Sally Ireri, Ph.D.
@sallyireri.bsky.social
Geneticist with an interest in genetic engineering of non-model organisms. Formerly into mosquitoes 🦟, currently stabbing nematodes 🪱
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You should subscribe to this. I do. It is one of just two newsletters that I consider mandatory reading for anyone who cares about fighting back.
(The other one belongs to @prisonculture.bsky.social.)
(The other one belongs to @prisonculture.bsky.social.)
Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.
Organizing My Thoughts
Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You should subscribe to this. I do. It is one of just two newsletters that I consider mandatory reading for anyone who cares about fighting back.
(The other one belongs to @prisonculture.bsky.social.)
(The other one belongs to @prisonculture.bsky.social.)
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Learning to be a PI - my first 3min 'self-promoting' video introducing our lab research directions.
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Learning to be a PI - my first 3min 'self-promoting' video introducing our lab research directions.
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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In a real sense, which of these it is doesn't matter because the human rights of trans folks outweigh the feelings of transphobes either way, but it is still something I think about.
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In a real sense, which of these it is doesn't matter because the human rights of trans folks outweigh the feelings of transphobes either way, but it is still something I think about.
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There was a time not that long ago, when a number of people I thought were talented and funny and who it might be cool to be friends with weren't openly transphobic, and now I wonder if it was that they weren't transphobic then but decided to be, or were always transphobes and just got loud about it
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There was a time not that long ago, when a number of people I thought were talented and funny and who it might be cool to be friends with weren't openly transphobic, and now I wonder if it was that they weren't transphobic then but decided to be, or were always transphobes and just got loud about it
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The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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The Ruto administration has tried to frame Kenya’s protest movement as acts of terrorism and even an uprising.
But as @nanjala.bsky.social writes, the real crisis is Ruto’s own intolerance for dissent and inability to engage with Kenyan citizens except by fiat.
But as @nanjala.bsky.social writes, the real crisis is Ruto’s own intolerance for dissent and inability to engage with Kenyan citizens except by fiat.
Ruto Once Courted Kenya’s Youth. Now He’s Trying to Silence Them
Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them. That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Ruto administration has tried to frame Kenya’s protest movement as acts of terrorism and even an uprising.
But as @nanjala.bsky.social writes, the real crisis is Ruto’s own intolerance for dissent and inability to engage with Kenyan citizens except by fiat.
But as @nanjala.bsky.social writes, the real crisis is Ruto’s own intolerance for dissent and inability to engage with Kenyan citizens except by fiat.
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...