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I'm a biologist, mad as in angry. Pro-D.C. statehood since 1969. DCist @[email protected] @mikethemadbiol at Elongated Muskrat's site (now locked and tweets removed, because Musk is an asshole) www.mikethemadbiologist.com 🧪

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Links 6/6/25 Links for you. Science: How to protect yourself from mosquito bites ‘Extinct’ grasshopper rediscovered The findings — and scientific problems — in White House ‘MAHA Report’ US sees COVID variant NB.1.8.1 surge: Why are more than 300 people in America still dying from pandemic every…

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Commentary: Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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Happy National Donut Day to all who celebrate.

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Dear lord: "On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled." The U of Cali system alone accounts for $4B+ per year in federal R&D. If true, let's hope for another all-or-nothing fight like Harvard's.

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If you are wondering why recently departed senior NIH officials are not speaking out more, there is a legal 1-year cooling off period for matters related to NIH. Their silence should not be interpreted as complicity or cowardice, but rather respect for the rule of law.

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Excellent 🧵

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summer 2005 was my first big Pride in a major city. i was packed into Dupont along with thousands. every type of queer you can imagine, from the dykes on bikes to the Petes Buttigieg, the kinksters, the oiled up dancers, the families with kids. it was powerful that's why they're doing this

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A source tells Rolling Stone AG Pam Bondi intentionally inflated the number of lives saved by fentanyl seizures in a cabinet meeting not just to flatter Trump, but to troll the media. White House officials were howling with laughter about it. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...