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No Kings, Spokane WA!
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
No Kings, Spokane WA!
"We're just friends"
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"We're just friends"
Well well well.. the binary gender crowd who extensively use chromosome based classification are getting challenged by nature! And nature doesn't give af.
Woah, this is wild — There's a woman who's a spontaneous chimera: every cell in her body carries XX chromosomes, except her blood, which is XY and identical to her twin brother's blood: youtube.com/shorts/3g_iE...
Scientists Discover Woman Carrying TWO Sets of DNA
YouTube video by Today I Learned Science
youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Well well well.. the binary gender crowd who extensively use chromosome based classification are getting challenged by nature! And nature doesn't give af.
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FREE LINK: Research has found that body’s own immune system may drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease. @jasongale.bsky.social has the story >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ALS Breakthrough Shows Fatal Disease Is Driven by Immune Attack
Researchers have uncovered how the body’s own immune system may be driving the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
FREE LINK: Research has found that body’s own immune system may drive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a breakthrough that could reshape treatment of the fatal disease. @jasongale.bsky.social has the story >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Apparently Google is "applying AI to science and the environment". "Applying to" is an interestingly value-free little linguistic flourish. One can apply a hammer to the side of someone's head, for example.
October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Apparently Google is "applying AI to science and the environment". "Applying to" is an interestingly value-free little linguistic flourish. One can apply a hammer to the side of someone's head, for example.
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Person of the Week!
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Person of the Week!
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for the first time.
Gene therapy given during 12-18 hours of brain surgery slowed the disease by 75%.
Huntington's relentlessly kills brain cells & resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's & motor neurone disease.
🧪🧠🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gene therapy given during 12-18 hours of brain surgery slowed the disease by 75%.
Huntington's relentlessly kills brain cells & resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's & motor neurone disease.
🧪🧠🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Huntington's disease successfully treated for the first time.
Gene therapy given during 12-18 hours of brain surgery slowed the disease by 75%.
Huntington's relentlessly kills brain cells & resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's & motor neurone disease.
🧪🧠🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gene therapy given during 12-18 hours of brain surgery slowed the disease by 75%.
Huntington's relentlessly kills brain cells & resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson's & motor neurone disease.
🧪🧠🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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VMAT2 dysfunction impairs vesicular dopamine uptake, driving its oxidation and α-synuclein pathology in DJ-1-linked Parkinson's disease neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677565v1
September 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
VMAT2 dysfunction impairs vesicular dopamine uptake, driving its oxidation and α-synuclein pathology in DJ-1-linked Parkinson's disease neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677565v1
nomusica.com/nepals-youth...
Nepal elects their first female leader on *discord* (not Twitter) after a gen-z led public revolt burnt and ousted the previous communist govt!
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki emerged as the preferred candidate. She is known for her anti-corruption stance.
Nepal elects their first female leader on *discord* (not Twitter) after a gen-z led public revolt burnt and ousted the previous communist govt!
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki emerged as the preferred candidate. She is known for her anti-corruption stance.
Nepal’s Youth Protesters Elect Interim Prime Minister via Discord
Nepal’s Gen Z protesters have chosen their next interim Prime Minister through a vote conducted on the online platform Discord, following the resignation of
nomusica.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
nomusica.com/nepals-youth...
Nepal elects their first female leader on *discord* (not Twitter) after a gen-z led public revolt burnt and ousted the previous communist govt!
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki emerged as the preferred candidate. She is known for her anti-corruption stance.
Nepal elects their first female leader on *discord* (not Twitter) after a gen-z led public revolt burnt and ousted the previous communist govt!
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki emerged as the preferred candidate. She is known for her anti-corruption stance.
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Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
New hope for Alzheimer’s: lithium supplement reverses memory loss in mice
Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline.
go.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
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Let's all raise awareness about #music’s power to stir memories, reveal humanity, and evoke love in people living with #Alzheimers and other forms of #dementia.
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July 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let's all raise awareness about #music’s power to stir memories, reveal humanity, and evoke love in people living with #Alzheimers and other forms of #dementia.
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July 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🚨 Excellent news!
Now you can easily see all the Parkinson's research trials happening across Europe thanks to a handy new map from the European Medicines Agency.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/g16o0QK
#Parkinsons #Parkinson
Now you can easily see all the Parkinson's research trials happening across Europe thanks to a handy new map from the European Medicines Agency.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/g16o0QK
#Parkinsons #Parkinson
July 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨 Excellent news!
Now you can easily see all the Parkinson's research trials happening across Europe thanks to a handy new map from the European Medicines Agency.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/g16o0QK
#Parkinsons #Parkinson
Now you can easily see all the Parkinson's research trials happening across Europe thanks to a handy new map from the European Medicines Agency.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/g16o0QK
#Parkinsons #Parkinson
Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out
Agency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold
www.science.org
July 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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“Foreign aid has changed nothing.” “These are not our problems.” “The system is dysfunctional.” “The countries we aid are corrupt.” “Other countries aren’t doing enough.”
I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Cannot Solve All the World’s Problems
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Foreign aid has changed nothing.” “These are not our problems.” “The system is dysfunctional.” “The countries we aid are corrupt.” “Other countries aren’t doing enough.”
I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
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The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
Inflammation, aberrant proteostasis, and energy depletion are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the in…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The immunoproteasome disturbs neuronal metabolism and drives neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This twice-yearly shot almost completely prevents HIV and is now approved. It could shut down HIV. It needs to roll out in at risk groups. But Trump has gutted HIV prevention at home and abroad. That could be stopped, however. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This twice-yearly shot almost completely prevents HIV and is now approved. It could shut down HIV. It needs to roll out in at risk groups. But Trump has gutted HIV prevention at home and abroad. That could be stopped, however. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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TACO TUESDAY TOON: Riddle me this! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! Don't be a chicken!
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
TACO TUESDAY TOON: Riddle me this! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! Don't be a chicken!
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In a decision yesterday, Puerto Rico's Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates with a 3d gender: X.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows 'X' as a third gender choice on birth certificates
The ruling means that nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people will now be able to select 'X' as their gender marker on birth certificates.
www.nbcnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In a decision yesterday, Puerto Rico's Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates with a 3d gender: X.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Happening NOW: M8 solar flare from Earth-facing AR 4100
May 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Happening NOW: M8 solar flare from Earth-facing AR 4100
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This is phenomenal.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is phenomenal.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
We are back to 'Morons Are Great Again' part of the history.
May 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We are back to 'Morons Are Great Again' part of the history.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM