Phoebe Lostroh
@profphoebe.bsky.social
Microbiologist, feminist, dog and cat lover, LGBTQIA+ communities, Grinnell College and UWC grad; she/her 🏳️🌈🥖🌹https://tinyurl.com/Virosphere
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
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My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
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#OTISummit2026 is a cross-generational event that provides an educational and supportive environment for #careerdevelopment and enrichment for #LGBTQ+ students, academics, and career professionals in
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February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
#OTISummit2026 is a cross-generational event that provides an educational and supportive environment for #careerdevelopment and enrichment for #LGBTQ+ students, academics, and career professionals in
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It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
Troop 6000
www.girlscoutsnyc.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
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Happy Valentine's Day. Say it with Microbes! :-) 🦠😆
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Happy Valentine's Day. Say it with Microbes! :-) 🦠😆
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Can confirm
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Can confirm
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I am hiring. Force of Infection is looking for public health writers (both part time ongoing and freelance). All roles are remote and mostly async. Details ⬇️ www.foiclinical.com/opportunities/
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I am hiring. Force of Infection is looking for public health writers (both part time ongoing and freelance). All roles are remote and mostly async. Details ⬇️ www.foiclinical.com/opportunities/
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For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system. AOC is right.
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NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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This is incredibly offensive. To see the California Governor's office -- and a former san francisco politician! -- promote Reagan as an example of goodness + humanity is outrageous when it's widely recognized that his anti-gay and AIDS-phobic bigotry contributed to killing how many Californians?!
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
February 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is incredibly offensive. To see the California Governor's office -- and a former san francisco politician! -- promote Reagan as an example of goodness + humanity is outrageous when it's widely recognized that his anti-gay and AIDS-phobic bigotry contributed to killing how many Californians?!
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Why Status-Quo Dems Should Heed the Progressive Earthquake in New Jersey www.commondreams.org/opinion/prog...
Why Status-Quo Dems Should Heed the Progressive Earthquake in New Jersey | Common Dreams
The special primary election in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District was the first real chance Democrats have had to express their disapproval of the party leadership; it will certainly not be the...
www.commondreams.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Why Status-Quo Dems Should Heed the Progressive Earthquake in New Jersey www.commondreams.org/opinion/prog...
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What We Can Learn From Minneapolis' Model of Resistance www.commondreams.org/opinion/less...
What We Can Learn From Minneapolis' Model of Resistance | Common Dreams
This model is also a map; it shows us how to leave the open space of privilege and move toward the center of the proverbial prison where a long line of people wait to be murdered with our money. And y...
www.commondreams.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
What We Can Learn From Minneapolis' Model of Resistance www.commondreams.org/opinion/less...
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The Zorro Ranch needs to be searched for graves.
This Will Hold (@thiswillhold)
🚨Breaking: Don Huffines, former Texas state senator and current comptroller candidate, owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County.
The family of Texas businessman and politician Donald Huf...
substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The Zorro Ranch needs to be searched for graves.
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Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as the polluting fuel struggles to survive
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Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as the polluting fuel struggles to survive
President Donald Trump signed an order directing the Defense Department to favor electricity derived from coal, expanding his campaign to prop up the fossil fuel.
wapo.st
February 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as the polluting fuel struggles to survive
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It's amazing to me that Americans listen to some semi-rando who admitted to snorting cocaine off of a hooker's ass, over doctors and scientists. Just heartbreaking. Gift article.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
It's amazing to me that Americans listen to some semi-rando who admitted to snorting cocaine off of a hooker's ass, over doctors and scientists. Just heartbreaking. Gift article.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Excellent summaries of the Trump administration's new proposed ACA rules from @katie-keith.bsky.social and @mattafiedler.bsky.social.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes For 2027 Marketplace Plans (Part 1) | Health Affairs Forefront
This article addresses several proposed changes to the regulation and sale of catastrophic plans, which the Trump administration seems to be going all in on; new policies to implement parts of the OBB...
www.healthaffairs.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Excellent summaries of the Trump administration's new proposed ACA rules from @katie-keith.bsky.social and @mattafiedler.bsky.social.
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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why do we kiss? idk but @sciam.bsky.social tries to find out. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Kissing goes back 21.5 million years. How it originated remains a mystery
Why the simple act of kissing—which can be traced back 21.5 million years—continues to confound evolutionary biologists
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
why do we kiss? idk but @sciam.bsky.social tries to find out. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
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Drug addled, incoherent, unqualified, conspiracy theory spouting @SecKennedy lied under oath in his confirmation hearings and still profits from spreading vaccine disinformation while undermining the lifesaving, science based mission of the NIH.
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Drug addled, incoherent, unqualified, conspiracy theory spouting @SecKennedy lied under oath in his confirmation hearings and still profits from spreading vaccine disinformation while undermining the lifesaving, science based mission of the NIH.
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
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New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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In govts around the world, people in the Epstein files are resigning in disgrace.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
In govts around the world, people in the Epstein files are resigning in disgrace.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
In private business, executives in the files are resigning in disgrace.
In the Trump admin, nothing happens since the boss is in the files more than anyone and his party is filled with cowards.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration cuts to health care grants in Illinois, other states
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
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i want all these people to go to jail. i also want all of our money back. like these assholes also looted the government. send them to jail and redistribute their assets asaptually.
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
i want all these people to go to jail. i also want all of our money back. like these assholes also looted the government. send them to jail and redistribute their assets asaptually.