Chris Anderson, PhD. 🏳️🌈
@canderson0402.bsky.social
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSD IRACDA Fellow
Bioengineer interested in 🫀regen and cultivated 🍖
UCSD IRACDA Fellow
Bioengineer interested in 🫀regen and cultivated 🍖
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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'Heated Rivalry' actor Harrison Browne has called out USA hockey after it announced a new policy which essentially bans trans athletes from competing.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
'Heated Rivalry' actor Harrison Browne has called out USA hockey after it announced a new policy which essentially bans trans athletes from competing.
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
At my first Gordon Research Conference! 🧠🍽️
Coming to cultivated meat from cardiac tissue engineering & mechanobiology—interested in how form–function relationships in living muscle translate when the endpoint is flavor, texture, and nutrition.
#ScienceBluesky #CultivatedMeat #FutureFoods
Coming to cultivated meat from cardiac tissue engineering & mechanobiology—interested in how form–function relationships in living muscle translate when the endpoint is flavor, texture, and nutrition.
#ScienceBluesky #CultivatedMeat #FutureFoods
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
At my first Gordon Research Conference! 🧠🍽️
Coming to cultivated meat from cardiac tissue engineering & mechanobiology—interested in how form–function relationships in living muscle translate when the endpoint is flavor, texture, and nutrition.
#ScienceBluesky #CultivatedMeat #FutureFoods
Coming to cultivated meat from cardiac tissue engineering & mechanobiology—interested in how form–function relationships in living muscle translate when the endpoint is flavor, texture, and nutrition.
#ScienceBluesky #CultivatedMeat #FutureFoods
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9. Lawsuits like this one change the legal calculus. They make clear that discrimination is not the risk-free option hospitals hoped it would be, and that transgender patients will not quietly disappear when care is taken from them.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
9. Lawsuits like this one change the legal calculus. They make clear that discrimination is not the risk-free option hospitals hoped it would be, and that transgender patients will not quietly disappear when care is taken from them.
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1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Families Bring Legal Challenge Against Yale, CCMC For Capitulating To Trump On Trans Youth Care
Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children's Medical Center abruptly ended care for transgender people earlier this year.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
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1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
“They Are Obsessed With Trans People:” Rep. Sarah McBride Rails Against GOP’s Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes
Rep. McBride joined Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Johnson in a speech against a felony national trans youth healthcare ban expected to be heard in Congress today.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
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the irony of going after higher ed for "ideological litmus tests" (aka diversity statements) with their own ideological compact
the hypocrisy is truly the point
the hypocrisy is truly the point
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
the irony of going after higher ed for "ideological litmus tests" (aka diversity statements) with their own ideological compact
the hypocrisy is truly the point
the hypocrisy is truly the point
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AOC reassures trans kids, “You are fine just the way you are!” - buff.ly/iWGskqa
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
AOC reassures trans kids, “You are fine just the way you are!” - buff.ly/iWGskqa
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Americans and allies abroad: there are many international protests organized. Check out the website and RSVP! I’ll be at the Bastille (*chef’s kiss* for the location) on Saturday! Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/ESsRoo
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Americans and allies abroad: there are many international protests organized. Check out the website and RSVP! I’ll be at the Bastille (*chef’s kiss* for the location) on Saturday! Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/ESsRoo
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“we talk so much about what...white people are losing when they enter in those coalitions. And we don't have a clear sense of what they gain, which I have just always argued is, well, you get more humanity."
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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Tressie McMillan Cottom on Nostalgia, Belonging, and Why Calling Trump an “Idiot” Misses the Point
Podcast Episode · The Hometown Holler · 10/06/2025 · 1h 9m
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October 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“we talk so much about what...white people are losing when they enter in those coalitions. And we don't have a clear sense of what they gain, which I have just always argued is, well, you get more humanity."
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
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Mother Linda Robinson, who lost her son to gay conversion therapy, has given a heartbreaking warning against reversing a ban preventing the widely criticised and discredited practice.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mother Linda Robinson, who lost her son to gay conversion therapy, has given a heartbreaking warning against reversing a ban preventing the widely criticised and discredited practice.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
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Synthetic mechanotransduction
Synthetic mechanotransduction
Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s44222-025-00366-7Cells convert mechanical forces into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction, a process which can now be synthetically engineered. In this Review, we examine engineered artificial mechanotransduction mechanisms, from gene circuits responsive to mechanical cues to synthetic force-generating systems that reshape tissue behaviour and cellular function.
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Synthetic mechanotransduction
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Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with false anti-LGBTQ+ quotes on social media
Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with fake anti-LGBTQ+ quotes
Swimming Australia has shut down fake anti-LGBTQ+ quotes attributed to Mollie O’Callaghan about trans athlete Lia Thomas.
www.thepinknews.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with false anti-LGBTQ+ quotes on social media
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New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor Robby Starbuck accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
Right-wing, anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck, who serves as Meta’s AI advisor, has been accused of “peddling lies and pushing extremism.”
www.thepinknews.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor Robby Starbuck accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
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A novel immunotherapy strategy using in vivo generation of engineered CAR T cells can reduce fibrosis and restore cardiac function in a mouse model of heart failure, a 2022 Science study reports.
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
T cells to fix a broken heart
In vivo engineered T cells provide a promising approach to treat cardiac diseases
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September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A novel immunotherapy strategy using in vivo generation of engineered CAR T cells can reduce fibrosis and restore cardiac function in a mouse model of heart failure, a 2022 Science study reports.
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
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This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
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“It has also caused concern in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly among trans people who have questioned whether the IDs will contain information outing them.” Digital ID will be challenging to implement, is unnecessary and may endanger minorities. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/26/d...
UK government's new digital IDs scheme causes concern among trans community
The UK government's new digital IDs scheme has caused concern among trans people over the impact it could have on their privacy.
www.thepinknews.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“It has also caused concern in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly among trans people who have questioned whether the IDs will contain information outing them.” Digital ID will be challenging to implement, is unnecessary and may endanger minorities. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/26/d...
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In the 1950s, Alabama went after Civil rights lawyers in the NAACP for challenging segregation. Now they're going after trans lawyers for challenging anti trans laws.
Nothing ever changes.
Nothing ever changes.
BREAKING: Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer for testimony in long-running Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation.
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel back in 2022.
New, at Law Dork:
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel back in 2022.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer for testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel.
www.lawdork.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In the 1950s, Alabama went after Civil rights lawyers in the NAACP for challenging segregation. Now they're going after trans lawyers for challenging anti trans laws.
Nothing ever changes.
Nothing ever changes.