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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 8h

The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so

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OPB @opb.org · 13h

Here’s a little news break for your social feed. There’s nothing like a crisp autumn morning in Portland, Oregon.

OPB captured the Rose City sunrise by drone on Tuesday, Oct. 7, showcasing the Willamette River, bridges, skyline and view of Mount Hood.

🎥 by Stephani Gordon, OPB

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 1d

Big breaking news AND I got to use the word ass in a story, what a thrill (technically it's in a quote but whatever still counts) www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/form...

After high-profile FDA exit, Peter Marks lands at Eli Lilly

Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., the former head of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resea | Six months after his departure from the federal government, Peter Marks, M.D...

www.fiercebiotech.com

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 2d

That's a style thing for Fierce, definitely not my preference!

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is here and it's a doozy: the discovery of regulatory T cells! I woke up at 2am to write this story so if you see any typos, no you didn't:

3 immunologists win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of regulatory T cells

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three pioneering immunologists for their work on regu | The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three pion...

www.fiercebiotech.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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taber @kvetch.gay · 5d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 7d

Devastated to hear that Jane Goodall has passed away. Interviewing her was one of the highlights of my career and was especially important to me as an early-career journalist. She was kind and sharp and really really loved dogs (and Dave Matthews) (and chimps) www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/s...

Jane Goodall Is More of a Dog Person, Actually (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: All eyes have been on RFK Jr. since a gunman, believing the mRNA vaccine had harmed him, shot up the CDC campus on August 8.

But a number of Trump public health officials have spent years attacking the CDC and fear-mongering about the COVID vaccines.

We documented them in this big report.

Trump Public Health Officials Attacked mRNA Vaccines, CDC For Years Before August 8 Shooting

The violence has put misinformation spreaders under the microscope. Many are working inside HHS.

www.importantcontext.news

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 13d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

www.thexylom.com

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 13d

To understand how budget cuts could impact the NIH, economists looked to the past--and their alternate history revealed how Trump-level defunding would have undercut breakthrough new medicines of the 21st century 🧪 my story:

'Alternative history' of the NIH shows how a 40% budget cut may thwart new medicines

An “alternative history” has revealed the potential impacts a smaller National Institutes of Health would have had on past drug development—and the results

www.fiercebiotech.com

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 13d

I guess he's not an Amanda Seyfried superfan either!

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 13d

"Let me check your story out" is a wild thing to say to one of the most infamous fraudsters of the 21st century

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 14d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 14d

Amid the [gestures at everything], I've been meaning to re-up this piece from April.

“‘Nonspeaking’ does not mean ‘non-listening,’” a formerly nonspeaking woman told me. “I was aware of the terrible things people were saying about me, when they discussed me like I wasn’t even there.”

Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.

www.nytimes.com

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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 15d

acetaminophenomenon

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15d

“The long history of trying to ‘cure’ or eliminate autism has been a history of terrible abuse and dangerous sham treatments."

I spoke to @autisticadvocacy.org's Greg Robinson and @drstevenkapp.bsky.social about the awful autism presser yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disgust, horror, and "elimination": Trump and RFK Jr.'s eugenicist autism conference

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.

www.motherjones.com

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 16d

let me share a little story about a remarkable wasp that I encountered yesterday in our local deserts

I stumbled across her, and scrambled to get a few crappy photos .... but then realized that she had a burrow, perhaps a better photo op was possible ??

here she is at her burrow entrance.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17d

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.

RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16d

Just in case it finally disappears, the CDC page I've been obsessively refreshing for months is currently still there, confirming that vaccines do not cause autism

Autism and Vaccines

Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.

www.cdc.gov

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 16d

After blaming rising autism rates on acetaminophen (which he couldn't pronounce), Trump is now railing against vaccines in a manner that is largely incoherent www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ia...

President Trump Makes an Announcement on Medical and Scientific Findings for America's Children

YouTube video by The White House

www.youtube.com

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☁️FlyingRotten☁️ @flyingrotten.bsky.social · 16d

Autumn is here ! 🍁🍂
#pokemon

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 17d

Hello, Eugene Oregon! Wanna listen to some FREE space talks by astronomers tomorrow? Come to the relaunched Universe on Tap to hear Ben Farr discuss black holes and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social talk about the origin of elements- no prior knowledge assumed!

Claim 52 Brewing at 6pm, Sept 22

🔭🧪🎢

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