dr. kristin d. lane 🔬
@kristindownie.bsky.social
new asst prof at Idaho State University in molecular biology. life, science, wine & politics. all tweets are my own. #mitochondria, #malaria, & #phage. she/her
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I just feel like people should know about this as we move into some of the busiest travel weekends of the year, no reason.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I just feel like people should know about this as we move into some of the busiest travel weekends of the year, no reason.
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A marigold for Dia de los Muertos. In memory of all we have lost, but who are never forgotten.
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A marigold for Dia de los Muertos. In memory of all we have lost, but who are never forgotten.
Forwarded the email to your gmail!
I've been... busy.
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Forwarded the email to your gmail!
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Good morning from week 4 of the #ShutdownShitshow. It’s Shrodinger’s Hatch Act, neither alive nor dead, but furloughed. Guess it’s a good time to get your grift on!
Hatch Act complaints over partisan federal website messages are stalled during shutdown
The Office of Special Counsel’s Hatch Act unit, which handles such complaints, has been furloughed. And the entire Merit Systems Protection Board – where OSC takes cases involving federal employees it...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning from week 4 of the #ShutdownShitshow. It’s Shrodinger’s Hatch Act, neither alive nor dead, but furloughed. Guess it’s a good time to get your grift on!
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Forget any other thing that supposedly separates me from… people I don’t agree with politically, call them whatever you will - this is the one I will never, ever overcome and will see no compromise on.
Everyone deserves to eat.
Everyone deserves a roof.
Everyone deserves healthcare.
End of story.
Everyone deserves to eat.
Everyone deserves a roof.
Everyone deserves healthcare.
End of story.
one of the most deeply infuriating aspects of american politics is close to half of americans would love if 20% of the country starved to death
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Forget any other thing that supposedly separates me from… people I don’t agree with politically, call them whatever you will - this is the one I will never, ever overcome and will see no compromise on.
Everyone deserves to eat.
Everyone deserves a roof.
Everyone deserves healthcare.
End of story.
Everyone deserves to eat.
Everyone deserves a roof.
Everyone deserves healthcare.
End of story.
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60 seconds of therapy
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
60 seconds of therapy
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution.
A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data
A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violates privacy laws and the Constitution.
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I feel like we should all get a tax rebate for government shutdowns. I paid taxes assuming a 365 day government. If I got a 300 day government, wouldn't I pay 300/365=82% in taxes? I could use that money better than these idiots can.
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I feel like we should all get a tax rebate for government shutdowns. I paid taxes assuming a 365 day government. If I got a 300 day government, wouldn't I pay 300/365=82% in taxes? I could use that money better than these idiots can.
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Actual HUD website right now: 🔗 hud.gov
⁉️😵💫
AND here’s the Hatch Act 👇
"The Hatch Act generally prohibits federal employees
from engaging in partisan political activity while on
duty, in a federal facility, or using federal property."
🚨 For those in power: yes, it applies to you. 🚨
⁉️😵💫
AND here’s the Hatch Act 👇
"The Hatch Act generally prohibits federal employees
from engaging in partisan political activity while on
duty, in a federal facility, or using federal property."
🚨 For those in power: yes, it applies to you. 🚨
www.justice.gov
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Actual HUD website right now: 🔗 hud.gov
⁉️😵💫
AND here’s the Hatch Act 👇
"The Hatch Act generally prohibits federal employees
from engaging in partisan political activity while on
duty, in a federal facility, or using federal property."
🚨 For those in power: yes, it applies to you. 🚨
⁉️😵💫
AND here’s the Hatch Act 👇
"The Hatch Act generally prohibits federal employees
from engaging in partisan political activity while on
duty, in a federal facility, or using federal property."
🚨 For those in power: yes, it applies to you. 🚨
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Francis Collins, former NIH director on Stephen Colbert.
We will see mRNA research breakthroughs in other countries.The #NIH nurtures medical miracles from spark to treatment- Alzheimer’s to Huntington’s Disease to cancer.
You can’t just turn it off and then on again.
🧪Via @Brianwlegate on IG
We will see mRNA research breakthroughs in other countries.The #NIH nurtures medical miracles from spark to treatment- Alzheimer’s to Huntington’s Disease to cancer.
You can’t just turn it off and then on again.
🧪Via @Brianwlegate on IG
September 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Francis Collins, former NIH director on Stephen Colbert.
We will see mRNA research breakthroughs in other countries.The #NIH nurtures medical miracles from spark to treatment- Alzheimer’s to Huntington’s Disease to cancer.
You can’t just turn it off and then on again.
🧪Via @Brianwlegate on IG
We will see mRNA research breakthroughs in other countries.The #NIH nurtures medical miracles from spark to treatment- Alzheimer’s to Huntington’s Disease to cancer.
You can’t just turn it off and then on again.
🧪Via @Brianwlegate on IG
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Look, if the Dutch are going to own our asses they better do it with A+ content like this.
September 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, if the Dutch are going to own our asses they better do it with A+ content like this.
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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I saw a TikTok yesterday that summed up 2025 perfectly: it’s like in the Barbie Movie when the Kens take over. It’s the era of the Mojo Dojo White House.
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I saw a TikTok yesterday that summed up 2025 perfectly: it’s like in the Barbie Movie when the Kens take over. It’s the era of the Mojo Dojo White House.
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This mf’er is a hugely unpopular lame duck and people and institutions with actual power are out here acting, for eight months straight, like he’s some goddam immortal emperor. Fuck that noise.
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This mf’er is a hugely unpopular lame duck and people and institutions with actual power are out here acting, for eight months straight, like he’s some goddam immortal emperor. Fuck that noise.
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How your email finds me
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
How your email finds me
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Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?
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On CNN, Ladapo said his dept had not analysed data about how the policy change could affect outbreaks of 💉preventable illnesses.
"Do I need to analyze whether it's appropriate for parents to be able to decide what goes into their children's bodies? I don't need to do an analysis on that," he said.
"Do I need to analyze whether it's appropriate for parents to be able to decide what goes into their children's bodies? I don't need to do an analysis on that," he said.
'It's just scary': In Florida, parents ponder future with fewer vaccines
Florida is pushing to end vaccine mandates as RFK Jr, an immunisation sceptic, remakes US vaccine policy.
www.bbc.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On CNN, Ladapo said his dept had not analysed data about how the policy change could affect outbreaks of 💉preventable illnesses.
"Do I need to analyze whether it's appropriate for parents to be able to decide what goes into their children's bodies? I don't need to do an analysis on that," he said.
"Do I need to analyze whether it's appropriate for parents to be able to decide what goes into their children's bodies? I don't need to do an analysis on that," he said.
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“I trust my immune system - I don’t need a vaccine.”
I trust my immune system too, but it thinks pollen and cardamom are trying to kill me, so I’ll be giving it some directions, okay?
I trust my immune system too, but it thinks pollen and cardamom are trying to kill me, so I’ll be giving it some directions, okay?
September 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“I trust my immune system - I don’t need a vaccine.”
I trust my immune system too, but it thinks pollen and cardamom are trying to kill me, so I’ll be giving it some directions, okay?
I trust my immune system too, but it thinks pollen and cardamom are trying to kill me, so I’ll be giving it some directions, okay?