Brian Wasik

@brianrwasik.bsky.social

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Virologist. Evolutionary biologist.

Once Evo got familiar with the genomes of Phi X-174 and its kin, the researchers prompted the model to write new versions of its own. Evo generated 700,000 potential versions; the scientists pursued only the ones that looked as if they had the best odds of succeeding. They ended up making DNA molecules from 285 of Evo’s suggested sequences. When those genomes were ready to test, Mr. King and his colleagues inserted them into bacteria, which they spread across petri dishes.
My review of ONCE on Letterboxd.
SUMMER WITH MONIKA (1953) on the Criterion Channel
'I'm smart and I want respect!'
Screenshot from THE CONVERSATION (1974).
Barney-Moe meme but its SSPX-Leo
Jeroen Krabbe as Dr Charles Nichols in THE FUGITIVE (1993).
THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) Dir. Kurosawa
NBA Finals Game 3 win probability graph
LATimes calls no2 mayoral spot for Raman over Pratt, June 7, 2026. Great subheading bullet: 'claims of election fraud in California are nonsense'
Slugger Pope Leo.
One of those affected is Iain Drummond, who studies kidney development and regeneration at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine and directs its NIH-funded Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence. He became aware of NIH’s new requirements when the agency asked a different research center at MDI to remove papers with foreign co-authors from its annual progress report. So, when Drummond’s center was preparing its report, it omitted 16 of the 22 papers it had planned to list because they had co-authors affiliated with non-U.S. institutions. All had conducted the work in the U.S., including MDI’s president, Hermann Haller, who also holds an appointment at Hannover Medical School in Germany.
Figure 1. Inserts in D1 of S1, OC43 clinical isolates. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73186-x
Goldman Sachs projection of SOH oil exports recovery.
'I am a pedant' edit of hCaptcha
'Is it safe?' From MARATHON MAN (1976)
The 'black box' flight recorder
YouGov/Yahoo May 2022 survey data.
López-Astacio and Wasik 2026, Fig 4 FPV and CPV diverge in evolutionary rates in each host. (A) Divergence rates of FPV (n = 40) and CPV (n = 217) among recent natural sequences were generated from ML trees analyzed using root-to-tip regression in TempEst. (B) Substitution rates were calculated following a Coalescence Model analysis of natural FPV and CPV sequences. (C) Calculated dN/dS ratios of respective gene ORFs among natural FPV and CPV sequences (±SEM).
"It's what it is." THE IRISHMAN (2019)
Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo.
Distracted boyfriend meme for Artemis II in moon sphere of influence
Trends in cancer incidence (1975–2022) and mortality (1975–2023) rates by sex, United States. Rates are age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population, and incidence rates are adjusted for delays in case reporting. Incidence data for 2020 are shown separate from trend lines.
Menu screen for BEN-HUR (1959) on Blu-Ray
Mario and Luigi say
Scene from PATTON. "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!"
MikeF absolute banger tweet
WaPo OpEd says what
Sen Mullin (R-OK) cowering behind chairs and the service of Capital Police in the chambers on Jan 6, 2021, as a mob incited by President Trump attempts to break into the room.
Spike in crude oil and gasoline average retail price, Source: GasBuddy
Still from the film IDA (2013)
National Archives text of US Constitution. Ctrl-F for 'Article. I.'
CDC cohort data on infection rates among vaccination status, by July 2022.
John Lewis, American hero
Skeet asking 'is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?' With link to an essay on how, 'The left is missing out on AI.'
Hollywood Reporter headline, 'Shia LaBeouf's Mardi Gras Bar Crowl: "He's Terrorizing the City"'
President James Garfield
Jeremy Peters' NYT 12/10/2022 article on Musk's politics as 'not so simple.'
Iron smelter
Bud Cort in BREWSTER MCCLOUD.
Cardboard monsters meme
Daniel after being 'saved' at Eli's church to get his pipeline in THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Mugshots of Freedom Riders arrested in Jackosn, MS, May 1961.
Monument at Gettysbutg to 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back Commodore 64, 1985, Access Software
Of those infected, 378 were unvaccinated, three were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, six were fully vaccinated and 47 had unknown vaccination status.
Caption: "These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?" Will McPhail, 2017, The New Yorker
Don't tread on Chicago Made by brianrwasik
From NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/us/elections/results-tennessee-us-house-7-special.html