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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 7d

"Jane Goodall showed us what a life in science could look like: rigorous discovery paired with fierce advocacy for what you study. She gave the world six decades of groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and their habitats, then turned that knowledge into a global movement for conservation." (1/2)

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Patrick Goymer @patrickgoymer.bsky.social · 7d

As we mourn Jane Goodall, this @nature.com article explores three ways in which she changed science:

1. Altering the way we view both other primates and ourselves
2. Inspiring generations of women scientists
3. Communicating science in a way that engaged the public

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

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 7d

One of most beautiful posters in Catalan from the Spanish Civil War. "Peasant!: the revolution needs your efforts." Socialist UGT trade union. By Josep Subirats

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 9d

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 9d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 9d

Image from the funeral procession of anarchist leader Buenaventura Durruti. At front is Natividad Falú Duval from Puerto Rico who had lived in Barcelona since 1916. In 1936 joined the Durruti Column. POUM aid office Socorrs Roig behind. La Rambla, 22 November 1936. Don't know 📸

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 8d

A person's genetics has a role in susceptibility to many diseases (Figure), but has little correlation with how the disease may progress or lead to a fatal outcome.
nature.com/articles/s4158

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11d

This captures much of the frustration of today.

The image is an X post by @RealJakeBroe from 7 hours ago, featuring a two-panel comic. The top panel shows a scientist pointing to a chart with a general trend and an outlier, illustrating a rational argument. The bottom panel depicts a person labeled "ANTI VAX" pointing to a similar chart, labeling it "CONSPIRACY THEORY" with "Lies" and an outlier called "IRREFUTABLE PROOF!!!", satirizing irrational arguments. The caption reads, "It is difficult to win an argument with a smart person. It is impossible to win an argument with an idiot."

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Trump's 'Noble' Peace Prize @laboomer68.bsky.social · 12d

"Two viable female candidates run for president in the last decade and lose to a man who can't make complete sentences. It says more about us as a society.

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Rhys Parry @rhyshparry.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats to @summabibby.bsky.social @naphakm.bsky.social Daniel Watterson et al. here at SCMB on the first high-res cryo-EM structures of yellow fever virus! Striking vaccine vs virulent particle differences and a single R380 residue shaping antigenicity & neutralisation. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Preprint Club - Immunology @preprintclub.bsky.social · 15d

Tomorrow #PreprintHub1 is starting for the 2025-2026 season! Laura Rosenberg from Mount Sinai will present a #preprint by the @BelkaidLab on how endogenous retroelements promote tolerance to dietary antigens.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.biorxiv.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12d

Labor productivity has more than doubled since the late 1960s. But workers’ compensation has barely budged.

Yes. The economy is rigged in favor of the wealthy.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 19d

Roman Barcino, 985 CE superimposed on map of Barcelona in 2022. Note. Barcino was pronounced "Barkino" with a hard K. By Jorge M Corada for @despertaferroed.bsky.social magazine

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 24d

‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls.

Globally, cervical cancer is the 4th-most common cancer among women, but ranks third in Pakistan, where 64% of cases are fatal.

🧪♀️💉 #medsky
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls

Despite vaccination hesitancy, the end may be in sight for cervical cancer, which kills 64% of women with the disease

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 26d

For generations doctors have understood that germs — like bacteria or viruses — cause infectious diseases.

Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine.

That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.

RFK Jr does not just reject vaccines. He rejects science and must step down | Bernie Sanders

Kennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science

www.theguardian.com

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Centre for Immuno-Oncology @oxcio.bsky.social · 26d

Come visit our Centre for Immuno-Oncology activities at the Old Road Campus Research Building for @ox.ac.uk Open Doors! Learn about the amazing science we do in our department through fun games. Kids will understand antigens and there’s a complicated enigma for the grown ups 🔍👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 #OxfordUOpenDoors

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Nature @nature.com · 29d

From large national databases to bespoke sample collections, biobanks offer a wealth of avenues for scientific enquiry.

go.nature.com/4nlybAb

Using biobanks to boost research: a how-to guide

From large national databases to bespoke sample collections, biobanks offer a wealth of avenues for scientific enquiry.

go.nature.com

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.

And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪

virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host

Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...

virological.org

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · Sep 5

One of the main problems of organizational life in higher ed is that there are 12 different places where digital information lives. We've got Teams, Sharepoint, Canvas, MySeaport, OneDrive, DocuSign. Knowing what lives where is a puzzle, and searching for things uses up so much time.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.

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Michael J. Svigel @svigel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Be like Pluto.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Aug 24

“What can I do? I can try to help us build a scientific enterprise that won’t be as easy to attack. To do that, we need to do a better job recognizing that the public is investing in this and we owe them a debt of gratitude, rather than simply lecturing to them about all the great things we found”

To restore trust in science, scientists should focus on storytelling

Holden Thorp, PhD, top editor at Science, discusses the essential role of front-line doctors, the power of well-told stories, and the value of admitting error.

www.aamc.org

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Ester Gea-Mallorquí @estergeama.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people

Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.

www.nature.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 4

One in 4 people carry one copy of the APOE4 allele, the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. We've just learned how that risk is mediated—the immune system
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...

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