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@akoepfler.bsky.social
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest” ~ Elie Wiesel
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Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️🌈
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World-renowned wildlife photographer against the algorithm. Tim Flach and the new challenges he's facing against AI.
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
World-renowned wildlife photographer against the algorithm
Tech Now meets British wildlife photographer Tim Flach facing new challenges from AI mimicking his images.
www.bbc.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
World-renowned wildlife photographer against the algorithm. Tim Flach and the new challenges he's facing against AI.
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
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Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
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A video journalist was injured on Tuesday during a tumultuous scene involving federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse less than a week after another officer was captured on video shoving a woman in a confrontation. nyti.ms/4nxXAY2
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A video journalist was injured on Tuesday during a tumultuous scene involving federal agents at a Manhattan immigration courthouse less than a week after another officer was captured on video shoving a woman in a confrontation. nyti.ms/4nxXAY2
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Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
I remember doing the Time Warp: The 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
n.pr
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
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The First Amendment is clear: Government officials cannot use their power to censor free speech.
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The First Amendment is clear: Government officials cannot use their power to censor free speech.
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House
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September 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House
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Oh I bet he will
President Trump says he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine, but will use a Friday summit to "feel out" his counterpart.
Trump says he will 'feel out' Putin in Alaska on ending the war in Ukraine
President Trump says he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine, but will use a Friday summit to "feel out" his counterpart.
n.pr
August 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Oh I bet he will
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Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
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🌊🧪 CBC coverage of @andrewirwin.bsky.social led study that shows a decline in larger phytoplankton biomass in the North Atlantic based on Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) data www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Phytoplankton, key to ocean life, falling 2% per year in North Atlantic | CBC News
Dalhousie University researchers analyzed data collected over more than half a century to assess how two types of phytoplankton are responding to climate change.
www.cbc.ca
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🌊🧪 CBC coverage of @andrewirwin.bsky.social led study that shows a decline in larger phytoplankton biomass in the North Atlantic based on Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) data www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
June 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
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REUTERS: “Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.” www.democracynow.org/2025/6/17/he...
June 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
REUTERS: “Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.” www.democracynow.org/2025/6/17/he...
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“You do not have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” Lander repeated, as the officers tightened handcuffs to his wrists.
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“You do not have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” Lander repeated, as the officers tightened handcuffs to his wrists.
And the White House’s corporate sponsor for today is:
Walked down to the end of the parade route in front of the presidential viewing stand. On video boards above President Donald Trump, an advertisement for defense contractor Palantir, an event sponsor. Palantir spends millions annually to lobby the gov’t, per fed’l records via @opensecrets.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
And the White House’s corporate sponsor for today is:
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A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee:
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
June 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee:
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS
Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection
Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids
Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit
Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
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RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
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In the past, the vetting process for appointing new members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices could take years. Kennedy took just two days.
RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good
Robert Malone and Martin Kulldorff are two of the most concerning picks.
arstechnica.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In the past, the vetting process for appointing new members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices could take years. Kennedy took just two days.
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Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"
June 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"
Happy caturday! 🌈 🏳️🌈
June 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy caturday! 🌈 🏳️🌈
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The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
A new satellite TV channel allows Alexei Navalny's videos to reach Russian audiences
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
n.pr
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
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Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn’t afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500.
Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV
Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV
June 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn’t afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500.
Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV
Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV