India Hook-Barnard
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Silo killer, qu'est-ce que c'est? Passionate about engineering biology, precision medicine, emerging S&T, and the Oxford comma. I like em dashes—and I cannot lie.
She/her.
She/her.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
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Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
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IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
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Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.
October 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage
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My quote of the day
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My quote of the day
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
Robert F. Kennedy, Sr.
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My quote of the day
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My quote of the day
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Finally took another batch of albums to be cleaned! Mix of records from my parents (eg, James Taylor, Neil Diamond) and grandparents (Andy Williams, Ray Charles) and a few of mine (Aerosmith and G’N’R)
Many thanks to Original Vinyl on Fillmore ! maps.app.goo.gl/gLHynk8DMCHg...
#Vinyl
Many thanks to Original Vinyl on Fillmore ! maps.app.goo.gl/gLHynk8DMCHg...
#Vinyl
September 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Finally took another batch of albums to be cleaned! Mix of records from my parents (eg, James Taylor, Neil Diamond) and grandparents (Andy Williams, Ray Charles) and a few of mine (Aerosmith and G’N’R)
Many thanks to Original Vinyl on Fillmore ! maps.app.goo.gl/gLHynk8DMCHg...
#Vinyl
Many thanks to Original Vinyl on Fillmore ! maps.app.goo.gl/gLHynk8DMCHg...
#Vinyl
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "With wind & solar, you don't know when they're gonna be there & when they're gonna go away. That's just not productive for the electricity grid. They end up just making the reliable stuff have to turn down when the wind is blowing, turn back up again when wind dies"
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
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Statement tonight from Alan Garber, 31st president of Harvard.
Good for him. Good for Harvard. Good for standing up to defend "core values of American higher education."
And (again) what about all those "Harvard about to cave" stories?
Main point: Worth reading what Garber says.
Good for him. Good for Harvard. Good for standing up to defend "core values of American higher education."
And (again) what about all those "Harvard about to cave" stories?
Main point: Worth reading what Garber says.
September 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Statement tonight from Alan Garber, 31st president of Harvard.
Good for him. Good for Harvard. Good for standing up to defend "core values of American higher education."
And (again) what about all those "Harvard about to cave" stories?
Main point: Worth reading what Garber says.
Good for him. Good for Harvard. Good for standing up to defend "core values of American higher education."
And (again) what about all those "Harvard about to cave" stories?
Main point: Worth reading what Garber says.
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The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading.
It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading.
It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...