I want Jiankui He to know: I have an entire essay question on my upper level molecular biology exam where I ask my students to explain why your germline CRISPR editing was void of any scientific and ethical integrity.

This is so revealing. JK’s work was not a breakthrough in any form. Many thousands of biologists had the know-how to do this. JK was the only (non-biologist) unethical enough to try it - and yet he still doesn’t understand why Science & Nature will never, ever publish it

The framing of the art on the wall, the nothingness of the text, the pastel tones plus beatific smiles....I don't know what aesthetic is called, maybe savior politics? It is deliberate though, and therefore in this moment, cruel.

Unbelievably intense dedication to cowardice

“This work was funded by a grant from the Bezos Family Foundation.” Not publicly funded. Perhaps has something to do with why major newspapers are picking this up by the dozen despite it making completely invalid claims that should have never been published. No other funders.

This is unbelievable

📍Just now… The MIT Coalition for Palestine shares a major victory: #MIT Activists end the first American-Israeli weapons manufacturer partnership at a University. The Scientists Against Genocide Everywhere (SAGE) Movement at MIT continues 🕊️ More at mitsage.org

Yazan Tamimi is a 11 year old boy. He has muscle dystrophy, and uses a wheelchair. He and his parents fled Gaza, where their friends and family were being blown up. They came to Iceland looking for peace. For the first time in his life, Yazan has been able to get treatment for

"My heart was filled with so much agony that if it were distributed among the people of the earth, it would have killed them all" 💔

Couldn't agree more.