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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< 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.
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I don’t think enough people know that the GOP’s “Save America Act” would establish voter purge programs using data systems that experts say are unreliable. These systems reek of DOGE & thus of Elon Musk who is *heavily* promoting the Act. Thread.
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I don’t think enough people know that the GOP’s “Save America Act” would establish voter purge programs using data systems that experts say are unreliable. These systems reek of DOGE & thus of Elon Musk who is *heavily* promoting the Act. Thread.
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The nonprofit garden featuring 2,000 plant varieties will operate only four days a week while seeking emergency donations to survive through June 30.
This landmark Portland botanical garden is laying off half its staff, says its future is uncertain
The nonprofit garden featuring 2,000 plant varieties will operate only four days a week while seeking emergency donations to survive through June 30.
www.oregonlive.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The nonprofit garden featuring 2,000 plant varieties will operate only four days a week while seeking emergency donations to survive through June 30.
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What women on the left already knew before the files came out is that men can imagine a world of class consciousness (Chomsky), a universe more expansive than ever before known (Hawking), a world where you can live forever (Attia) but not a world where women are fully human.
February 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
What women on the left already knew before the files came out is that men can imagine a world of class consciousness (Chomsky), a universe more expansive than ever before known (Hawking), a world where you can live forever (Attia) but not a world where women are fully human.
Some wonder why Trump is willing to, e.g. torch ACA, NIH, USAID etc—like, why does he care about any of these gov orgs? In addition to aligning w/his essential unkindness & racism, I think he’s happy to let Miller, Vogt & RFK Jr ram through destructive agendas as long as he can stay on the take
$$👇🏻
$$👇🏻
Stop me if you’ve heard this before:
Trump’s White House is offering million-dollar donors special access to the President and official events — this time America’s 250th birthday.
This latest pay-to-play arrangement undercuts already crumbling public trust.
Trump’s White House is offering million-dollar donors special access to the President and official events — this time America’s 250th birthday.
This latest pay-to-play arrangement undercuts already crumbling public trust.
Sen. Schiff leads probe into Freedom250, the America birthday group offering access to Trump for donations
The Democratic senators raise concern about alleged "pay-to-play" access.
abcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Some wonder why Trump is willing to, e.g. torch ACA, NIH, USAID etc—like, why does he care about any of these gov orgs? In addition to aligning w/his essential unkindness & racism, I think he’s happy to let Miller, Vogt & RFK Jr ram through destructive agendas as long as he can stay on the take
$$👇🏻
$$👇🏻
Incredible graphic going into a midterm election year
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Incredible graphic going into a midterm election year
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For folks unfamiliar, this was a bog standard position for Nazi and incel 8chan/board culture back in the day.
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
For folks unfamiliar, this was a bog standard position for Nazi and incel 8chan/board culture back in the day.
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
He's not inventing, he's regurgitating and repackaging
Let’s go Stan!
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Let’s go Stan!
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this thread is harrowing but these lawyers are fucking heroic
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
this thread is harrowing but these lawyers are fucking heroic