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Ohhhhhh *this* is why there are more stonk loans than credit card debt!!!

FACULTY POSITION: We are seeking an Assistant Professor to join our growing and vibrant Department of Microbiology at Cornell! FOCUS: Using bacteria to address 21st century challenges. (part of a cohort hire in SynBio). *please repost* academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/33098 #MicroSky

Anthropic out there really trying to sell their long context multimodal chatbot by making an IPO so long no human wants to read it

Same shot same day

wsj is wsj'ing at unprecedented levels

"There are three types of Bluesky user" ok but I saw this in somebody's replies and this is legitimately the three types of Bluesky user

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Microsoft spent about $100B in AI buildout compared to about $300B in revenue. They're in a really tricky spot where people can probably vibe code around most of the barriers that made using Open Office ect. annoying

The real utility of AI is the ability to use Google to pull up an up to date “best practices for treatment of X” article while you are in the waiting room and ask the right questions to get the right care

My incredibly hot take is that patents should go to the people who get things through phase 3 trials, and we should socialize all the discovery research, BUT in exchange the government should set the prices

I got the premium plan with radioactive and magnetic neouranium! Only $40/month, comes with AI!

Something strange going on at LinkedIn... or at Rutgers

your moment of sea otter

"When those guys go back to work, how long are they employed? If it's "Well, four months, and then steady employment," I see your point. If it's "four months off, two months on, four months off," then...that'd be bad?" *stares silently in "early career" academic*

My Hot Take on Elizabeth Holmes is she should not be in prison, and as long as she promises never to go near a patient again, we should introduce her to Melon Husk, Teter Phiel, and Beff Jezos.

Me: “Why am I getting 16 texts a day about James Talarico?” *googles* “OK. We need some French solutions for Melon Husk”

Believe it or not, this absolute unit of a goliath grouper is still just a youngster; adults can weigh over 800 pounds! 🫡🫡🐟 #goliathgrouper #grouper #endangeredspecies #bigfish #coralcitycamera

“Too smutty for Willy” is a weird thing to quote this guy on. Like it’s more compelling because of who he is, but ick

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

This and acid rain decreases should really get talked about more. Climate change is a slower timeline and harder to address, but both regulation and cap and trade systems can address global problems.

My teenager is leaving the house at 8:27 in October and friends, I’ve never yearned so much for Covid disruption in toilet paper supply chains or bird flu related inflation in egg prices. Please send banana costumes!

The internet escaping containment is the weirdest part about 2026. Also it made me mostly get off the internet??? I mean by being *here* I’m admitting my weirdness. But I used to be Extremely Online and now it is less friendly to weirdos and I’m just not as into politics now???

Look I’m not saying that 99.9999999% of funding for the 2026 midterms is going to one specific Texas race, but I am saying that is the conclusion one would logically draw from my text messages

Importantly, $ESGV still has a 30% tilt toward technology. NVIDIA has increased emissions from 2019 by anywhere from 300-800% (direct vs indirect), Amazons carbon emissions have tripled since 2019, Meta increased 90%, Google 80%. Tech greenwashed itself and AI really tore it to shreds.

This is great news! I was gonna write a long, technical and boring proposal about obtaining neodymium via bioleaching. Now I can just propose mugging children outside birthday parties!!!

1) This rules 2) Your dad annoying you so profoundly that you drew 478 fish is the most relatable thing I have ever seen.

Ok but what if, just for the sake of discussion, sometimes being a Canonical Ideal Blonde Mother is a fate more constraining than prison? Asking for an egg apron aficionado.

I also think this is a very powerful graph. Most people don't know it, but the US is a *very* low-tax country. We tax below average and we spend below average, among rich nations. Fixing our fiscal situation entirely through taxes would still leave us *very* low tax. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Having kids is way more spontaneous whimsy than you can describe

I think if liberal women want to comment on the tone of the Ohio race, it’s probably optimal strategy to point out Vivek Ramaswamy went from demanding we release the Epstein files to being blatantly pro child rape in his ad campaign in 3 short years.

SHELVE YOUR MAUL, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE LOW SELF-ESTEEM. AND YOU WILL WIN.

I am thrilled to report that that advice they give you about mental health- to try to go out of your way to express gratitude- DOES work. Thank a public school AP-Gov teacher this election season!!

Me too fren

1/2 🎇 Good news! 🎇 The kind people at Behavioral and Brain Science have made the new collection on "Conscious AI and biological naturalism" #OpenAccess for a limited time: target article, all 50 commentaries, & my response. Go to the link and click 'save pdf': doi.org/10.1017/S014.... Do share!

I want to complain extremely loudly to the manager that we should regulate chemicals MORE not nuclear less (but we should regulate AI MORE and "gain of function" research LESS)

🎶I just asked a DNA chat, turns out I'm 100% That B*tch