Anca Segall (aerotaxing to sanity)

Pentagon investigating Sen. Mark Kelly after Trump accused him of sedition - azcentral

These intimidation tactics need to stop!! How can the “leader of the free world” do this without pushback from the Republicans in his party and administration who KNOW, or should know, better??

A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: “FACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the world’s largest oil reserves.”

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

"Midnight"
9" x 12"
acrylic on canvas panel

I love dark paintings. I think black is avoided by most artists but I love it.

"Among the Stars"
9" x 12"
acrylic on canvas panel

This is a lively painting inspired by the nighttime sky.

Hegseth Fires Defense Intelligence Agency Chief After Iran Report — The Wall Street Journal Trump officials criticized an agency report that concluded days after U.S. strikes on Iran that the attack set back Tehran’s program only by months

Following the authoritarian playbook when only those who say what the emperor wants to hear are aloud to speak.

We are so so f*cked

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Yep, haven’t shopped either in over 5 months. Switched to Costco.

Hundreds of federal health workers say RFK Jr has put Americans in danger They also said his statements and actions had sowed mistrust in public institutions that contributed to the recent shooting at the CDC.

He is hurting us.

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we planted red tulips in Winter
outside our first apartment
ignoring the soil’s refusal
to take our seed

love played the same prank,
a bloom promised in frozen ground

as if Spring could be tricked
into coming early
just by digging deeper
just by willing it to be
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#vss365 #poetry #read

Streptomyces uses both polar and dispersed cell wall synthesis during exploratory growth - Nature Microbiology Streptomyces venezuelae requires MreB1-dependent dispersed peptidoglycan cell wall synthesis and DivIVA-mediated polar cell wall synthesis during its rapid exploratory growth phase.

#Streptomyces venezuelae uses an MreB-dependent lateral elongation growth mode during exploratory growth - publication drop mentioned during #phages2025 🦠

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just because Trump had housing discrimination cases

And called for innocent Black men to be executed for a crime they didn't commit

And said "look at my African American"

And made comments that even Paul Ryan called "textbook racist"

And-wait

This is really much worse than we feared, isn't it

A relatively small - ~0.5%*, if I read this correctly - fraction of articles points to horrible implications, when science and scientists are already suffering loss of public trust. *could get worse with greater access to data

Incredibly sad for honestly-done science by scientists with integrity.

First off, a sincere thank you for actually reading the PNAS article.

For those interested:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I feel ya.

It’s been a minute. I missed your bday - hope you’re doing well, other than having to return to childhood (f’ing viruses!). You still have the cutest kids on planet Earth? And job. Very mature.

Hope you’re still ✒️ while the world is cracking. Sanity is becoming aspirational.

😟 but also 😂

Moonrise behind Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona. Location determined using The Photographers Ephemeris.

#astrophotography #landscape 📷 @photoephemeris.com

The worst chief justice of all time Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.

New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time

"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."

🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.

ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.

This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.

Excellent idea!

Commentary: Key GOP senator finally challenges RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies — but he's too late - Los Angeles Times

Bill Cassidy committed medical malpractice when he approved RFK Jr. He KNEW RFK would be a disaster for the health of Americans, but he caved for political expediency. We’re paying

I have an opportunity to hire a staff scientist for my lab. Looking for someone with outstanding skillset in ML/statistics, genomics applications; interest in mentoring, strong publication record, PD experience required.

Email CV to me+cc my assistant (see 'contact' on my website). Ad to follow.

Phage people: Rich Losick and I are combing the world looking for T4 rIIB mutant FC0 (also known as P13). FC0 was the starting point for Francis Crick's beautiful 1961 paper on the triplet nature of the genetic code. We want to sequence it. Anyone have it in an ancient stock collection?

Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure *everyone* has the basic dignity of health care.

The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents.

What the fuck are we doing here?

SINNERS Is A Downright Bloody Box Office Sensation SINNERS absolutely slayed in its second weekend while UNTIL DAWN had to settle for a far less flashy box office debut.

SINNERS had one of the best second weekends ever at the box office for a wide release movie without caveat. To say that Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are worth the money would be an understatement. Truly remarkable stuff going on right now.

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Sinners!!!!!! Go see it, people!!!

So much Irish literature backs you up. Absolutely a theocracy.

a picture of a golden toilet with soldiers on the seat Alt: a picture of a golden toilet with soldiers on the seat, surrounded by gold bars

This article by @jamellebouie.net is exactly on point.

All I can think of is Trump on his golden throne… a repugnant image.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...