ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
clutchscience.bsky.social
ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)
@clutchscience.bsky.social
She/her Permadoc @ UOregon zebrafish community
NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases

Married to a cute OD
Parent of two awesome grown people
Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care
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What was I “known for” on Twitter? Gotta be this one:
For me it’s the time I went viral for a thread about my mom getting the Covid vaccine. It was RTd & shared thousands of times. High profile accounts followed me. NBC’s Today Show called.
Utter chaos. Image of the first tweet attached, also link to full text.
elderhealthandliving.com/mother-of-pe...
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ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy

oreos with bits of

of oreos. in them

Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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During a visit to Food for Lane County, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said food should not be used as a political weapon.

He said the injury goes beyond recipients and also impacts the places people normally shop and places that distribute food free of charge to people in need.

www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
Wyden talks SNAP funding and Newport ICE activity in stop at Food for Lane County facility
Sen. Ron Wyden said efforts are needed to help food banks recover after delay in SNAP benefit releases, and said he and other Oregon lawmakers will fight an ICE detention center in Newport.
www.klcc.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Omfgeeeee
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The economics of health care -- not to mention the politics, or the human reality -- are important, and complicated. We deserve a more careful and thoughtful policy response than "here's a check," or "we'll have a plan in two weeks."
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A lot of people have helped Trump cover up his involvement with Epstein. They need to think very carefully about their choices going forward. It's one thing to cheer on his ballroom or root for DOGE. Running interference for pedophiles is something the history books won’t forget.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house,” “knew about the girls,” and “that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Every morning when waking up.
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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The atheist movement new Lawrence Krauss was a problem back in 2013

He threatened to sue me after I named names

Adding to the stress of my PhD, my mother dying of cancer, and other sexist atheist men harassing me... It's why I quit blogging

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete...
Celebrity Atheist Lawrence Krauss Accused Of Sexual Misconduct For Over A Decade
Lawrence Krauss is a famous atheist and liberal crusader — and, in certain whisper networks, a well-known problem. With women coming forward alleging sexual harassment, will his “skeptic” fanbase beli...
www.buzzfeednews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Update: the crowd has dispersed and one of the bros is getting a cop to walk him to his car because he doesn’t feel safe. Cop is being kinda too amiable and chatty for my liking but at least the nazis are leaving campus
When I was walking to class I saw a very small (3?4?) gaggle of fascist boyos assembling their shit-stirring gear (maga hats and balaclavas). On the way back from class those boots are surrounded by dozens of students whisking and chanting “no more Nazis”

The kids are alright
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Want an easy way to support your model organism databases? Cite them!

Depending on the #zebrafish data you retrieve from ZFIN, you can show your support by using one of the formats below 🙏 🧪 #ZebrafishFunFacts
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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anyone can *found* three biotech companies. it’s typically what happens after that that’s the hard part
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Update: the crowd has dispersed and one of the bros is getting a cop to walk him to his car because he doesn’t feel safe. Cop is being kinda too amiable and chatty for my liking but at least the nazis are leaving campus
When I was walking to class I saw a very small (3?4?) gaggle of fascist boyos assembling their shit-stirring gear (maga hats and balaclavas). On the way back from class those boots are surrounded by dozens of students whisking and chanting “no more Nazis”

The kids are alright
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
When I was walking to class I saw a very small (3?4?) gaggle of fascist boyos assembling their shit-stirring gear (maga hats and balaclavas). On the way back from class those boots are surrounded by dozens of students whisking and chanting “no more Nazis”

The kids are alright
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Feeling thankful for the ease with which I got my old lady screenings this week—mammogram all clear but DEXA scan says a few years sans estrogen has done a number on my bone density. Now I know & can take steps to improve it. Access to affordable preventative care is EMPOWERING 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No auroras can penetrate this stuffy inversion, alas. Valley Fog season is here
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My god this is such welcome good news
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Emails about Donald Trump's connections to a pedophile sex trafficking ring? Boooooorrrrrriiiinnnggg

Emails about John Podesta's risotto recipe? Holy shit, stop the presses
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015

What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Republicans are going after abortions. It is out in the open. No ACA subsidy extensions unless there are more restrictions on the Hyde Amendment & reproductive care.

This is a matter of life and death.

Disgusting tactics are on display.

Via @aaronparnas.substack.com.web.brid.gy on IG

#Pinks
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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There were literally congressional hearings where whistleblowers in the insurance industry cried while discussing being forced by superiors to repeatedly illegally deny payment for lifesaving care in the run up to the passage of the ACA. That’s what republicans want us to return to.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I realize there's a collective shrug from the media but I personally find it so deeply shameful & so utterly repulsive that the Director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Martin Makary, are rubbing shoulders with RFK Jr's buddy Russell Brand

Russell Brand FFS
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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The “Exploding Whale” has gone from a cautionary tale to a beloved piece of Oregon lore.
It’s Exploding Whale Day in Oregon: 10 things to know about the blubber blast, 55 years later
The “Exploding Whale” has gone from a cautionary tale to a beloved piece of Oregon lore.
www.oregonlive.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.

And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM