Anthony Berndt
@anthonyberndt.bsky.social
Canadian doing Synthetic Biology South of the 49th. Recovering academic. Pushing genes and inadvertently Solarpunk.
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This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
September 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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This is real bad news
(it's not like science writers do it for the money, I really find this kind of reputation theft and actual theft very offensive)
(it's not like science writers do it for the money, I really find this kind of reputation theft and actual theft very offensive)
People are using AI to impersonate real science journalists.
And one even got PUBLISHED.
In Science. www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...
And one even got PUBLISHED.
In Science. www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...
Fake Caroline update:
The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it!
I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email…...
Fake Caroline update:
The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it!
I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email chai...
www.linkedin.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This is real bad news
(it's not like science writers do it for the money, I really find this kind of reputation theft and actual theft very offensive)
(it's not like science writers do it for the money, I really find this kind of reputation theft and actual theft very offensive)
Had one of those experiment days where the variations I was pretty sure wouldn't affect extraction yield had no effect compared to my current approach, while the things I was hopeful would improve it, but were long shots, took the yield from mediocre to zero.
... time to open a beer or two
... time to open a beer or two
September 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Had one of those experiment days where the variations I was pretty sure wouldn't affect extraction yield had no effect compared to my current approach, while the things I was hopeful would improve it, but were long shots, took the yield from mediocre to zero.
... time to open a beer or two
... time to open a beer or two
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Eleven years ago today 🌿 Como Creek aspen
September 18, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Eleven years ago today 🌿 Como Creek aspen
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man, this is bad, bad news
A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
www.science.org
September 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
man, this is bad, bad news
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It's not a fair fight
September 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
It's not a fair fight
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3. The commercial labs producing these products are claiminng to be at the bleeding edge of scientific discovery while not actually participating in the conversation of science. They drop press releases shaped (more or less) like papers, and the media plays along.
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August 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
3. The commercial labs producing these products are claiminng to be at the bleeding edge of scientific discovery while not actually participating in the conversation of science. They drop press releases shaped (more or less) like papers, and the media plays along.
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Imagine that - a novel, highly divergent, betacoronavirus with a weird-looking* furin cleavage site popped right out of a bat butt 🦇.
You gotta wonder 🤔.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You gotta wonder 🤔.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Imagine that - a novel, highly divergent, betacoronavirus with a weird-looking* furin cleavage site popped right out of a bat butt 🦇.
You gotta wonder 🤔.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You gotta wonder 🤔.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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本日9/9は"909DAY"です
これはドラムマシン「Roland TR-909」の記念日です
www.roland.com/jp/promos/ro...
カナモノだけPCM音源で他はアナログ音源
発売当時は不人気でした
しかしお金のないデトロイトやシカゴのハウス系の連中が中古で安く買えた909を使い始めたことで再評価され、世界中のダンスミュージックで使われるようになりました
909が使われてる超有名な曲を貼っておきます
マドンナ「Vogue」
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI?...
#909day
これはドラムマシン「Roland TR-909」の記念日です
www.roland.com/jp/promos/ro...
カナモノだけPCM音源で他はアナログ音源
発売当時は不人気でした
しかしお金のないデトロイトやシカゴのハウス系の連中が中古で安く買えた909を使い始めたことで再評価され、世界中のダンスミュージックで使われるようになりました
909が使われてる超有名な曲を貼っておきます
マドンナ「Vogue」
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI?...
#909day
Roland - The TR-909 Story
The TR-909 Story
www.roland.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
本日9/9は"909DAY"です
これはドラムマシン「Roland TR-909」の記念日です
www.roland.com/jp/promos/ro...
カナモノだけPCM音源で他はアナログ音源
発売当時は不人気でした
しかしお金のないデトロイトやシカゴのハウス系の連中が中古で安く買えた909を使い始めたことで再評価され、世界中のダンスミュージックで使われるようになりました
909が使われてる超有名な曲を貼っておきます
マドンナ「Vogue」
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI?...
#909day
これはドラムマシン「Roland TR-909」の記念日です
www.roland.com/jp/promos/ro...
カナモノだけPCM音源で他はアナログ音源
発売当時は不人気でした
しかしお金のないデトロイトやシカゴのハウス系の連中が中古で安く買えた909を使い始めたことで再評価され、世界中のダンスミュージックで使われるようになりました
909が使われてる超有名な曲を貼っておきます
マドンナ「Vogue」
youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI?...
#909day
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So (if I understand this correctly), the way AI (companies) will "solve" all the major problems in maths, biology, and medicine in the next 5 years will be by stealing and building on the ideas of researchers naive enough to think their chats with AI companies would be private.
September 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
So (if I understand this correctly), the way AI (companies) will "solve" all the major problems in maths, biology, and medicine in the next 5 years will be by stealing and building on the ideas of researchers naive enough to think their chats with AI companies would be private.
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Increasingly convinced this is the most important post
September 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Increasingly convinced this is the most important post
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Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
September 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Attention Philadelphia!
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public.
Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck!
RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
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I have beaten
the emails
that were in
my inbox
& which
you were probably
hoping
I'd answer
Forgive me
there were so many
received
& so old
the emails
that were in
my inbox
& which
you were probably
hoping
I'd answer
Forgive me
there were so many
received
& so old
September 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I have beaten
the emails
that were in
my inbox
& which
you were probably
hoping
I'd answer
Forgive me
there were so many
received
& so old
the emails
that were in
my inbox
& which
you were probably
hoping
I'd answer
Forgive me
there were so many
received
& so old
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Nothing like hits from a forward genetic screen to send you down multiple rabbit holes from which you may never emerge. But the absolute bestest fun ever!
September 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Nothing like hits from a forward genetic screen to send you down multiple rabbit holes from which you may never emerge. But the absolute bestest fun ever!
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For those in the mood for some seriously well-done gallows humor, I heartily recommend this...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
NIH Simplifies Grant Scoring To 👍 🤷♂️ 😂
BETHESDA, MD—The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday that it would replace its 50-year-old numerical scoring system with a streamlined three-emoji format, in which grant applications will ...
inpreparation.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
For those in the mood for some seriously well-done gallows humor, I heartily recommend this...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
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The line hits particularly hard because, like Rogers, HKers in 2019 had not really moved on from what happened 5 years before - the Umbrella Movement in 2014 failed to achieve any political goals . But like the Avengers, we had vowed to return, and... boy, did we
Source: TG (Sep 2019)
Source: TG (Sep 2019)
November 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM
The line hits particularly hard because, like Rogers, HKers in 2019 had not really moved on from what happened 5 years before - the Umbrella Movement in 2014 failed to achieve any political goals . But like the Avengers, we had vowed to return, and... boy, did we
Source: TG (Sep 2019)
Source: TG (Sep 2019)
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[Siren wailing ⚠️] It's bank holiday Monday, which is basically another Sunday!
Time for pigment shenanigans, this time:
Buddleia flowers which I share with moths, butterflies, bees, and hoverflies like this absolute chonk of a unit (hornet hoverfly) also make dye.
Also here's the prev thread.
Time for pigment shenanigans, this time:
Buddleia flowers which I share with moths, butterflies, bees, and hoverflies like this absolute chonk of a unit (hornet hoverfly) also make dye.
Also here's the prev thread.
August 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
[Siren wailing ⚠️] It's bank holiday Monday, which is basically another Sunday!
Time for pigment shenanigans, this time:
Buddleia flowers which I share with moths, butterflies, bees, and hoverflies like this absolute chonk of a unit (hornet hoverfly) also make dye.
Also here's the prev thread.
Time for pigment shenanigans, this time:
Buddleia flowers which I share with moths, butterflies, bees, and hoverflies like this absolute chonk of a unit (hornet hoverfly) also make dye.
Also here's the prev thread.
Is it just me or has the basic customer support at Thermofisher gone to absolute shit?
I've had a few instances now whereI get zero email responses after a week for basic billing actions and/or spend 45 minutes on hold to then be given an email address that doesn't exist anymore.
I've had a few instances now whereI get zero email responses after a week for basic billing actions and/or spend 45 minutes on hold to then be given an email address that doesn't exist anymore.
August 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Is it just me or has the basic customer support at Thermofisher gone to absolute shit?
I've had a few instances now whereI get zero email responses after a week for basic billing actions and/or spend 45 minutes on hold to then be given an email address that doesn't exist anymore.
I've had a few instances now whereI get zero email responses after a week for basic billing actions and/or spend 45 minutes on hold to then be given an email address that doesn't exist anymore.
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A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics, just out in Development! In which we learn about the three pillars of any mechanical model: forces, mechanical properties, and boundary conditions.
@pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
@pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics
Summary: A guide to mechanics in development: unlock how forces, material properties and geometry shape the forms of life.
journals.biologists.com
August 27, 2026 at 7:46 AM
A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics, just out in Development! In which we learn about the three pillars of any mechanical model: forces, mechanical properties, and boundary conditions.
@pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
@pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
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Sign up for the Garvan Long-Read Research Symposium 2026, a day filled with talks/discussions on the latest advances in long-read sequencing technology and related genomics, transcriptomics and epigenetics research using @nanoporetech.com and @pacbio.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/garvan-lon...
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Garvan Long-Read Research Symposium 2026
Join us at the Garvan Long-Read Research Symposium 2026 for a deep dive into groundbreaking discoveries in medical research!
www.eventbrite.com.au
August 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Sign up for the Garvan Long-Read Research Symposium 2026, a day filled with talks/discussions on the latest advances in long-read sequencing technology and related genomics, transcriptomics and epigenetics research using @nanoporetech.com and @pacbio.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/garvan-lon...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/garvan-lon...
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Fuck. Fucking shit. Fucking shit fuck this week fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Breaking News: Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist whose work caused a stir in the 1960s, while her “Infinity Room” installations drew crowds in recent decades, has died at 97.
Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97
The Japanese artist’s polka-dot covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s.
nyti.ms
August 27, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Fuck. Fucking shit. Fucking shit fuck this week fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
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Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at please e-mail me at chemjobber at gmail dot com
August 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at please e-mail me at chemjobber at gmail dot com
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Pfttt so much manipulation. I wonder where these people went to school reeserichardson.blog/2026/08/25/a...
At least 15 companies are selling antibodies using faked validation data
Popular vendors’ catalogs feature more than 18,000 manipulated images
reeserichardson.blog
August 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Pfttt so much manipulation. I wonder where these people went to school reeserichardson.blog/2026/08/25/a...
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My sentiments on reading this are: “Use a full stop, for the love of God. Use several, in fact. You can stare them coldly in the face. Or not. But please use them.”
The “head of strategic futures” at OpenAI just went on an unhinged rant against social security
sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible
sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible
August 26, 2026 at 5:10 AM
My sentiments on reading this are: “Use a full stop, for the love of God. Use several, in fact. You can stare them coldly in the face. Or not. But please use them.”