Maureen K. Thomason
@moethomason.bsky.social
Microbiologist, staff scientist, sRNA fanatic, learning to love Listeria, science mom, pretzel and beer enthusiast, She/Her.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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If you know someone who has list SNAP benefits, encourage them to see if they qualify for Meals on Wheels. I have a disabled patient who was able to qualify, and she not only gets some meals, they also help with some pet food for her service dog.
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you know someone who has list SNAP benefits, encourage them to see if they qualify for Meals on Wheels. I have a disabled patient who was able to qualify, and she not only gets some meals, they also help with some pet food for her service dog.
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The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚
And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋
youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
Let’s gooooooo!
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Let’s gooooooo!
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This is the most excellent local headline writing.
"DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES."
(this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )
"DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES."
(this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )
Did you give water to a bat near the Arboretum? It had rabies
A rabid bat was found in Seattle near the Washington Park Arboretum. Here's what to know, and what to do if you think you might have been exposed.
www.seattletimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is the most excellent local headline writing.
"DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES."
(this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )
"DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES."
(this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )
Always grateful for the wonderful care providers @seattlechildrens.org and thankful that we live so close!
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Always grateful for the wonderful care providers @seattlechildrens.org and thankful that we live so close!
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
Ah yes. We should definitely do what Nate Silver suggests. That is clearly the way forward.
/s
/s
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Since a U.S. government shutdown “seems like a real possibility, I believe that Mr. Schumer is picking the wrong fight,” writes Nate Silver. Instead of health care, “I’d focus on the one issue that has had the most impact in denting Mr. Trump’s approval rating: tariffs.”
Since a U.S. government shutdown “seems like a real possibility, I believe that Mr. Schumer is picking the wrong fight,” writes Nate Silver. Instead of health care, “I’d focus on the one issue that has had the most impact in denting Mr. Trump’s approval rating: tariffs.”
Opinion | Democrats Are Picking the Wrong Shutdown Fight
Tariffs, not health care, would be a better focal point for the opposition party.
nyti.ms
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ah yes. We should definitely do what Nate Silver suggests. That is clearly the way forward.
/s
/s
The Recruit. Season 1 was better than Season 2 but still a fun show.
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Recruit. Season 1 was better than Season 2 but still a fun show.
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Today is a great day to register for #BiM2025 #BlackInMicro Week. Get ready to join our online celebration: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (or see link in bio)
September 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today is a great day to register for #BiM2025 #BlackInMicro Week. Get ready to join our online celebration: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (or see link in bio)
Jfc what are we doing…
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Jfc what are we doing…
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
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Omfg the news is such garbage today including the Cubs. But, I have been giggling about this for a while now.
August 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Omfg the news is such garbage today including the Cubs. But, I have been giggling about this for a while now.
I, for one, welcome our new overlords. Maybe they can do something about the traffic lately.
August 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I, for one, welcome our new overlords. Maybe they can do something about the traffic lately.
12yo and I were discussing her summer reading and realized she chose to read a “banned book”. So we decided to share Seattle Public Library program so everyone young person can read banned books.
www.spl.org/programs-and...
www.spl.org/programs-and...
Books Unbanned
Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.
www.spl.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
12yo and I were discussing her summer reading and realized she chose to read a “banned book”. So we decided to share Seattle Public Library program so everyone young person can read banned books.
www.spl.org/programs-and...
www.spl.org/programs-and...
Favorite running trail in Rock Creek Park
August 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Favorite running trail in Rock Creek Park
I know there are bigger things to worry about in the world right now but IT IS NOT HALLOWEEN TIME yet.
August 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I know there are bigger things to worry about in the world right now but IT IS NOT HALLOWEEN TIME yet.
We are doing this to ourselves. There is no reason the National Cancer Institute should have a 4% payline. Nor should any of the other institutes. This will lead to generational destruction of research infrastructure and talent.
In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We are doing this to ourselves. There is no reason the National Cancer Institute should have a 4% payline. Nor should any of the other institutes. This will lead to generational destruction of research infrastructure and talent.
But the real question is, were his hoes in different area codes? Hoping we get clarification soon.
Zohran Mamdani must explain his tweet claiming “Charlie Brown had hoes”
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
But the real question is, were his hoes in different area codes? Hoping we get clarification soon.
As a cashier at a book store in the DC area, I (not a baseball person) asked customer buying a baseball book “if they were into baseball because Barry Bonds was about to do something big”.
Friends it was ESPN, WaPo and PTI’s own Michael Wilbon. He politely said that he did like baseball.
Friends it was ESPN, WaPo and PTI’s own Michael Wilbon. He politely said that he did like baseball.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As a cashier at a book store in the DC area, I (not a baseball person) asked customer buying a baseball book “if they were into baseball because Barry Bonds was about to do something big”.
Friends it was ESPN, WaPo and PTI’s own Michael Wilbon. He politely said that he did like baseball.
Friends it was ESPN, WaPo and PTI’s own Michael Wilbon. He politely said that he did like baseball.
I looked at an office manager position today (just in case) figuring my lab manager experience could translate.
The brain drain will be when scientists are forced into other careers/jobs so that they can keep paying the bills. They will never return.
There aren't enough science jobs in other countries to absorb even a fraction of those laid off.
There aren't enough science jobs in other countries to absorb even a fraction of those laid off.
On a basic level- you can't expect US talent to sit on their hands and wait until maybe, hopefully there's a job for them. A handful might be able to do that, but the majority are going to leave. Countries are actively seeking to take advantage of US brain drain.
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I looked at an office manager position today (just in case) figuring my lab manager experience could translate.
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Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Phage people: Rich Losick and I are combing the world looking for T4 rIIB mutant FC0 (also known as P13). FC0 was the starting point for Francis Crick's beautiful 1961 paper on the triplet nature of the genetic code. We want to sequence it. Anyone have it in an ancient stock collection?
June 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Phage people: Rich Losick and I are combing the world looking for T4 rIIB mutant FC0 (also known as P13). FC0 was the starting point for Francis Crick's beautiful 1961 paper on the triplet nature of the genetic code. We want to sequence it. Anyone have it in an ancient stock collection?
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Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.
Some thoughts:
Some thoughts:
An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.
www.nejm.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.
Some thoughts:
Some thoughts: