Tom
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In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
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Commentary: Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.
Tom Montgomery Fate: The difference between fact and truth in Donald Trump’s America
Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Commentary: Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.
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EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
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please help if you can
July 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
please help if you can
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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
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More than 250 neighbors and activists came out loud and proud to support a drag story time at the Edgewater public library branch on Monday blockclubchi.co/448m4jg
Hundreds Of Edgewater Neighbors Come Out In A Sea Of Rainbow To Support Drag Story Time
The event was largely peaceful, although police said they arrested one protester after he pushed another person who was supporting the event.
blockclubchi.co
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More than 250 neighbors and activists came out loud and proud to support a drag story time at the Edgewater public library branch on Monday blockclubchi.co/448m4jg
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Setting the record straight on the size of Africa! It’s time that we #CorrectTheMap!
See correctthemap.org and happy upcoming #AfricaDay #AfricaMap #geogchat #geosky #gischat
See correctthemap.org and happy upcoming #AfricaDay #AfricaMap #geogchat #geosky #gischat
May 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Setting the record straight on the size of Africa! It’s time that we #CorrectTheMap!
See correctthemap.org and happy upcoming #AfricaDay #AfricaMap #geogchat #geosky #gischat
See correctthemap.org and happy upcoming #AfricaDay #AfricaMap #geogchat #geosky #gischat
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🧪 Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades! Call your reps, especially if they are Republicans! We must #resist #StandUpForScience www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🧪 Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades! Call your reps, especially if they are Republicans! We must #resist #StandUpForScience www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In an unprecedented effort, a coalition of more than 50 research teams has surveyed a swathe of Brazilian biomedical studies to double-check their findings — with dismaying results
https://go.nature.com/3Rz8n5T
https://go.nature.com/3Rz8n5T
Huge reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies
Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform.
go.nature.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In an unprecedented effort, a coalition of more than 50 research teams has surveyed a swathe of Brazilian biomedical studies to double-check their findings — with dismaying results
https://go.nature.com/3Rz8n5T
https://go.nature.com/3Rz8n5T
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god this shit is blood boiling
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
www.independent.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
god this shit is blood boiling
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Norovirus tropism depends partly on entry receptors, but what is the role of cellular #lipids? @orchardlab.bsky.social &co show that TMEM30a-mediated lipid asymmetry is crucial for murine #norovirus infection, influencing membrane fluidity, viral binding & entry @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4409MtI
April 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Norovirus tropism depends partly on entry receptors, but what is the role of cellular #lipids? @orchardlab.bsky.social &co show that TMEM30a-mediated lipid asymmetry is crucial for murine #norovirus infection, influencing membrane fluidity, viral binding & entry @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4409MtI
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In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint
Senator’s report targeted up to $2 billion for diversity, climate change, and misinformation research
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Bhattacharya yesterday: "cuts to DEI grants have been misunderstood... The term does not apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH”
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bhattacharya yesterday: "cuts to DEI grants have been misunderstood... The term does not apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH”
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Comparing the writing styles of highly and rarely cited papers in conservation biology| “When writing a paper, environmental scientists can try to ensure their research is both clear and inspiring to a wide range of people using these features so their message is received by a broader readership.” 🧪
Comparing the writing styles of highly and rarely cited papers in conservation biology
For the everyday scientist, being published – and henceforth cited – is a major enterprise. An understanding of the components associated with highly-…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Comparing the writing styles of highly and rarely cited papers in conservation biology| “When writing a paper, environmental scientists can try to ensure their research is both clear and inspiring to a wide range of people using these features so their message is received by a broader readership.” 🧪
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These users feuded with Musk on X then saw their reach collapse. It’s the starkest sign yet that Musk has the power to suppress critics and control the conversation on X and is willing to use it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
These users feuded with Musk on X then saw their reach collapse. It’s the starkest sign yet that Musk has the power to suppress critics and control the conversation on X and is willing to use it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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If you track the history since the 90s, it's actually really clear what happened. Corporate labs (Bell Labs, IBM, etc) closed up shop or dramatically scaled back because the labs weren't profitable. The scientists who worked there went to universities, where research is much cheaper. 1/3 ⚛️🧪
April 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you track the history since the 90s, it's actually really clear what happened. Corporate labs (Bell Labs, IBM, etc) closed up shop or dramatically scaled back because the labs weren't profitable. The scientists who worked there went to universities, where research is much cheaper. 1/3 ⚛️🧪
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🧪Check out today's #NSF update on priorities page. Don't miss the FAQ e.g.
"3. What types of awards are being terminated? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on DEI & misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"3. What types of awards are being terminated? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on DEI & misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🧪Check out today's #NSF update on priorities page. Don't miss the FAQ e.g.
"3. What types of awards are being terminated? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on DEI & misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"3. What types of awards are being terminated? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on DEI & misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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NEW: The Trump regime continues to defy court orders, and lawyers for Abrego Garcia - the Maryland father illegally disappeared to El Salvador - have initiated contempt proceedings. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/contempt-p...
Contempt Proceedings Have Begun in the Abrego Garcia Case
Abrego Garcia's lawyers filed a motion to show cause why the Trump administration shouldn't be held in contempt for failing to comply with the court's clear orders.
www.muellershewrote.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NEW: The Trump regime continues to defy court orders, and lawyers for Abrego Garcia - the Maryland father illegally disappeared to El Salvador - have initiated contempt proceedings. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/contempt-p...
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RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has repeatedly claimed: “If you’re healthy, it’s almost impossible to die from an infectious disease in modern times.”
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
That is dangerously false.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
www.medscape.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation.
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We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Protein editing using a coordinated transposition reaction
Protein engineering through the ligation of polypeptide fragments has proven enormously powerful for studying biochemical processes. In general, this strategy necessitates a final protein-folding step...
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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For my first-ever bsky post, I’m thrilled to share our latest #ancientDNA research, which I co-led with @jessthorpemas.bsky.social
OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065
We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛
Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️
OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065
We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛
Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️
New paper 🧵
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
A team co-led by #cpgsthlm 's researcher @jcchacond.bsky.social has analysed DNA from a large number of mammoths across a million-year timescale 🦣🧬
The findings include the discovery and analysis of the oldest known woolly #mammoth in North America!
👉 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
April 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For my first-ever bsky post, I’m thrilled to share our latest #ancientDNA research, which I co-led with @jessthorpemas.bsky.social
OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065
We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛
Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️
OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065
We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛
Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️
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NEW: A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
@richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org
@richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm…
propub.li
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
@richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org
@richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org
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The Eco Flamingo is our pick for best zero-waste general store. Check it out in Lincoln Square! | ✍️ Kerry Reid chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
Best zero-waste general store - Chicago Reader
For going the next step in zero-waste shopping, it's hard to beat Lincoln Square’s Eco Flamingo, which opened in 2020.
chicagoreader.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Eco Flamingo is our pick for best zero-waste general store. Check it out in Lincoln Square! | ✍️ Kerry Reid chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
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The Green Goose Shop isn’t just a store—it’s a thoughtfully cultivated space where retail, sustainability, and community care converge. | ✍️ Shannon Shreibak
Best pro-Palestine plant shop with a size-inclusive clothing section - Chicago Reader
The Green Goose Shop isn’t just a store—it’s a thoughtfully cultivated space where retail, sustainability, and community care converge.
chicagoreader.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Green Goose Shop isn’t just a store—it’s a thoughtfully cultivated space where retail, sustainability, and community care converge. | ✍️ Shannon Shreibak