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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 20d

Nice conversation on sleep and cancer with Jeremy at CSHL. Check it out! youtu.be/AVtbl8OxeZU?...

Episode 3: Dr. Jeremy Borniger

YouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meet Michelle Monje from Stanford and hear about cancer neuroscience advances…https://youtube.com/watch?v=GItH3Uazn8I

Episode 2: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Monje

YouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great conversation with Erica Sloan about stress and cancer…https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJzPdzE65g

Episode 1: A Conversation with Dr. Erica Sloan

YouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News

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Matt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · Aug 18

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Sex differences in tissue-specific immunity and immunology

Biological sex exerts a substantial influence on the immune system and immune-related diseases. Males are more susceptible to the acute effects of viral disease and certain cancers, whereas females ex...

www.science.org

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Aug 12

Trump's wannabe dictator playbook:

1) Create fake emergency
2) Bypass Congress and public debate
3) Grab emergency powers
4) Repeat

(from June)
www.theframelab.org/trumps-fake-...

Trump’s Fake Emergencies Follow Authoritarian Playbook

Trump is using fake crises to grab power, echoing tactics of autocrats. Americans must recognize the pattern and resist.

www.theframelab.org

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sad: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump

International non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 29

As cold hearted as it gets...
bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/d...

A Rockville woman with developmental disabilities was laid off from NIH after 30 years. What’s next for her is uncertain.

Andrea Geller loved her job in the mailroom at NIH. But after she was laid off, she's struggling to find a job accommodating her disabilites.

bethesdamagazine.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 27

A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Jul 13

From “Auguries of Innocence”

Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

- William Blake

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jul 1

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

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mlf3430.bsky.social @mlf3430.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today, the United States is

No. 1 in billionaires

No. 1 in corporate profits

No. 1 in CEO salaries

No. 1 in childhood poverty

No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world."

- Bernie Sanders

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Jun 24

Sobering news on the health front in US: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes

The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.

www.nature.com

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Matt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · Jun 18

This GIF is pretty appropriate for what's happening...

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Jun 17

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

jamanetwork.com

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DEKidd @dekidd.bsky.social · Jun 17

RADIO FREE NEW HAMPSHIRE -- A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS.

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Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · Jun 15

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gdaddy48.bsky.social @gdaddy48.bsky.social · Jun 15

Good job for the good guys

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Jun 13

“NIH-funded basic science has contributed to the development of more than 90% of new medicines, vaccines, and devices.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

www.statnews.com

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Jun 5

Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.

We won. This is from my closing statement.

There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.