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Amy O'Connell

@aeo-mdphd.bsky.social

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Neonatologist, allergist/immunologist, pediatrician, scientist. 🏳️‍🌈 Lab director, Neonatal intestinal & immune Center for Exploration (http://NiiCE.org). Supporter of morality, empathy and humanity.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 6d

Today, I'm signing legislation to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter.

It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote.

And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · 7d

I am saddened at the passing of Jane Goodall from her earthly form.

First I thought “some goodness has left us today”

But nothing ever really goes away. it just changes. So I open myself to taking on some of that goodness, that energy to make the world better.

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t care which one they pick, just pick one though.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · 13d

Mar🐫 said it’s national schnauzer day. In honor, some pictures of my favorite schnauzers…

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13d

I can't thank you enough for the massive outpouring of well-wishes on this very special day.

🫶, Mar🐫

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Kirti Patel, MD @kirti.bsky.social · 15d

Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · 16d

Vaccine-triggered autism,
AKA fauxtism

Mark Lindsay @markelindsay.bsky.social · 16d

Settling for high fevers to avoid the autism

Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · 18d

Looks great!

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Annie Andrews, MD @drannieandrews.com · 19d

Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No.

Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 20d

Everyone with their head down "focusing on the science": Our grandchildren are going to ask us someday what we did in this moment to protect their rights - what will you say??

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21d

First Colbert, now Kimmel.

Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval.

Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Supreme Court just ruled this meme is constitutional.

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · Sep 7

Looking forward to FASEB GI epithelium meeting tomorrow! Hope to see some of you there!
#intestine #organoids

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Linda Barlow @bizzarlow.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please be aware!

I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s been anything with any sort of foreign involvement, usually if question 6(?) on form is clicked yes. I’ve had a several K99/R00 apps pulled last 2 rounds because they have a Foreign collab offer to help with data analysis or even just “mentoring” but they didn’t include the justification doc

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 31

Giraffes, long considered a single species, are in fact four. https://scim.ag/4n2po6f

Giraffes are four distinct species, major report confirms

The revised classification will help ensure different giraffe populations are adequately protected, conservationists say

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · Aug 31

Yeah, right? Lol

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Nny🔪 @homicidalkgs.bsky.social · Aug 30

Nature is healing

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KLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong @klab.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

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Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh man this is all just too much today.

Amy O'Connell @aeo-mdphd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Stellar work by NiiCE lab postdoc Dr Oliveira for this new preprint showing that WNT2B *prevents* colon cancer, in contrast to other WNT family members.
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Loss of WNT2B Increases Progression from Dysplasia to Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and upregulation of the WNT pathway is a primary driver in most case...