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DDunn

@ddunn1234.bsky.social

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Retired ID nurse practitioner, grandma, wife, mom. Here for gardens,books, dogs, nature,flowers, birds,art,science, movies, some politics,baking, quilting. Walker. 🖤💛Steelers, Pirates, Pens and some Philadelphia sports. #AT40 and #FlowerReport fan. Yinzer.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 10h

“October is the month of painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.”
-H.D.Thoreau

Beautiful! Thx.

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 12h

@GOP has had over a decade to come up with an alternative.

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 12h

“Nonprofit R&D organizations will continue to play a key role, but will have to evolve, extend their geographical footprint, and work with partners and emerging innovation actors including biotechs, academic research institutions, and public and private pharmaceutical actors. .”

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) @dndi.org · 20h

‘What is already an innovation gap could become an innovation chasm.’

Large pharma companies withdrawing from R&D for infectious disease therapeutics has a growing impact on non-profit medical research orgs like DNDi, writes our R&D director in @statnews.com.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pharma’s shift away from infectious disease research could spell disaster for the world’s poorest people

The number of “innovation champions” in the pharma industry working on infectious diseases is dropping — and that’s troubling, writes R&D director for Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 13h

Figures. 🫤

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 1d

#RoseWednesday
Our climber has one rose left.

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 1d

#RoseWednesday

Anthony31 @anthony31.bsky.social · 2d

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

- Hans Christian Andersen.🌱

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

Finding somatic mutations in healthy tissue that can lead to cancer, at scale. Yet another path to primary prevention
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 1d

#The #Library is a magical place.

ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

We were at the American Library Association Conference this summer talking with librarians about the importance of everyone having access to books that represent all kinds of different backgrounds and experiences.

Thank you to every librarian working to defend our right to read.

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 1d

#Wordle 1,572 5/6

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It’s afive

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 1d

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings 🎶
Morning walk view. #Fall

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 2d

This guy brought a bit of hope to #Yankee fans tonight with a 3 run homer to tie it in the 6th. #MLB

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 3d

“In dusty pods the milkweed
It’s hidden silk has spun”
- Helen Hunt Jackson
#Autumn

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 4d

#Wordle 1,569 4/6

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Fourtune teller

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 4d

#FlowerReport on a beautiful fall morning. Milkweed, a lingering rose, my neighbor’s chrysanthemums, zinnias.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 4d

If you did not vote there really is no excuse. Forty percent of eligible voters did not participate in the 2024 presidential election! Encourage people to register and to get out and #VOTE . . for Democrats. The act of voting = change. 💙 🇺🇸

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 5d

Lucky you! I did not see hat show. #AT40

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 5d

Glad you had nice weather. Chicago is one of my favorite cities to visit.

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 5d

I went to Beaver Area Sr. High. I think we were AA in the ‘70s so doubt we ever played Mt. Lebo. ( I can’t remember 😬) #AT40

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 5d

“Knockin’ on Heavens Door” One of my favorite Dylan tunes. The older I get the more the lyrics resonate. #AT40

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 5d

It’s back to fall 1973 for #AT40! It was my junior year and Friday Night Lights was a thing in western Pennsylvania. We had school dances following home games. Fun memories. 🏈 🍂

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 6d

How did I not see this?! Happy birthday @porpster.bsky.social you make #AT40 fun.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 6d

#FlowersOnFriday
More #Fall colors!

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Whether you're a back, side or stomach sleeper, medical professionals explain how to position your body to guard against neck cricks, shoulder aches and other body pain and soreness.

Want fewer morning aches? You might need to change the way you sleep

Whether you're a back, side or stomach sleeper, medical professionals explain how to position your body to guard against neck cricks, shoulder aches and other body pain and soreness.

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DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 7d

I always liked the cover photo: Paul McCartney, his wife Linda McCartney, Wings guitarist Denny Laine, and six other celebrities: actor James Coburn, actors Christopher Lee and Kenny Lynch, journalist Michael Parkinson, writer Clement Freud, and boxer John Conteh. #AT40

DDunn @ddunn1234.bsky.social · 7d

Oh very young - That’s what we were in 1974. #AT40. 🐈

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