Quinn Eastman
@qeastman.bsky.social
Interested in sleep/neuroscience. Author of "The Woman Who Couldn't Wake Up." Technical editor/communications for Emory Dept of Human Genetics
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
Articles like this make me glad that @quantamagazine.bsky.social is around. Thanks @jakebuehler.bsky.social
Genome sequencing technology is introducing biologists to a world of quasi-life forms that they’ve never met before. @jakebuehler.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Articles like this make me glad that @quantamagazine.bsky.social is around. Thanks @jakebuehler.bsky.social
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The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.
Der #Forschungsausschuss des Bundestags tagt nicht mehr öffentlich — das war’s dann mit Tranzparenz wissenschaftspolitischen Handelns auf Bundesebene! Erschwert die Arbeit von Journalist_innen ebenso wie unsere für #IchBinHanna uvm. massiv. @wpk.bsky.social fordert in 1 offenen Brief, das zu ändern:
Offener Brief an die Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke zur Rückkehr der grundsätzlichen Öffentlichkeit der Sitzungen des Forschungsausschusses
An die Vorsitzenden der Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke
Berlin, 19.11.2025
Öffentlichkeit im Bundestagsausschuss für Forschung, Technologie, Raumfahrt und T...
wpk.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
Georgia congressman one of four Republicans running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against incumbent Jon Ossoff.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
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BREAKING: Stand up for Science endorses @aftynbehn.bsky.social (TN-07) for Congress. From speaking at our Nashville rally in March, to advocating for our health and hospitals, Behn is a fighter for science!
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
BREAKING: Stand up for Science endorses @aftynbehn.bsky.social (TN-07) for Congress. From speaking at our Nashville rally in March, to advocating for our health and hospitals, Behn is a fighter for science!
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
Spreading the word about @standupforscience.bsky.social at ATL Free Fair on Saturday. People really liked hearing about the Quack-o-Grams! www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Spreading the word about @standupforscience.bsky.social at ATL Free Fair on Saturday. People really liked hearing about the Quack-o-Grams! www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
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Starting my Monday morning with an email to Director Bhattacharya...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Starting my Monday morning with an email to Director Bhattacharya...
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On NPR's nationally syndicated radio program "All Things Considered," three SfN members speak about the funding and career challenges facing the neuroscience community.
🔗 vist.ly/4enax
#NeuroAdvocate #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence
🔗 vist.ly/4enax
#NeuroAdvocate #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence
Young brain researchers ponder other careers amid federal funding cuts
Cuts and disruptions to federal research funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
On NPR's nationally syndicated radio program "All Things Considered," three SfN members speak about the funding and career challenges facing the neuroscience community.
🔗 vist.ly/4enax
#NeuroAdvocate #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence
🔗 vist.ly/4enax
#NeuroAdvocate #SfN25 #neurosky #neuroskyence
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We're leveraging our flu human challenge study at Emory University. Participants will talk, sing, and cough into a modified version of our sampling tunnel described at www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1..., with and without far-UVC lamps. Bill Lindsley redesigned the tunnel.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We're leveraging our flu human challenge study at Emory University. Participants will talk, sing, and cough into a modified version of our sampling tunnel described at www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1..., with and without far-UVC lamps. Bill Lindsley redesigned the tunnel.
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE)
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
My daughter put Dawkins' The Selfish Gene on her Xmas wish list. Dawkins had some influential ideas back in the day but became a bit of a creep, so looking for alternatives/complements? #genetics #scicomm TSG has the advantage of being relatively short + easy to read, compared to Mukherjee
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Really great article by Dr. Craig Spencer who bravely attended the CHD anti-vaxxer meeting last week. He makes the case for the need for pro-vaccine public health practitioners to peek behind the curtain to understand the movement in order to better counter it.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
I’m a physician who went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. More of my colleagues should too
A pro-vaccine physician went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. He warns that public health must learn what it’s up against.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Really great article by Dr. Craig Spencer who bravely attended the CHD anti-vaxxer meeting last week. He makes the case for the need for pro-vaccine public health practitioners to peek behind the curtain to understand the movement in order to better counter it.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Hi, I'm Lauryn! I'm a baby librarian who got her MLIS (2025) at Urbana! I am disabled and write about my condition, idiopathic hypersomnia 💤
💚: Video Games, Anime, ⛳️, other nerd shit, gay shit, etc.
As a disclaimer, all skeets are my own thoughts and do not reflect anyone I work with
💚: Video Games, Anime, ⛳️, other nerd shit, gay shit, etc.
As a disclaimer, all skeets are my own thoughts and do not reflect anyone I work with
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hi, I'm Lauryn! I'm a baby librarian who got her MLIS (2025) at Urbana! I am disabled and write about my condition, idiopathic hypersomnia 💤
💚: Video Games, Anime, ⛳️, other nerd shit, gay shit, etc.
As a disclaimer, all skeets are my own thoughts and do not reflect anyone I work with
💚: Video Games, Anime, ⛳️, other nerd shit, gay shit, etc.
As a disclaimer, all skeets are my own thoughts and do not reflect anyone I work with
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The need for a global effort to attend to human neural organoid and assembloid research: A continuing international process is needed to monitor and advise this rapidly progressing field - Sergiu Pasca, Paola Arlotta, Philip Campbell et al., incl. our Jeremy Sugarman www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The need for a global effort to attend to human neural organoid and assembloid research
A continuing international process is needed to monitor and advise this rapidly progressing field
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The need for a global effort to attend to human neural organoid and assembloid research: A continuing international process is needed to monitor and advise this rapidly progressing field - Sergiu Pasca, Paola Arlotta, Philip Campbell et al., incl. our Jeremy Sugarman www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Just published! Pasca & Greely (1st, last, & corresponding authors) The Need for a Global Effort To Attend To Human Neural Organoid & Assembloid Research, SCIENCE 390(6773):574-577 (Nov. 6, 2025)
We think it's a big deal!
Other authors on next post-too many to fit.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We think it's a big deal!
Other authors on next post-too many to fit.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The need for a global effort to attend to human neural organoid and assembloid research
A continuing international process is needed to monitor and advise this rapidly progressing field
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just published! Pasca & Greely (1st, last, & corresponding authors) The Need for a Global Effort To Attend To Human Neural Organoid & Assembloid Research, SCIENCE 390(6773):574-577 (Nov. 6, 2025)
We think it's a big deal!
Other authors on next post-too many to fit.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We think it's a big deal!
Other authors on next post-too many to fit.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An interesting thing about @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social -- something that could have made it into KJW's story -- is that she is challenging a Democratic House member in the primary
I helped this lady get into politics in 2018, serving as her initial campaign manager. She is a PhD microbiologist, teaching future nurses at Emory University. Now, she is running for Congress after 8 good years in the GA state legislature. jasmine4ga.com
Homepage - Jasmine Clark for Georgia
Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark is a mom, microbiologist, and State Representative who found her passion for science and helping others at a young age. Inspired by her
jasmine4ga.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An interesting thing about @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social -- something that could have made it into KJW's story -- is that she is challenging a Democratic House member in the primary
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"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
foiaball.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
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From yesterday's rally calling for the impeachment of RFK, Jr.
www.dcnewsnow.com/video/hundre...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.dcnewsnow.com/video/hundre...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
From yesterday's rally calling for the impeachment of RFK, Jr.
www.dcnewsnow.com/video/hundre...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
www.dcnewsnow.com/video/hundre...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Interesting question for Peter Marks (former FDA official) during #vaccine confidence discussion @atlantanewsfirst.com @laurelbristow.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Interesting question for Peter Marks (former FDA official) during #vaccine confidence discussion @atlantanewsfirst.com @laurelbristow.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Circadian disruptions and their effects on health are well established. This study aims to understand #CD in comparison to different types of shift work in comparison to the employee's #biological night. academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Quantifying cumulative circadian disruption from shift work and associations with health outcomes in a large cohort of nurses
Statement of Significance In this study, we examined data from 42 119 nurses who worked over 11 million irregular shifts collectively (i.e. night, evening,
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Circadian disruptions and their effects on health are well established. This study aims to understand #CD in comparison to different types of shift work in comparison to the employee's #biological night. academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: