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labor, degrowth ecosocialism, revolution
a better world is possible - if we fight for it
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Chi-Huey Wong, a chemistry professor at Scripps Research, presented his team’s findings on March 25th at the ACS Spring 2025 Digital Meeting hosted by the American Chemical Society.

This research was funded by Academia Sinica.
• acs.digitellinc.com/p/s/developm...
SUMMARY In a groundbreaking advance in the field of immunology, scientists have developed a novel "low-sugar" vaccine that aims to provide a broad protective effect against various coronaviruses, including the one responsible for COVID-19. Recent studies conducted at Scripps Research reveal that the newly engineered vaccine targets not only the virus itself but also the sugar molecules, known as glycans, that cloak the virus, thereby shielding it from detection by the immune system. This innovative strategy harnesses the potential to create long-lasting immunity, simplifying the vaccination process for future infectious disease threats. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The universal vaccine can offer protection from multiple coronaviruses, even those causing the flu and common cold. It would eliminate the need to update the COVID-19 vaccine. ABSTRACT Glycosylation is an important reaction used to modulate the structure and function of biomolecules in living organisms. Most human viruses, for example, depend on the host glycosylation machinery to create a sugar coat on the virus to complete their life cycle. We found that the main immunogens of influenza and COVID viruses are highly glycosylated I, particularly in the conserved epitopes, to facilitate infection and escape from immune response. We also found that deletion of the sugar coat to expose the highly conserved epitopes elicited broadly protective antibody and T cell responses against the virus and different variants. In addition, the antibodies induced by such low-sugar vaccines are more diverse with higher titers against the immunogen, especially the highly conserved epitopes, thus broadening the scope of protection. Furthermore, the Fc-glycans on the antibody can be engineered to improve antibody-mediated killing. This lecture will present our recent development of broadly protective low-sugar vaccines and glycoengineered antibodies with improved Fc-mediated killing. Removing the glycans (dark blue on the left illustration) from a coronavirus’ spike protein leads to greater vaccine efficacy. Credit: Lorenzo Casalino, edited
March 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
wellredlibrarian.bsky.social
yes and no

here's an article about the legal side

but also: the law only exists to the degree that it is enforced. if/when Trump does unconstitutional shit and neither Congress nor SCOTUS stop him, then what? the cops won't arrest the Natl Guard

protectdemocracy.org/work/domesti...
Domestic deployment of the military, explained
An overview of critical reforms concerning the domestic deployment of the U.S. National Guard.
protectdemocracy.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
Warren famously said that the Constitution required the creation of every right necessary to serve the public good. And he meant it too. In the sixteen years Warren was Chief Justice, the Supreme Court issued the opinions in Miranda v. Arizona (yes, that's where "Miranda rights" comes from);

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November 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
nobody at the level of power we say we're aiming to contest - who could launch an ICBM, capital strike, or planetary scale disinformation campaign - is worried about the fine details of our lil critiques, or precisely what kind of socialist/anarchist/anti-imperialist is frowning at them. be serious.
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
wellredlibrarian.bsky.social
the people responsible for the world being on fire are corporate executives, not senior citizens

the way to fix things is to beat corporate executives, not wait for the olds to die off

generational conflict ❌
class conflict ✔️

citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-38-t...
Episode 38: The Media’s Bogus Generation Obsession
Citations Needed | May 23, 2018 | Transcript
citationsneeded.medium.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:14 PM
wellredlibrarian.bsky.social
Hochul is a clown who should've implemented the bill as written, several months ago

we need to replace her ASAP
November 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM