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Cynthia Fox

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Author WW Norton's “Cell of Cells”; scientific editor, reporter, reviewer. Articles in Esquire, Fortune, Forbes, Discover, Wired, Rolling Stone, etc. Review of Cells in The Economist, The London Times, Science, etc https://sites.google.com/site/cynthiaffox

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Feb 20

After we’ve discriminated against all immigrant, gay, transgender, disabled, female, and minority people, yet find the problems we blamed them for “are still staring us in the face….what next? All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer.” Gov. Pritzker, Skokie, Illinois, Feb 19, 2025

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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🥳🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸 @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · 12h

We cannot allow spontaneous mass dancing.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 11h

“This hasn’t happened since the Civil War.” — Illinois Gov. Pritzker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 1d

As I Said, Pam Bondi Did Not Have A Good Day….

After yelling and obfuscating to senators for hours, Dick Durbin hit her with this one: "Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." Suddenly, she went SILENT.🔥 She knows.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

Gov. Wes Moore: "Trump yesterday threatened to withhold back pay for our federal workers. I want to be clear, those comments are reckless, those comments are irresponsible, and importantly, those comments are illegal. To our federal workers, I'm sorry."

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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 2d

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void

www.science.org

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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HudsonValleyNY1 @hudsonvalleyny1.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller accused of 'incitement to violence against judges' with new 'purge' comment

U.S. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Saturday was accused of "incitement to violence against judges."Miller, who has been accused of making his subordinates cry at work, took to socia...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

That's assault

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Aug 8

He is more than rolling back regulations. He is ordering the re-writing of past scientific reports on which national and international climate laws are based. This is Stalin. Period.

'Worst fears': Trump compared to Stalin for sabotaging decades of research

Scientists are sounding the alarm that their "worst fears" are being realized as President Donald Trump's energy secretary moves to re-examine and potentially rewrite climate reports going back decade...

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Jul 21

OMFG

John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · Jul 20

“Its destruction will devastate public health in our country” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 23d

How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 10d

Trump devastates another climate change sector.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d

Direct air capture is too expensive and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge

Some experts say the technology is crucial for climate change goals but scaling up is proving hard

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 9d

In an unprecedented act of government censorship, the EPA has ordered some scientists to stop publishing, according to some employees. www.sej.org/headlines/ep...

"EPA Tells Some Scientists To Stop Publishing Studies, Employees Say"

"Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review."

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 10d

Trump devastates another climate change sector.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d

Direct air capture is too expensive and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge

Some experts say the technology is crucial for climate change goals but scaling up is proving hard

on.ft.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 10d

"A 3D printable bio-active glass could be used to repair bone damage and help them grow back, a study suggests." www.newsweek.com/scientists-c...

Scientists Can Now 3D Print Glass To Help Bones Grow Back

bones

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 10d

Tapper is wrong. There were not hundreds of FBI agents. There were fewer than 50 people associated with the FBI.

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Aug 27

This. Profoundly important now more than ever.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 27

Deforestation kills more than trees.

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds

Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find

www.theguardian.com

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · Aug 26

My man!

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

J.B. Pritzker: "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 26d

Harvard historian Heather Cox Richardson reports the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was even more of a right winger than Kirk. For he was "deeply immersed" in the MAGA Groypers wing, led by white nationalists who believe Kirk didn't "go far enough." www.facebook.com/heathercoxri...

190K views · 9.2K reactions | In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... | Heather Cox Richardson

In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.....

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