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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 22h

This is so amazing, thank you!

Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · Feb 6

On a budget? A reminder to check to see if you have access to Kanopy and Hoopla through your library. Hoopla has ebooks, music, movies and TV shows. A lot of AMC and Acorn TV shows on that platform. And Kanopy has a kids section with unlimited "borrows". #library

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 23h

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

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 2d

Jaj most akkor olvasnom kell. Magyarul, persze.

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 2d

PEN America congratulates Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai on winning the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature. A master novelist with a singular style, Krasznahorkai’s novels buffet stories of the apocalypse with profound looks at humanity, art and beauty. www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

László Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in literature

The Hungarian writer, known for his apocalyptic works, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 3d

🧪 this explains a lot

eLife @elife.bsky.social · 3d

The gut-brain connection

Glia cells mediate cytokine signalling between the gut and the brain, linking sleep to inflammation in the gut.

The gut-brain connection

Glia cells mediate cytokine signaling between the gut and the brain, linking sleep to inflammation in the gut.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 6d

Gift link please?

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 8d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 10d

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you for this! I needed it today.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10d

New article! On criminal complicity -- and some other things: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-united...

The United States of Flying Carp

The stupidest way to get injured.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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🐈‍⬛ ChrisCat 🦋💙 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇭🚨✊🏻🐈‍⬛ @chriscat.bsky.social · 12d

It did. Have you seen the Singing Revolution film? singingrevolution.com

The Singing Revolution | Official Film Site

The Singing Revolution is an inspiring account of one nation's rebirth when Estonians lifted their voices to overthrow a violent occupation.

singingrevolution.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 16d

do I know anyone who studies icebergs? I need to talk to icebergerians for an article! Please share and thank you! 🧪

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 24d

Please let's support local community organizations like Unidos South in San Juan Capistrano igniting-potential-giving-day.ocnonprofitcentral.org/organization...

Support Unidos South OC | Igniting Potential

I’m ready to support Unidos South OC on September 17, 2025 during Igniting Potential. Learn more about Unidos South OC and all the other organizations participating in Igniting Potential.

igniting-potential-giving-day.ocnonprofitcentral.org

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 27d

Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · 27d

Just donated to a Huntington Beach 3rd grade teacher who wants to buy some science 🧪 LEGO kits for the kids. Can others help? gofund.me/d6fcf04a4

Donate to Empower Huntington Beach Students with Science, organized by Marissa Carlton

I am a 3rd grade teacher in Huntington Beach, CA. I have been teaching … Marissa Carlton needs your support for Empower Huntington Beach Students with Science

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Sep 10

A GoFundMe for the instructor who was fired at Texas A&M!

Emily Pitts Donahoe @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social · Sep 10

I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078

Donate to Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague, organized by Angel Matos

Recently, our colleague Melissa McCoul was fired from her position as a S… Angel Matos needs your support for Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm looking for stories about how AI is killing creative work, and I'd love to hear from you—artists, writers, illustrators, actors, designers, editors, voice actors and narrators—if your job or practice has been hit. This is going to be a big one.

[email protected]

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · Sep 9

Something juicy to send to many of my colleagues... Ahem. 😈🧪 #edusky

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 9

With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · Sep 9

@genewiz.bsky.social Hey thanks so much for getting the billing issue solved in record time! Now back to usual programming with the regular @tinyearthnet.bsky.social sequencing from our microbiology courses 😁🧪🦠🔬🧫

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Ana Maria Barral @bioprof.bsky.social · Sep 8

@genewiz.bsky.social Any chance to get on the phone with you to clarify a billing issue? Had to send an email so I can request a phone call... Not very customer friendly 😕

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Aug 31

“We must preserve our soul,” he told his colleagues, “but a rejection of the Enabling Act will result in unpleasant consequences for our party.” The act passed, 444 to 94, opening the path to Hitler’s dictatorship.'

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