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THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
Very happy with this one
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September 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I honestly had no idea until I’m seeing it everywhere everyday.
September 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The phrase “medical freedom” is a lie. Freedom is being able to travel in your own country without having to worry about foodborne or airborne illnesses thriving due to governmental failings. Living in fear of what will happen to you or your children bc of government wantonness is not freedom.
September 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions.

In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.

Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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An important editorial about risks of science denial at the governmental level and what scientists can do about it. I'm thankful that we're already seeing the AAP, ACOG and other organizations standing up. The Union of Concerned Scientists released a toolkit to help.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.
www.reuters.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Dear MAHA,

I don’t know whether Bobby Kennedy was ever truly on your side, or if he just saw a political opportunity in embracing MAHA.

But it is clear that in his position of power, he has abandoned you. He has claimed nothing but shallow victories on ice cream and soda.
August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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“Dr Bhattacharya spent years treating rare, mild, temporary vaccine side-effects as a fate worse than death from Covid. It is galling for him to [now] use ‘mistrust’ as a pretext to destroy an entire field of scientific research,”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Experts condemn NIH director’s defense of cut to vaccine research
Critics say Jay Bhattacharya’s comments on so-called failure of mRNA vaccines to ‘earn public trust’ are ‘astounding’
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child-rapist in history to receive well-wishes from a president of the United States."

Lawrence O'Donnell
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.

“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"

streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
streetsensemedia.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Kennedy is throwing a fit because a large well designed study contradicts him.

What would it take to help him see the errors of his ways?

Sadly I don’t think he’ll learn. We need him removed from office.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.

This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.

I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Well, the first 8 minutes of the FDA panel on menopause hormone therapy was Makary spouting disinformation
July 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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GAVIN'S GOT GAME
July 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Hearing rumors from multiple sources that NIH COO Eric Schnabel was terminated yesterday for allegedly trying to award a large contract to his wife (who sometimes uses her maiden name) for "public outreach" associated with the autism data science initiative.

#EndlessGrift
a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
ALT: a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Among other things, Texas campers lost beloved stuffed animals in the catastrophic floods.

The Lost Stuffy Project is trying to replace the treasured toys, blankets and other comfort items that were carried away by the raging Guadalupe River.
Texas campers lost beloved stuffed animals. One group wants to replace them.
After the catastrophic floods, Lost Stuffy Project seeks to bring some measure of comfort to affected families.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday that the “state of our democracy” keeps her up at night, echoing a theme that has animated some of her recent public appearances and fiery dissents from recent decisions.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she fears for U.S. democracy
The justice has emerged as one of the court’s sharpest critics, issuing more dissents than any colleague during the Supreme Court term that ended last month.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"We've had our primary. And the people have spoken."
July 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The 12th of July marks the 3 year anniversary of the first JWST image release 🛰 find out what my top 3 cool JWST science results are by listening here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... 🧪🔭
Lab Notes: The telescope redefining the Universe - ABC listen
In the three years since the James Webb Space Telescope sent back its first images, it's pulled back the veil on a whole bunch of mind-blowing cosmic phenomena. So how has this $13 billion bit of kit ...
www.abc.net.au
July 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM