Matthew Murphy

Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.

Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Deployment requires longer-term commitment to complete a working system at scale that does what was promised.
That’s a lot more difficult than demonstrating novel improvements at the bespoke level.
In the current econ/corporate environment, the latter is rewarded far more than the former.

Between this and the Louvre prosecutor describing the suspects’ statements as “minimalist” while bragging that they had worked on the case over a weekend it’s an absolutely incredible week for Frenchness

q: why did the outfielders raise their arms during this play?

a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons

a woman in overalls is dancing in front of a mirror with the word bravas on the bottom ALT: a woman in overalls is dancing in front of a mirror with the word bravas on the bottom

🤮🤮🤮🤮

I hate this for the world, because how many brilliant Ada Lovelaces have we lost because they were gurlz.

My wife has volunteered at a local food bank for years and confirms what many of you have probably heard: in this case, straight cash is a good donation if you can do it.

The food banks have better access and buying power than individuals do, and can try to address item imbalances as they see them.

Expert Warns of Irreparable Damage to Biotech Industry Unless Congress Acts U.S. owes its 'vibrant pipeline' to high levels of public funding, says Aaron Kesselheim

From Senate hearing on Wednesday

www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger

I wouldn’t be able to hit block sender fast enough with that email.

This is what the internet was built for. This and transferring important scientific data across the globe.

One of my favorite things about visiting the national parks are hearing all the languages of visitors who traveled from near and far.

They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Paper by Asimov in JACS

It’s easy to forget that Isaac Asimov was once just a biochemist. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1950. #bluesky 🧪

GitHub - kronigert/timsCompare: A desktop application for mass spectrometry users to load, view, compare timsTOF methods and export isolation schemes and method reports from Bruker's .d method directo... A desktop application for mass spectrometry users to load, view, compare timsTOF methods and export isolation schemes and method reports from Bruker's .d method directories. - kronigert/timsCom...

timsCompare is free, open-source, and available now on GitHub! All feedback, bug reports, and feature ideas are welcome.

github.com/kronigert/ti...

#MassSpec #TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #timsTOF #diaPASEF #diagonalPASEF

(Disclaimer: This is an independent project, not an official Bruker tool.)

Machine-learning-guided discovery of SLC25A45 as a mediator of mitochondrial methylated amino acid import and carnitine synthesis Khan et al. apply machine learning to identify substrates of UNC93A, SLC45A4, and SLC25A45. Biochemical assays and in vivo metabolite tracing establish SLC25A45 as a key mediator of mitochondrial impo...

Excited to share our work on discovery of SLC25A45 as a mediator of mitochondrial methylated amino acid import and carnitine biosynthesis. @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Exploding pumps trigger Sciex mass spectrometer alert Global safety notice recommends shutdown of workhorse analytical chemistry tools

SciEx recalled a bunch of turbos in 2017 due to the potential of catastrophic turbo failure and two documented incidents that triggered the recall.

cen.acs.org/articles/95/...

YouTube video by Waters Corporation Xevo CDMS: A New Era in Mass Spectrometry

Not sure if this is THE first charge detection commercial MS release from a major vendor, but it’s certainly one of the first.

Analyses macromolecules from 100 MDa and beyond. No charge state deconvolution necessary.

www.waters.com/nextgen/au/e...

A paucity of punches: why was punching so rare in pre-modern martial arts by Maxime Chouinard To most people, punching seems like one of the most natural ways of fighting when unarmed. Most movies will show protagonists and villains alike dealing numerous punches, and kn…

Today in historical hot takes: a well-supported argument that the straight punch was invented in early-modern Venice and likely didn't exist before that. hemamisfits.com/2025/10/05/a...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Big adventure in the yard today!

NATIVEPLANTGUY: *bent over to pull a weed* Yeah, I’ve been trying to catch these little weeds while they’re small—
ME: STOP
NPG: *freezes*
ME: Step back, slowly.
NPG: *steps back*
ME: Whew.
NPG: Rattlesnake, right? Where?
ME: *points*
NPG: …whoa.

So, uhm, what's the track record of countries where members of the governing regime start clamoring for a "cleansing" of the political opponent?

Always remember: No matter how much they escalate the rhetoric, it doesn't mean they'll be able to do it. But let's not pretend they aren't trying.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Very excited to kick off the annual Skyline Online 2025 Small Molecule course with a keynote lecture by Gary Patti @gjpattij.bsky.social.
Showing how his lab and collaborators are advancing mass spectrometry to achieve parity with sequencing techs, supported by Skyline!

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025

Judge's house on fire

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov