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Michael Rera
@michaelrera.bsky.social
researching on ageing & death
PI UTELife lab, fly wrangler
cofounder/gravedigger @publisciences @publifactory
https://michaelrera.github.io/
Pinned
Happy to announce the latest preprint of PhD candidate Mariana Abakarova (not yet on bluesky) tinyurl.com/4ewd2v85 in co-supervision with Prof. @laineelodie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr / @upariscite
tinyurl.com/2ntnfvw3
Funded by @agencerecherche.bsky.social ADAGIO and @erc.europa.eu PROMISE
Proteome-wide prediction of the Functional Impact of Missense Variants with ProteoCast
Background: Dissecting the functional impact of genetic mutations is essential to advancing our understanding of genotype-phenotype relationships and identifying new therapeutic targets. Despite the p...
www.biorxiv.org
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Not being in a cage makes mice less stressed, feels like one of those things that shouldn't take a massive experiment to verify, but here we are. I suspect this may lead, down the line, to requiring new lab standards to certin experiment with these animal models. 🧪
Link: www.cell.com/current-biol...
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Comme ils l'expliquent eux-mêmes, ils n'essayent pas de reproduire le comportement de l'appareil en le modélisant à partir des composants (trop compliqué, trop coûteux en temps d'expert). Ils ont un robot qui tourne les boutons aléatoirement et construisent le modèle.
December 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Russia is bringing in large numbers of Indian citizens, explaining this by the need to address a labor shortage. According to preliminary information, about 70,000 Indians are expected to arrive in Russia.
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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South Park called it, and it’s hilarious.

One of the creators purchased the Trump Kennedy Center URL address before the name was even changed because they know Trump’s narcissism is in the driver’s seat.
December 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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I will drop this.

But before I do, I have to note that it is excruciatingly clear that Ken is really mad that my reporting highlighted FIRE’s ties to big right-wing money.

He’s comparing the revelations of publicly available tax filings as something akin to a “Pharma-Rothschild conspiracy.”
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Funding absolutely matters.

Right-wing megafunders give money to groups that fight for what they want.

It’s that simple.
December 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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This line isn’t new to me. When I published my story highlighting how Koch-connected groups were trying to ratfuck the pandemic response, right-wing COVID contrarians pretended I was engaging in some kind of conspiracy theory.
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.

Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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There are no accounts left for Reem here.
They’ve shut them all down.
December 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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How interesting.
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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L'administration Trump facilite grandement le boycott des Etats-Unis : merci à elle 😆
L’administration Trump serre la vis sur les visiteurs étrangers exemptés de visas ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/QX0l
December 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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En février 2024, le mari de Martine Aubry cause un accident au volant de son SUV. Une jeune automobiliste est lourdement blessée à la tête. Le dossier est éventé à l’hôtel de ville, avant que l’affaire ne soit classée.👇
Le mari de Martine Aubry cause un accident de voiture, part, et s’en sort sans poursuites
En février 2024, l’époux de la maire de Lille est visé par une enquête pour délit de fuite : il est parti après avoir lourdement blessé une automobiliste. Le dossier est alors éventé à l’hôtel de vil…
www.mediapart.fr
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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December 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Comment ça marche ? Vincent Bolloré a une ligne budgétaire pour l'achat de l'ARCOM ? C'est un forfait ou chaque membre est rémunéré à la performance ? 🤔
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression https://theonion.com/trump-says-recession-unfortunate-but-necessary-step-to-get-to-depression/
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How much can he sweat before looking like this
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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This stuff is crazy to me. Methane hydrate mounds 3640 m below zero host chemosynthetic fauna (via @natcomms.nature.com).
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
December 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I see what they did there. No, seriously, I can see!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA {breathe} HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quand les gens me parlent d'éducation positive je leur demande toujours s'ils ont été harcelés enfants.

J'ai jamais tort...
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Hayashi, M., Koga, Y., Kozono, Y., Kobayashi, S. (2025). Maternal ovo represses the expression of transposable elements in adult ovaries. Dev Biol, 523:111-114 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Maternal ovo represses the expression of transposable elements in adult ovaries
In germ cells, repressing transposable elements (TEs) is important to maintain genomic integrity. TE expression and transposition are repressed by PIW…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Jesus is not anyone's saviour.
It's 21st century.
Fucking grow up and stop fucking with everyone else because you believe in your own grown up Santa Claus
I don't know who needs to know this, but Jesus is not everyone's savior in the United States.
Merry Christian Nationalism Day
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Les gens qui s'auto-diag TDAH parce qu'ils aiment pas faire des trucs chiants, ça me fait penser à mon ancien chef qui me demandait de faire son secrétaire quand un truc l'emmerdait en mode "vous savez je suis dépassé par toutes ces nouvelles procédures" et puis bizarrement dès que ça l'intéressait
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Russian drones are successfully evading Ukraine's air defense lines by routing them through Belarusian territory - President of Ukraine.
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM