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Andrew MacBride

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biology + computers + a leavening of snark | πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘§πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ| nanomedicine | cancer genomics 🧬 | ML | biomaterials | #compchem #matsky #chemsky #ai4science #materialsinformatics #md | startups | @Cal 🐻 @Stanford @UniversityOfOxford @OxfordNano (swimsf on the Bad Place)

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Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as β€œpulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 11883 πŸ” 2362 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 134

Oh, I think he can go iffier.

24.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If we’re lucky, he’ll experiment with some iffy biohack, and the problem will take care of itself.

23.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s baffling to me. These are the people who watched β€œKarate Kid” and β€œBetter Off Dead” and rooted for the bullies.

23.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s my favorite of the three.

15.02.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.

It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a β€œrefusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.

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11.02.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1441 πŸ” 693 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 58
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

27.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 35881 πŸ” 12861 πŸ’¬ 638 πŸ“Œ 341

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 47535 πŸ” 14314 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 600

Abolish ICE. Arrest and try them all, starting with Noem

24.01.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, I loved it, but the idea that criticism isn’t allowed is absurd.

25.01.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

22.01.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 16947 πŸ” 5324 πŸ’¬ 288 πŸ“Œ 170
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

22.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 45262 πŸ” 14147 πŸ’¬ 870 πŸ“Œ 682

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

20.01.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 21487 πŸ” 5121 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3555

The funniest thing is that back in the day he would’ve been on that boat β€œback to where he came fromβ€œ because he’s not the right flavor of white guy.

20.01.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prime numbers 2-4999, animated with ggplot2+gganimate.

#Rstats code: gist.github.com/stephenturne...

20.01.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.

11.01.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 5072 πŸ” 785 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 49
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a woman in a pearl necklace is asking do you want ants ALT: a woman in a pearl necklace is asking do you want ants
11.01.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Going to tell my kids this is Heat Miser
#TheTraitors

11.01.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The acting, writing, cinematography, and music are all 10/10 β€” an absolutely amazing accomplishment.

I saw so many little moments from my own life on-screen that it was pretty emotionally overwhelming (and ultimately joyful.)

11.01.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That was before Herr Miller.

11.01.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me casting resurrection magic to get up for work this morning

11.01.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Cross Training 😁

11.01.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As an aside, if you’ve never seen β€œAll of Meβ€œ with Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin, definitely check it out. Absolutely brilliant.

11.01.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran has been under communications blackout for over 60 hours now. Several thousand people have been killed (numbers vary by source, I have seen between 2 and 5000 this morning). Iranians abroad don't know if their loved ones are alive or dead, have absolutely no way to communicate 1/

11.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The sensible thing to do next week would be to return to work with a can-do attitude, value teamwork and leverage synergies to contribute to the value stream, but fucking hell there must be a better way to spend this limited time on earth

30.12.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Same.

22.12.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is an interactive viewer mode as well as the ability to export to PNG or PDF.

20.12.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
OpenGL "pen-and-ink" rendering of a lysine molecule on brown paper.

OpenGL "pen-and-ink" rendering of a lysine molecule on brown paper.

Something a little different for this pre-holiday weekend, as we roll towards the end of the year. I did this as part of my MSc thesis, to add a little variety to my hobby of "staring at molecules." #compchem

Code is on GitHub at: github.com/amacbride/sk...

Enjoy! Have a great holiday.

20.12.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ho ho ho

17.12.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.

All from his movies.

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