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Henry
@henrydavidk.bsky.social
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Just a fella, usually in Minneapolis or St Paul
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mattdelong.bsky.social
A night out in Cedar-Riverside
Cedar Cultural Center marquee reads “We love our Somali neighbors”
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
some of the best science and pandemic prevention work — after tens of millions of pandemic deaths worldwide — defunded.
colincarlson.bsky.social Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 3d
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
Hi everyone, I wanted to share some sad news about the future of the Verena program. As you know, in September, NSF delayed our annual payment indefinitely, and asked us to keep spending closer and closer to zero until they could “justify” another payment. We began to run out of funds at some universities this month, and will be fully spent out by late spring, so the goal was to get paid in December. We’ve been working with our program officer to make this happen, but sadly, we’ve learned we’re not getting an increment again, and there’s no clarity on when or how much we will be paid in the remainder of the grant (through September 1, 2027). Because of this, the Executive Committee has made the difficult decision to essentially shut the BII down until / unless something changes. What that means is an indefinite end to all programs (e.g., seminar), training activities (integration workshops, trainee corner), and evaluation. On research, what’s able to continue will have to be navigated by each investigator; our goal is to work together to push out all the impactful science we’ve spent three years collecting and analyzing data for, but we also know that priorities may shift around to keep people employed. If we’re lucky, Congress will pass a budget that lets us continue doing something like what we planned, and we’ll pick that back up when Zoe and Collin are back in April. Until then, Verena will continue to exist as a community where we can collaborate (and give and receive support!), and we’re working to find funding sources that can pick up from where the BII left off. On a personal note: it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work with all of you, and an unbelievably lucky thing to get to run an NSF center in my 20s. I’ve loved this project, and I hope it’s made as much of a difference in your lives as it has in mine. In case I don’t see you later: happy holidays, be well, and so long and thanks for all the viruses. Best, Colin
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
henrydavidk.bsky.social
Lights are up
A house with some festive holiday lights above the porch. There’s snow on the ground and it looks cozy. The inside of the house featuring a scrubby but cozy looking Christmas tree. A big old pine tree in the back yard all decked out in gold / white lights. Some bozo leaned a sketchy ladder against it for hours this day to put all this stuff up. Worth it though.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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iansociologo.bsky.social
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.

This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
jnoficial.bsky.social Jornal Nacional @jnoficial.bsky.social · 12d
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.

Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.

Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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alexaroblesgil.bsky.social
In my latest for @nytimes.com, scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. I became completely fascinated by navigation while reporting this story.

(gift link!)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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cooperlund.online
It’s important to remember the reason for the holiday
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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huhhowdoibluethis.bsky.social
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
NBC's broadcast of the Macy's parade has superimposed the word "FOREIGNER" over the balloon of Mario.
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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katie.bzky.team
everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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riotousmuse.bsky.social
Let's go, Minneapolis & St Paul
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Hiding in the woods like bitches

People from North Carolina don’t play; they’ll find out about North Carolina very soon.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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pattymo.com
The orc from Return of the King saying “The age of men is over. Now the Jingle Hop has begun.” He is wearing a Santa hat
December 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
henrydavidk.bsky.social
Feels like we’re being Normal about Christmas this year. Probably a recession indicator
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
accountablegop.bsky.social Republican Accountability @accountablegop.bsky.social · 25d
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
henrydavidk.bsky.social
Aurora tonight in Minneapolis
Northern lights appear as a blend of green and red colors in the sky above a neighborhood, silhouetting several trees which have the last remnants of fall leaves still clinging to their branches
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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theonion.com
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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colincarlson.bsky.social
🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...
To Finish the Pandemic Agreement, WHO Needs a Trustworthy Viral Database | Think Global Health
Online platforms for sharing virus sequences are in disarray. The World Health Organization has a chance to build something new
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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estibass.com
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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cjzero.bsky.social
NAZ REID 🌪️
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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pklauda.bsky.social
Thursday morning gets rolling in the Mill District of Minneapolis.
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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coelliptic.bsky.social
Found it
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
henrydavidk.bsky.social
Let’s go wolves
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 29
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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cait.bsky.social
every company on earth demanding its underpaid workers use the garbage generator machine for everything and now they're mad that all they're getting is garbage
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · Sep 23
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review)

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September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM