J. Harry Caufield

A use case for Vibrio phages? That is, if we aren't worried about seeding the oceans with exogenous viruses

What is "you live in my walls, and hear all my calls, Information Rat, Information Rat"?

What is the Information Uterus?

NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism

"The suspended NSF grants, a list of which Science obtained from an agency source, span work from computer science and plasma physics to the measurement of volatile compounds created by this year’s Los Angeles fires." By @dangaristo.bsky.social in @science.org 🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...

I can’t begin to enumerate the ways the Corporation for Public Broadcasting made my life better, literally from my earliest memories until today. This is gut wrenching.

What is Greg?

What is bathtub gin?

Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, as reported by the UN Offi...

more than a year ago, the lancet put this out, now seemingly lost to the collective memory: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I am arguing that your work is not Findable if it is named SPARK or ADVANCE etc. (no judgement if it is! I know these things are collective decisions anyway)

If you work in the sciences and are hesitant about using generative AI, let me suggest this minimal application: please please use it to make a unique, searchable name for your next project

Embattled 'arsenic life' paper retracted by journal Science 15 years after publication A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the research journal Science.

The 2010 paper claiming arsenic-based life has been retracted by Science today. 🧪

NIH staff are being required to fully fund ~ 50% of their grants. This means that all 4 years of an award will be paid out of this appropriation. This will help them get the appropriated funds spent, but will mean they can only fund (1/2 + 1/4*1/2) = 5/8 has many grants as they would have otherwise.

@bosc.bsky.social begins at #ismb2025 !

Amos Bairoch stands at a podium in front of presentation slides at ISMB2025

One big help: ontologies! #ismb2025

Amos Bairoch keynote at #ismb2025 - biocuration is still very relevant, though it's unfortunate that it's still so necessary

On my way to #ismb2025

Who is Vanessa Cartireton?

a ball is also a tool

What is "4K Magic"?

color illustration of exploding fireworks shells

color illustration of exploding fireworks shells

color illustration of exploding fireworks shells

color illustration of exploding fireworks shells

Japanese fireworks catalogue circa 1880

Hello bot! @bokbot.bsky.social

What is Applied Math Rock?

What is a beet?

Indiana University, home of one of the best cognitive science programs in the world, appears to be cancelling its undergrad cog sci program. Fascist ghouls
continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.

What is the Cold War?

Today, I'm back to thinking about generative AI as a spooky technology

What is Tubekistan?

the whole cross-section of "pajama pants but also Real Trousers" is a lovely space and should be larger

What is Diff'rent Sorts?

Pink and purple graphic with white text that reads, "Trans liberation is tied to all of our freedoms" with a white ACLU logo.

Free expression is a hallmark of the First Amendment.

All our rights are in jeopardy when trans peoples’ freedom to exist is undermined.