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Jeff Gentry

@geoffjentry.bsky.social

Noted curmudgeon. Software, biotech, food & drink. All opinions my own, no one else wants them anyways.

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GitHub - jonasscheid/claude-nfcore-plugin Contribute to jonasscheid/claude-nfcore-plugin development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you use #claudeai and develop #nf-core, this is a good set of skills that will save you time: github.com/jonasscheid/... Thanks Jonas Scheid.

27.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The issue with these kinds of bills is that they lead to a lot of servers and bartenders taking pay cuts, thus they don’t support the proposals

27.02.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a few that aren’t restaurant meals and that’s a lot more straightforward

27.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I have a love/hate take on it for restaurant meals. Never winds up feeling worth it given that minding some of the work and am at home, but also I get to stay home πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

27.02.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open-source (nf-core–based) workflow built with @twistbioscience.com for the Twist Oncology DNA CGP Panel is now public on GitHub.

Portable across local/HPC/cloud.

SNVs, indels, CNVs, TMB, MSI, VEP+CIViC, QC.

27.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We get a monthly takeout from F&V/JB (feels more JB than F&V, but co-branded) - their spin on shrimp toasts shows up in there sometimes. That was the main source of my confusion on which one. Pretty sure I've had it at JB, tho this is where the secondary source of my confusion kicks in πŸ˜…

26.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Back in those days, a friend of mine claimed it was an amplifier. It made cool and/or attractive people more so. And for weirdos, bumpkins, and ugly people, well you know. Once I heard that it did seem to mostly hold true.

But to your point, in retrospect it prob was just "amplifier of stereotype"

26.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would have said Fall River, but I guess RI is a suburb of Fall River so close enough!

26.02.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kids born the same year that the term β€œRNA-seq” was coined are heading to college this fall. We are all unspeakably ancient.

26.02.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Some combo of June Bug and Field & Vine I think has them at least some time, but obviously that's more of a riff.

25.02.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My mention of lacrosse reminded me of a time at an old job. Team sitting, eating lunch. Coworker exclaims "All men who played lacrosse are giant douchebags, that's a scientific fact!". Our boss says, "I played lacrosse in high school". And then the awkward silence started.

24.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My experience was always that while there are plenty of exceptions that Hockey Guys (and also Lacrosse Guys, but different convo!) are just kinda like this.

24.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently got into a discussion w/ someone as to me "podcast" implies audio (because pod is as in "iPod"), but these days it implies video

23.02.2026 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I quickly remembered why I try to just pretend civ doesn't exist

23.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

6. it looks like 7 is on switch 2, but I'm on switch 1

23.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently discovered Civilization is on the Switch. And oh heaven help me: normally my attention span maxes out around 10-15 minutes, but with Civ I can sit down to play and then 6 hours later realize I haven't moved at all.

23.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Best way to reach folks is short form video "

Not necessarily. There are old grognards like myself who refuse to watch them

23.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
"AGBT meet your new bioinformatics team" with hand-drawn portraits of Nils Homer and Tim Fennell

"AGBT meet your new bioinformatics team" with hand-drawn portraits of Nils Homer and Tim Fennell

@tfenne.bsky.social and @nilshomer.com are on the ground at #AGBT2026 this week.

Big data. Tight timelines. Real decisions.

#Bioinformatics is where complexity becomes something teams can actually use.

If you’re here, let’s connect.

23.02.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That 100% tracks with how he presents himself. It's like all the dork-turned-"stud" techbros

Also, wasn't this the same guy that was running around complaining about officials traveling on private planes?

23.02.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, I griped about killfile happy people on usenet back in the 90s too, so for once i'm self-consistent in my takes. I generally only block spamming bots & such. Mostly to each their own on this - do totally get blocking horrible ppl tho for simple "I disagree" seems long term bad to me

23.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New rule: these are the only acceptable objects to use as a space saver. People looking for parking are allowed to drink from it. If it runs out before the space "owner" returns to refill it or park, the space is no longer saved. If it freezes, you didn't use enough sugar and have to move

23.02.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those parents should look on the bright side. If they were in a state like FL those babies would be out working in the factories, replacing the prior workers who are now in concentration camps.

23.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great distinction. When the first migration here happened it broke my brain a bit to see all the people complaining about losing their followers. And their defense was "but people won't see what I write!".

I hadn't realized the extent to which Twitter had morphed into a broadcast format.

23.02.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are exactly 0 people who should worry about their follower count on sites like this. Anyone who does is a shill and/or scammer

23.02.2026 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And nothing like creating a nice base of old, salty, dirty, ice snow as a mound in front of every curb cut just before a big snowstorm!

23.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you know, i never thought i'd welcome more atms but you present a good case on that last one. Let's do it!

22.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of "weaker as a culture" there's how quick people are these days to block folks on social media & such.

22.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

in 20 years we'll have achieved the final stage of camberville development where every storefront is just a handful of ATMs.

And they're not 24 hours.

22.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lolwut?

22.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She's in good company with JD Vance!

22.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0