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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 1h

“Getting chased by being brown in Chicago”

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

Sickening.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet and activist whose work explored love in all its forms.

She was the first Latine poet to win a Nobel Prize for literature, and she tirelessly advocated for human rights and democracy.

Black and white photo of a smiling woman on a quote graphic. Quote in maroon text reads "No darás la belleza como cebo para los sentidos, sino como el natural alimento del alma. You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul." The quote is attributed to Gabriela Mistral, Poet, diplomat, and first Latine person to win Nobel Prize in Literature.

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 3d

Gift Article: The reason the N.F.L. picked Bad Bunny is the same reason that Jimmy Kimmel’s first show after his suspension had huge viewership, that “South Park” is having its best ratings in years...Woke is good for business. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o... @nytimes.com @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

Opinion | The N.F.L. Gets It. Why Don’t Democrats?

www.nytimes.com

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 5d

We are going to Milwaukee!! Go #Cubbies!! Go #Cubs Go!!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

"Go Cubs Go" is just a tremendous baseball anthem. I'm not even a Cubs fan and I still dig hearing it after Ws at Wrigley.

Go! Cubs! Go!

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Science Magazine @science.org · 6d

New #ScienceTranslationalMedicine research reveals that cholesterol can disrupt signaling of the fertility-preserving medication progestin in endometrial cancer, and shows that an approved statin can restore progestin sensitivity in mice and a small patient group. https://scim.ag/3IFlwtq

Cholesterol desensitizes the response of endometrial cancer to progestin by attenuating progestin signaling

Cholesterol attenuates progesterone signaling through competitive binding of progesterone receptors.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 7d

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter:

"There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

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Science Magazine @science.org · 7d

For the third time in a dozen years, the U.S. scientific community is digging in for a potentially lengthy partial federal government shutdown that promises to disrupt research and funding programs. https://scim.ag/4pQ9y0K

U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown

Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers who are carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.

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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 8d

In 2024, there were about 17,616 new projects awarded by the NIH. In 2025, this number was 11,190 (my number includes things like supplements). That is an ~37% cut in funding of new projects by the NIH.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

79. American citizen.

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 12d

Imagine if NIH had 40% less funding. We’d have lost over half the new medicines approved this century. Public funded research saves lives. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NIH

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

WATCH: ICE agent VICIOUSLY shoves and tackles a woman who is upset after masked men dragged off her husband.

Sickening. (From Elaad Eliahu)

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Science Magazine @science.org · 13d

“This is an immensely exciting development for the Huntington’s field.” https://scim.ag/4nnW62z

In a first, a gene therapy seems to slow Huntington disease

Small study suggests uniQure drug could be first successful treatment for devastating brain disorder

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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boehninglab @boehninglab.com · 14d

"It is sad that unqualified demagogues continue to disregard science"
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

expert reaction to media reports that the Trump administration will link paracetamol to autism | Science Media Centre

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 14d

Even author of study used by Trump to warn about Tylenol said pregnant women should still consider the medication

Researcher Trump cited to warn about Tylenol says pregnant women can still use it

www.independent.co.uk

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 15d

Even when officials waver, the science is clear: childhood vaccines are safer now and protect for life

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15d

Icymi the first time this ran, here’s a refresher: Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 18d

“We’re experiencing the greatest reduction in biomedical research support that I think America has ever seen”

www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2025...

Purged NIH scientist: America sees historic reduction in biomedical research support

Kevin Hall, a former senior investigator at NIH, says MAHA children’s report fails to address ultra-processed food threat

www.foodnavigator-usa.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27d

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕 🇺🇸

(From Paul Noth)

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 29d

"The violation of fundamental rights based on ethnicity, language, and economic circumstances isn’t just bad for the Latinos who are being targeted. It undermines the constitutional rights of all Americans and the core principle of equality before the law"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29d

BLOOMBERG: “In a ruling likely to go down in history as a shameful expression of anti-immigrant prejudice… the Conservative Supreme Court essentially decided it’s ok to use racial profiling in immigration enforcement.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · 29d

Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job… I dissent.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 8

UPDATE: Enablers gonna enable.

Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job… I dissent.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · Sep 7

Free link: Essential reading with airtight reasoning @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · Sep 5

OPINION: "The U.S. once led the world in public health and scientific advancement. But under Trump, the country has become a plague." — The Inquirer Editorial Board

RFK Jr.’s pointless dismantling of the nation’s public health system places us all at risk | Editorial

President Trump’s reckless decision to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lead the Department of Health and Human Services has left the country vulnerable to everyday health challenges and future pandemics.

www.inquirer.com

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · Sep 4

Free link: Two former agency leaders said the administration’s “hostility” toward vaccines had spread to the agency’s top ranks. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/h... #nih

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.

www.nytimes.com

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