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Nancy Parmalee

@nparmalee.bsky.social

Human geneticist turned data scientist in Seattle. Supporting clinicians at a large hospital. Human first. Kindness, standing up for people, sailing, climbing mountains, making a ruckus when necessary. Enduring optimist often tested to the limit.

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jello with a skull in it. text says "i know it was the '70s, but...why would you put that in jello?"

jello with a skull in it. text says "i know it was the '70s, but...why would you put that in jello?"

more concept art!

06.08.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4359    πŸ” 762    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 33

This is a graph of the death of US science.

01.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Oh boy, the letter that the White House is about to receive from Dems is going to be so sternly worded, it will be game over.

28.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

It feels noteworthy that even one of the most bombastic companies in one of the most smoke-and-mirror-filled industries was still like β€˜Whoa, it’s not ready for THAT’.

28.02.2026 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sam Altman picked a hell of a day to basically urge the world to trust the morality and legal restraint of the Department of Defense

28.02.2026 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3932    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 25

All the rage just came right back to the surface with this announcement.

28.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most Americans manage to go their entire lives without worrying what's inside the pants of Boy Scouts and I'm simply asking Pete Hegseth to do the same

27.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1457    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 10
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I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img

acefoundationict.org

26.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4741    πŸ” 4643    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 58
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This week's cover @thelancet.com

26.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3095    πŸ” 1449    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 80

Thanks! Hugs to you too!

27.02.2026 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Since you’re the physics expert I feel like this really bolsters my belief.

26.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Washington Post Headline: Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

Washington Post Headline: Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

Donald Trump’s plan to steal the 2026 midterm elections is already underway.

26.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1509    πŸ” 612    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 40

This is the prevailing theory in our household.

26.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! So true.

26.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And by the way I MISS YOU!!

26.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And he still has his lab and teaching duties. Columbia has no backbone.

26.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So true. My advisor was sued by one of my coworkers the year after I left. She won but they paid out like 60k and nothing happened to him. Like someone else was saying here, we all have a mental list of who they are. I’ve been waiting two decades for this particular story to break.

26.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just heard from another Columbia classmate with a link to the Axel Epstein article saying β€œSo unsurprising. We all knew.”

26.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This hit me harder than I would have expected given I wasn’t directly affected by him (by others yes). There’s some kind of trauma associated with knowing the institution that held sway over my life protected someone so abhorrent. My classmate who rotated in his lab left the program.

26.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here to lend support. Like I said, I wondered how many other women noticed and resented this. I know Nancy and I weren’t the only ones who did.

26.02.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 322    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 9

Is this Mike Johnson *wink wink* advocating folks to vote blue?!

26.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up in KS. This is so cruel and unnecessary. Just horrific

26.02.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship β€” Harvard’s highest...

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"Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship β€” Harvard’s highest faculty distinction β€” and remaining on leave until that time"

25.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2025    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 134

He’s still running a lab.

25.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He was a known sexual harasser.

25.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He has been untouchable for decades. Let’s see what the new Columbia president has to say about it if anything. It would be remarkable if he experienced actual consequences.

25.02.2026 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there are probably a bunch of us with a list in our heads, just checking them off one by one :-/

25.02.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think most of us if not all have that list.

25.02.2026 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously right. But I’ve been waiting for him to be named.

25.02.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There won’t be an accounting of the lives Axel ruined through his own sexual harassment. He’s guilty of more than poor judgement.

25.02.2026 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0