Bea GF
@beagf25.bsky.social
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” A. Camus
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In the SONIA trial conducted in general medical wards with limited diagnostic and therapeutic resources in Kenya, glucocorticoids reduced mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/47glh02
#MedSky #PulmSky #IDSky
#MedSky #PulmSky #IDSky
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In the SONIA trial conducted in general medical wards with limited diagnostic and therapeutic resources in Kenya, glucocorticoids reduced mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/47glh02
#MedSky #PulmSky #IDSky
#MedSky #PulmSky #IDSky
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Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these…
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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Apparently the Trump Administration thinks the trillions they spent on tax cuts for the wealthy wasn't enough. Now they're planning another huge tax windfall for the biggest corporations in the country.
@warren.senate.gov and I are leading the charge against this.
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/d...
@warren.senate.gov and I are leading the charge against this.
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/d...
Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move - Roll Call
A group of Democrats is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits.
rollcall.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Apparently the Trump Administration thinks the trillions they spent on tax cuts for the wealthy wasn't enough. Now they're planning another huge tax windfall for the biggest corporations in the country.
@warren.senate.gov and I are leading the charge against this.
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/d...
@warren.senate.gov and I are leading the charge against this.
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/d...
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Long thought of as support cells, astrocytes are emerging as key players in health and disease
go.nature.com/4pJn859
go.nature.com/4pJn859
The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health
Astrocytes make up one-quarter of the brain, but researchers are only now realizing their true value.
go.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Long thought of as support cells, astrocytes are emerging as key players in health and disease
go.nature.com/4pJn859
go.nature.com/4pJn859
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If Larry Summers is - rightly - disgraced following the latest Epstein revelations, there's another man who's been talked about less and who deserves disgrace at least as much.
@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If Larry Summers is - rightly - disgraced following the latest Epstein revelations, there's another man who's been talked about less and who deserves disgrace at least as much.
@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
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This is why banks were invented, fyi.
Speaking of Sam Altman. . .
His ex-boyfriend (I know, right?) was just robbed of $11MM in crypto
His ex-boyfriend (I know, right?) was just robbed of $11MM in crypto
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is why banks were invented, fyi.
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
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“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Nature - Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
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🧬 CAR T treatments improve overall survival for patients with large B-cell lymphoma and progression-free survival for patients with multiple myeloma.
Save this Review for your bibliography:
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Save this Review for your bibliography:
ja.ma/49HHc34
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🧬 CAR T treatments improve overall survival for patients with large B-cell lymphoma and progression-free survival for patients with multiple myeloma.
Save this Review for your bibliography:
ja.ma/49HHc34
Save this Review for your bibliography:
ja.ma/49HHc34
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Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results
go.nature.com/4pdvHWa
go.nature.com/4pdvHWa
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Nature - Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results
go.nature.com/4pdvHWa
go.nature.com/4pdvHWa
Fascinating
www.youtube.com/live/8cf9wgs...
www.youtube.com/live/8cf9wgs...
Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fascinating
www.youtube.com/live/8cf9wgs...
www.youtube.com/live/8cf9wgs...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Check your Gmail & Google Workspace settings - I was opted in to all of this by default. No clankers!
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check your Gmail & Google Workspace settings - I was opted in to all of this by default. No clankers!
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Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
Small alligator rescued in Boston after slithering into the city's heart on social media
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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BREAKING: James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix whose work reshaped medicine, forensics and genetics, dies at 97.
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
BREAKING: James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix whose work reshaped medicine, forensics and genetics, dies at 97.