He/Him. Biochemist; on Mastodon at @bleushift@mastodon.online Contents: 97% Nerd, 3% Everything else. One of the hosts of the @theinteractome podcast!
Joined March 2015
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As an open-source nerd, it's probably no surprise that I made a mastodon recently, my handle is @bleushift@mastodon.online . There's already the start of a great scicomm community on there, if you're looking to flee this site
While I'm back here, I'll promote this excellent podcast episode my girlfriend was on, where she talks about her work with mass spec. One of @theinteractome 's most popular episodes so far!
New episode alert! 🎧 Sarah, @joseph_mcgaunn and @nldido spoke with PhD candidate Margaret Downs about her work with mass spectrometry - a tool that allows scientists to identify proteins and avenues for cancer treatment. Tune in: spoti.fi/405fkOC
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Food science is one of the most interdisciplinary fields out there, yet few people know what it entails. 💭 @bleushift12 @nldido and Maia spoke with @UMassAmherst PhD candidate Christina Allinghan! They discussed her career trajectory, norovirus research and more! 🥑🍨🍝🥗
#Waltham power grid is melting down again, just like it did 8 months ago. Seems like it's literally the same issue/locations as before, just with more fires this time. Felt like breaking my twitter hiatus just to point this out.
Truly bonkers day in #Waltham. Widespread power surges have led to more calls to the fire department than I think I've ever seen before. There's been assistance from all over for what are reported to be smoke and possibly small fires across town.
ALT A Cambridge, MA fire truck driving past MuLan Restaurant on Main Street in Waltham
ALT Another Cambridge fire truck on Main Street
ALT A Watertown ladder truck turning onto Main Street from Bacon Street in Waltham
ALT A Newton fire truck parked across the street from the main Waltham fire station
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⚠️𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙍𝙏! Eversource has experienced a power surge that has impacted various areas of Waltham. Traffic signals have been effected - Use caution! If you've experienced an outage, do not reuse power strips/surge protectors. More info will be relayed as it becomes available.
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Our team members are no stranger to lab work 🥼🧪 so they wanted to learn how they’re built! @bleushift12 @joseph_mcgaunn and Maia spoke with architect Ewan Ellis about his work in lab construction. Tune in, and remember to check content warnings: spoti.fi/3VbvNOs
For those of you fleeing Twitter and looking for a website to follow me on that has already died and come back more than your average comic book superhero, I'm also *still* on Tumblr. On the other hand, I will not be giving out my account name.
Just went back on Twitter from Mastodon for the first time in a while, and wow is it more stressful. Probably going to uninstall and change to using Twitter in-browser only from now on.
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oh my god we're living out the 80s kids movie trope of "an evil rich guy bought the community center where we hang out and is gonna destroy it"
FUCK we'd all better learn to break dance really fast
If you're looking for something spooky to listen to today, the latest episode of @theinteractome talks about all of the real scary stuff in life: radiation poisoning, middle school dances, and people finding the fanfictions I wrote as an angsty teen.
New episode alert! 🎧 This time, the team dives into the science behind music and reading. Plus, @bleushift12 tells the story of his most famous photograph. 📸🧪spoti.fi/3TioC6M
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⚠️ Waltham Residents who requested vote-by-mail ballots - please check your white vote-by-mail return envelope to ensure your ballot will be returned to WALTHAM’S City Clerk’s Office.
More from the Clerk’s office; city.waltham.ma.us/city-cler…
Truly bonkers day in #Waltham. Widespread power surges have led to more calls to the fire department than I think I've ever seen before. There's been assistance from all over for what are reported to be smoke and possibly small fires across town.
ALT A Cambridge, MA fire truck driving past MuLan Restaurant on Main Street in Waltham
ALT Another Cambridge fire truck on Main Street
ALT A Watertown ladder truck turning onto Main Street from Bacon Street in Waltham
ALT A Newton fire truck parked across the street from the main Waltham fire station
@CityofWaltham sent out an alert after this that anyone whose power went out should replace their power strips/surge protectors. Does @EversourceMA have a program in place to help pay for this? I didn't experience any issues myself but those things aren't cheap
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Election Day is just 3 weeks away. This year, you can vote:
-By mail, right now
-Early, Oct. 22- Nov. 4
-On Election Day, Nov. 8
VoteInMA.com
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New episode alert! 🎧 This time, the team dives into the science behind music and reading. Plus, @bleushift12 tells the story of his most famous photograph. 📸🧪spoti.fi/3TioC6M