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BetsyB

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I am looking for a dare to be great situation.

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · Jun 25

Jeff and I sat down with Denver Frederick recently for a delightful conversation about philanthropy. I haven’t heard the final version yet, so have a listen and tell me how awkward I sound.

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The American Dream Is Broken. This $50 Million Bet Could Help Rebuild It. - Denver Frederick

There are few issues more urgent—or more misunderstood—than poverty in America. And even fewer solutions as bold as simply giving people cash. Jeff Atwood, the tech entrepreneur behind Stack Overflow,...

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 19h

Who is Habeas corpus? #25A

a woman is smiling in front of a sign that says ' tgiv ' on it

Alt: Mariah Carey shaking her head and saying, "I don't know her."

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 1d

a warning for every newsletter writer going solo right now: you can literally win the Nobel Prize for literature and still desperately need an editor

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 1d

@rbreich.bsky.social Homework submitted!

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The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income

The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 1d

We enjoyed a showing of #thelastclass and a conversation with @wkamaubell.bsky.social & @rbreich.bsky.social tonight. The film is a beautiful love letter to teaching. Our homework: become an activist! We’re working on it, Professor Reich!

W. Kamau Bell and Robert Reich under a screen advertising the documentary The Last Class.

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t poke the bear.

Picture of a bear statue on the UC Berkeley campus.

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 1d

OH THANK GOD. 😮‍💨

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats! Welcome to the club. Do you have a local twins support group? Ours was super helpful.

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On Parenthood

Our son was born March 12th, 2009. He’s a little over two and a half years old. Now, I am the wussiest wuss to ever wuss up the joint, so take everything I’m about to say with a grain of salt – but ch...

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

There’s someone up in the Berkeley hills who has one of those Nobel parking signs in their driveway. I’d love to know who it is.

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

Having suffered for years with subpar academic parking I can see how this would be a very motivating factor. 😂

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

Finally! Someone is talking about healthcare!

Screenshot of two posts from @betsyphd 4 months ago saying “It's interesting that with all this talk about bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. no one is talking about addressing one of the biggest barriers: employer-paid healthcare. When did we stop talking about healthcare?”

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m proud to know @nataliefoster.bsky.social and as usual she is right about everything.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | G.O.P. to Gen Z: Pay Double for Health Insurance or Go Without

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

As is this.

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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 3d

I still love this nugget, but I also love the email I got yesterday evening (my time) that said "Dr. Ramsdell is currently living his best life and is off the grid on a pre-planned hiking trip."
I wonder if he knows yet?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 4d

Love this story about one of today's Nobel winners, Mary Brunkow.

(She and colleague Fred Ramsdell, working at Celltech (RIP), uncovered the role of Foxp3 in the development of Tregs.)

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

Frankly, as blindly ambitious as the VP is I’m surprised he hasn’t been pushing for #25A. I’m happy someone is saying it out loud.

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 3d

📣📣📣📣

Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 4d

“The idea that you’re going to arrest people… just because they oppose the president of the United States, there is something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.” --Gov. JB Pritzger

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

Doh! Good thing the Nobel doesn’t consider personal skills. 😂

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

Okay this is hilarious.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 4d

Love this story about one of today's Nobel winners, Mary Brunkow.

(She and colleague Fred Ramsdell, working at Celltech (RIP), uncovered the role of Foxp3 in the development of Tregs.)

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a tuxedo is holding a piece of paper in front of a woman in a dress .

Alt: Winona Ryder looking confused while math equations appear before her.

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

With all the shit going on in the world <gestures widely> I forgot it’s Nobel season. Tregs FTW!

NPR @npr.org · 4d

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were honored for research into how the body helps the immune system avoid attacking your own tissues instead of foreign invaders.

The medicine Nobel Prize goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were honored for research into how the body helps the immune system avoid attacking your own tissues instead of foreign invaders.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 4d

does anyone know if we have america tomorrow

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

It’s like DDR for your hands. But even more difficult. And all the players have headphones and special gloves.

BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 4d

I’m at an arcade watching people play maimai and it’s FASCINATING. I’ve never seen this before.

a shirtless man is playing a video game on a circular screen .

Alt: a shirtless man is playing a Maimai video game on a circular screen .

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 5d

I have actually been listening to Bad Bunny to practice my (terrible) Spanish skills. It’s a hell of a lot more fun than Duolingo. 😂

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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BetsyB @betsyphd.bsky.social · 7d

Anything that helps me procrastinate getting out of bed…

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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s @deardean22.bsky.social telling us to “let Gavin cook”. No, he’s not perfect, he’s not even close to being the best Governor, *but he’s all we got* for offense right now.

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