Donovan P. German
@dgerman.bsky.social
Professor, at a University in CA. Nutritional physiologist, anything having to do with guts, including the microbiome. Mostly in marine systems. Bassist. Rock+Funk. Gators fan. Posts are my own.
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There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
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It’s an evergreen joke.
I was just awarded the Peabody from "Allison's Peabody Awards" to be presented in my second bedroom which doubles as a podcast studio. I just want to thank all the wonderful competitors of which there were none, and the amazing judges which are me and my cats. GREAT HONOR!
lol
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It’s an evergreen joke.
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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All it would have taken to release the Epstein files was a quick, barely coherent angry post on social media from Trump. Instead, we got every delay tactic they could think of. That says it all.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
All it would have taken to release the Epstein files was a quick, barely coherent angry post on social media from Trump. Instead, we got every delay tactic they could think of. That says it all.
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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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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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NOAA's #OceanAcidification Program is funding 6 new awards to help U.S. coastal communities adapt to ocean acidification.
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Developing tools for resiliency planning in Southeast Alaska - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
This project provides tools communities and decision makers in Southeast Alaska can use for assessing vulnerability and resilience to ocean acidification and inform adaptive strategies.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
NOAA's #OceanAcidification Program is funding 6 new awards to help U.S. coastal communities adapt to ocean acidification.
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
Check out the project in Lingít Aaní, southeast Alaska. #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-proje...
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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FYI: the EXAMPLE of what a war crime is in the DoD Law of War manual is EXACTLY what Hegseth did. bsky.app/profile/jjin...
⚖️ DoD Law of War Manual, page 1075:
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
FYI: the EXAMPLE of what a war crime is in the DoD Law of War manual is EXACTLY what Hegseth did. bsky.app/profile/jjin...
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I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor.
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
“This research is important for the conservation and Management of Sharks”: A proposed framework for ensuring that this is actually true
Many scientists want their research to inform policy and help manage endangered species, but many common research practices hinder potential policy relevance. The results of our survey provide advice...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor.
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
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(1.3) This is the face of a killer. Secretary of State @marcorubio knows him well as he is the Parkland school shooter and the person who killed my daughter. HE WAS AMERICAN. He was also a Trump enthusiast. One week after the shooting in 2018, I challenged Rubio to stop looking elsewhere and to
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
(1.3) This is the face of a killer. Secretary of State @marcorubio knows him well as he is the Parkland school shooter and the person who killed my daughter. HE WAS AMERICAN. He was also a Trump enthusiast. One week after the shooting in 2018, I challenged Rubio to stop looking elsewhere and to
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Starting //// going
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Starting //// going
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All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.
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#Throwback 🧪
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics - Nature Metabolism
Pathway analysis, originally developed for gene expression data, has been adapted for metabolomics. However, owing to the unique characteristics and constraints of metabolites compared with genes, pathway analysis in metabolomics often yields misleading or nonsensical results.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Throwback 🧪
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
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One-day-old transgenic zebrafish embryo. Credit to Dr. Kazuhide Shaun Okuda. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
One-day-old transgenic zebrafish embryo. Credit to Dr. Kazuhide Shaun Okuda. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
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The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a weird & wonderful bird, native to the Orinoco & Amazon basins in South America, where it lives in trees overhanging rivers & marshes.
It has a striking look reminiscent of fossil birds like Archaeopteryx, but is more closely related to cranes & plovers.
It has a striking look reminiscent of fossil birds like Archaeopteryx, but is more closely related to cranes & plovers.
April 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a weird & wonderful bird, native to the Orinoco & Amazon basins in South America, where it lives in trees overhanging rivers & marshes.
It has a striking look reminiscent of fossil birds like Archaeopteryx, but is more closely related to cranes & plovers.
It has a striking look reminiscent of fossil birds like Archaeopteryx, but is more closely related to cranes & plovers.
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
“It’s clearly an open-door journal that takes almost anything. It’s what I call a mega-journal, that is, a mega-business.” english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
english.elpais.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“It’s clearly an open-door journal that takes almost anything. It’s what I call a mega-journal, that is, a mega-business.” english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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Here’s a real-life riddle: which underwater creature has evolved progesterone receptors in one of its specialized arms, and uses that specialized arm to locate its targets and deliver sperm, even in total darkness? www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #evolution #marinebiology
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Here’s a real-life riddle: which underwater creature has evolved progesterone receptors in one of its specialized arms, and uses that specialized arm to locate its targets and deliver sperm, even in total darkness? www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #evolution #marinebiology
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“There were some cells in there that were very messed up”
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
In a technological tour-de-force, researchers have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 individual cells from one 74-year-old man
go.nature.com/4rvXH8Y
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Nature - Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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