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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

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MicroBites @microbites.bsky.social · 3d

📣 New MicroBites!

Amoeba and Bacteria, Newfound Friends? 🦠

How an amoeba can help bacteria resist antimicrobials. 💊

Amoeba and Bacteria, Newfound Friends?

How an amoeba can help bacteria resist antimicrobials.

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · 3d

Only got to hike once this week. But found some nice flowers and mushroom. Aiming for two hikes this week. For now, back to papers and presentations.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Politico @politico.com · 8d

The White House is canceling food research funding popular with the GOP despite budget chief Russell Vought's promise to leave that money untouched.

Trump cancels food research funding popular with Republicans

Budget chief Russell Vought proposed cutting $72 million for universities after promising lawmakers the funding would remain untouched.

www.politico.com

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

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · 11d

Fellow Grad students, please check the NSF website. There was an update last night. 1st year students (masters and phd) can apply.

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

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

www.science.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says

The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.

www.nbcnews.com

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explore.org @explore.org · 15d

It’s Fat Bear Week, Islanders! 🐻

First up in the villa: 901 vs. 503. Two absolute units, but only one can move on. Who’s stealing your heart (and your salmon)?

Cast your vote now at fatbearweek.org and let the games begin!

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · 16d

Did you know it's Fat Bear Week!?! If you want to get hyped for the most festive time of the year, check out the Fat Bears and cubs competing this year!

explore.org/meet-the-bears

Meet The Bears of Fat Bear Week

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · 17d

I've been going on weekly hikes since starting grad school. It's such a great way to wrap up a stressful week.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 20d

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 21d

We are so honoured that we are hosting our second Black in Plant Science Conference which wouldn't be possible without our incredible sponsors:

@TheGatsbyFoundation
@SEB
@JohnInnesCentre
@UniversityofLeeds
@GrowMoreFoundation
@NewPhytologist
@ThePlantJournal
@BioImaging UK and @PhysicsofLife

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 8

I just…

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Sep 8

BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.

Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085894-25a169-order/

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · Sep 8

Congratulations! 🥳

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good news! #BlackInMicro Week returns Oct 14 - Oct 16, have you registered yet? linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (see link in bio)

The summarised schedule of Black in Micro Week 2025, October 14-16. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Mon 14: Pathways for Change. Welcome and Keynote Address 12pm. Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD. Panel Discussion: Finding Black Spaces in STEM, 1:15-2:15 PM. Weds 15, Careers & Research: ECR Symposium 9-12 PM. Panel discussion: Navigating Careers in Microbiology 2-3 PM. Thurs 16, Community: Panel Discussion - Empowering Your Science 12-1:15 PM. Workshop: Science in Action

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · Sep 4

A Belmont Cragin family is raising money for their mom’s recovery after a driver hit her. blockclubchi.co/47ox6Db

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Sep 4

BREAKING: Northwestern University President Michael Schill resigns amid funding freeze

Northwestern University President Michael Schill resigns amid funding freeze

Northwestern University President Michael Schill will resign after a three-year tenure, including five months of an unprecedented $790 million federal funding freeze, the school announced Thursday.

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Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Graham Greene has sadly passed away at the age of 73.

He played Skully in ‘Echo’

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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · Aug 28

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.

#USAnotRFK

Lets gooooo

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is from Dr Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at CDC and resigned today.

He specifically blames RFK Jr, the COVID vaccination recs, and decisions forced down from HHS onto scientists.
Please read the whole thing. 🧪

light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I
find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. I am unable to serve in an
environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public's health. The recent change in the adult and children's
immunization schedule threaten the lives of the

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 27

I guess to "qualify" for the CDC director job these days you have to be antivaxx, anti-science and willing to spread whatever health misinformation or lies the current head of the DHHS wants to push.
My guess is she pushed back with science and got axed.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

CDC director being ousted weeks into job

Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alicia @waterbear312.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is so great, I remember sharing meals with lab mates, competing in bake-offs (2020 winner of Lucks Lab), and just enjoying learning more about my colleagues.

Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · Aug 26

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UW-Madison professor publishes ‘Lab Culture Recipes’ cookbook to make research more palatable

A professor and two students from UW-Madison, along with a professor from San Francisco State University, created a cookbook showcasing the cultural diversity of scientists with recipes from around th...

www.dailycardinal.com

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