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Trudy G. Oliver

@tgoliver.bsky.social

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Cancer Bio—opinions, mine-o! Animal/nature lover—childless, cat mother. Sarah Cooper AND Samantha Power liked my Tweet! Notice my dope A beat?!?!? Professor@Duke, please take a look—>views are not my employers 🏳️‍🌈💪🏿💜🧫🧬

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 23d

Super pleased to announce our latest suggesting the cell of origin for #SCLC is most likely the basal cell @nature.com, not the accepted neuroendocrine cell. Implications for the earliest events in cancer, & providing new models of tuft-like cancer.
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Basal cell of origin resolves neuroendocrine–tuft lineage plasticity in cancer

Nature - Basal cells, rather than neuroendocrine cells, have been identified as the probable origin of small cell lung cancer and other neuroendocrine–tuft cancers, explaining...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22h

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20h

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise & resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk & remind us freedom must never be taken for granted.”

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Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 17h

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap.

www.nytimes.com

Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 18h

So proud to be an #MIT alum today. 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 1d

Did they sign the letter? Was it “Jeanie Uss”?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 8d

This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

But remember they said climate change is a hoax and refuse to fund research helping us prepare for it.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

She called it. The media blew it by letting a serial liar off the hook

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 9d

All across the country, as faculty rights and freedoms are under attack, @aaup.org is really stepping into the breach. If you teach in higher ed and aren't a member, please consider joining.

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 9d

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

PETE: “Blowing up boats off the coast of Venezuela, renaming the DOD the Department of War… Trump came in saying he’s peace guy, but he’s posting ‘Apocalypse Now’ memes about making war on Chicago. He’s not exactly a peacenik.”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9d

There was no characterization. That’s what he said.

But this is Speaker Johnson. Too scared to speak with integrity. Too weak to lead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 9d

Should be required for Americans:

youtu.be/hlS5um3WJqg?...

Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah they changed the rules of the game mid-way through the race creating a new payline. Causing many of us who counted on fundable grants to have to start over, resubmit, and wait over a year to try again.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 10d

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

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

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

www.nature.com

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