Uma Gaffney
@umagaffney.bsky.social
medical student, former teacher
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i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
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Mao, Gould et al. introduce a novel tagged Col4a1 mouse model for studying basement membrane dynamics, which provides important details of COL4A1 turnover in cerebral vasculature & shows that Col4a1 heterozygous deletion is better tolerated than missense mutations rupress.org/jcb/article/...
April 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Mao, Gould et al. introduce a novel tagged Col4a1 mouse model for studying basement membrane dynamics, which provides important details of COL4A1 turnover in cerebral vasculature & shows that Col4a1 heterozygous deletion is better tolerated than missense mutations rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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PhD applicants: with 💙, navigate things carefully this year. Please read the 🧵 replies. Some schools are guaranteeing N years of support; others are doing so "contingent on funding"; others are offering provisional accepts (and sadly, some are rescinded).
You are not alone. Get some good advice!
You are not alone. Get some good advice!
UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
March 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
PhD applicants: with 💙, navigate things carefully this year. Please read the 🧵 replies. Some schools are guaranteeing N years of support; others are doing so "contingent on funding"; others are offering provisional accepts (and sadly, some are rescinded).
You are not alone. Get some good advice!
You are not alone. Get some good advice!
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it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur
The Birthright Citizenship Clause Means Exactly What It Says: The Textual and Historical Implausibility of Alternative Interpretations Offered by the Trump Administration and Conservative Commentators...
UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone discuss the scope and original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, particularly in response to a....
verdict.justia.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur
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I want people to watch this video and honestly tell me why it should be made *illegal* for this 14-year-old girl to play field hockey with her friends. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...
Meet the Girl Who Lawmakers Want to Ban From Playing Sports
YouTube video by Human Rights Campaign
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I want people to watch this video and honestly tell me why it should be made *illegal* for this 14-year-old girl to play field hockey with her friends. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...
Proud to stand up for science today with my classmates!
March 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Proud to stand up for science today with my classmates!
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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Love and early women in medicine:
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the 1st woman to get an MD in America, fell in love easily, she said, so she went into medicine very deliberately - because she definitely DID NOT want to get married 1/❤️
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the 1st woman to get an MD in America, fell in love easily, she said, so she went into medicine very deliberately - because she definitely DID NOT want to get married 1/❤️
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Love and early women in medicine:
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the 1st woman to get an MD in America, fell in love easily, she said, so she went into medicine very deliberately - because she definitely DID NOT want to get married 1/❤️
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), the 1st woman to get an MD in America, fell in love easily, she said, so she went into medicine very deliberately - because she definitely DID NOT want to get married 1/❤️
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Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, HIV groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, HIV groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children.
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NEW KIND OF ASTROLOGY JUST DROPPED HELL YEAH
January 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NEW KIND OF ASTROLOGY JUST DROPPED HELL YEAH
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Astronomer here! Most of North America gets to see Mars get covered by the moon tonight! Here's a handy chart from the Astronomical League so you know when to look! 🔭🎢🧪
January 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Astronomer here! Most of North America gets to see Mars get covered by the moon tonight! Here's a handy chart from the Astronomical League so you know when to look! 🔭🎢🧪
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
SoCal friends, I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. A few things I wish I’d known as we evacuated ahead of a wildfire (that took our home in 2021) 🧵
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Questions today about vaccines might just be a product of their success. Here’s what people should know about six once-common illnesses that vaccines have contained for decades.
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Questions today about vaccines might just be a product of their success. Here’s what people should know about six once-common illnesses that vaccines have contained for decades.