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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16h

Hard to know if they intended to fire these folks and then “taco-ed” or if they just truly have no idea what they are doing.

Maybe both?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11h

Agree, the strategy is to obfuscate.

Fire too many, then reinstate a select few, leaving the impression that the problem was solved.

But none of the problems since Jan have been solved - especially *THE PROBLEM* of a lawless White House.

Nothing is fixed until we rein in a lawless President.

Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 15h

🍃 💥 🧪 Origami in Nature

Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 16h

Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
🧪 #Scicomm #Nature
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Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones

knowablemagazine.org

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 15h

🍃 🦠 🧪 NOTE: "President Trump also received ... annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

🍂 🏛️ 👿 🧪 Dismantling of the CDC by RFK Jr

More than 1000 scientists, doctors and public health officials were laid off late Friday night "wiping out entire offices and teams that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, collect data, publish scientific reports"

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrible. A brief statement from us:

Congress must stop it. We call for a provision in any CR/budget bill that explicitly declares these Vought shutdown firings to be illegal, null, and void.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

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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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

🍂 🏛️ 🧪 Friday Night Layoffs at Federal Agencies

"Reductions in force (RIF) notices began pouring into inboxes across the US federal government, disproportionately at the CDC ... these RIFs are illegal"

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 1d

“The Death of Public Health”

Jonas Salk saved millions with a polio vaccine. He gave it away to help humanity. Today, venal and yes, evil billionaires—Koch to Musk to Peter Thiel—are fully behind destroying American society for profit. They want you poor, sick, and desperate. We must stop them.

The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

🍂 🧪 Reversals of Some CDC Layoffs

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

🍂 🧪 NEW Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

The young, especially, are drinking less alcohol. Spying opportunity, Nestlé, Danone, Coca-Cola and others are pushing flavoured and “functional” waters

Bottled water is going upmarket

Nestlé and Danone are doubling down on premium brands

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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 1d

Scientists identify brain region behind compulsive alcohol use in new study

The finding could lead to new treatments for alcohol dependence and anxiety disorders.

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 1d

💥 ⚖️ 🏛️ North Carolina Judge of the Year 2025 - NC Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs

Justice Allison Riggs @allisonjriggs.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so grateful to the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys for the incredible honor of being recognized as the Judge of the Year. Coming from other women in the practice, the recognition of my commitment to the rule of law means the world to me!

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 1d

🍂 🧪 MIT Response to Administration's Proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"

"the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone... the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences"

Letter from MIT President, Dr. Sally Kornbluth, responding to Administration's invitation to MIT and eight other universities to enter into a compact to receive preferential Federal grant funding and other benefits.

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 1d

💥 🍃 🕊️ Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Laureate María Corina Machado

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 1d

💥 🧪 Reactive Matter Interactive Artwork

"Reactive matter" is a series of interactive behavioural artworks realised by the artist duo Scenocosme with specific kind of "Programmable Matter" hardware called "Blinky Blocks"

Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 2d

Each cube can emit a light and sound to tell its neighbours it has heard something.
Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

🍃 🧪 New Gene Therapy for Huntington's Disease

AMT-130 slows disease progression by 75%, treatment is still in clinical trials

Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 11d

After yrs of disappointment scientists have made a genuine advance in treating Huntington's. The new gene therapy slowed disease progression by 75%. But it's still experimental and will likely be $$, @parshallison.bsky.social reports for @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/firs...

How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment that Slows Huntington’s Disease

After years of heartbreak, researchers have found an experimental treatment that can slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, according to early results from a small clinical trial

www.scientificamerican.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

🍃 💊 🧪 New Drug Therapy for Incurable Prostate Cancer

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

The combination therapy may ‘significantly prolong life expectancy’ for men with gene mutations that make normal treatment less effective

Drug halves tumour growth in men with incurable prostate cancer

The combination therapy may ‘significantly prolong life expectancy’ for men with gene mutations that make normal treatment less effective

www.thetimes.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

🍃 🧠 🧪 New Gene Therapy for Brain Disorders

Reduced symptoms in mice including epileptic brain activity, hyperactive behavior, and risk-taking behaviors

Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 3d

1M+ people live with SYNGAP1-related conditions, which can include severe seizures.

For the first time in mice models, gene therapy has reversed symptoms, even after onset.

🧠📈 Dive deeper into how they did it: alleninstitute.org/news/scienti...

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 3d

Yet another study shows that annual COVID vaccines save lives. When you vaccinate, you prevent severe illness, complications & high medical bills.

COVID vaccines reduced:
1. Risk of ER visits by 29%

2. Hospital visits by 39%

3. Risk of death by 64%

🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

🍂 🏛️ 🧪 RFK Jr on Tylenol & Autism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 3d

Less than 70% of science Nobel prize winners awarded this century hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
“Mobility benefits everyone. Each newcomer brings fresh ideas, new techniques & different ways of looking at old problems”
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d

🍂 🦠 🧪 Spread of Chikungunya Virus

"last week, a Long Island woman tested positive despite not having traveled abroad. If confirmed, that would be the first local transmission in New York"

Healthbeat @healthbeat.org · 3d

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Here's what else to know in global public health this week.

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 3d

As we see a senseless 100k price tag placed on H- 1B visas, potentially leading to significant loss to higher education and progress of science, let this be a reminder that nearly half of the Nobel Prize winners in science this year are immigrants.

🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Half Of The 2025 U.S. Nobel Prize Winners In Science Are Immigrants

Three of the six U.S. winners in the 2025 Nobel Prize science categories immigrated to the United States, one of them as a teenager.

www.forbes.com

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