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Trudy G. Oliver

@tgoliver.bsky.social

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Cancer Bio—opinions, mine-o! Animal/nature lover—childless, cat mother. Sarah Cooper AND Samantha Power liked my Tweet! Notice my dope A beat?!?!? Professor@Duke, please take a look—>views are not my employers 🏳️‍🌈💪🏿💜🧫🧬

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 21d

Super pleased to announce our latest suggesting the cell of origin for #SCLC is most likely the basal cell @nature.com, not the accepted neuroendocrine cell. Implications for the earliest events in cancer, & providing new models of tuft-like cancer.
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Basal cell of origin resolves neuroendocrine–tuft lineage plasticity in cancer

Nature - Basal cells, rather than neuroendocrine cells, have been identified as the probable origin of small cell lung cancer and other neuroendocrine–tuft cancers, explaining...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 6d

This was always the plan.

Project 2025 was Donald Trump's blueprint to seize unchecked power within the federal government and restrict Americans' freedoms. And he is implementing it right in front of our eyes.

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 6d

But remember they said climate change is a hoax and refuse to fund research helping us prepare for it.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

History has many painful lessons.

A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

She called it. The media blew it by letting a serial liar off the hook

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 6d

Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 7d

All across the country, as faculty rights and freedoms are under attack, @aaup.org is really stepping into the breach. If you teach in higher ed and aren't a member, please consider joining.

North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 7d

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

PETE: “Blowing up boats off the coast of Venezuela, renaming the DOD the Department of War… Trump came in saying he’s peace guy, but he’s posting ‘Apocalypse Now’ memes about making war on Chicago. He’s not exactly a peacenik.”

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7d

There was no characterization. That’s what he said.

But this is Speaker Johnson. Too scared to speak with integrity. Too weak to lead.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes

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

👇🏽😳

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 7d

Should be required for Americans:

youtu.be/hlS5um3WJqg?...

Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah they changed the rules of the game mid-way through the race creating a new payline. Causing many of us who counted on fundable grants to have to start over, resubmit, and wait over a year to try again.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

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

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

www.nature.com

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

Amen

America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 8d

Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.

Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

“We are the War Department”
What a joke we are. Laughing stock of the planet.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d

We don’t want you here, Donald Trump.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 9d

Trump Administration Opens New Front to Strip Harvard of Federal Funding

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Trump Administration Opens New Front to Strip Harvard of Federal Funding — The Wall Street Journal

The government is starting a process that could make the university ineligible for future funding

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

Repost and share.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8d

I don't often quote the president, but here goes:

"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."

- Donald Trump

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

He almost slipped didn’t he…. Oh no we don’t want to do that.
No I don’t enjoy hurting people, no ooopsie, not veterans, okay maybe some of them but

Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

It’s hard being an isolationist.
Geniuses.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 8d

“You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct,” boasted the ambitious sociopath.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

There is no bottom. The most catastrophically unqualified cabinet of all time. It’s all a vanity project.

“The most powerful country in the world” decided to give away leadership, values, prestige, influence for entertainment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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Trudy G. Oliver @tgoliver.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, to summarize the day:

We need haircuts and push-ups, because that is the“merit-based” way to win a war!

Geniuses.

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