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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 6d

Called my members of Congress tonight to tell them what I think they should do ... y'all have too, right?

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 6d

I want to vomit.

“Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors… citizens were among those detained ...agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers” www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

www.wbez.org

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 6d

I want to vomit.

“Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors… citizens were among those detained ...agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers” www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

www.wbez.org

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @cantwell.senate.gov, from a member of your district

Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 9d

A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 9d

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 10d

Awww, dang. I finally got around to buying myself tickets to the X and @loslobos.org show, but had missed the news that nearly the whole tour is cancelled. I hope all the members of the bands are OK and know I love them so. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Legendary Southern California bands X and Los Lobos abruptly cancel tour

The long-awaited tour between Los Angeles punk pioneers X and Chicano rock stalwarts Los Lobos has been abruptly canceled, with the bands citing “circumstances beyond our control.”

www.sfchronicle.com

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 12d

Best part of all about this position? You'd get to work closely with @markusdeserno.bsky.social! Apply!

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 12d

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Open Date: Sep 19, 2025

Description
The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.

More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 13d

Great job, Washington State and @doh.wa.gov ! It is awesome to see COVID vaccines available and advertised again on the doors of this pharmacy. I've booked my appointment for my dual flu/COVID vaccination and am looking forward it!

The image is a photo of two sliding glass doors. Each door has a blue sign that says "Pharmacy. Flu, COVID and RSV vaccines available at no cost to you. No appointment needed."

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 13d

US colleagues: we've got 4 days to submit comments! It's easy! Clear steps for writing an impactful public comment are compiled by a group of scientists: publiccommentproject.org/how-to. Amending 8 CFR 214.2 imposes a bad 4-yr cap, and students can't follow you to change programs if you change jobs

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 14d

Hurrah! Congratulations @hawa-racine.bsky.social!

Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 14d

Hawa Racine Thiam to Receive the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award buff.ly/QJrDlUx

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social! This announcement makes me proud to be a member

Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 14d

BPS co-leads effort to push back on White House Executive Order on Grantmaking Oversight to keep politization out of science funding

More Than 50 Scientific Societies Issue Letter to Congress Expressing Concerns Regarding Executive Order on Federal Grantmaking

A coalition of more than 50 scientific societies issued a letter to the United States Congress today, expressing concerns over provisions in the 7 August 2025 Executive Order (EO) titled “Improving…

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 14d

Hooray! Congratulations @veatchlab.bsky.social!

Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 14d

Sarah Veatch to Receive 2026 Agnes Pockels Award in Lipids and Membrane Biophysics buff.ly/AdSMhCT

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 18d

Good idea. @cantwell.senate.gov, I live in your state, and I called your office today to urge you to take more substantive action (beyond a mere statement) regarding Chairman Carr overstepping his authority to police free speech that he doesn't like.

Subodh Chandra @subodhchandra.bsky.social · 19d

So DO SOMETHING, @cantwell.senate.gov. Move to cut off his salary. Something. Anything.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20d

Sen. Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC:

"Chairman Brendan Carr does not have the authority to police speech that he or the President don't personally like. Especially when there is a pending merger with the affected parties in front of the FCC."

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20d

Alright I have something useful for you to do.

Think of any teachers and librarians you know. Do they know about Skype a scientist? Our program matches classrooms & other groups w/scientists for virtual Q&As. It’s free!

They can sign up here!
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

#Edusky #StemED

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 21d

What is HPV? It is the group of human papilloma viruses. Which cancers does it cause? Anal cancer, cervical cancer, throat cancer, penile cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer. Don't want those? Get the awesome HPV vaccine! More info at the National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov/about-cancer...

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 23d

Hey UW colleagues, alumni & students! UW and WSU have a friendly competition this week (to Sept 20th) for most donations (not most dollars) to food banks on campus. I just donated! Please join me if you can, and together we will help students in need. together.uw.edu/i/uw/campaig...

Boeing Apple Cup Food Pantry Challenge

Support the Washington V.S Food Insecurity campaign to help UW and WSU provide essential food resources to students in need. Every gift counts!

together.uw.edu

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 26d

Seattle friends – The next Punk Rock Flea Market will be the weekend of Sept 19-21, 2025. Some proceeds from every event are donated to the Low Income Housing Institute, providing housing to, you guessed it, low income neighbors. See ya there! www.punkrockfleamarketseattle.com/pages/upcomi...

Upcoming Seattle

Shop loud! Summer’s over! Three days of HOT deals and COOL evenings at the PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET! Friday Sept. 19 - Sunday Sept. 21 2025 2:00pm to 8:00pm on Friday 12 noon to 8:00pm on Saturday 12 noo...

www.punkrockfleamarketseattle.com

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 26d

yes

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Joe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 27d

Seattle's Trees for Neighborhoods program still has free yard trees available for residents, who can apply for up to 3 trees per year for a lifetime maximum of six per property. Planting and care workshops are scheduled for later this month, with deliveries starting in October.

FREE! Trees for Neighborhoods program is giving away trees for yards

Got room for a tree? Seattle Public Utilities' Trees for Neighborhoods program just might have one - or more - to give you, free! Here's the announcement we were asked to share with you: We have many ...

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28d

Hey Seattle, come out Sunday to Save Our Science!

I'll be speaking about federal attacks on climate science and how it's affecting the Northwest.

More info and register here: www.mobilize.us/seattleindiv...

@standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social @seattleindivisible.bsky.social

Poster for Save Our Science rally:

Stand up for truth, our health, & our planet.

Save Our Science, Seattle, WA - Waterfront Park, September 14th, 2025

March and rally 1pm-3pm. Meet at 12:30PM

tinyurl.com/seattleSOS

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 28d

Heartily endorse! THREE grad students from my group have taken positions like these at UW Tacoma after earning their PhDs. They had fantastic flexibility to design curricula and explore innovative teaching practices.

Hannah Baughman @hannahbaughman.bsky.social · 28d

UW Tacoma is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and a teaching Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Please share widely and consider applying.

Biochemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172884
Organic Chemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172940

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29d

I'm so grateful to every donor to the UW Dept. of Chemistry! Donations help our students do things that our federal grants could not support. For example, Sena, a great grad student in my group, traveled to the Lindau Conference in Germany to talk with Nobel laureates! Go @uwchemistry.bsky.social!

The image is a screenshot from the website https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2025-09/where-world-arts-sciences. The photo shows two smiling scientists, Sena Noaman and Akira Yoshino. They are both wearing glasses and they have conference name tags on lanyards around their necks. The text says "Sena Noaman, Doctoral Student, Chemistry. Sena Noaman attended the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. (In the photo, Sena is with 2019 Nobel laureate Akira Yoshino.) The travel was supported by the Department of Chemistry's George H. Hitchings Endowed Scholarship Fund."

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · Sep 4

Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

Confused about your eligibility for the Covid shot? In Washington state, you’re covered

Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

www.kuow.org

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you @cantwell.senate.gov, from a voter in your district

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey University of Washington colleagues – as usual, UW will be hosting flu shot & COVID-19 booster clinics this fall. You can choose one or both. There are many dates available, in Seattle, Tacoma, Bothell, and Renton. I just booked my appointment. See you there! thewholeu.uw.edu/2025/08/29/f...

Flu Shot & COVID-19 Booster Clinics 2025

The Whole U is partnering with the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association to offer flu shot and COVID-19 booster vaccine clinics across our campuses this fall. Everyone attending a clinic must register...

thewholeu.uw.edu

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · Sep 3

OK, done! Thank you for the link – the handy script made it super easy and fast to call my members of Congress.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 2

#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?

It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...

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