Amber Ying 應 緣
Robots and neuroscience and sex. (But not that way.) Disabled and glorious. Leftist activist who works in biotech. Taiwanese American. Queer AF. #BiInSci. Sincere and earnest. Our struggles are intertwined. (she/they) #CambMA
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- I'm a two-month-old parent and though this sounds very gross, I just have to vent: HOW DO YOU FIND TIME TO TAKE SHOWERS OMGGGGGG
- Reposted by Amber Ying 應 緣No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Cities are fighting back against ICE. Same with #CambMA: www.cambridgema.gov/news/2026/02...
- Penisgate at the Winter Olympics. (Nothing will prepare you for this. [It's not sexual.]) buff.ly/bmryddv
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- Reposted by Amber Ying 應 緣Very excited to say that 404 Media's zine about ICE Surveillance is here. If you ordered a print copy, I put it in the mail last week. If not, we of course think the info inside is very important so here's a free PDF. We also translated it into Spanish: www.404media.co/icezine/
- back from dinner and just here to say that though i deeply hate humanoid robots (because what is the use case) these chinese companies are still way far ahead of whatever elon musk can ever come up with
- The first "biomimetic" robot, called Moya, debuts in Shanghai. youtube.com/shorts/jtyEV...
- The first "biomimetic" robot, called Moya, debuts in Shanghai. youtube.com/shorts/jtyEV...
- Reposted by Amber Ying 應 緣"In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home." More: propub.li/4acxEeY
- so like sesame noodles is not a common dish in my household but i just looked up the recipe and it’s like: 1) cook noodles 2) make sauce 3) toss and serve it’s like chinese spaghetti
- The Drama is an upcoming "romcom" directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. I put "romcom" in quotes because Ari Aster is producer.
- Reposted by Amber Ying 應 緣ask @josephcox.bsky.social and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social ANYTHING. get your questions in now and they'll start answering live today at noon est: www.reddit.com/r/technology...
- In mice! (But still!)
- I'm a new parent and I just learned that newborns (and older babies) can cry in their sleep. It's called "active sleep", which is REM sleep but for babies, and if you don't know what it is, it can be very alarming.
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- Reposted by Amber Ying 應 緣“History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened.” Long but worth reading by: @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and @adambonica.bsky.social
- CN: Epstein files, men being sexual creeps, biology as it is not supposed to be used
- Student journalists at Stanford the first to break a story that’s long overdue stanforddaily.com/2026/02/03/f...
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- No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
- From Taiwan. And grad school.
- This is Emily Wilson reading a passage from The Iliad in the original Ancient Greek and her translation in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtg...
- I'm reading these notes on the art of translation and I'm just going YES THIS! So I'm sharing for everyone else.
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- The movie in question is The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan. There is already a lot of discourse about the movie, but what I find interesting is the Nolan specifically cited Emily Wilson's translation as his inspiration.
