Thiago Carvalho
@cyrilpedia.bsky.social
I've worked on all of science, from T cells to B cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
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There is a 6 year old child kidnapped from the streets of New York :
After going in for a scheduled immigration appointment.
This is THE SAME NYC that had LAWS to make sure Chinese men did not have families
But we still need debates on racism?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
After going in for a scheduled immigration appointment.
This is THE SAME NYC that had LAWS to make sure Chinese men did not have families
But we still need debates on racism?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A first-grader is ‘missing’ after ICE detained his father, advocates say
‘Nobody knows’ where first-grader Yuanxin is being held, according to immigrants’ rights advocates
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
There is a 6 year old child kidnapped from the streets of New York :
After going in for a scheduled immigration appointment.
This is THE SAME NYC that had LAWS to make sure Chinese men did not have families
But we still need debates on racism?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
After going in for a scheduled immigration appointment.
This is THE SAME NYC that had LAWS to make sure Chinese men did not have families
But we still need debates on racism?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A dozen former FDA leaders are lambasting claims by the agency's current vaccine chief. An internal memo claims that #Covid vaccination caused 10 children's deaths. The internal memo is by FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad, an RFK pick. The memo hasn't been released to the publc 👇
A Dozen Former FDA Leaders Lambast Claims by Current FDA Vaccine Chief
An internal memo claims that COVID-19 vaccines caused 10 children's deaths
www.medpagetoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A dozen former FDA leaders are lambasting claims by the agency's current vaccine chief. An internal memo claims that #Covid vaccination caused 10 children's deaths. The internal memo is by FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad, an RFK pick. The memo hasn't been released to the publc 👇
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For the francophones: 60 minutes of Georges Guingouin - “premier marquisard de France” describing in 1990 how he created the Resistance in the Limousin and its impact, in particular his refusal to follow the line of the PCF and his persecution after the Liberation.
Georges Guingouin, le premier maquisard de France
Surnommé le "Préfet du maquis", le résistant communiste Georges Guingouin raconte dans "Mémoires du siècle" en 1990 l'organisation de la résistance dès 1940, la création du maquis du Limousin et les c...
www.radiofrance.fr
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For the francophones: 60 minutes of Georges Guingouin - “premier marquisard de France” describing in 1990 how he created the Resistance in the Limousin and its impact, in particular his refusal to follow the line of the PCF and his persecution after the Liberation.
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Guillotine futures looking like a good investment in these troubled times.
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Guillotine futures looking like a good investment in these troubled times.
Not so long, long ago, in our very own galaxy:
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
Suddenly, Jamaica | Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Jamaica Kincaid’s commanding, irreverent work immerses her readers in a black world without explaining or defining its blackness. This seems to be a major departure in the history of African American ...
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not so long, long ago, in our very own galaxy:
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
"At Cambridge(...) Wole Soyinka, the future Nobel Prize laureate from Nigeria, had been denied a visiting appointment in the department the year I arrived, ostensibly because African literature was not English literature."
Henry Louis Gates @nybooks.com
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I just published: On the diversity of resting states of NLR immune receptors
New story on rice Pik NLR immune receptor pair — turns out it sits as a 1 MDa membrane-bound beast before activation 🤯. Another wild twist in the ever-expanding universe of NLR resting states!
medium.com/p/on-the-div...
New story on rice Pik NLR immune receptor pair — turns out it sits as a 1 MDa membrane-bound beast before activation 🤯. Another wild twist in the ever-expanding universe of NLR resting states!
medium.com/p/on-the-div...
On the diversity of resting states of NLR immune receptors
New story on the rice Pik NLR immune receptor pair — turns out it sits as a 1 MDa membrane-bound beast before activation 🤯. Another wild…
medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I just published: On the diversity of resting states of NLR immune receptors
New story on rice Pik NLR immune receptor pair — turns out it sits as a 1 MDa membrane-bound beast before activation 🤯. Another wild twist in the ever-expanding universe of NLR resting states!
medium.com/p/on-the-div...
New story on rice Pik NLR immune receptor pair — turns out it sits as a 1 MDa membrane-bound beast before activation 🤯. Another wild twist in the ever-expanding universe of NLR resting states!
medium.com/p/on-the-div...
In which @marcsdionne.bsky.social let's the cat out of the bag, in a lecture that met the Michelin three start definition: worth a journey on its own.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In which @marcsdionne.bsky.social let's the cat out of the bag, in a lecture that met the Michelin three start definition: worth a journey on its own.
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Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Exciting new #Zebrafish research from the #WeinsteinLab, led by Jong Park!
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
“Specialized gas-exchange endothelium of the zebrafish gill” —
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Amazing to see red blood cells moving through the gills! Don’t forget to check out the supplemental movies ;-)
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Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Thousands of very competitive projects in areas like cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorders and public health improvements most like went unfunded in 2025.
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
Similarly, at the National Science Foundation, the roughly 3,000 fewer new grants encompassed reductions to every area of science”
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
“Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”
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It’s basically a high tech cold reading machine! Of course it outputs stuff like this! Aaaaaaaaaaargh!
Haidt is "stunned" that ChatGPT asked how it would threaten youth reveals that its plan would be what Haidt has argued in his books. The secret plan!
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
There should be some way to rescind the doctorate of any commentator on digital media who interprets ChatGPT output like this. I am not joking.
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s basically a high tech cold reading machine! Of course it outputs stuff like this! Aaaaaaaaaaargh!
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Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
"(...) pero su esencia es que ha marcado células para seguirlas en el ala a medida que la mosca crece. El experimento requiere una máquina de rayos X que el CSIC, donde trabaja, no tiene, así que improvisa. Irradia con una máquina que encuentra en la clínica de un amigo dentista."
Antonio García-Bellido y el hilo de Ariadna de la biología
El influyente científico, fallecido el 10 de noviembre a los 89 años, deja una pregunta: cómo las conversaciones entre células controlan el espacio y la forma
elpais.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"(...) pero su esencia es que ha marcado células para seguirlas en el ala a medida que la mosca crece. El experimento requiere una máquina de rayos X que el CSIC, donde trabaja, no tiene, así que improvisa. Irradia con una máquina que encuentra en la clínica de un amigo dentista."
'Docentes e investigadores não podem deixar de fazer greve no próximo dia 11 de Dezembro. Pela proteção dos direitos conquistados ao longo de muitos anos, mas também em defesa das gerações mais jovens.'
www.publico.pt/2025/12/02/o...
www.publico.pt/2025/12/02/o...
Também no ensino superior e na ciência, inoportuno é ficar de braços cruzados...
Docentes e investigadores não podem deixar de fazer greve no próximo dia 11 de Dezembro. Pela proteção dos direitos conquistados ao longo de muitos anos, mas também em defesa das gerações mais jovens.
www.publico.pt
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
'Docentes e investigadores não podem deixar de fazer greve no próximo dia 11 de Dezembro. Pela proteção dos direitos conquistados ao longo de muitos anos, mas também em defesa das gerações mais jovens.'
www.publico.pt/2025/12/02/o...
www.publico.pt/2025/12/02/o...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Harry Akin was an Austin, TX legend & mayor of Austin '67-'69.
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
A Night Hawk restaurant in Austin, 1958. One cook is African American, the other white. Owner Harry Akin was quite progressive, hiring and promoting African American employees and women long before that was common and convinced other restaurants to desegregate. Courtesy the Austin History Center.
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Harry Akin was an Austin, TX legend & mayor of Austin '67-'69.
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
He practiced integration in his restaurants ('Night Hawk' because they were open late) as early as 1958 in Texas.
In 1963, he got 16 other Austin restaurants to pledge to serve everyone "regardless of race, color or creed."
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apartheid refuge
Leavitt: "Refugee admissions into the country right now are essentially at 0, with the exception of Afrikaners fleeing persecution in South Africa."
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
apartheid refuge
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Truly enjoyed writing this piece about recent discoveries by @bloodgenes.bsky.social and colleagues about how we can improve HSC expansion & gene editing by blocking ferroptosis!
Our @natcellbio.nature.com N&V: rdcu.be/eR25t
Associated article: tinyurl.com/msf9x8fn
Our @natcellbio.nature.com N&V: rdcu.be/eR25t
Associated article: tinyurl.com/msf9x8fn
Blocking ferroptosis to expand human HSCs
Nature Cell Biology - Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are used in a variety of cellular therapies, but our ability to support these cells ex vivo remains technically challenging. A new study...
rdcu.be
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Truly enjoyed writing this piece about recent discoveries by @bloodgenes.bsky.social and colleagues about how we can improve HSC expansion & gene editing by blocking ferroptosis!
Our @natcellbio.nature.com N&V: rdcu.be/eR25t
Associated article: tinyurl.com/msf9x8fn
Our @natcellbio.nature.com N&V: rdcu.be/eR25t
Associated article: tinyurl.com/msf9x8fn
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JCI - Early axonal degeneration linked to clinical decline in Alzheimer's disease progression revealed with diffusion MRI www.jci.org/articles/vie...
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
JCI - Early axonal degeneration linked to clinical decline in Alzheimer's disease progression revealed with diffusion MRI www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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These ICE agents are scum.
Agents appear to surround one person on the grass, while another shoves a man to the ground, who turns out to be a reporter.
“You did this to yourself,” the agent says, calling the man a slur used against people with mental disabilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqQ...
Agents appear to surround one person on the grass, while another shoves a man to the ground, who turns out to be a reporter.
“You did this to yourself,” the agent says, calling the man a slur used against people with mental disabilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqQ...
Man who identifies himself as reporter detained outside Broadview ICE site
YouTube video by Chicago Tribune
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
These ICE agents are scum.
Agents appear to surround one person on the grass, while another shoves a man to the ground, who turns out to be a reporter.
“You did this to yourself,” the agent says, calling the man a slur used against people with mental disabilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqQ...
Agents appear to surround one person on the grass, while another shoves a man to the ground, who turns out to be a reporter.
“You did this to yourself,” the agent says, calling the man a slur used against people with mental disabilities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzqQ...
Understatement du jour
"A system dropping from 80% to 42% accuracy when confronted with a pattern disruption would be unreliable in clinical settings, where novel presentations are common. The results suggest that these systems are more brittle than their benchmark scores suggest."
"A system dropping from 80% to 42% accuracy when confronted with a pattern disruption would be unreliable in clinical settings, where novel presentations are common. The results suggest that these systems are more brittle than their benchmark scores suggest."
Fidelity of Medical Reasoning in Large Language Models
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether the performance of large language models on medical benchmarks reflects logical reasoning or pattern recognition.
jamanetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Understatement du jour
"A system dropping from 80% to 42% accuracy when confronted with a pattern disruption would be unreliable in clinical settings, where novel presentations are common. The results suggest that these systems are more brittle than their benchmark scores suggest."
"A system dropping from 80% to 42% accuracy when confronted with a pattern disruption would be unreliable in clinical settings, where novel presentations are common. The results suggest that these systems are more brittle than their benchmark scores suggest."
If you're in Lisbon, Nimas is doing a Kubrick cycle this month.
Saturday I took my son to watch Paths of Glory. It has not lost any of its impact.
Here's David Simon commenting on the movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9K...
Saturday I took my son to watch Paths of Glory. It has not lost any of its impact.
Here's David Simon commenting on the movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9K...
Under the Influence: David Simon on PATHS OF GLORY
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you're in Lisbon, Nimas is doing a Kubrick cycle this month.
Saturday I took my son to watch Paths of Glory. It has not lost any of its impact.
Here's David Simon commenting on the movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9K...
Saturday I took my son to watch Paths of Glory. It has not lost any of its impact.
Here's David Simon commenting on the movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR9K...
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Chromatin remodeler Chd7 regulates reactive astrogliosis after ischemic stroke
Chromatin remodeler Chd7 regulates reactive astrogliosis after ischemic stroke
Nagao et al. show that Chd7 orchestrates post-stroke reactive astrogliosis by partnering with Sox2 or Atf4 to regulate transcription of Trib3, C3ar1, and Malt1. Astrocyte-specific Chd7 deletion suppresses astrocyte proliferation and neuroinflammation, reduces lesion volume and astrocytic scarring, and improves motor recovery, indicating that Chd7-dependent transcriptional regulation underlies stroke-induced gliosis.
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chromatin remodeler Chd7 regulates reactive astrogliosis after ischemic stroke
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Precisely.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Precisely.
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Number of times the University IT department has bought useless software solutions: too many to count. Number of times the University IT department has asked faculty what we want and need: zero. Number of times the University IT department responds when faculty complain: also zero.
a man sitting in front of a dell monitor
ALT: a man sitting in front of a dell monitor
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Number of times the University IT department has bought useless software solutions: too many to count. Number of times the University IT department has asked faculty what we want and need: zero. Number of times the University IT department responds when faculty complain: also zero.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.