Mark Fitzgerald
@mfitzg79mark.bsky.social
Organic chemist with a weird accent from New Jersey
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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A banging CD collection is nothing without a great CD player. Audio expert Brent Butterworth’s all-time favorite? The inexpensive Syitren R300. Read more about why this CD player makes his heart sing here: nyti.ms/3M87zW8
I Never Thought I’d Buy a CD Player Again — Until I Found This One
Using the affordable, battery-powered, Bluetooth-enabled Syitren R300 may be the easiest way to listen to your old CDs and enjoy new ones.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A banging CD collection is nothing without a great CD player. Audio expert Brent Butterworth’s all-time favorite? The inexpensive Syitren R300. Read more about why this CD player makes his heart sing here: nyti.ms/3M87zW8
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Estimated FY2026 tariff revenue: $207 billion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Estimated FY2026 tariff revenue: $207 billion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
Estimated FY2026 individual income tax revenue: $2.6 trillion.
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The Bohr effect had nothing to do with Niels but was discovered by his physiologist father Christian. Taught now as the first example of allostery in protein action, it touched on deeper questions about the nature of living organisms. My lastest column for CW
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The wide-ranging influence of the Bohr effect
While not a Nobel prize-winning discovery in itself, this challenge to the reductionist view of physiology has links to several other winners
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November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Bohr effect had nothing to do with Niels but was discovered by his physiologist father Christian. Taught now as the first example of allostery in protein action, it touched on deeper questions about the nature of living organisms. My lastest column for CW
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
Amen
It would be so nice if we had a Congress whose members did something besides appear on talk shows.
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Amen
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this book comes out on Tuesday and I'm proud of it -- I think it's a good read. admittedly, it has fewer pornographic film titles in it than "Devil House" did, but that's a high bar to clear. buy a copy at your local or get it here: thisyearbook.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
this book comes out on Tuesday and I'm proud of it -- I think it's a good read. admittedly, it has fewer pornographic film titles in it than "Devil House" did, but that's a high bar to clear. buy a copy at your local or get it here: thisyearbook.com
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Oh the irony: WSJ reports that Congress is considering loosening cars’ safety standards.
Meanwhile, there are PROVEN ways to bring down our country's number of car crash deaths.
As someone who's taken care of too many car crash victims... I vote for what works. 🩺🧪🛟
www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Meanwhile, there are PROVEN ways to bring down our country's number of car crash deaths.
As someone who's taken care of too many car crash victims... I vote for what works. 🩺🧪🛟
www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention | NEJM
The rate of fatalities on U.S. roadways is much higher than those in many other high-income
nations. The authors review evidence-based strategies for moving toward a future with
no traffic deaths.
www.nejm.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh the irony: WSJ reports that Congress is considering loosening cars’ safety standards.
Meanwhile, there are PROVEN ways to bring down our country's number of car crash deaths.
As someone who's taken care of too many car crash victims... I vote for what works. 🩺🧪🛟
www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Meanwhile, there are PROVEN ways to bring down our country's number of car crash deaths.
As someone who's taken care of too many car crash victims... I vote for what works. 🩺🧪🛟
www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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A year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his presidential transition. The 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.
Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later
A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his presidential transition. The 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.
Sad day for the tortoises.
Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise known as San Diego’s “Queen of the Zoo,” died after close to 141 years of existence — which included 20 presidents, two world wars and a pair of pandemics.
‘Gramma,’ a tortoise who lived through 20 presidencies, dies at 141
Her life spanned a tumultuous period of U.S. and world history, from Chester Arthur to Donald Trump. To San Diegans, she was a beloved local celebrity.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sad day for the tortoises.
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Ahhhh #NephSky the retatrutide trial to see if it increases GFR is completed!! Now we wait for Lilly to announce results...I think the nephrology world is in for a big surprise in 2026 🤞
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ahhhh #NephSky the retatrutide trial to see if it increases GFR is completed!! Now we wait for Lilly to announce results...I think the nephrology world is in for a big surprise in 2026 🤞
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
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Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
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November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
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Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kash Patel’s deployment of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend and his own travel on government jets has led to questions about whether the FBI director is using taxpayer funds inappropriately. His moves have drawn sharp criticism from some former agents and conservatives.
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Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget.
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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New report exposes massive corruption in Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security — MS NOW
Jen Psaki shares new bombshell reporting from Pro Publica on the unseemly ties between Department of Homeland Security insiders and companies paid hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to create vi...
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget.
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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This is embarrassing
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is embarrassing
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I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
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Three Bob Ross paintings sold at auction in Los Angeles for over $600,000, the first of 30 canvases by the artist and television host to be sold as part of a campaign to help public broadcasters across the U.S. weather federal funding cuts.
3 Bob Ross Paintings Sell for $600,000 to Support Public Broadcasters
The landscapes by the television host were sold as part of a campaign to help public television stations weather federal funding cuts.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Three Bob Ross paintings sold at auction in Los Angeles for over $600,000, the first of 30 canvases by the artist and television host to be sold as part of a campaign to help public broadcasters across the U.S. weather federal funding cuts.
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Since the beginning of 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change, according to data analyzed by The Post.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
The big issue Democrats have stopped talking about
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Since the beginning of 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change, according to data analyzed by The Post.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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What the hell are we doing?
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What the hell are we doing?
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Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
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Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Get this: Coffee suppressed atrial fibrillation!
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Unexpected results for recurrence from a randomized trial in participants after cardioversion from AF
#AHA25 @jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
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“We don’t exaggerate the sins any more than we exaggerate the triumphs.” The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, is expanding its exploration of civil rights history in the U.S. despite a surge of resistance from the Trump administration. nyti.ms/3JL3PZK
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“We don’t exaggerate the sins any more than we exaggerate the triumphs.” The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, is expanding its exploration of civil rights history in the U.S. despite a surge of resistance from the Trump administration. nyti.ms/3JL3PZK