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Researcher at UCLA. PhD. Immunology, HIV. I love science, music, books and friends. Hate lies, authoritarianism and bad people. I block trolls: no debate, no comment.
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Stephen Miller Floats Suspending Habeas Corpus to Expand Deportation Powers https://twp.ai/4inTku

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The U.S. Postal Service's governing board has named David Steiner, a board member of USPS competitor FedEx, to be the next postmaster general following the controversial term of Louis DeJoy.

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WATCH: Chris Murphy gives a masterclass in how to dismantle the cosplay queen, AKA Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

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AI predicted the next pope. Did it get it right? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Claim of alien life on distant world meets swift scientific pushback | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

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This Just In 📢 A coalition of the nation’s leading autism and disability organizations have come together to convene an Autism Roundtable on May 12, 2025. Despite his stated interest in autism, Secretary Kennedy has not responded to our invitation to attend. www.aapd.com/autism-round...

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Across the U.S., doctors are increasingly concerned that people with serious medical conditions are avoiding medical care out of fear of being apprehended by immigration officials. “The tragic message to these people is: Be a shadow and hope that you do not die,” one said. nyti.ms/4d4Wu1s

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Let's get #WokePope trending. It will infuriate all the right people.

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Tolerance requires diversity (of antigen presenting cells) | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

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Young people’s social mobility expectations in an unequal world | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

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The new reality for American academia | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪

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The vast majority of people infected in the Ontario measles outbreak are unvaccinated.

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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Enhanced CAR T-Cell Therapy for Lymphoma after Previous Failure | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧪

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U.S. Research Leadership at a Crossroads — The Impact of Reducing NIH Indirect-Cost Coverage | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧪

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Chicago is on to something.

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Shame Trump administration erases school shooting victims at ATF headquarters www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for DC, has harassed medical journals with letters accusing them of acting as “partisans” in scientific debates. Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:

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New @nature.com Nasal vaccines for respiratory infections Best review I've seen on this important topic and a big unmet need www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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vandalism www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

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The Anti-Science Trinity Trump moves to tighten rules on risky research on viruses, bacteria, and toxins | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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God blesses him!

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Europe pledges €600 million to lure foreign researchers, vows to protect scientific freedom | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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“I’m really uncomfortable with this conversation...You shouldn’t be reporting rumors". Same day, later: NIH released a policy that halted future subawards to foreign scientists ‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Induced B cell receptor diversity predicts PD-1 blockade immunotherapy response | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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Horizontal transfer of nuclear DNA in transmissible cancer | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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Decreased likelihood of schooling as a consequence of tropical cyclones: Evidence from 13 low- and middle-income countries | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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More firings at the National Cancer Institute, including the Cancer Information Service, “which provides answers to doctors and patients about cancer, and updates to databases summarizing cancer information for healthcare providers”. I mean who needs it, right? www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...

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This is not a science budget. This is a massacre. thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...

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The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has plummeted from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/h... 🧪

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He injected himself with venom for decades. Can his antibodies help snakebite victims? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

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Bravo, young man! www.comicsands.com/autistic-boy...

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