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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her)

@karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist studying epilepsy and looking for cures. LGBTQ ally. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Warning from George Orwell “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” No DMs. Also, I am proud to be woke.

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 59m

Yikes

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 6h

“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

–Eleanor Roosevelt ☕️

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 2h

Got ours today

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 12h

Before you hit the streets- join the know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/15/25 at 7 PM ET.

Together, let’s send a clear message: the people will not be silenced. act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 12h

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 21h

probably right....

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 18d

Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.

RFK Jr. has now cut her entire division.

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 21h

This is destroying a generation of junior scientists - it will take time to rebuild as they either leave for other countries or take up other careers. Also, it takes awhile to rebuild labs. and if the data is gone.....it's gone.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22h

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Blue Laura @bluelaura.bsky.social · 1d

The knitting 🧶 & that some of us don’t like driving home in the dark had me 🤣😹😂😹

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the boycott Neil!

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Neil Young Pulls Music From Amazon: “Don’t Go Back to the Big Corporations Who Have Sold Out America." "Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations, support local business," the rock star wrote. Read more: bit.ly/3IDnbQg

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

Jimmy Kimmel is collecting them from youtube with #ShowMeYourHellHole hashtags...

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

they are evil...

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

they are also dedicated professionals and people who deserve our respect

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

A win! A federal judge has granted Chicago and the State of Illinois a restraining order against the Trump administration, blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

good work MIT.

Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 1d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

Please share widely...

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 2d

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

We’re eight days away from No Kings Day, and we have 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.

October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — and we want to see you there. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

so much we shouldn't have to say

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 1d

i mostly just posted wildflower and mountain pics.... here's one for old time's sake....

yellow daisies in the foreground, wasatch mountains behind them.