Steve Gisselbrecht

Effete liberal Northeast urban atheist homosexual academic. He/him BUT SINGULAR THEY IS FINE. Profile pic is not me but might as well be.

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2024-09-18 19:44:21

I want to publicly appreciate the Gene Expression Omnibus, or GEO to its friends.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/
This is a service provided ultimately by the US taxpayer via the National Institutes of Health. Given the size and complexity of biological data these days, a well-organized and easily searchable central repository is vital.
And the actual people working there are heroes! They make it so easy to use, and to upload! This seems hard and they do it well (and kindly!) and I'm impressed.

2024-09-13 17:32:31

I just saw someone on here use the phrase "abject lesson."
And he was talking about Johnny Depp learning better when he got Winona Ryder's name tattooed while they were dating, and it's possible that it was a deliberate (and really excellent, if so) pun, but I *think* he was just making an error for the common phrase "object lesson," but of course the error actually made it better.

2024-09-12 03:24:56

No, no, when he said he'd give her a child, he just meant one of his. He has a bunch and he doesn't really like them and he's not doing anything with them.

2024-09-06 15:40:32

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@npub1skv…aky3
Whoa! Congratulations!

2024-09-04 16:18:00

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@npub18wj…lvmv
I like the cut of her jib!
(Your daughter's, to be very clear.)

2024-09-03 15:31:24

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@npub18wj…lvmv
Congratulations!

2024-09-02 02:51:26

Going to a friend's house for a Labor Day thing tomorrow means I'm gonna try to bake something now.

2024-09-01 22:21:40

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@npub19zk…5z44
J'ai pensé que vous n'etes pas un stan de votre presidente.

2024-09-01 22:18:43

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@npub19zk…5z44
Ooh, désolé.

2024-09-01 22:17:03

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@npub19zk…5z44
En Anglais, nous avons la mot "petrichor" pour cette odeur; c'est de l'ancien Grecque "petros" = pierre, et "ichor" = la sang des dieux.

2024-08-30 18:22:25

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@npub18wj…lvmv
What's your damage?

2024-08-17 19:48:47

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@npub1sfl…gczt
They are the best hummus eating vehicle.

2024-08-13 17:34:51

I dreamt about my dead friend Dave last night.
We were hanging out in a group, and eventually I asked, "Um, Dave? Didn't you, you know, die?" He explained that he was in fact dying (which I knew, he had cancer, he'd been dying for several years when he finally died) but was not yet dead. I was so confused because I went to the funeral and mourned and everything. Then I woke up and got my sad on.

2024-08-06 03:28:46

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@npub1mmf…eknq
I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING
(I'm totally crying.)

2024-07-21 18:52:14

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@npub1sfl…gczt
CHERRIES ARE THE FINEST FRUIT

2024-07-18 03:34:22

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@npub1zdp…vqv8
I used to read biology and medical textbooks for an organization then called Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. I've described some *complicated* images.

2024-07-16 14:24:17

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@npub128a…lww3
They're not bad, kind of vaguely fruity in flavor, but the texture is not my bag. (A little slimy and stringy.)

2024-07-13 20:07:32

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@npub1sfl…gczt
You get someone ELSE'S name tattooed on you, you're just asking for trouble. Bob's always gonna be there for Bob.

2024-06-23 04:20:22

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@npub17ht…v005
OH HOLY SHIT HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

2024-06-21 15:56:09

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@npub1skv…aky3
Congratulations!!!

2024-06-12 21:06:42

I was just thinking about teachers. How much I love and appreciate teachers.
As a kid, I liked school more than most kids tend to. School was where pretty much everyone was sober pretty much all of the time, which made a nice change. And where the rules were stable and could be figured out, so that one had a shot at achieving a desired outcome.
And teachers were the people who seemed to care about what I cared about. Learning. Figuring out. Understanding. Explaining.
I love teachers.

2024-06-07 19:50:50

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@npub1skv…aky3
Okay I found the page from the collection that includes a photo:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits/show/beyond-the-bone-box/item/26376

2024-06-07 19:40:08

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@npub1skv…aky3
I'm sitting about a block away from what it is claimed is the actual rod. (And his skull!) I can go take a picture sometime if you really want.

2024-06-03 23:24:30

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@npub1skv…aky3
My instance recently updated; maybe yours did too and you lost your dark mode setting? (Preferences > Appearance > Site theme)

2024-06-03 22:43:20

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@npub18lj…80hq
Galaxy Quest!

2024-06-03 22:32:05

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@npub1kmk…mtuy
I promise I have never posted on a philosophy forum!

2024-06-03 20:31:19

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@npub1kmk…mtuy
The last time I had a real bad feeling about an applicant but recommended we go ahead and hire them anyway, I regretted it for years (and years). I am more careful now.

2024-06-01 18:35:36

Hello it is June and I am GAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

2024-05-27 19:51:40

If you "won't vote for Biden because of his support for Israel" …
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/514/789/644/647/123/original/336d408587c8fdc9.png

2024-05-15 17:19:23

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@npub18wj…lvmv
You know he would.

2024-05-14 16:26:27

You might suppose a pirate's favorite programming language is R but nay. 'Tis the C he loves.

2024-05-08 21:09:32

I hurt all over today and that sounds dramatic but really I'm just 55.

2024-05-01 17:38:11

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@npub18wj…lvmv
I'm so sorry. This is always a hard time.
(And yes, to your main point, I could not agree more.)

2023-10-22 18:08:42

I understand that sending texts in meticulously capitalized and punctuated complete sentences makes me An Old and the thing is I am 100% fine with that.

2022-12-19 21:34:56

I never did an #Introduction, but I'm a 55-year-old gay biologist and music-lover living with my beloved husband in Boston, MA, USA. At work I'm a Research Specialist for Brigham and Women's Hospital and study transcriptional regulation in Martha Bulyk's lab. At home I love to cook and bake—I'm "The Chocolate Guy" to a lot of people—and when it's safe to be in a crowded room breathing other people's exhalations I love live music. We hope to retire to Paris et parler un peu de Français.