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Great pictures, Yoshi! Thanks for sharing them.

I hope you are settling in well in Copenhagen, Yoshi! Glenn, Tourmaline, and I send you lots of well wishes.

It's always a great day when I get to cite Jonathan Harwood's work. #philsci

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I've just completed a draft of the paper on the frozen accident's logic and what nonstandard genetic codes mean for it. If you'd like to read it, please let me know. I'm not a trained historian, but I do use some archival materials along with Crick's published works. Feedback is always welcome.

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Thanks so much! I will follow up with Nick. Very much appreciate the reply.

Or perhaps it was the Landweber and Hurst work you name.

In Life's Greatest Secret (if my memory serves me) you name Freeland and Landweber as the first authors of genetic code optimization theory. (My copy is in the office. Apologies if I don't get this exactly right.) Would like to hear more about this.

Perhaps you address this in the forthcoming book?

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I'm working on a paper on the frozen accident, nonstandard genetic codes, and the great man history that surrounds Crick. I have some questions about the influence work of Sonneborn (1965) and Zuckerkandl & Pauling (1965) had on Crick's 1968 paper.

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The HOPOS 2026 website is up. Detailed call for papers coming soon. Keynotes by Peter R. Anstey and Heather Douglas. hopos2026.dryfta.com #philsci

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And know this: the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.

And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Nemik's manifesto from Andor.

There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.

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On the surface, this sort of reasoning seems analogous to political centrists blaming the "left" (or progressive groups) for the take over by fascism. (I'm sure there's interesting differences, but there seems to be a structural similarity.)

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U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom

Williams College declines federal research funding because of the Trump administration insistence on omitting DEI language

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Also: Sahotra Sarkar's Molecular Models of Life

There is a very rigorous literature in the history and philosophy of science on the information metaphor in biology and the significant costs and benefits that come from this paradigm. To start, I recommend Lily E. Kay Who Wrote the Book of Life and E.F. Keller The Century of the Gene.

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The NHGRI and its historical archive of genomics research at the NIH is an invaluable asset to our public memory and ongoing research (including my own!).

I send my friends at the NHGRI all my love. I stand with you.

When nonstandard genetic codes were first discovered in mitochondrial DNA, their significance was minimized for various reasons. My favorite: "all sorts of nefarious genetics" are possible in the strange and mysterious organelle (Niels Lehman "Molecular Evolution: Please Release me, Genetic Code")

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Texas, not to be outdone by Utah, has passed SB37 -- a bill that imposes significant political/administrative oversight of college curriculum and has the power to eliminate programs with a small number of majors -- i.e., my own department.

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