Daniel Bolnick
@danielbolnick.bsky.social
Professor of ecology and evolution @ UConn. Studies adaptation, evolutionary immunology, speciation, genomics, foraging, parasite ecology and more.
Hikes, rock climbs, tango, history buff, photographer & parent
Hikes, rock climbs, tango, history buff, photographer & parent
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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
September 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
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14/ He eviscerated the specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations, some of which were involved in Trump-related cases.
And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
September 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
14/ He eviscerated the specialized FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption investigations, some of which were involved in Trump-related cases.
And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
And the government stopped talking to an informant who had offered a road map to corruption in Congress.
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“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” Beattie once wrote on X. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”
An amazing article by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu💙⭐️
An amazing article by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu💙⭐️
September 22, 2026 at 5:02 AM
“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” Beattie once wrote on X. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”
An amazing article by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu💙⭐️
An amazing article by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu💙⭐️
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The U.S. is seeking to broker a deal to purchase fertilizer from Belarus and rely less on Canada, President Trump said Monday.
Allies of Ukraine have tried to minimize trade with Russia and Belarus since the invasion. https://wapo.st/479ZcR3
Allies of Ukraine have tried to minimize trade with Russia and Belarus since the invasion. https://wapo.st/479ZcR3
Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions
The proposed potash purchases would expand trade with a country that helped Moscow launch its invasion of Ukraine.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The U.S. is seeking to broker a deal to purchase fertilizer from Belarus and rely less on Canada, President Trump said Monday.
Allies of Ukraine have tried to minimize trade with Russia and Belarus since the invasion. https://wapo.st/479ZcR3
Allies of Ukraine have tried to minimize trade with Russia and Belarus since the invasion. https://wapo.st/479ZcR3
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📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027!
Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates?
Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19!
Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@hhmi-science.bsky.social
Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates?
Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19!
Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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September 21, 2026 at 6:10 PM
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027!
Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates?
Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19!
Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@hhmi-science.bsky.social
Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates?
Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19!
Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@hhmi-science.bsky.social
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Part of my PhD work is now published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Genomic Signatures of Selection Are Enriched in Differentially Expressed Genes in Sticklebacks Adapting to Contrasting Environments
Abstract. Whole genome scans have identified numerous adaptive alleles in many species; however, linking these alleles to specific phenotypes remains a maj
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September 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Part of my PhD work is now published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
September 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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AI is learning to lie — and then gaslight you about it.
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
September 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
AI is learning to lie — and then gaslight you about it.
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
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Many uncertainties remain on details of this meeting.
But 1.5+ years of grant terminations, staff dismissals, fired boards, and OMB proposals all point in the same direction: the admin wants political control of what research is funded.
That is a path to ruin.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
But 1.5+ years of grant terminations, staff dismissals, fired boards, and OMB proposals all point in the same direction: the admin wants political control of what research is funded.
That is a path to ruin.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Many uncertainties remain on details of this meeting.
But 1.5+ years of grant terminations, staff dismissals, fired boards, and OMB proposals all point in the same direction: the admin wants political control of what research is funded.
That is a path to ruin.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
But 1.5+ years of grant terminations, staff dismissals, fired boards, and OMB proposals all point in the same direction: the admin wants political control of what research is funded.
That is a path to ruin.
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
Russian Who Helped Pay for Trump Jr.’s Wedding Tied to Group Accused of Abducting Ukrainian Children
Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
September 20, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
Pulled two full canoe loads of water chestnut out of the pond today in the continued battle against the invasion
September 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Pulled two full canoe loads of water chestnut out of the pond today in the continued battle against the invasion
In New England pie was traditionally a breakfast food. This is a tradition I can support. So I used the last of our locally self-picked blueberries to make this
September 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
In New England pie was traditionally a breakfast food. This is a tradition I can support. So I used the last of our locally self-picked blueberries to make this
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
www.theatlantic.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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New:
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash
A heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:23 AM
New:
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar.
RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants.
JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump.
TRUMP appeared to side with Vought.
with @rbeggin.bsky.social
A goof-ball of a great blue heron was posing nicely against some early fall colors reflected in Addison Pond, in Glastonbury CT.
September 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM
A goof-ball of a great blue heron was posing nicely against some early fall colors reflected in Addison Pond, in Glastonbury CT.
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Wow
For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Wow
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The #Ebola disease outbreak is not shrinking. It's moving.
Our teams are seeing cases emerge in new, underprepared areas while response measures remain insufficient in hotspots.
More support from UN agencies is critically needed.
Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
Our teams are seeing cases emerge in new, underprepared areas while response measures remain insufficient in hotspots.
More support from UN agencies is critically needed.
Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
September 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The #Ebola disease outbreak is not shrinking. It's moving.
Our teams are seeing cases emerge in new, underprepared areas while response measures remain insufficient in hotspots.
More support from UN agencies is critically needed.
Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
Our teams are seeing cases emerge in new, underprepared areas while response measures remain insufficient in hotspots.
More support from UN agencies is critically needed.
Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
edition.cnn.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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How local is local adaptation? Researchers transplanted more than 700 lab-raised stickleback fish among lake and stream environments, finding that adaptation to specific sites can outweigh adaptation to broader habitat differences. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/yTOk50ZP97o
September 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
How local is local adaptation? Researchers transplanted more than 700 lab-raised stickleback fish among lake and stream environments, finding that adaptation to specific sites can outweigh adaptation to broader habitat differences. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/yTOk50ZP97o
I have killed 20 spotted lanternflies wall sitting in my backyard writing today. The numbers have exploded just in the last week.
September 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I have killed 20 spotted lanternflies wall sitting in my backyard writing today. The numbers have exploded just in the last week.
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This could be a game changer for folks working on arthropods other than Drosophila
Meet GEValT! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction!
No more injections
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
No more injections
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Infectious transgenesis in arthropods
In the last decade, there has been an explosion in the development of in vivo germline genetic editing technologies in arthropods, first pioneered by the Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This could be a game changer for folks working on arthropods other than Drosophila
Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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September 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
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We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...