Jonathan P. Kitzrow, PhD
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Jonathan P. Kitzrow, PhD
@redbadger4578.bsky.social
"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is only bearable through love."

-Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)

An RNA structural biologist/HIV virologist dedicated to making the world a better place.
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An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

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January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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NEW: "Everything appears to have ground to a halt." Our story on the impact the massive pause on grant review at NIH is having on science. "I'm hearing from a lot of people, should I leave academia?" www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/t...
Trump freeze on NIH grant reviews alarms scientists, with long-term impact uncertain
While the National Institutes of Health employs 20,000-plus workers and spans 27 institutes and centers, the agency’s main job is to fund researchers
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January 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A new Lord of the Rings tabletop game is on the way from the creator of Pandemic
A new Lord of the Rings tabletop game is on the way from the creator of Pandemic
Shepherd the One Ring to its destruction at Mount Doom
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January 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Elon Musk goes masks off and does a Nazi salute.
January 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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ONE MONTH TO CIV
January 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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More than 75 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a cabinet choice. nyti.ms/41uQueD
December 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Europa Clipper xkcd.com/3011
November 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM