Marcus Muench
@marcusmuench.bsky.social
🧪 Scientist with an interest in developmental hematology 🩸, transfusion science, stem cells, playing guitar 🎸, and bread baking 🍞. My thoughts, my account, don't blame my employer. 🖖🏻
Sourdough bread for dinner.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sourdough bread for dinner.
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Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
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Unreal this guy's tackiness, and that's putting it mildly
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unreal this guy's tackiness, and that's putting it mildly
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Yep. University of California reports that as of 2022, 48% of undergrads experienced food insecurity. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/mar2...
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Yep. University of California reports that as of 2022, 48% of undergrads experienced food insecurity. regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/mar2...
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TENNESSEE, VOTE BLUE AND GET THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
TENNESSEE, VOTE BLUE AND GET THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED!!!!
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We obtained audio recordings and logs from each hearing of a sexual assault case that has spanned 10 years.
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
(Published January with @adn.com)
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
(Published January with @adn.com)
A “Horrendous” Alaska Sexual Assault Case, Delayed for a Decade
Four different judges have agreed to delay the trial more than 70 times in total. We pieced together a timeline of the delays using audio recordings and logs from every hearing.
projects.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We obtained audio recordings and logs from each hearing of a sexual assault case that has spanned 10 years.
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
(Published January with @adn.com)
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
(Published January with @adn.com)
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More academic extortion.
Breaking news: Cornell University reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay $30 million to the federal government and invest another $30 million in research on farming, ending federal investigations and restoring its research funding.
Cornell agrees to pay $60 million in agreement with Trump administration
Cornell is the fourth Ivy League university to reach an agreement with the Trump administration.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
More academic extortion.
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ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ATTN: if you’re on the sandwich guy jury, my Signal is in my bio. I’d love to talk after the trial. I’ll keep you anonymous. Please share widely.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
🧪🩸We made a mouse that is immunodeficient and, with drug administration, can be depleted of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. NSG-MaFIA mice can be used to study monocytic cells and improve xenograft models.
🧪🩸We made a mouse that is immunodeficient and, with drug administration, can be depleted of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. NSG-MaFIA mice can be used to study monocytic cells and improve xenograft models.
Frontiers | Development of an immunodeficient mouse that allows for conditional ablation of monocytic cells
Background and aimsImmunodeficient mice, like the NOD-SCID-Gamma (NSG) strain, are important for the study of xenogeneic cells because of their lack of lymph...
www.frontiersin.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
🧪🩸We made a mouse that is immunodeficient and, with drug administration, can be depleted of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. NSG-MaFIA mice can be used to study monocytic cells and improve xenograft models.
🧪🩸We made a mouse that is immunodeficient and, with drug administration, can be depleted of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. NSG-MaFIA mice can be used to study monocytic cells and improve xenograft models.
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🎃👻 Happy Halloween from all of us at the Freedom From Religion Foundation! We’re all about keeping church and state separate — but today, we’re letting our costumes get a little spirited.
Wishing everyone a fun, safe, and superstition-free Halloween! 🕸️🕷️
Wishing everyone a fun, safe, and superstition-free Halloween! 🕸️🕷️
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎃👻 Happy Halloween from all of us at the Freedom From Religion Foundation! We’re all about keeping church and state separate — but today, we’re letting our costumes get a little spirited.
Wishing everyone a fun, safe, and superstition-free Halloween! 🕸️🕷️
Wishing everyone a fun, safe, and superstition-free Halloween! 🕸️🕷️
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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The US Administration is not engaged in a 'crackdown', which means strict punishment of people who break laws.
It is engaged in a vast and universal program of immigrant exclusion, regardless of legal status, skill, and economic contribution.
It is engaged in a vast and universal program of immigrant exclusion, regardless of legal status, skill, and economic contribution.
A new rule ending the automatic extension of work authorization could lead employers to remove workers from payroll. Attorney Jon Wasden: “The next step is massive delays in adjudication times. This will force people out of work as they wait for an EAD.” @mclem.org
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Immigration Rule On Work Authorization Expected To Disrupt Businesses
A new immigration rule ending the automatic extension of employment authorization documents could lead employers to take people off payroll.
www.forbes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The US Administration is not engaged in a 'crackdown', which means strict punishment of people who break laws.
It is engaged in a vast and universal program of immigrant exclusion, regardless of legal status, skill, and economic contribution.
It is engaged in a vast and universal program of immigrant exclusion, regardless of legal status, skill, and economic contribution.
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Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Australia’s only shrew, Crocidura trichura, has been declared extinct.
Touching obituary by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social
🧪🌏🦊
www.butlernature.com/2025/10/24/r...
Touching obituary by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social
🧪🌏🦊
www.butlernature.com/2025/10/24/r...
Requiem for the Christmas Island Shrew
The Cry That Faded It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, moving through the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean...
www.butlernature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Australia’s only shrew, Crocidura trichura, has been declared extinct.
Touching obituary by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social
🧪🌏🦊
www.butlernature.com/2025/10/24/r...
Touching obituary by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social
🧪🌏🦊
www.butlernature.com/2025/10/24/r...
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Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
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Toyota Says Trump Is Bragging About a Deal It Didn’t Make newrepublic.com/post/202428/... via @newrepublic.com
Toyota Says Trump Is Bragging About a Deal It Didn’t Make
The automaker says the president’s claim of a $10 billion investment is unfounded.
newrepublic.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Toyota Says Trump Is Bragging About a Deal It Didn’t Make newrepublic.com/post/202428/... via @newrepublic.com
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Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Welp—CDC’s entire data team for its legendary national health and nutrition survey (NHANES)—our health census—has been laid off. Now we are flying blind to nutrition and chronic disease status in the U.S.—is this supposed to help us be MAHA? www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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Pretty astounding:
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
electrek.co/2025/09/30/s...
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
electrek.co/2025/09/30/s...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Pretty astounding:
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
electrek.co/2025/09/30/s...
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54%
electrek.co/2025/09/30/s...
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Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
wrd.cm
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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June 2021, MedPage Today: “COVID Long Haulers Illuminate Overlooked Medical Condition”
‘More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness’
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
‘More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness’
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
COVID Long Haulers Illuminate Overlooked Medical Condition
More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness
www.medpagetoday.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
June 2021, MedPage Today: “COVID Long Haulers Illuminate Overlooked Medical Condition”
‘More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness’
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
‘More evidence for POTS after SARS-CoV-2 infection is helping to raise awareness’
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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And the winner of this year’s ✨Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year✨ goes to Andrea Dominizi!
Awarded for their poignant picture of a longhorn beetle seemingly watching the destruction of its own forest. Or maybe the beetle is a symbol of resilience, surviving against all the odds 📸🧪🪲
Awarded for their poignant picture of a longhorn beetle seemingly watching the destruction of its own forest. Or maybe the beetle is a symbol of resilience, surviving against all the odds 📸🧪🪲
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
And the winner of this year’s ✨Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year✨ goes to Andrea Dominizi!
Awarded for their poignant picture of a longhorn beetle seemingly watching the destruction of its own forest. Or maybe the beetle is a symbol of resilience, surviving against all the odds 📸🧪🪲
Awarded for their poignant picture of a longhorn beetle seemingly watching the destruction of its own forest. Or maybe the beetle is a symbol of resilience, surviving against all the odds 📸🧪🪲
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.
#GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...