Rogue Geneticist

@historigins Magicians have been doing this stunt for decades. It’s always fake

This man live inside a rock for a week as an experiment

@BecomingCritter You do know this was fake, right?

does anyone realize how horrific it would be to sit in the same place and mostly be unable to move for 7 days? advanced meditation practitioners struggle to sit and meditate for more than a day even after decades of practice

@oakzoo @LAZoo Such a tiny, baby kitty

Last Friday, Oakland Zoo received an orphaned 3-week old male mountain lion cub, first treated at @LAZoo. Although his health appears good at this time, he is at a delicate stage, and we will monitor him closely as he recovers.

@ATinyGreenCell Count me in! There is already a GMO orange petunia that’s ok to sell

Would y'all follow me on a journey to make and deregulate a GM petunia? I'll use the open source FuGFP, put into public domain, and run it by the USDA for full release. Would be a fun behind the scenes of bringing a plant to market. Would be fun!

@nanransohoff Celebrate, observe same thing! /s

well it’s the sentiment that counts

@Fahadnaimb That’s a cat with 0 regrets, will totally try again

Picture this: you're half-asleep on a Lufthansa flight when the cabin lights suddenly flip on. Turns out a big orange cat had escaped its carrier and decided to go exploring. Passengers stayed super quiet, flight attendants grabbed flashlights at first, and everyone teamed up to gently catch the fluffy escape artist without freaking it out. In the end, the cat was safe and the whole cabin handled it like pros.

@phylogenomics @SFGate “What picture should we use?” “Let’s do one where the scientist is facedown, wearing a wetsuit, and not noticing the camera!”

Cool: "In Point Reyes, a National Park Service scientist has made an incredibly rare find." Michael Reichmuth "photographed a group of newly hatched California giant salamanders in the wild for the first time." sfgate.com/national-parks… via @SFGate

@luxemiaa He thinks widow = bachelor? I wonder what word he’d use to describe himself if his wife died? Im guessing “single” or “available”

This woman said: Ladies, it finally happened. I just had a mansplaining so epic it will never be topped. I just had a man ask me why I chose to be a widow. I said "I'm sorry, but that's not something you choose." He said "You just need to open your heart and let someone love you instead of choosing to stay a widow". I said "What do you think widow means exactly?" This man said "A widow is when a woman gives up on dating and stays alone for the rest of her life." I said "That is not what that means". HE SAID...

@OrevaZSN Tell me you don’t floss your teeth without telling me you don’t floss your teeth

Toilet paper goes in the toilet, and I’m not going to argue about it with anyone. Having a trash can in the bathroom is unhygienic.

@amandadeibert And that is how a coworker’s wife realized she’s allergic to bell peppers “Red bell peppers are so spicy! They make my lips and tongue swell up!” Literally 0 capsaicin in bell peppers. Spice level 0, zip, nada. You’re allergic

Me googling "do oranges make everyone's mouth sting?" DO THEY NOT?????

@softangrygirl Because variety is the spice of life!

Why do people pursue a master's degree in a completely different field from their bachelor's degree? You studied Linguistics in university, why are you pursuing Artificial Intelligence in your Master's?

@zeta_globin R-selected “lots of babies, but many won’t survive to reproduce”

@alexrmoskowitz School of hard knocks I was very fortunate to create an opportunity to join a teaching community and get training from seminars, workshops, amazing mentors, and yes the school of hard knocks Academia assumes good scientist = good instructor and they are so wrong about that!

phd programs don’t teach you how to teach. adjuncting classes at $5000 a pop teaches you how to teach

@aliciaandrz Anyone who thinks we should deny pain relief for women giving birth should volunteer to have unmedicated dental work

I know a woman who was in labor, asked for an epidural, & her husband said, “already?” shockingly he’s still alive.

@stephengadubato You can’t teach K12 without a teaching license. Totally different career path

Out of my 10 friends who got phds in the humanities in the last few years, only 2 got tenure track jobs. The rest are doomed to teach high school…or adjunct.

@leslievosshall Hurray for data!

Mosquito 🦟 Tic Tac Toe

@erosbrousson Well, he has a point. If your patients are all smokers, having them quit “cold turkey” will make their lives really miserable

"How can they heal without cigarettes?" is unironically the hardest medical take of the 21st century 🤣 Western doctors charge you $80,000 to tell you to eat kale, Supreme Leader pulls up to the ICU, hands you a pack of Marlboro Reds, and tells your asthma to stop being a bitch the true father of modern medicine 🙏🏽

@MagneticNorse Truthfully dangerous! Who lights a sparkler on a stump surrounded by dead leaves? And what were the learning goals for this demonstration?

A sparkler, an egg, and a moment of truth. Homeschool your kids.

@OdedRechavi Well, if you don’t want to publish, you don’t RNA-seq is a broad overview and specific data must be verified

There's no reason to confirm RNA-seq results with RT-PCR

@leslievosshall That is dedication to science! Do you still have a reaction to the bites?

It's mosquito biting day! Which checkerboard will they choose? Hint: every other square is coated with insect repellent.