Bill Cresko

a man in a suit and tie is dancing . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing .

Sorry, I meant he starts 11th grade in the Fall!

16-Year-Old Cooper Lutkenhaus Shocks the Nation and Qualifies for Worlds The rising high school junior placed second in the 800-meter final with an unbelievable PR of TK seconds.

Holy cow this was an amazing race at Hayward at @uoregon.bsky.social He started running 3 years ago — as a 7th grader - and now owns the U16 and U18 world records and I think the 18th fastest 800 of all time by anyone. He starts 12th grade in the Fall.

www.runnersworld.com/news/a655851...

Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.

Thanks everyone, it’s been fun being a scientist in the US. 👋

I always find survey results like this staggering (almost to the point of unbelievability).

The US was spending around 1% of its federal budget on foreign aid.

The average guess among 1,000+ surveyed Americans was 26%.

15% thought it was over half of the budget (?!)

www.kff.org/global-healt...

SCOOP

www.importantcontext.news/p/national-s...

How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally The unitary executive theory is a masterclass in autocratic legalism.

The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

Reflecting on how lucky I am to have watched hands the best women’s 5k of ever yesterday. Beatrice Chebet breaks the world record and is the first woman under 14min. And Ngetich and Tsegay are right there with what would have been world records only recently. And Chebet’s beautiful and awesome kick.

Photo of Hayward field.

50th anniversary Pre meet about to kick off. Awesome.

So irresponsible and cruel. The bill in the Senate will take money and healthcare from poor and middle class Americans to pay for even more tax breaks to the rich and to pile more debt on our children (and us frankly). It’s important to provide a clear message about the truth of what is happening.

🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:

Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)

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At the cabin for a little Solstice fix up work. And it’s snowing. Big, wet Summer Solstice flakes.

Any leads would be appreciated 🙏

The perfect Father’s Day gift from my daughter- a tee shirt of the setting of the two suns of Tatooine. Nice.

11,000,000+ at the No King Protests. We hit the 3.5% rule!!! The "3.5% rule" states that no government has been able to withstand a challenge from a nonviolent movement that mobilizes 3.5% of its population. Way to go United States!!! You understood the assignment!!! 🥳🥳🥳

This is what democracy looks like. Thousands and thousands of us in downtown Eugene.

Full on circus now. I need some popcorn.

Ah, Americans. We’re a classy bunch aren’t we.

AAAS science quote from S. Parikh. 5/31/2025

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Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A lot of really great resources here to #saveNSF 🧪

www.savensf.com/take-action

Young, Pottinger Op-Ed: Funding for R&D Isn’t a Gift to Academia. It's Vital to U.S. Security. - Senator Young The following column by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Matthew Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States, was published in The Washington Post on March 24, 2025. By Sena...

highlighting the importance of federally funded research and development to the development of biotech. Senator Young wrote this oped about the importance of federally funded research and development in academia, indicating his responsiveness to these arguments www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Not giving up on the civil service Your work is too important

US Scientists->proposed rule will allow gov to involuntarily move civil servants to a new category without protections from politicized firings- would allow YOUR PO to be replaced with political appointee. YOUR comments can help-here's how-by May 23 🧑‍🔬🧪🖥️🧬 www.ifyoucankeepit.org/i/162500841/...

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

“ …. government investments in research and development accounted for at least a fifth of U.S. productivity growth since World War II. “

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

Our Nature paper (rdcu.be/ei1NM) deep sequencing a 4-generation, 28-member family using multiple sequencing technologies to study transmission of all classes of genetic variation is out! @uwgenome.bsky.social @hhmi.org @pacbio.bsky.social @utah.edu

Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...

New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles

159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)

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@nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great new addition to Eugene - Circuit climbing gym on 11th.