Alison Obr
@alisonobrphd.bsky.social
Receptor biologist specializing in all things melanocortins. Principal Scientist at a small biotech leading in drug discovery for inflammatory diseases. Loves science, sports, music, gardening, and reading when not in my 24 hour role of being a mom!
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Colorado losing hundreds of Space Command jobs because of how they vote is pure retaliation and an abuse of power. No state should be targeted for participating in democracy. I’ll keep fighting for every Americans’ right to vote without fear of vengeance.
September 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Colorado losing hundreds of Space Command jobs because of how they vote is pure retaliation and an abuse of power. No state should be targeted for participating in democracy. I’ll keep fighting for every Americans’ right to vote without fear of vengeance.
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Welp this is horrific.
"Data broker owned by major airlines sells passenger info to US govt for warrantless surveillance" is already a sentence where each 2-4 word phrase is worse than the last, but then fuck knows what other shit said govt is going to get up to *w/* that data now that they have it
"Data broker owned by major airlines sells passenger info to US govt for warrantless surveillance" is already a sentence where each 2-4 word phrase is worse than the last, but then fuck knows what other shit said govt is going to get up to *w/* that data now that they have it
New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Welp this is horrific.
"Data broker owned by major airlines sells passenger info to US govt for warrantless surveillance" is already a sentence where each 2-4 word phrase is worse than the last, but then fuck knows what other shit said govt is going to get up to *w/* that data now that they have it
"Data broker owned by major airlines sells passenger info to US govt for warrantless surveillance" is already a sentence where each 2-4 word phrase is worse than the last, but then fuck knows what other shit said govt is going to get up to *w/* that data now that they have it
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Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2
Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report
Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.
aje.io
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2
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If you’re wondering how many paragraphs it takes for them to mention any of the more unsavory aspects of Sliwa’s history — like the time literally last year his men beat up a guy in Times Square on live TV and then he lied about it — the answer is, “It literally never comes up.”
Curtis Sliwa’s preferred campaign mode is riding the subway. He boards trains in the back car, then chats and handshakes his way forward, one by one, through the riders that he leaves just with a business card about his candidacy.
Read more: https://cnn.it/46558eD
Read more: https://cnn.it/46558eD
September 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re wondering how many paragraphs it takes for them to mention any of the more unsavory aspects of Sliwa’s history — like the time literally last year his men beat up a guy in Times Square on live TV and then he lied about it — the answer is, “It literally never comes up.”
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From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"
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Stay away from this country if you’re a tourist. It isn’t safe here. Not for citizens, and certainly not for visitors or foreign workers. We are a lawless nation under siege by its own government, and at war with itself. The United States as you knew, no longer exists. You’d fare better in Sudan…
The pogrom that Trump's secret police launched against Korea was a special day in the institution's history. One that will in the future be cited as caused for its dismantling.
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Stay away from this country if you’re a tourist. It isn’t safe here. Not for citizens, and certainly not for visitors or foreign workers. We are a lawless nation under siege by its own government, and at war with itself. The United States as you knew, no longer exists. You’d fare better in Sudan…
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Someone framed antivax sentiment as a sign of decadence in our society and that framing has helped me think about the failure to recognize the societal value of economic stability, democracy and knowledge production
People have been saying this about US antivax sentiment for years - that it's a narrow-minded product of people who haven't seen what real suffering from infectious disease looks like.
Now we are extending that to... democracy? Economic stability? Everything else?
Now we are extending that to... democracy? Economic stability? Everything else?
September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Someone framed antivax sentiment as a sign of decadence in our society and that framing has helped me think about the failure to recognize the societal value of economic stability, democracy and knowledge production
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Very sad to see the scale of destruction when it's laid out so plainly
A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very sad to see the scale of destruction when it's laid out so plainly
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🧪AUTHORITARIANISM IN ACTION RFK Jr. has banned government scientists from publishing in the world’s top medical journals.
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community — and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community — and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!
September 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🧪AUTHORITARIANISM IN ACTION RFK Jr. has banned government scientists from publishing in the world’s top medical journals.
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community — and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community — and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!
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It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.
Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.
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#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #addictionsci 🧪🛟
Nobel Laureate's NIH grant on mRNA vaccines cancelled among conspiracy-fueled attack on mRNA vaccine research and development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Nobel Laureate's NIH grant on mRNA vaccines cancelled among conspiracy-fueled attack on mRNA vaccine research and development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #addictionsci 🧪🛟
Nobel Laureate's NIH grant on mRNA vaccines cancelled among conspiracy-fueled attack on mRNA vaccine research and development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Nobel Laureate's NIH grant on mRNA vaccines cancelled among conspiracy-fueled attack on mRNA vaccine research and development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
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The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?
go.nature.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky 🧪
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🧪Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | @science.org | @aaas.org
You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...
You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🧪Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | @science.org | @aaas.org
You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...
You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...
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“There was no association between being vaccinated and having a miscarriage, the researchers found. Furthermore, the number of vaccine doses, type of vaccine (Moderna, Pfizer, etc.), and the timing of the vaccination were not linked to miscarriage.”
#ReproSky 🧪
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
#ReproSky 🧪
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked to Miscarriage
A new study adds to existing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy.
medicine.yale.edu
May 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“There was no association between being vaccinated and having a miscarriage, the researchers found. Furthermore, the number of vaccine doses, type of vaccine (Moderna, Pfizer, etc.), and the timing of the vaccination were not linked to miscarriage.”
#ReproSky 🧪
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
#ReproSky 🧪
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
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🧠🧪👩🔬This is the truth. Please make calls tomorrow to stand up for science. And call again Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…
We need you--every single one of you-- in the US to stand up, right now, and fight for NSF, NIH, USGS, NASA, USDA. Agencies Congress empowered to serve the public with impactful science and innovation. This is not a drill. This is our last stand. After this, there will be nothing left to fight for.
May 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
🧠🧪👩🔬This is the truth. Please make calls tomorrow to stand up for science. And call again Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…
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Take advantage of daily drop-in mentoring at #ARVO2025. Get professional guidance from a female perspective by Women in Eye And #VisionResearch, or chat about careers in industry with members of @arvoinfo.bsky.social's Commercial Relationships Committee. Meet by ARVO Central. bit.ly/42SEqTr
May 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Take advantage of daily drop-in mentoring at #ARVO2025. Get professional guidance from a female perspective by Women in Eye And #VisionResearch, or chat about careers in industry with members of @arvoinfo.bsky.social's Commercial Relationships Committee. Meet by ARVO Central. bit.ly/42SEqTr
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Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
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In 2024, "NIH research funding supported 407,782 jobs and produced $94.58 billion in economic activity in FY2024 — or $2.56 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding."
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In 2024, "NIH research funding supported 407,782 jobs and produced $94.58 billion in economic activity in FY2024 — or $2.56 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding."
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...
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This is serious.
PLEASE READ:
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RFK Jr plans to EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN.
“…Would subject all new vaccines, including vaccines for children & vaccines for WELL RESEARCHED DISEASES like measles & polio to placebo testing…they would take a bunch of kids, divide them into two groups
1/3
This is serious.
PLEASE READ:
🚨🚨🚨
RFK Jr plans to EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN.
“…Would subject all new vaccines, including vaccines for children & vaccines for WELL RESEARCHED DISEASES like measles & polio to placebo testing…they would take a bunch of kids, divide them into two groups
1/3
May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨🚨🚨
This is serious.
PLEASE READ:
🚨🚨🚨
RFK Jr plans to EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN.
“…Would subject all new vaccines, including vaccines for children & vaccines for WELL RESEARCHED DISEASES like measles & polio to placebo testing…they would take a bunch of kids, divide them into two groups
1/3
This is serious.
PLEASE READ:
🚨🚨🚨
RFK Jr plans to EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN.
“…Would subject all new vaccines, including vaccines for children & vaccines for WELL RESEARCHED DISEASES like measles & polio to placebo testing…they would take a bunch of kids, divide them into two groups
1/3
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If you don't have the imagination to see that you could be next, you could be taken, your family could be traumatized FOREVER, your possessions & money could be seized, you could be forced to undress in front of Satan's thugs!
Watch this poor woman recount what they did to her.
THEY ARE CITIZENS!
Watch this poor woman recount what they did to her.
THEY ARE CITIZENS!
April 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you don't have the imagination to see that you could be next, you could be taken, your family could be traumatized FOREVER, your possessions & money could be seized, you could be forced to undress in front of Satan's thugs!
Watch this poor woman recount what they did to her.
THEY ARE CITIZENS!
Watch this poor woman recount what they did to her.
THEY ARE CITIZENS!
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for anyone who missed the hearing, the recording can be found here: www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...
Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
April 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
for anyone who missed the hearing, the recording can be found here: www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...