Mary Beth Hatten
@mbhatten.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Rockefeller University
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Wonderful dinner with Erin Schuman, Carol Mason and Carla Shatz
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Delta could offer standby tickets for free, if they wanted to. Instead, they (like many other companies in MN) are passively profiteering on ICE activity at the expense of ordinary people's extraordinary generosity.
If you’re in Minnesota and know anyone who needs a flight home from detention, reach out to Ashley Fairbanks by email at: contact@standwithminnesota.com
Folks have donated 5 million sky miles to help out, so please share the word.
Folks have donated 5 million sky miles to help out, so please share the word.
February 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Delta could offer standby tickets for free, if they wanted to. Instead, they (like many other companies in MN) are passively profiteering on ICE activity at the expense of ordinary people's extraordinary generosity.
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“If you are somebody who has previously dismissed talk of election interference as overwrought, we understand where you are coming from. Yet we urge you not to assume that the past will repeat itself.”
Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
“If you are somebody who has previously dismissed talk of election interference as overwrought, we understand where you are coming from. Yet we urge you not to assume that the past will repeat itself.”
Thank goodness he is home
Idk why it gets to me every time but when I see elected officials go out of their way to be, like, human, it really matters some way I can't describe.
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Thank goodness he is home
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Idk why it gets to me every time but when I see elected officials go out of their way to be, like, human, it really matters some way I can't describe.
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Idk why it gets to me every time but when I see elected officials go out of their way to be, like, human, it really matters some way I can't describe.
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
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extraordinary piece from Hillary Clinton: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 PM
extraordinary piece from Hillary Clinton: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Beautiful paper!
Outstanding @science.org study on the evolution of gene regulation shaping
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development
Gene regulatory changes are considered major drivers of evolutionary innovations, including the cerebellum’s expansion during human evolution, yet they remain largely unexplored. In this study, we com...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Beautiful paper!
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Outstanding @science.org study on the evolution of gene regulation shaping
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development
Gene regulatory changes are considered major drivers of evolutionary innovations, including the cerebellum’s expansion during human evolution, yet they remain largely unexplored. In this study, we com...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Outstanding @science.org study on the evolution of gene regulation shaping
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
@ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Supremely depressing that even students bringing in their own money are worried about finding a spot in a lab.
With continued uncertainty over federal government support for biomedical research, PhD students are struggling to find labs willing to take on new students, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports.
New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
Tenuous biomedical funding has put first-year Ph.D. students in a bind
First-year biomedical graduate students across the country said labs have been hesitant to take them in due to a tenuous funding environment
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Supremely depressing that even students bringing in their own money are worried about finding a spot in a lab.
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Every Dem should watch this ad. The thing about it is that right now, conditions are such that majorities will be receptive to this understanding of the situation. The opportunity to hammer it home should not be squandered.
Now THIS is how you do anti-ICE messaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRC...
Absolute Immunity
YouTube video by Lincoln Project Advocacy
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Every Dem should watch this ad. The thing about it is that right now, conditions are such that majorities will be receptive to this understanding of the situation. The opportunity to hammer it home should not be squandered.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Please note this is only the deaths we have been told about - and does not include however many people have died in overseas gulags.
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Please note this is only the deaths we have been told about - and does not include however many people have died in overseas gulags.
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The GOP hypocrisy and lies are astounding. But it's what we've come to know and expect from them. Dems, do not get distracted or bamboozled by the Republican fake outrage or tortured arguments that try to justify murder and fascism.
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The GOP hypocrisy and lies are astounding. But it's what we've come to know and expect from them. Dems, do not get distracted or bamboozled by the Republican fake outrage or tortured arguments that try to justify murder and fascism.
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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If you’ve got a parent in a nursing home, read this twice. Executives funneled $4.8M to Trump’s super PAC, met him privately, and pushed to kill a rule meant to stop neglect. Your family’s safety was sold for access.(NYT)
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If you’ve got a parent in a nursing home, read this twice. Executives funneled $4.8M to Trump’s super PAC, met him privately, and pushed to kill a rule meant to stop neglect. Your family’s safety was sold for access.(NYT)
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This five year old is still in jail
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This five year old is still in jail
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“He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist who treasured the beauty of Minnesota… He was the kind of nurse patients remembered, colleagues said, and he was a beloved mentor”
Alex Pretti’s Friends and Family Denounce ‘Sickening Lies’ About His Life
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
“He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist who treasured the beauty of Minnesota… He was the kind of nurse patients remembered, colleagues said, and he was a beloved mentor”
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If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings
Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed ...
www.cbsnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
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The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
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New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
Alex J Pretti
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
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The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The same people who pushed for states to be open carry are the ones saying having a gun on you (if that's even true) is grounds to be murdered by state agents.