Jonathan Lifferth

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People often intuitively interpret genetic ancestry PCA plots as simple genetic distances, but this is not always the case. Below are random pairs of individuals that are far apart in PCA space (lines) but actually have fewer total variant differences (numbers).

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Great news! Nashville buses just got even easier to use

From time to time, the large commuter bus is temporarily replaced by a small one

It’s more fun than the car seat

If this doesn’t change his mind, I don’t know what will

Collecting maple sap

An official language designation empowers the federal government to determine correct and acceptable speech. Regardless of who’s in power, the language of the American people should simply be the languages of the American people.

YouTube video by Car Free in Tennessee Goat Farmer Rides the Music City Star

I've ridden the Star a few times and enjoyed it. Of course, the service is very limited. But if you live near any of the stations, it's decent for commuting.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out!

The main silver lining to the NIH F&A rate cut is that I now understand the grant process much better than before. Breaking things can help explain how they work--and how important they are.

Happy Trolley Tuesday, let's make it a good one

NO WAY

Homemade maple syrup is safe from tariffs

Just now: Arc Institute and NVIDIA release Evo 2, the largest AI model for biology. It is fully open-source.

Evo 2 can predict which mutations in a gene are likely to be pathogenic, or even design entire eukaryotic genomes.

We covered it in Asimov Press! Check it out 🔻

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