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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)

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She/her Permadoc @ UOregon zebrafish community NIH and 501c3 funded scientist Molecular genetics of human diseases Married to a cute OD Parent of two awesome grown people Daughter of a mild-mannered mom in memory care

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · Nov 12

What was I “known for” on Twitter? Gotta be this one:

ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · Nov 12

For me it’s the time I went viral for a thread about my mom getting the Covid vaccine. It was RTd & shared thousands of times. High profile accounts followed me. NBC’s Today Show called.
Utter chaos. Image of the first tweet attached, also link to full text.
elderhealthandliving.com/mother-of-pe...

Screenshot of a Tweet from January 2021 (see link in body of sheet for the full text) including a photo of my mom

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 21m

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time.

linktr.ee/cadem

Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.

TikTok video by LOLGOP

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OPB @opb.org · 1h

The governor spoke with OPB's "Think Out Loud" yesterday about recent events in Portland, where the president wants to deploy National Guard troops. Whether Trump has that authority now rests in the courts. In Kotek's view, it is unlawful and "the rule of law has to hold.”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek denounces president’s attempts to send National Guard to Portland

Kotek told OPB's "Think Out Loud" that there is "not a factual need" for National Guard troops in Portland.

www.opb.org

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1h

Something to think of as you watch all the Nobel Prize announcements to a variety of American immigrant scientists

Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 2h

“Could?” Let me be clear. A $100,000 H1B will kill our ability to do world class science in the US.

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John Golden @johngolden.bsky.social · 13h

Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal) on AI art theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_ar...

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 13h

Eleven percent is too many. No evidence Tylenol causes autism. Pregnant women with untreated fever have a higher risk of miscarriage and other serious complications

Darius Tahir @dariustahir.bsky.social · 1d

Latest Economist/YouGov poll shows only 11% of respondents think tylenol is a cause of autism. 54% say no: d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

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Dr. DioxiNation @djzaber.bsky.social · 1d

A bit of good news for you all. Humpback whales almost extinct in 1960s ->down to ~150 individuals.
Today -> 250,000!
Huge success. There is hope.

Number of whale sightings off Cornwall 'gone through the roof' - BBC News share.google/ZA48GdNwuuCd...

Number of whale sightings off Cornwall 'gone through the roof'

A wildlife charity says rising numbers of humpback whales is "one of the greatest recovery stories".

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 22h

I get that everyone thinks it's a funny little joke when Trump says nonsense about "trangender for everybody" (because really, wtf does that even mean?), but I gotta say that as a trans person, I find it absolutely fucking insane that he's constantly obsessing over trans people existing. It sucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 21h

"Many mental health professionals and patient advocates say treating this as First Amendment speech could set a precedent under which any counseling is claimed to be free speech and no longer subject to professional standards, even if it's dangerous or inappropriate."

Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 22h

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Colorado conversion therapy ban. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/s...

Supreme Court seems skeptical of conversion therapy ban

A decision could force more than 20 states to revisit their bans on the practice.

www.axios.com

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 22h

There are now a shocking *60,000* people in a Facebook group dedicated to an unproven autism treatment being pushed by the Trump administration.

That's just one of many disturbing details in this must-read from @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Cure’

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

www.wired.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1d

Nice interview with Oregon’s hardworking AG @agdanrayfield.bsky.social here

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Trump’s Own Tweet on Portland Backfires as Judge Deals Him Harsh Loss

As a judge’s blunt ruling blocks Trump from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon’s Attorney General tells us in an interview that Trump’s lawless threats are working against him—and discusses what com...

newrepublic.com

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1d

I have!

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 1d

Retinas, man. I never get tired of looking at them—from any species

Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 1d

Issue 18 is complete!

On the cover: Clones on Drosophila retina with activated Mbt kinase (pink), expanding Sdk protein (yellow) from tri- to bi-cellular adheren junctions & distorting the ommatidial lattice (cyan).

See Research Article by Gandhi et al.

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Republicans talk a big game about toning down political violence. But last week I called for a vote on my bill that would have given all Americans, including judges and other elected officials like this necessary privacy protections to stay safe. Republicans blocked it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short they’re staying in north Seattle (Everett) but need to foster their two cats and a dog until they find housing again. If you know of any pet lovers in Seattle with a little extra space, please put me in touch with them!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 2d

Boy this “Antifa” thing sounds pretty scary!

ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 2d

No matter where you live you should now be able to get Covid vax without a prescription, at least via Walgreens and CVS. Go get it!

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 2d

CDC has finally adopted the recommendations its vaccine panel made Sept. 19. This should increase access to Covid vaccines somewhat — CVS and Walgreens had said once the recs were official, they'd offer the shots w/o Rx nationwide, and Vaccines for Children program also needed the official approval

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 3d

OPINION: "Mississippi’s white leaders haven’t done nearly enough to reckon with our white supremacist past, nor its ongoing manifestations, to expect Black folks to live as if Jim Crow never was," MFP News Editor Ashton Pittman writes.

Editor’s Note | Mississippi’s Evil Past Still Haunts Us

News Editor Ashton Pittman writes about how the response to college student Trey Reed’s death illustrates how Mississippi’s past haunts its present.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 2d

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 2d

My husband just yelled at Kid 2 "Stop sharpening knives, it's creepy!"

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Of course will be appealed, but this had to happen tonight. Presumption of good faith on the part of the government just does not exist at this point.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Immergut: What I'll do is not modify my original TRO but issue a new TRO that prohibits the relocation or deployment of any federalized national guard to the state of Oregon....

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 2d

Sending profound thanks to the lawyers appearing on behalf of the State of Oregon at this Sunday night emergency hearing to try and prevent federalized NG troops from invading our state. What a freaking time to be alive.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Immergut asks Kennedy to respond on behalf of Oregon.

He highlights information about the pending transfer of Texas national guard members to Portland and Chicago. Received info minutes before this hearing. Hegseth memo raising additional concerns, like "playing rhetorical whack-a-mole."

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