-vaccines-children-pregnant-women-rfk-jr.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
May 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sometimes I can just see the SNL cold open overlaid on the real photo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/health/covid-vaccines-children-pregnant-women-rfk-jr.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/health/covid-vaccines-children-pregnant-women-rfk-jr.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
May 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
I just don't, can't, do not in any way whatsoever understand how most people in the US would want this.
May 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I just don't, can't, do not in any way whatsoever understand how most people in the US would want this.