Craig Kaplan
@triggerloop.bsky.social
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. RNA polymerase II mechanism, classic films, #classiccountdown once in awhile
Oh god no- a wonderful and exceptional actor with fantastic range- tremendously likable in HIGH AND LOW, sly and devastating in HARAKIRI, possessed and demonic in SWORD OF DOOM and entertainingly outfoxed in SANJURO. A giant
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Oh god no- a wonderful and exceptional actor with fantastic range- tremendously likable in HIGH AND LOW, sly and devastating in HARAKIRI, possessed and demonic in SWORD OF DOOM and entertainingly outfoxed in SANJURO. A giant
Even King’s hometown is irritated
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Even King’s hometown is irritated
Coincidence?
Patti Smith released her debut album and the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago today
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coincidence?
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I haven’t seen a Biblical Stud have a night this bad since Delilah cut Samson’s hair off
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I haven’t seen a Biblical Stud have a night this bad since Delilah cut Samson’s hair off
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
This makes me very mad and sad- add it to the list
A retired National Park Service ranger discovered white spray-paint graffiti last week along the Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park.
‘My heart sank’: Spray-painted vandalism found on Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park
A retired National Park Service ranger discovered white spray-paint graffiti last week along the Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park.
www.sltrib.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This makes me very mad and sad- add it to the list
I’m reading LOTR to the little guy and the other night we got to part where Pippin offers service to Denethor and I said “Pippin’s got a new job working for the Lord of the city!” and little guy was all “that’ll be an easy job- just gonna be like a two day job” 💀💀💀💀
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’m reading LOTR to the little guy and the other night we got to part where Pippin offers service to Denethor and I said “Pippin’s got a new job working for the Lord of the city!” and little guy was all “that’ll be an easy job- just gonna be like a two day job” 💀💀💀💀
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For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
Looks like it is gone. But this pic has yucky facade on an even cooler old brick one underneath
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Looks like it is gone. But this pic has yucky facade on an even cooler old brick one underneath
I really do love Costco. Tiny quibble: the in house hot dogs are inferior to the previous Best/Hebrew National (price is amazing still). And I wish they had Tri-Tip on East Coast like they do on West Coast
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I really do love Costco. Tiny quibble: the in house hot dogs are inferior to the previous Best/Hebrew National (price is amazing still). And I wish they had Tri-Tip on East Coast like they do on West Coast
His face is Newhart level deadpan perfection and she’s just getting destroyed 😍
The Shirley Bassey Show (10th November 1979). Les Dawson gives some of his favourite jokes another airing whilst Shirley attempts (and fails) to keep a straight face.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
His face is Newhart level deadpan perfection and she’s just getting destroyed 😍
Wyler was at full power here and Bette Davis is near peak #TCMbanger
#ComingUpOnTCM
THE LETTER (1940) Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Dir.: William Wyler 8:30 AM PT
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #WSomersetMaugham
THE LETTER (1940) Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Dir.: William Wyler 8:30 AM PT
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
1h 37m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #WSomersetMaugham
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wyler was at full power here and Bette Davis is near peak #TCMbanger
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"New York is going to turn into a communist hellhole where poor people are barely exploitable anymore. So count me out. I’m packing up the offices of my toxic masculinity troll site and taking my miscreant talents somewhere they’ll be appreciated, like Florida or Texas."
If New York City Is No Longer Going to Be an Unaffordable Police State Run by Crooks, I’m Taking My Hard-Earned Sex-Pest Dollars Elsewhere
“New York millionaires are plotting their exit from the city after the election of Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who plans to increase the taxes of...
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"New York is going to turn into a communist hellhole where poor people are barely exploitable anymore. So count me out. I’m packing up the offices of my toxic masculinity troll site and taking my miscreant talents somewhere they’ll be appreciated, like Florida or Texas."
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
Automatic retweet when Beep discussed. Cannot. Take this up! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Beep (circa 1962-2010, 2012-2015): An amalgamated "fruit juice-based beverage" from Canada, that developed a cult following. It was made with a blend of orange, apple, apricot, prune, and pineapple juices, along with canola oil, corn starch, added orange pulp, & caramel coloring
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Automatic retweet when Beep discussed. Cannot. Take this up! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
😕
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The ChatGPT suicide hotline is a hotline that talks you into committing suicide. Doesn't seem like a service that should be legal.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The ChatGPT suicide hotline is a hotline that talks you into committing suicide. Doesn't seem like a service that should be legal.
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Formative, still bangers.
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Formative, still bangers.
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Same - solutions?
Several of our students have run into an issue where their "official transcript" is password protected/encrypted which prevents them from being able to upload. If they un-encrypt the document, it removes the "official transcript" watermark.
Complete Catch-22 here, does anyone have a work around?
Complete Catch-22 here, does anyone have a work around?
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Same - solutions?
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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Justice Jackson's dissent focuses on her belief that the government has failed to show any harm it suffers as a result of the policy being blocked, while the plaintiffs can show harm if it is in effect.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Justice Jackson's dissent focuses on her belief that the government has failed to show any harm it suffers as a result of the policy being blocked, while the plaintiffs can show harm if it is in effect.
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What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A319
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[November 6, 2025]
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreievxyvqikl7wmrg5jkqhsrta5l5xfq272x7caunvxka7vtuzp7hoa@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”
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Reshaped, overhauled, refashioned-- in the Trump Administration it all means one thing: destroyed.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reshaped, overhauled, refashioned-- in the Trump Administration it all means one thing: destroyed.