Mark Huising
@huisinglab.bsky.social
Prof@UCDavis, Islet researcher, teacher of physiology and immunology, runner. Climate advocate and active transportation proponent. Cargobike Dad. Views mine.
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The hard truth: If this Council fails to pass Universal Daylighting or passes a watered down version, kids will die, and it will be entirely Adrienne Adams' fault.
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The hard truth: If this Council fails to pass Universal Daylighting or passes a watered down version, kids will die, and it will be entirely Adrienne Adams' fault.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Enjoy another honest government ad from @thejuicemedia.com 🎯 youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Enjoy another honest government ad from @thejuicemedia.com 🎯 youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
My 4th grader at a packed City Council last night asked for a safe bike/ped overpass over a busy road to connect a new development instead of needing to wait up to 2.5 minutes at a light as planned. He then asked everyone to wait with him for the duration of his comment to share how long that is.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My 4th grader at a packed City Council last night asked for a safe bike/ped overpass over a busy road to connect a new development instead of needing to wait up to 2.5 minutes at a light as planned. He then asked everyone to wait with him for the duration of his comment to share how long that is.
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“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Many would even contribute 1% of their income to make that happen, even tho people vastly underestimate their peers’ desire for change. Members of this “silent majority” come from all walks of life…”’
‘I worry about the future of my daughter’: the ‘silent majority’ who care about the climate crisis
Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Many would even contribute 1% of their income to make that happen, even tho people vastly underestimate their peers’ desire for change. Members of this “silent majority” come from all walks of life…”’
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Some great & important news out of the Netherlands:
“Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders [who controlled the last coalition government before it collapsed]. A center-left party was poised to become the country’s largest political party, according to exit polls.”
“Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders [who controlled the last coalition government before it collapsed]. A center-left party was poised to become the country’s largest political party, according to exit polls.”
Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Some great & important news out of the Netherlands:
“Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders [who controlled the last coalition government before it collapsed]. A center-left party was poised to become the country’s largest political party, according to exit polls.”
“Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders [who controlled the last coalition government before it collapsed]. A center-left party was poised to become the country’s largest political party, according to exit polls.”
Dropping off kid to a play date - it may rain so whipped out the rain cover for the first time this season.
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Dropping off kid to a play date - it may rain so whipped out the rain cover for the first time this season.
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One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biked a #bikebus to the Davis Varsity Theater to watch a free movie today with 120 Davis elementary school kids from 3 different schools). Such a blast - thankful to mayor @bapuvaitla.bsky.social for biking with us to encouraging kids to bike more and to Bike Davis for sponsoring. So much fun!!!
October 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Biked a #bikebus to the Davis Varsity Theater to watch a free movie today with 120 Davis elementary school kids from 3 different schools). Such a blast - thankful to mayor @bapuvaitla.bsky.social for biking with us to encouraging kids to bike more and to Bike Davis for sponsoring. So much fun!!!
Posting for no particular reason at all.
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Posting for no particular reason at all.
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Newsom just signed an excellent law that will help fund the widespread transition from natural gas boilers to industrial heat pumps.
Now sign SB79, Gavin.
Now sign SB79, Gavin.
California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air
AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies
earthjustice.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Newsom just signed an excellent law that will help fund the widespread transition from natural gas boilers to industrial heat pumps.
Now sign SB79, Gavin.
Now sign SB79, Gavin.
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A Newly Recognized Pathway Could Protect Diabetics from Hypoglycemia @huisinglab.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/newly-r...
Newly Recognized Pathway Could Protect Diabetics from Hypoglycemia
A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar. Understanding these feedback loops could improve the lives of people with diabe...
www.ucdavis.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A Newly Recognized Pathway Could Protect Diabetics from Hypoglycemia @huisinglab.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/newly-r...
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New work from @huisinglab.bsky.social at UC Davis shows how delta cells in pancreatic islets dampen insulin production and prevent a sudden drop in blood sugar. It could lead to new ways to help people with diabetes. www.ucdavis.edu/news/newly-r...
Newly Recognized Pathway Could Protect Diabetics from Hypoglycemia
A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar. Understanding these feedback loops could improve the lives of people with diabe...
www.ucdavis.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New work from @huisinglab.bsky.social at UC Davis shows how delta cells in pancreatic islets dampen insulin production and prevent a sudden drop in blood sugar. It could lead to new ways to help people with diabetes. www.ucdavis.edu/news/newly-r...
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🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022:
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022:
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
Very proud to see the main thesis work of the intrepid Dr. Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh come out in @pnas.org today! In this paper, Mohammad assesses how crosstalk between insulin-secreting beta and somatostatin-secreting delta cells in the islet actually happens, in near real-time. A quick thread 1/10
September 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Very proud to see the main thesis work of the intrepid Dr. Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh come out in @pnas.org today! In this paper, Mohammad assesses how crosstalk between insulin-secreting beta and somatostatin-secreting delta cells in the islet actually happens, in near real-time. A quick thread 1/10
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Yeah man they ain’t coming back. This is going to be one of the biggest foreign policy blunders of my lifetime, and it’s entirely possible that some guy at ICE ordered it not having any clue what he was doing. This is why we used to leave foreign affairs to sensitive nerds.
September 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yeah man they ain’t coming back. This is going to be one of the biggest foreign policy blunders of my lifetime, and it’s entirely possible that some guy at ICE ordered it not having any clue what he was doing. This is why we used to leave foreign affairs to sensitive nerds.
Biking to the pasta Feed of the Davis high school XC team to help feed some of the 150 athletes before their race. Great group of kids and fun event, despite slight delay as one of our bike's chain rattled off due to the terrible condition of the pavement of the once great Davis bike trail network.
September 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Biking to the pasta Feed of the Davis high school XC team to help feed some of the 150 athletes before their race. Great group of kids and fun event, despite slight delay as one of our bike's chain rattled off due to the terrible condition of the pavement of the once great Davis bike trail network.
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This matters a lot more than his tweets.
Massive Bay Area transit cuts likely as Newsom backtracks on $750M loan, lawmakers warn
Bay Area lawmakers and transit advocates say Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reneging on a critical $750 million loan will have devastating consequences for BART, Muni and other agencies in the region.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This matters a lot more than his tweets.
If your yard stick for success of a society is 'robotaxis' you have completely lost the plot. Not efficient affordable public transit, not universal health care, or a functioning democracy for that matter, no 'robotaxis'. JFC...
Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?
Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe
A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads
econ.st
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If your yard stick for success of a society is 'robotaxis' you have completely lost the plot. Not efficient affordable public transit, not universal health care, or a functioning democracy for that matter, no 'robotaxis'. JFC...
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Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts
Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?
www.nationalobserver.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
We used to have a colony of Mexican free-tailed bats in our attic, until we excluded them years ago. A handful keep coming back to feed around the house every summer night. This is from just a few weeks - imagine how many insects they devour to produce this much bat shit!
September 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We used to have a colony of Mexican free-tailed bats in our attic, until we excluded them years ago. A handful keep coming back to feed around the house every summer night. This is from just a few weeks - imagine how many insects they devour to produce this much bat shit!
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Of mice and men... 🧪
Work by postdoc Laura Reininger in collaboration with @huisinglab.bsky.social and Michelle Kimple. Differences in the regulation of insulin secretion by FFAR4 between mouse and human islets.
@crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by postdoc Laura Reininger in collaboration with @huisinglab.bsky.social and Michelle Kimple. Differences in the regulation of insulin secretion by FFAR4 between mouse and human islets.
@crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Free fatty acid receptor 4 agonists stimulate insulin secretion via different mechanisms in mouse versus human islets
The free fatty acid receptor FFAR4 is expressed in pancreatic islets, and its activation potentiates insulin and inhibits somatostatin (SST) secretion. We investigated the mechanisms of action of FFAR...
www.biorxiv.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Of mice and men... 🧪
Work by postdoc Laura Reininger in collaboration with @huisinglab.bsky.social and Michelle Kimple. Differences in the regulation of insulin secretion by FFAR4 between mouse and human islets.
@crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Work by postdoc Laura Reininger in collaboration with @huisinglab.bsky.social and Michelle Kimple. Differences in the regulation of insulin secretion by FFAR4 between mouse and human islets.
@crchum.bsky.social @umontreal-en.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today's garden bounty ;-)
August 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today's garden bounty ;-)