Etche_homo
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Co-director of MoPED (Mechanisms of Paracrine & Endocrine Disorders) lab in Marseille 🇫🇷 on cell signaling & determination of self & beyond during neural crest differentiation. Personal account.
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a man in a grey cardigan is dancing with the words anxiety keeping hope alive !
Alt: A bald, smiling black man in a grey cardigan is dancing, batting away the words "anxiety", "negativity", "drama", "bad vibes" and subtitled, "keeping hope alive" !
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Tell me about your scientific long shots that worked out, please. It's morose and too-short November, it'll pass; I'm taking next week off, but need to be more productive in the remaining days & am feeling demotivated by long-term rejection and criticism from all quarters. Share hope, please.
"Her last trip to China was in 2013, and by 2018 she had long stopped talking to her friends in the region for their own safety. By then, she says, it had become clear that a system of state- imposed forced labour was happening in internment camps all over the region."
Even taking into account the revelation that Professor Murphy's research on repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang region of China had been muted, the failure to recognise basic legislative parameters of the NSA 2023, or indeed any form of complicity in HSA, is mind-boggling.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"Her last trip to China was in 2013, and by 2018 she had long stopped talking to her friends in the region for their own safety. By then, she says, it had become clear that a system of state- imposed forced labour was happening in internment camps all over the region."
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Hattie Scott Peterson (1913–1993) is the first known African American woman allowed to gain a degree in civil engineering, and the first woman to join the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1954.
She worked on flood risk reduction, and advocated for women in engineering and women's rights.
#WomenInSTEM
She worked on flood risk reduction, and advocated for women in engineering and women's rights.
#WomenInSTEM
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I supposed we don't need to see more horror, but I feel it is a moral obligation in my relative comfort to not look away.
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of...
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I supposed we don't need to see more horror, but I feel it is a moral obligation in my relative comfort to not look away.
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
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Good piece.
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
Meet the peace activist who persuaded France's Macron to recognize a Palestinian state
Israeli-French peace activist Ofer Bronchtein helped shape President Emmanuel Macron's plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations this year. Here's how he did it.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Good piece.
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
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Already have a copy (that apparently subsidized the publisher, not the author 😑) but I do recommend it.
I'll also send one of these and a print entirely for free to one person who reposts this.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
I know people love this book and I will not let it be lost.
I will not let my ex-publishers, who ran off with £20,000+ of my combined earnings from it and six other books, win.
Many thanks for any shares.
If you would like a signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback for RRP + P&P, I have a fabulous selection of art by my mum, Jo, which I'm sending out for free (one linoprint with each book). Let me know your address via [email protected] while stocks last.
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Already have a copy (that apparently subsidized the publisher, not the author 😑) but I do recommend it.
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She talks about how she was just trying to warn her neighbours that ICE was in the area.
She says she’s a survivor.
This is courage.
It’s also a reminder that DHS will lie to protect its thugs.
Kash Patel still hasn’t removed a tweet that blames Martinez for getting shot.
She says she’s a survivor.
This is courage.
It’s also a reminder that DHS will lie to protect its thugs.
Kash Patel still hasn’t removed a tweet that blames Martinez for getting shot.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
She talks about how she was just trying to warn her neighbours that ICE was in the area.
She says she’s a survivor.
This is courage.
It’s also a reminder that DHS will lie to protect its thugs.
Kash Patel still hasn’t removed a tweet that blames Martinez for getting shot.
She says she’s a survivor.
This is courage.
It’s also a reminder that DHS will lie to protect its thugs.
Kash Patel still hasn’t removed a tweet that blames Martinez for getting shot.
Pretty sure this article could've been written about most countries in some sense or another. This is the direct result of wealth inequality worldwide.
www.iranintl.com/en/202511213...
www.iranintl.com/en/202511213...
The Iran that never trends
The Iran projected on social media these days—brunch parties, rooftop concerts, fashion shows—is real, but only as a tiny fragment of the country’s reality, where most ordinary people struggle to make...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Pretty sure this article could've been written about most countries in some sense or another. This is the direct result of wealth inequality worldwide.
www.iranintl.com/en/202511213...
www.iranintl.com/en/202511213...
Never thought the day would come when I could be proud of not shelling out $10 to be up on the latest lurid gossip someone put out about themselves and others as a moneymaker. I mean, with ALL the books in the world...?!
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Never thought the day would come when I could be proud of not shelling out $10 to be up on the latest lurid gossip someone put out about themselves and others as a moneymaker. I mean, with ALL the books in the world...?!
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[Appel à témoins] Si vous êtes étudiant à la fac, ailleurs qu'à Paris intra-muros, et que vous êtes d'accord pour me parler de votre fac (condition d'études, bâtiments, etc.) 👉 [email protected] ou par DM ici
Comme d'hab', si vous n'êtes pas concerné, merci de relayer <3
Comme d'hab', si vous n'êtes pas concerné, merci de relayer <3
September 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
[Appel à témoins] Si vous êtes étudiant à la fac, ailleurs qu'à Paris intra-muros, et que vous êtes d'accord pour me parler de votre fac (condition d'études, bâtiments, etc.) 👉 [email protected] ou par DM ici
Comme d'hab', si vous n'êtes pas concerné, merci de relayer <3
Comme d'hab', si vous n'êtes pas concerné, merci de relayer <3
“Wealth inequalities have a forward momentum, as compound interest increases fortunes and, in the absence of effective inheritance taxes, [>$70tn] wealth is handed down from one generation to another, undermining social mobility and economic efficiency”
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn
Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
“Wealth inequalities have a forward momentum, as compound interest increases fortunes and, in the absence of effective inheritance taxes, [>$70tn] wealth is handed down from one generation to another, undermining social mobility and economic efficiency”
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
This post is all about being a scientist 😂
Write. Edit. Submit. Get Rejected.
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Rinse. Repeat.
Sometimes, get accepted.
(When in Doubt. Write a new Story)
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This post is all about being a scientist 😂
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This will read as sour grapes, but truly the Matthew effect is alive & well. One must wonder about the full nature of the entertainment, too. Meanwhile, scientist attention is being bought to this day by CZI, hopefully for good but so easily derailed by influence.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
![On Dec. 6, 2013, at 12:32 am, Neil Gershenfeld wrote [to Jeffrey Epstein]: Co firming lunch noon Friday at my office E15-401. Sunglasses and beach balls optional, hopefully this will be a warm-up for meeting in more entertaining venues.
HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029209](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7p36w6wazbdkb3yr4bwycd7b/bafkreibqazkejw5s4gkhk52xctbxfbhfovdihzwpa6punyjfwoijgtuoo4@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This will read as sour grapes, but truly the Matthew effect is alive & well. One must wonder about the full nature of the entertainment, too. Meanwhile, scientist attention is being bought to this day by CZI, hopefully for good but so easily derailed by influence.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Setti Warren was a vet, mayor, FEMA & White House official, Harvard Kennedy School mentor, teacher, & leader. Seeing Setti on campus in his military jacket sent a message: you can serve America on a battlefield & on a campus with an equal love of country. Setti will be missed.
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Setti Warren was a vet, mayor, FEMA & White House official, Harvard Kennedy School mentor, teacher, & leader. Seeing Setti on campus in his military jacket sent a message: you can serve America on a battlefield & on a campus with an equal love of country. Setti will be missed.
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Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
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NEW: Not long after Earth formed, it received a giant sucker punch when an object named Theia crashed into it, unleashing debris that made the Moon. But where did Theia come from—the outer solar system?
Nope. The Moon-making impact was an inside job.
Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
Nope. The Moon-making impact was an inside job.
Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
The Moon Was an Inside Job
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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These poisonous men are intentionally setting out to sicken a population of hundreds of millions.
Wpost editorial board: RFK Jr. contaminates the CDC website wapo.st/3Xaqlyr
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
These poisonous men are intentionally setting out to sicken a population of hundreds of millions.
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"After more than a decade of unspeakable & unending violence, the challenge in Syria is no longer finding mass graves. A monthslong investigation by @wsj.com revealed the country is awash in them."
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Bodies Keep Turning Up in Syria, Haunting New Leaders
In the months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians have continued to discover large-scale burial sites, sometimes by chance.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"After more than a decade of unspeakable & unending violence, the challenge in Syria is no longer finding mass graves. A monthslong investigation by @wsj.com revealed the country is awash in them."
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
A very good write-up of a complex subject., from a Nobel prize-winner's lab.
“These experiments are based on mouse models, and any direct application to human anxiety disorders requires further investigation." 👏🧪
“These experiments are based on mouse models, and any direct application to human anxiety disorders requires further investigation." 👏🧪
Researchers find the “gas pedal” and “brake” for anxiety, and they aren’t neurons
Researchers find the “gas pedal” and “brake” for anxiety, and they aren’t neurons
Researchers have identified specific immune cells, not neurons, as a direct cause of chronic anxiety and compulsive grooming in mice. The discovery points to the brain's immune system as a key regulator of these complex behaviors.
www.psypost.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A very good write-up of a complex subject., from a Nobel prize-winner's lab.
“These experiments are based on mouse models, and any direct application to human anxiety disorders requires further investigation." 👏🧪
“These experiments are based on mouse models, and any direct application to human anxiety disorders requires further investigation." 👏🧪
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okay, friends, let's do something community-oriented and helpful. #sblaar25 veterans, drop your best conference advice for first-time attendees. be sure to signal boost so folks across bluesky can add on/peruse.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
okay, friends, let's do something community-oriented and helpful. #sblaar25 veterans, drop your best conference advice for first-time attendees. be sure to signal boost so folks across bluesky can add on/peruse.
@deevybee.bsky.social and colleagues are rockstars for putting this together for international public service. 👏🧪🙌
New Neuron paper by Mitchell, Dahly, Bishop tears apart the “autism is caused by the microbiome” story. Tiny n, noisy 16S, contradictory taxa, vague “dysbiosis”. It reads like an autopsy of a hype bubble.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@deevybee.bsky.social and colleagues are rockstars for putting this together for international public service. 👏🧪🙌
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Almost a year on, and the people of Georgia refuse to stop protesting for democracy
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
Day 355 of #GeorgiaProtests
People marched for hours. The police gave up, they were too lazy to follow around (not that they decide anything on their own, but still).
📷 MOSE
People marched for hours. The police gave up, they were too lazy to follow around (not that they decide anything on their own, but still).
📷 MOSE
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Almost a year on, and the people of Georgia refuse to stop protesting for democracy
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
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...through shame, intimidation, threats, discrediting, the obscene legal instrument known as a nondisclosure agreement and a system too often run by men for men at the expense of women and children.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
...through shame, intimidation, threats, discrediting, the obscene legal instrument known as a nondisclosure agreement and a system too often run by men for men at the expense of women and children.
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Gov budget analyst here: yes! We subsidize multibillion $ companies because they refuse to pay their employees enough to afford food or health insurance. 60% of Walmart employees qualify for SNAP! They make billions in PROFIT annually and yet have to be subsidized by taxpayers so employees can eat.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Gov budget analyst here: yes! We subsidize multibillion $ companies because they refuse to pay their employees enough to afford food or health insurance. 60% of Walmart employees qualify for SNAP! They make billions in PROFIT annually and yet have to be subsidized by taxpayers so employees can eat.
Added by author in comments: "The capacity of AI lovers to manipulate and radicalize through conversations their creators fundamentally cannot control is almost impossible to overstate, in addition to data privacy concerns." Onus of harmlessness should be on companies rushing to exploit us.
Excellent article! And excellent advice to regulate generative AI the same way we would any addictive drug with real risks of psychological harm.
Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Added by author in comments: "The capacity of AI lovers to manipulate and radicalize through conversations their creators fundamentally cannot control is almost impossible to overstate, in addition to data privacy concerns." Onus of harmlessness should be on companies rushing to exploit us.