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Killian Campbell
@kdc509.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Selmecki Lab
Microbial evolution and drug resistance
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z-KToTMAAAAJ&hl=en
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Excited for this new preprint from former postdoc @caitlinkowa.bsky.social identifying unexpected functions for the bacterial stringent response in antimicrobial fatty acid susceptibility in S. aureus #microsky
www.biorxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
New work from the Barber lab crew ft yours truly 😉

Congratulations to new prof @caitlinkowa.bsky.social for driving this impressive project and roping me in to contribute

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.

Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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How does the strength of genetic drift evolve over long times?

New preprint out 👇

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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New lab preprint! Andrew Frando, Bobby Parsek, and Graham Roberts describe how components of the quinolone quorum sensing circuit of P. aeruginosa interact in competition with another Gram-negative bacterium, S. maltophilia -- it's a three-component AND logic gate.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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This is better than nothing. Good fucking riddance to the micro nazi. Let's hope Noem and Miller are next. Keep calling your politicians. They are clearly feeling the pressure.

Goodnight

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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They were not, in fact, greeted as liberators.
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Damn proud of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Signs that you might live in a police state, albeit one where civil society is still strong
Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Nature story about the appropriations "minibus" bill and NIH

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

1/4
US Congress set to reject Trump’s sweeping science budget cuts
Lawmakers announce legislation that would actually increase funding for basic research by more than 2%.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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The Times went to non urban Minnesota to ask people why they dislike urban Minneapolis. If someone were to ask me to teach a journalism school course on helicopter reporting, this story - so cliche it’s almost hard to believe they really did this - would immediately go on the syllabus.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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I’m doing a fundraiser again this year for Oregon Adaptive Sports.

Donations help raise funds that support adaptive equipment, instructors, transportation, and scholarships so everyone can access outdoor recreation year-round.

Donate here:
oregonadaptivesports.rallybound.org/ski-for-all/...
James's Fundraising Page at Ski for All
oregonadaptivesports.rallybound.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.

WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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The president of the United States is extorting the Federal Reserve Board Chairman by threatening criminal prosecution if he doesn't lower interest rates.

DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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[transition glasses fade to black]
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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"If this is 'the greatest economy in the history of our country,' as Donald Trump recently insisted, why has job growth slowed to a 16-year low?"

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
U.S. job market ends a woeful year on another discouraging note
If this is “the greatest economy in the history of our country,” as Donald Trump recently insisted, why has job growth slowed to a 16-year low?
www.ms.now
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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Looking back, everyone will one day realize that all that woke stuff was right. Unfortunately, being right won’t erase the suffering.
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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FINALLY
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM