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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 12h

“Six former US Surgeons General – the top medical posting in Washington,” warned RFK Jr is endangering the nation’s health…” How long must this go on, when our healthcare costs are rising?

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Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Former top doctors condemn health secretary’s vaccine, research policies, saying ideology replaced science at HHS

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 12h

Rebuilding a national #scientific_record takes decades. #Japan
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Japanese Immunologist Wins Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking Immune Cell Discovery | JAPAN Forward

Dr Sakaguchi is recognized for his groundbreaking discovery of regulatory T cells. He shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two others.

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Penn NeuroKnow 🧠 @pennneuroknow.bsky.social · 19h

Ever wonder why conspiracy theories seem to spread faster than facts?

In our latest article, @pennngg.bsky.social student Emma Noel explains how our brain’s reward systems and social nature fuel belief in conspiracy theories. pennneuroknow.com/2025/10/07/w...

#PsychSciSky #SciComm 🧠🟦 🧪

Why our brains find conspiracy theories appealing

Discover why conspiracy theories grab our attention, and how the brain’s reward systems and social instincts make them so hard to resist.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 19h

🌳 Green space and childhood opportunity

A nationwide US study finds that children in deprived neighbourhoods have less access to green space, with Hispanic children most affected.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #PublicHealth 🧪

Exploring the role of green space in mitigating childhood opportunity across the U.S - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Exploring the role of green space in mitigating childhood opportunity across the U.S

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Dennis O’Rear @djorear.bsky.social · 19h

RFK Jr’s attack on science has close parallels to Lysenko’s attack on genetic in Soviet Russia.

Speak in populist press, not journals
Make quick solution to problems
Blame failures on internal enemies

He needed a supporting anti-elitist government

A good podcast

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Stalin’s War on Genetics | HISTORY This Week

YouTube video by HISTORY

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 17h

"That's not how you advance civilization"
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annalissroy.bsky.social @annalissroy.bsky.social · 18h

I talked to Bill Nye — yes, former “science guy” — about President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA funding and what they would mean.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 17h

148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled.

Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.

There is so much waste happening.
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The damage done - Nature Medicine

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

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Rainforest @pitbullmtkerr.bsky.social · 14h

Worry about health care. You’re not working for NFL. thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 13h

Watch for Republicans dissenting in favor of #unhappy_taxpayers. #VoteFor #Healthcare Not #TaxCutsForBillionnaires
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Marjorie Taylor Greene open to healthcare deal with Democrats amid shutdown

Republican says she is ‘disgusted’ by rising insurance premiums and may defy her party over expired tax credits

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 1d

Consider what’s behind what someone chooses to do.
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The Scaffolding of the Story

A recent podcast invitation had me thinking about the parts of our past we edit out of our professional lives, and why they’re the most important.

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 1d

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James Talarico (@jamestalarico)

I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor. People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 1d

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

📣ACTION HOUR TOMORROW!!!📣

Feeling overwhelmed by the political attacks on science, education, and civil rights? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to face it alone. Join us tmrw @ 8 PM ET to connect with others, make sense of what’s happening, & move into action.

RSVP ➡️ zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A crowd gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial monument in Washington, DC, holding protest signs that read, "Stop This Madness." Bold text with an invitation to "Action Hour" for scientists and allies.

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 1d

This is excellent news from the Dakota Nation, for whom the 49th parallel has only ever been a colonialist fiction.

Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 1d

“We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context,” said Solomon Cyr, spokesperson for Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation.” — Love it when people take advantage of political opportunities.

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 2d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 1d

After the Supreme Court rejects her appeal, Trump refuses to rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying he’ll take a look and ask DOJ, keeping a convicted child sex trafficker in pardon play from the Oval Office.

'He's so guilty': Trump slammed for refusing to rule out pardon for Epstein accomplice

President Donald Trump has once again refused multiple times to definitively rule out a pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell – the chief co-conspirator of convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein.During a Monday press gaggle in the Oval Office, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Tru...

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

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kleinstadt.bsky.social @kleinstadt.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 1d

CBS? I can’t remember what reruns they show. And Paramount is like Sat morn rehash. People pay for it? Tv used to be good.

Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 1d

Vote with your wallet, cancel your Paramount Plus membership

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Coach Mustard (aka velospence) @velospence.bsky.social · 2d

3 separate news websites and not a single one mentions the house of a female judge that was burned to the ground just days after being criticized and harassed by Stephen Miller.

seems like a pretty big story, ngl

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Trump dodged the Vietnam draft and made a disastrous deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The image is an X post by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar
) on X.com, quoting Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand." The post includes a photo of Trump speaking to an audience in Navy uniforms.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Andrea M. Ketchum @envirolib.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

This is the best messaging I’ve seen from any Democrats on the shutdown. Kudos to AOC, Bernie, and their teams for putting this out there.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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