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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 11d

Bunch of fucking worthless trolls, the lot of them. Probably too afraid they might accidentally vote to release some files.

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Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · 11d

I went searching for Republicans in the Capitol. Turns out they’re not in Washington to keep the government open or protect your health care.

Republicans are no where to be found to keep the government open or protect health care!

YouTube video by Congresswoman Sarah McBride

www.youtube.com

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 16d

a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a wig and making a funny face .

ALT: a man with a mullet and a mustache is wearing a wig and making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 16d

Couldn't make it, was teaching. The Prez should like that since she has been, shall we say, less than committed to a robust research presence

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 16d

Angry upvote!

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 16d

Unfortunately, not surprised

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thecollegeatelier.bsky.social @thecollegeatelier.bsky.social · 19d

(2/2) and just a reminder that for parents who want their kids to hear tunes of other eras, WFUV, WXPN, WBJB, WFMU, and my all time fav, WPRB - these are just a handful of stations that bring the eclectic to all of us FOR FREE and they need all of our help. Donate any dollars you can.

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 20d

@wxpnfm.bsky.social Thanks for making a space where artist like Zinadelphia, Michigander, Tune Yards, and Emily Drinker hang out to listen along with the fans. Got to tell all of them that they rocked!

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 20d

Hey @wxpnfm.bsky.social How about marking the early entrance gate for #xpnfest clearly! We ended up way further back in the general admission line because it wasn't. WTF?

Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 21d

I am a scientist, through and through, but there can be room for more than that. Especially in these times in this place. Thank you @wxpnfm.bsky.social for making #xpnfest happen and bringing some joy.

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 21d

I cannot understand how you voted in favor of the Kirk bill. He wanted trans people off the streets, as do some of your colleagues. I don't understand what you hoped to accomplish here. See Chamberlain prior to WWII for context. Appeasement does not work.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · 22d

An annual tradition of touching grass with great music. @wxpnfm.bsky.social #xpnfest

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · Sep 11

When Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target and harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he meant it in the same way creationists talk about "teaching the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and promote propaganda.

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just so this doesn't get lost, as it disappeared pretty quickly.
www.mprnews.org/crime-law-an...

Minnesota lawmaker shootings

Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were fatally shot on June 14, 2025, in their Brooklyn Park home, and Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, were wou...

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · Sep 9

New Mexico setting the standard! Love my home state 🫶🏽

KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · Sep 9

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

www.krqe.com

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Kit Marie Rackley MCCT (Geogramblings) @geogramblings.com · Aug 30

This is brilliant, and we all need to give this our full support.

Climate.us @climate.us · Aug 30

Thanks to the Guardian for covering our efforts.
Read more here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Follow us, support the mission, and help keep climate truth alive.

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Thalia, PhD @thalia.bsky.social · Aug 25

I cannot fully put into words what publishing this Review has meant to me, so I leave you with how we closed the paper.

"The humble bacterium is still a relevant tool for the study of the underlying mechanisms that are conserved throughout life."

🧪🧫🧬📚
doi.org/10.1093/gene...

The nature of mutation: a legacy of bacterial genetics

Abstract. A central question in the fields of genetics and evolution was the nature and origin of spontaneous mutation. Bacterial genetic experiments throu

doi.org

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Matthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · Aug 17

My alma mater is hiring a microbiologist! Assistant/Associate Prof. 👇👇

Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School in Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston

Apply for Assistant/Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - McGovern Medical School job with UTHealth Houston in Texas, United States. Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston

careers.uth.tmc.edu

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 17

If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear

Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Yeah, because ethics schmethics amirite? The looks I got for suggesting that Pharmaceutical Science students take an ethics seminar on drug pricing and accessibility. Whoof.

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Tom Hanson @hansonlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

That's hilarious!

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Aug 12

First, they came for our DEI grants & we were advised to keep our grants "clean" of DEI words.

Then, they came for Harvard & many thought this was an elitist problem.

Now they are demanding that a PUBLIC university (UCLA) pay a BILLION DOLLARS.

We need to pay more attention to that damn poem.

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · Aug 13

Copies of my new book are here! Pre-order yours so you don't forget 👉 www.amazon.com/Olivers-Grea...

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · Aug 8

Cool study on aerotolerant methanogens! Options they might protect themselves from O2 include biofilm formation in response to O2 exposure and antioxidants (F420-H2-oxidases, rubredoxins, thioredoxins, and peroxiredoxins). This opens up a vareity of new possible habitats for methanogens.

Amelia Rotaru @ameliarotaru.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check this nice first first-author paper by Ning Hall—now out in Nature Geoscience! Our team had a blast supporting Ning on the isolation workflow, and a few of the standout Methanococcoides strains even trace back to our Danish waters. 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Coastal methane emissions driven by aerotolerant methanogens using seaweed and seagrass metabolites - Nature Geoscience

Experiments suggest aerotolerant archaea produce methane in the surface layers of coastal sandy sediments and that this activity is driven by seaweed and seagrass metabolites.

www.nature.com

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