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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People don’t always follow politics (and who can blame them), but they understand stuff like “nothing to eat now,” “the president is bulldozing the White House,” “the president is hiding stuff about his relationship to America’s most notorious child sex trafficker”
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
People don’t always follow politics (and who can blame them), but they understand stuff like “nothing to eat now,” “the president is bulldozing the White House,” “the president is hiding stuff about his relationship to America’s most notorious child sex trafficker”
Disgusting
Prineville, Oregon residents are calling for the gun license of a local pastor to be revoked, after he shot a blind cat 3 times, then put it in a dumpster.
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
Petition: Justice for Pumpkin – Revoke Gun License After Cat Shooting
A pastor allegedly shot a cat three times in Oregon. Demand justice, accountability, and a revoked gun license now.
www.onegreenplanet.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Disgusting
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Prineville, Oregon residents are calling for the gun license of a local pastor to be revoked, after he shot a blind cat 3 times, then put it in a dumpster.
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
Petition: Justice for Pumpkin – Revoke Gun License After Cat Shooting
A pastor allegedly shot a cat three times in Oregon. Demand justice, accountability, and a revoked gun license now.
www.onegreenplanet.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Prineville, Oregon residents are calling for the gun license of a local pastor to be revoked, after he shot a blind cat 3 times, then put it in a dumpster.
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
He said that he shot the cat as he believes that the cat was trying to get into his chicken coupe.
www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/peti...
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Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
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I took an entire semester of physics in college called Electricity and Magnetism.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I took an entire semester of physics in college called Electricity and Magnetism.
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Dr. Florence Sabin | Immunologist and educator, born #OTD in 1871.
The first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (where she graduated from in 1900) and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM
The first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (where she graduated from in 1900) and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Dr. Florence Sabin | Immunologist and educator, born #OTD in 1871.
The first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (where she graduated from in 1900) and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM
The first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (where she graduated from in 1900) and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM
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After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa Tapley, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the first human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free and planning her future.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa Tapley, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the first human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free and planning her future.
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The press utterly silent about a clearly impaired elderly GOP president who cannot keep his eyes open. Lapdogs to the end.
When Biden was still riding a bike, every article was "Why isn't our frail Dem president popping wheelies?"
When Biden was still riding a bike, every article was "Why isn't our frail Dem president popping wheelies?"
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The press utterly silent about a clearly impaired elderly GOP president who cannot keep his eyes open. Lapdogs to the end.
When Biden was still riding a bike, every article was "Why isn't our frail Dem president popping wheelies?"
When Biden was still riding a bike, every article was "Why isn't our frail Dem president popping wheelies?"
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People might not realize - this wasn’t just one problematic person. He was (and is) influential. And this has real consequences.
“Female scientists who have kids can’t be taken seriously” and many other jabs at women have been directly said to me, within the last decade, by other scientists.
“Female scientists who have kids can’t be taken seriously” and many other jabs at women have been directly said to me, within the last decade, by other scientists.
I read this book when I was 15 and fell in love with DNA. I re-read it at 32 with lived experience in Science and it filled me with rage. I cannot pick up that book now. It reveals what women were/are up against.
Based on his self-described behavior in The Double Helix and these actions it is easy and appropriate to write him off as an ignorant jerk.
38/41
38/41
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People might not realize - this wasn’t just one problematic person. He was (and is) influential. And this has real consequences.
“Female scientists who have kids can’t be taken seriously” and many other jabs at women have been directly said to me, within the last decade, by other scientists.
“Female scientists who have kids can’t be taken seriously” and many other jabs at women have been directly said to me, within the last decade, by other scientists.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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#GVerse And to think this orange sack of cholesterol had the balls to call Biden “Sleepy Joe.” His dumbfuck cultists will probably spin this as “Leadership Through Napping.” You can’t parody this shit anymore.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#GVerse And to think this orange sack of cholesterol had the balls to call Biden “Sleepy Joe.” His dumbfuck cultists will probably spin this as “Leadership Through Napping.” You can’t parody this shit anymore.
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Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
Hope there is a spot reserved in hell for him.
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hope there is a spot reserved in hell for him.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Easy to believe this guy ignored someone who passed out in the Oval Office. He did ignore a guest at a Mar-a-Lago event who fell off the stage and split his head open and complained about the blood staining his marble floor. The lack of empathy is on-brand.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Easy to believe this guy ignored someone who passed out in the Oval Office. He did ignore a guest at a Mar-a-Lago event who fell off the stage and split his head open and complained about the blood staining his marble floor. The lack of empathy is on-brand.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
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Long live the jury trial in America.
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Long live the jury trial in America.
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Well, this is fucking cool.
First-ever 'mummified' and hoofed dinosaur discovered in Wyoming badlands
Researchers have unearthed two dinosaur "mummies" in the badlands of Wyoming, confirming duck-billed dinosaurs had hooves, alongside a string of other discoveries.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well, this is fucking cool.
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sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is