Rachel Niederer

English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"

Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

I know the answer, but how do we have enough surveillance to block activists from getting TSA precheck but not to find Savannah Guthrie’s mom?

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond!

www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features | TechCrunch Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.

Give the people what they want.

Nine More Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files Through coffees, phone calls and private flights, at least nine more academics are linked to Jeffrey Epstein in the latest disclosure of documents from the Justice Department.

This is a harrowing look at Epstein's connections to academia. It shows how Epstein was able to woo high-profile scholars with witty banter, promises of research funding, and help from a well-connected literary agent, despite not having a degree himself.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.

death by preventable disease is an inevitable and even desired outcome of concentration camps. in every era of concentration camps people have died of typhus, which is a disease of privation and enforced crowding. this illness is intentionally inflicted

Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia

You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge

Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

dark times ahead. but we are going to win

While it may explain some of the context, this framing also hides that women scientists didn't cozy up to epstein the way men did. They also need funding, no? This is also about being part of a powerful boys club where one can act in despicable ways with impunity. Misogyny is a huge driving factor.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

“Unfortunately, Liam is not the only child subjected to this treatment.

Let me be clear: this ruling does not erase the trauma inflicted on Liam or his family.”

Thank you for all your work lifting up this family, Rep. @crockett.house.gov.

rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!

liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

And I don’t want a single other tweet / skeet or post about Liam from an elected official

GO GET THAT CHILD OR GET OUT MY FACE

Not a movie from the classic era, but a favorite nonetheless, Catherine O'Hara with Eugene Levy (and Winky) in Best in Show (2000) 🖤

You just love more people than you hate, and I think that means you’re good. I think you’re good.

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

❤️

Macaulay Culkin Shares Heartbreaking Tribute to Catherine O’Hara: ‘Mama. I Thought We Had Time’

“I thought we had time. I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you. But I had so much more to say.”

Read more: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

Devastated 😭 people.com/catherine-oh...

NIH funding rates for early-career researchers plunged in 2025, new data show A Trump administration change to how NIH awards grants has sharply reduced early-stage investigators’ odds of securing funding.

Or see here from @aniloza.bsky.social @jonathanwosen.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...

I just gave my first seminar since having a kiddo last year and I had almost forgotten how much fun it is to share our work and hear other peoples perspectives and questions 😊

I really love this job.

"when we start making things being about perfection you're just belittling the experience of life"

Say it!

Color photograph of Joan Steitz (Joan Argetsinger Steitz), the distinguished American molecular biologist and biochemist renowned for her groundbreaking discoveries in RNA biology, including the identification of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) essential to RNA splicing. She is pictured in a close-up portrait within a laboratory or research setting, smiling warmly and directly at the camera with an engaging, approachable expression that conveys enthusiasm and expertise. Steitz has gray hair pulled back, striking blue eyes, and is wearing large, elaborate dangling earrings adorned with purple gemstones and metallic accents. She is dressed in a rich purple blouse. The softly blurred background includes scientific elements such as lab benches, equipment, monitors, charts, and partial signage, evoking the environment of her long career at Yale University where she served as Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. #JoanSteitz #MolecularBiology #WomenInScience #Biochemistry #RNA

Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941.

She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM

Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.

Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions - Nature Sidewinder enables high-fidelity DNA assembly by separating the information that guides assembly from the final assembled sequence.

If you are looking for a distraction, this seems cool. Sticky ends++. If it works as advertised, seems like it could be a game-changer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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AADL is holding its first-ever Slapdash Remake Film Festival! What's a slapdash remake film? It's a homemade rendition of a popular movie or TV show that's shot with your friends, a shoestring budget, & simple effects.

🎬 Find submission guidelines at at aadl.org/remake and enter by Sunday, March 8!

“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"