Carlos Patiño Descovich
@cdesco.bsky.social
Tissue bender in training @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
Unapologetic 🌽 lover
#Morphogenesis
#Mechanobiology
Unapologetic 🌽 lover
#Morphogenesis
#Mechanobiology
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“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
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Manhattan Luxury Apartment Market Surges in Month After Mamdani’s Win
Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
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Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Looking forward to another year’s Cell Bio meeting next week in Philly. I am co-chairing a cancer cell biology minisymposium on Tuesday morning with Partha Roy and my pal Junior West @jr2255.bsky.social. Lots of great talks about imaging tumor-TME cell interactions! #cellbio2025
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Looking forward to another year’s Cell Bio meeting next week in Philly. I am co-chairing a cancer cell biology minisymposium on Tuesday morning with Partha Roy and my pal Junior West @jr2255.bsky.social. Lots of great talks about imaging tumor-TME cell interactions! #cellbio2025
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"We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research." - HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research." - HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Disrupted Federal Funding for Extramural Cancer Research
This cross-sectional study assesses the scale and scope of terminated cancer research grants from the National Cancer Institute.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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As he prepares to depart office, Adams is leaving thousands of vital positions in City government vacant, but has chosen to prioritize filling posts that will royally screw over a lot of New Yorkers.
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Mayor Adams Prepares to Gobble Up Rent Guidelines Board Appointments
And other links to start your "what am I doing at the office Wednesday."
hellgatenyc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As he prepares to depart office, Adams is leaving thousands of vital positions in City government vacant, but has chosen to prioritize filling posts that will royally screw over a lot of New Yorkers.
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hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-m...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🧪 More than 74,000 people were affected by the cancellation of 383 clinical trials funded by the #NIH.
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
Many of these grants funded #cancer research.
When science is silenced, patients suffer.
Via @scientificamerican.bsky.social on IG
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The author John Green found an audience of millions making YouTube videos with his brother, Hank. As more people aspire to become influencers, Green warns that internet fame may make it feel as if everyone knows and loves you, “but in fact, no one knows you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The author John Green found an audience of millions making YouTube videos with his brother, Hank. As more people aspire to become influencers, Green warns that internet fame may make it feel as if everyone knows and loves you, “but in fact, no one knows you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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The fight has come to NC, and it just hit close to home. Our daughter teaches in Durham public schools and she said almost all of the Latinx kids are not in school today. ICE is targeting everyone who "looks Hispanic", citizen or not. I am even more angry today-kids need to go to school!
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The fight has come to NC, and it just hit close to home. Our daughter teaches in Durham public schools and she said almost all of the Latinx kids are not in school today. ICE is targeting everyone who "looks Hispanic", citizen or not. I am even more angry today-kids need to go to school!
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Between the end of February & mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease & brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID-19, researchers found.
NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says
A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Between the end of February & mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease & brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID-19, researchers found.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. n.pr/49S06UX
If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. n.pr/49S06UX
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NEWS — FDA announces 13 cases of infant botulism across 10 states after babies were given ByHeart powder formula from two specific lots.
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula
Do not use certain lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
www.fda.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
NEWS — FDA announces 13 cases of infant botulism across 10 states after babies were given ByHeart powder formula from two specific lots.
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Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
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James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
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Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.
Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says
The Republican governor’s directive on H-1B visas comes as President Trump has initiated his policy of charging employers a new $100,000 fee to hire people from outside the United States.
www.chronicle.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.
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Today in accidental data art: selecting the wrong chart type.
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today in accidental data art: selecting the wrong chart type.
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NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
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A key role for Canoe's intrinsically disordered region in linking cell junctions to the #cytoskeleton. New study from Corbin Jensen, Mark Peifer (@peiferlabunc.bsky.social) and colleagues @unclineberger.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Development #Adhesion #Drosophila
#Development #Adhesion #Drosophila
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A key role for Canoe's intrinsically disordered region in linking cell junctions to the #cytoskeleton. New study from Corbin Jensen, Mark Peifer (@peiferlabunc.bsky.social) and colleagues @unclineberger.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Development #Adhesion #Drosophila
#Development #Adhesion #Drosophila
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On 20 March 2025, Trump’s NIH terminated a grant exploring structural racism as a second hit on APOL1 in kidney disease.
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Harms of terminating NIH grants for kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology
In early 2025, nearly 2,100 research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were terminated. Numerous calls for depoliticization of the NIH’s scientific mission culminated in th...
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
On 20 March 2025, Trump’s NIH terminated a grant exploring structural racism as a second hit on APOL1 in kidney disease.
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As the Chinese up their investment in biomedical science, Trump is slashing that in the US. Who will lead in new cures for cancer?
Chinese biotech Hansoh Pharma said on Friday it had signed a licence agreement worth up to $1.45 billion with Roche for an investigational treatment of colorectal cancer and other solid tumours.
China's Hansoh signs up to $1.45 billion deal for colorectal cancer drug with Roche
Chinese biotech Hansoh Pharma said on Friday it had signed a licence agreement worth up to $1.45 billion with Roche for an investigational treatment of colorectal cancer and other solid tumours.
reut.rs
October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
As the Chinese up their investment in biomedical science, Trump is slashing that in the US. Who will lead in new cures for cancer?
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They’ve reinvented note paper.
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
They’ve reinvented note paper.