ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
@clutchscience.bsky.social
She/her Permadoc @ UOregon zebrafish community
NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases
Married to a cute OD
Parent of two awesome grown people
Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care
Definitely a wokester
NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases
Married to a cute OD
Parent of two awesome grown people
Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care
Definitely a wokester
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For me it’s the time I went viral for a thread about my mom getting the Covid vaccine. It was RTd & shared thousands of times. High profile accounts followed me. NBC’s Today Show called.
Utter chaos. Image of the first tweet attached, also link to full text.
elderhealthandliving.com/mother-of-pe...
Utter chaos. Image of the first tweet attached, also link to full text.
elderhealthandliving.com/mother-of-pe...
What was I “known for” on Twitter? Gotta be this one:
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oregon normally tries to send our best to washington but in the case of lori chavez-deramer, part of the reason she went to washington is because we fired her here
BREAKING NYT:
The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.
The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.
Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
oregon normally tries to send our best to washington but in the case of lori chavez-deramer, part of the reason she went to washington is because we fired her here
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Portland Public Schools is under a federal civil rights investigation for moving forward on a voter-approved effort to better support the district’s historically marginalized Black students.
Portland Public Schools’ initiative to support Black students is the latest Oregon target of Trump administration
Title VI was originally developed as a mechanism to counteract long-standing inequities in U.S. schools. That’s also the goal of the targeted PPS project in North Portland.
www.opb.org
February 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Portland Public Schools is under a federal civil rights investigation for moving forward on a voter-approved effort to better support the district’s historically marginalized Black students.
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in case you somehow missed it, chavez-deramer is under investigation for, amongst other things, taking her federal employees to a truly shitty strip club dive here in portland, the power couples in this admin are the worst and most abusive swingers you have ever met
February 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
in case you somehow missed it, chavez-deramer is under investigation for, amongst other things, taking her federal employees to a truly shitty strip club dive here in portland, the power couples in this admin are the worst and most abusive swingers you have ever met
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Mensik and Sinner came to mixed zone at the same time and Jannik insisted for Mensik to go first. “You’re playing tomorrow.“ Hen then stayed after his own press time to sign for fans at 2am, taking pictures and all. You don’t only see champions in victory but more often in losses.
February 19, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Mensik and Sinner came to mixed zone at the same time and Jannik insisted for Mensik to go first. “You’re playing tomorrow.“ Hen then stayed after his own press time to sign for fans at 2am, taking pictures and all. You don’t only see champions in victory but more often in losses.
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I love how the ice skating announcers are extremely specific in explaining each skill means how they work in detail and then the snowboard/ski x-games-style announcers are like “that was a butter olly half twist upside downie tubular wonky banana flabber jabber” with no further information.
February 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I love how the ice skating announcers are extremely specific in explaining each skill means how they work in detail and then the snowboard/ski x-games-style announcers are like “that was a butter olly half twist upside downie tubular wonky banana flabber jabber” with no further information.
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Don't access this site, for any reason.
Signed, a former intel girlie
Signed, a former intel girlie
February 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Don't access this site, for any reason.
Signed, a former intel girlie
Signed, a former intel girlie
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We can’t celebrate America by whitewashing our history. The President and my colleagues want to use the 250th anniversary of our country to rewrite history into a white supremacist narrative and pretend it’s normal.
February 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
We can’t celebrate America by whitewashing our history. The President and my colleagues want to use the 250th anniversary of our country to rewrite history into a white supremacist narrative and pretend it’s normal.
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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< wrestling announcer voice >
the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
February 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
< wrestling announcer voice >
the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
the BIBLE'S!! OOOOOOOOOORIGINAL!!!!!WOOOOOMAANNNNN!!!!!!! < airhorns >
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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ARCHIMEDES: Give me a lever long enough and I shall move the world.
SCIENCE MUSEUM: Hold my beer
SCIENCE MUSEUM: Hold my beer
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 AM
ARCHIMEDES: Give me a lever long enough and I shall move the world.
SCIENCE MUSEUM: Hold my beer
SCIENCE MUSEUM: Hold my beer
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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If you’ve not stopped using Meta products (Facebook, Instagram, etc…), now is a really good time to stop.
This is viscerally horrifying.
This is viscerally horrifying.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
If you’ve not stopped using Meta products (Facebook, Instagram, etc…), now is a really good time to stop.
This is viscerally horrifying.
This is viscerally horrifying.
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A year into RFK Jr.’s disastrous run at HHS, the results are exactly what we thought: instability, dangerous misinformation, and weakened public health.
I worked with @wyden.senate.gov on a 71-page report documenting the consequences of this chaotic year.
Accountability matters.
I worked with @wyden.senate.gov on a 71-page report documenting the consequences of this chaotic year.
Accountability matters.
February 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
A year into RFK Jr.’s disastrous run at HHS, the results are exactly what we thought: instability, dangerous misinformation, and weakened public health.
I worked with @wyden.senate.gov on a 71-page report documenting the consequences of this chaotic year.
Accountability matters.
I worked with @wyden.senate.gov on a 71-page report documenting the consequences of this chaotic year.
Accountability matters.
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Here is a deep dive inter hormone therapy shortages, which is not an isolated issue, but part of a larger issue of serious medication shortages. vajenda.substack.com/p/why-is-the...
Why is there a Shortage of Menopause Hormone Therapy?
Exploring the fragile supply chain allowed by the government
vajenda.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Here is a deep dive inter hormone therapy shortages, which is not an isolated issue, but part of a larger issue of serious medication shortages. vajenda.substack.com/p/why-is-the...
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What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
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Once again staring in historian. OK, angry historian. Well in furious historian. #skystorian
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Once again staring in historian. OK, angry historian. Well in furious historian. #skystorian
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Dr. Marthe Gold, a NASEM member, is calling for the removal of RFK Jr. Join the fight for science by vitising standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr to contact your rep and demand they support the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.!
#RemoveRFKJr
#RFKJr
#ImpeachRFKJr
#science
#health
#RemoveRFKJr
#RFKJr
#ImpeachRFKJr
#science
#health
!["There is a wide agreement by health professionals that the safety of the nation is very much in jeopardy on [RFK Jr.'s] watch. It is time for him to be relieved of his duties." - Dr. Marthe Gold MD, MPH Professor Emerita CUNY School of Medicine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x7irsqqhp64woalar7obnnft/bafkreiatmcoixvglmzf4rjvp5pzi4frjvhtu3cq5q4fqhwwlnppyk22fxu@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Dr. Marthe Gold, a NASEM member, is calling for the removal of RFK Jr. Join the fight for science by vitising standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr to contact your rep and demand they support the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.!
#RemoveRFKJr
#RFKJr
#ImpeachRFKJr
#science
#health
#RemoveRFKJr
#RFKJr
#ImpeachRFKJr
#science
#health
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I’m just going to leave this here
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’m just going to leave this here
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"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
An mRNA Refusal to File
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
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1/ I was a hell NO on the SAVE Act, a bill that punishes Americans who don’t carry around proof of citizenship and favors those with the means to obtain extra documentation. Nearly half of all Oregonians would need to pay for new documents just to exercise their right to vote.
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
1/ I was a hell NO on the SAVE Act, a bill that punishes Americans who don’t carry around proof of citizenship and favors those with the means to obtain extra documentation. Nearly half of all Oregonians would need to pay for new documents just to exercise their right to vote.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
