Sandra
@lilysch.bsky.social
Biochemist. Former Science Editor. Working on a degree in Political Science. „Ein Leben ohne Mops ist möglich aber sinnlos.“ 🐾 Currently in Michigan. She/her. anti-fascist.
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Oof. Outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan. Nine infected so far.
Marburg virus is a cousin to Ebola and similarly causes a hemorrhagic fever, with reported case fatality rates ranging from 20% to 100%.
Marburg virus is a cousin to Ebola and similarly causes a hemorrhagic fever, with reported case fatality rates ranging from 20% to 100%.
Ethiopia confirms first Marburg outbreak as WHO lauds country's fast action
Ethiopia has confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in the southern region of the country that borders South Sudan.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oof. Outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan. Nine infected so far.
Marburg virus is a cousin to Ebola and similarly causes a hemorrhagic fever, with reported case fatality rates ranging from 20% to 100%.
Marburg virus is a cousin to Ebola and similarly causes a hemorrhagic fever, with reported case fatality rates ranging from 20% to 100%.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
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The Regime continues its attacks on public health.
The Department of Education has preliminarily concluded that public health degrees—MPH and DrPH—should not be considered professional degrees.
If it stands, it will result in significantly fewer funding opportunities for public health students.
The Department of Education has preliminarily concluded that public health degrees—MPH and DrPH—should not be considered professional degrees.
If it stands, it will result in significantly fewer funding opportunities for public health students.
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Regime continues its attacks on public health.
The Department of Education has preliminarily concluded that public health degrees—MPH and DrPH—should not be considered professional degrees.
If it stands, it will result in significantly fewer funding opportunities for public health students.
The Department of Education has preliminarily concluded that public health degrees—MPH and DrPH—should not be considered professional degrees.
If it stands, it will result in significantly fewer funding opportunities for public health students.
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Gift link to my argument in favor of teaching works of "serious literary value" in public schools: slate.com/life/2025/05...
This Year, We All Realized That Kids Aren’t Reading Books in School. Only the Right Is Offering a Solution.
Common Core and the College Board are my enemies. But the classical education movement is not my friend.
slate.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Gift link to my argument in favor of teaching works of "serious literary value" in public schools: slate.com/life/2025/05...
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A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
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If this stupid bill actually passes, we are even more doomed than I thought. Note that it also includes Russia. U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If this stupid bill actually passes, we are even more doomed than I thought. Note that it also includes Russia. U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
12/13
12/13
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
12/13
12/13
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This absolutely nuts.
I'm not sure there is a single scientist in the US who has not advised a Chinese graduate student in the past 5 years.
I'm not sure there is a single scientist in the US who has not advised a Chinese graduate student in the past 5 years.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This absolutely nuts.
I'm not sure there is a single scientist in the US who has not advised a Chinese graduate student in the past 5 years.
I'm not sure there is a single scientist in the US who has not advised a Chinese graduate student in the past 5 years.
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Yes, and loads of top down pressure which if left unexplained blames individuals or collectives when it was companies lobbying www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Yes, and loads of top down pressure which if left unexplained blames individuals or collectives when it was companies lobbying www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
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On top of that, as someone with aging parents, I have to point out that it is breathtakingly offensive to me for anyone to suggest three minutes of my mother talking in the kitchen could tell a machine everything it needs to know about her to simulate her. Fuck off, you ghouls.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On top of that, as someone with aging parents, I have to point out that it is breathtakingly offensive to me for anyone to suggest three minutes of my mother talking in the kitchen could tell a machine everything it needs to know about her to simulate her. Fuck off, you ghouls.
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I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
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Not good: Ethiopia is reporting a cluster of 8 suspected cases of a possible viral hemorrhagic fever.
It is not yet clear: (1) if these are true, confirmed cases; and (2) what the suspected illness is - many possibilities here ranging from not a VHF, to Ebolavirus, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, etc.
It is not yet clear: (1) if these are true, confirmed cases; and (2) what the suspected illness is - many possibilities here ranging from not a VHF, to Ebolavirus, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, etc.
Ethiopia reports suspected viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak
Health authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out further investigations and ramping up response after suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever were reported in the country’s South Ethiopia Region.
www.afro.who.int
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not good: Ethiopia is reporting a cluster of 8 suspected cases of a possible viral hemorrhagic fever.
It is not yet clear: (1) if these are true, confirmed cases; and (2) what the suspected illness is - many possibilities here ranging from not a VHF, to Ebolavirus, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, etc.
It is not yet clear: (1) if these are true, confirmed cases; and (2) what the suspected illness is - many possibilities here ranging from not a VHF, to Ebolavirus, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, etc.
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Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
Would we? www.courthousenews.com/white-house-...
White House, Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs Off-Limits for Public
The Second Circuit upheld a ruling Monday that records of who has visited President Donald Trump’s White House and private Florida resort are exempt from government watchdog groups’ Freedom of Informa...
www.courthousenews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
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I believe the proper word to use here is "theft." www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I believe the proper word to use here is "theft." www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Grifters, all of them.
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Grifters, all of them.
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It's beginning to look a lot like...
A good time to restart something I used to do during the run up to Christmas in The Other Place.
Designs to follow next week #VirusSnowflakes
A good time to restart something I used to do during the run up to Christmas in The Other Place.
Designs to follow next week #VirusSnowflakes
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It's beginning to look a lot like...
A good time to restart something I used to do during the run up to Christmas in The Other Place.
Designs to follow next week #VirusSnowflakes
A good time to restart something I used to do during the run up to Christmas in The Other Place.
Designs to follow next week #VirusSnowflakes
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Note active voice in thread when victim "upends" Gaetz career but passive voice in image when discussing her exploitation.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Note active voice in thread when victim "upends" Gaetz career but passive voice in image when discussing her exploitation.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
"Gaetz sexually exploited a homeless child and destroyed his career in the process" would assign a man and a republican agency. And we can't have that.
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The Other 98%
When did it become NORMAL for federal agents to point guns in the faces of American citizens? Over 170 U.S. citizens have been held by ICE this year. The Fourth Amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, but apparently that's irrelevant.
When did it become NORMAL for federal agents to point guns in the faces of American citizens? Over 170 U.S. citizens have been held by ICE this year. The Fourth Amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, but apparently that's irrelevant.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Other 98%
When did it become NORMAL for federal agents to point guns in the faces of American citizens? Over 170 U.S. citizens have been held by ICE this year. The Fourth Amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, but apparently that's irrelevant.
When did it become NORMAL for federal agents to point guns in the faces of American citizens? Over 170 U.S. citizens have been held by ICE this year. The Fourth Amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, but apparently that's irrelevant.
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NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".