Sue
@modcur.bsky.social
Biocurator, Scientist, Photographer
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November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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While Americans are getting slammed by higher health care costs and SNAP cuts, Senate Republicans slipped a payout for themselves into the funding bill.
8 senators tied to Jan. 6 will each get *at least* $1 million taxpayer-funded checks.
We’re voting NO on this egregious and utterly corrupt deal.
8 senators tied to Jan. 6 will each get *at least* $1 million taxpayer-funded checks.
We’re voting NO on this egregious and utterly corrupt deal.
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
While Americans are getting slammed by higher health care costs and SNAP cuts, Senate Republicans slipped a payout for themselves into the funding bill.
8 senators tied to Jan. 6 will each get *at least* $1 million taxpayer-funded checks.
We’re voting NO on this egregious and utterly corrupt deal.
8 senators tied to Jan. 6 will each get *at least* $1 million taxpayer-funded checks.
We’re voting NO on this egregious and utterly corrupt deal.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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NEW: Independent poll from Maine People’s Resource Center has Graham Platner over Susan Collins 45-41% while Janet Mills trails Collins 46-42%.
Platner leads Mills in a ranked-choice run-off 53-47%. tinyurl.com/2z9wynr7 #MEpolitics
Platner leads Mills in a ranked-choice run-off 53-47%. tinyurl.com/2z9wynr7 #MEpolitics
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NEW: Independent poll from Maine People’s Resource Center has Graham Platner over Susan Collins 45-41% while Janet Mills trails Collins 46-42%.
Platner leads Mills in a ranked-choice run-off 53-47%. tinyurl.com/2z9wynr7 #MEpolitics
Platner leads Mills in a ranked-choice run-off 53-47%. tinyurl.com/2z9wynr7 #MEpolitics
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This is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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11 November 1927 | Czech Jewish boy, Felix Arnstein, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
11 November 1927 | Czech Jewish boy, Felix Arnstein, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
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HHS contractor here. We don't get back pay when we're furloughed. All I wanted was for the Dems to hold the line on the ACA demands. I called my senators and told them as much.
Now I'll be out six weeks of income for nothing.
Now I'll be out six weeks of income for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
HHS contractor here. We don't get back pay when we're furloughed. All I wanted was for the Dems to hold the line on the ACA demands. I called my senators and told them as much.
Now I'll be out six weeks of income for nothing.
Now I'll be out six weeks of income for nothing.
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Is there a demonstration scheduled for Angus King's lecture at Colby in Waterville on Wed?
I haven't heard of any organized protest yet, Andrea, though there may be, and folks are discussing attending on reddit.
I bet there will be at least some pop up protest.
Scan the QR code in the image below.
I haven't heard of any organized protest yet, Andrea, though there may be, and folks are discussing attending on reddit.
I bet there will be at least some pop up protest.
Scan the QR code in the image below.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Is there a demonstration scheduled for Angus King's lecture at Colby in Waterville on Wed?
I haven't heard of any organized protest yet, Andrea, though there may be, and folks are discussing attending on reddit.
I bet there will be at least some pop up protest.
Scan the QR code in the image below.
I haven't heard of any organized protest yet, Andrea, though there may be, and folks are discussing attending on reddit.
I bet there will be at least some pop up protest.
Scan the QR code in the image below.
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Chuck Schumer should step down.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Chuck Schumer should step down.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Spending a gloomy Sunday attending the first day of #ICBO conference. Fully on line and free to attend this year . icbo-conference.github.io/icbo2025/
Home - ICBO
International Conference on Biomedical Ontology ICBO
icbo-conference.github.io
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Spending a gloomy Sunday attending the first day of #ICBO conference. Fully on line and free to attend this year . icbo-conference.github.io/icbo2025/
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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Boom!
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Boom!
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
A good deal of my time spent on the beach at Jökulsárlón is trying to capture waves hitting icebergs, without the iceberg moving (and being blurred). Occasionally it all comes together :)
#Iceland
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8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).
Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
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From @ngehlenborg.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible | I like Rule 10:Focus on progress over perfection | #Education #Bioinformatics #PLOSCBTSR #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible
journals.plos.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
From @ngehlenborg.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible | I like Rule 10:Focus on progress over perfection | #Education #Bioinformatics #PLOSCBTSR #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Credit where its due...though "Susan Collins votes to let Trump kill whoever he wants" would've been snappier! #MEpolitics
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Credit where its due...though "Susan Collins votes to let Trump kill whoever he wants" would've been snappier! #MEpolitics
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
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7 November 1927 | Dutch Jewish girl, Edith Rebecca Pachter, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
7 November 1927 | Dutch Jewish girl, Edith Rebecca Pachter, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in January 1943. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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This is more apparent in this graph of the timing of new forward-funded R01s grants for fiscal years 2015-2025.
I colored the FY2025 in red to make the difference apparent. 😜
22/25
I colored the FY2025 in red to make the difference apparent. 😜
22/25
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is more apparent in this graph of the timing of new forward-funded R01s grants for fiscal years 2015-2025.
I colored the FY2025 in red to make the difference apparent. 😜
22/25
I colored the FY2025 in red to make the difference apparent. 😜
22/25
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Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting. youtu.be/A7je5cR_2IA?...
ISB Annual General Meeting 2025
YouTube video by International Society for Biocuration
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting. youtu.be/A7je5cR_2IA?...
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."