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"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" - John Lewis. Science matters, Vaccines work & COVID's not over. Mainly here to get in good trouble & to connect back to the original trustworthy #MedicalTwitter.
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This week was the 1st publication using our immune cell sequencing to accurately make medical diagnoses. It has enormous implications, as I've reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-... @scottboydlab.bsky.social @science.org @anshulkundaje.bsky.social @maximzaslavsky.bsky.social

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Strategically placed wastewater surveillance networks can effectively detect emerging pathogens and enhance pandemic monitoring globally. by St-Onge G, Davis JT (...) Vespignani A et 5 al. in Nat Med #MedSky 📖 read the article:

Researchers have constructed self-assembled nanopeptides that penetrate cells and target intracellular bacterial infections, which are increasingly difficult to treat due to antibiotic resistance. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/414fw2q

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

The US has no king. The US needs no king. Go fuck yourself.

FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink among latest federal firings, sources say US Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of federal workforce #ElonQ $TSLAQ Ht @cherijacobus.bsky.social

Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...

This new book makes clear that the reality of structural racism and the related poverty and inequality is not simply long-ago history, but continues to define present-day America. @calscherm.bsky.social

O no, for crying out loud, don't do that..........

Don’t ever let cynicism deter us from believing in this. Long before Aragon was ready to raise his mighty sword and become the leader he was supposed to be, many Boromirs and Faramirs and Eomers were out there defending the Middle Earth already. Be one of them.

Absolutely right on. What a pathetic upside down world we are in.

I like the idea. Hit them where it hurts - the $$$.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

Elon is not prepared for the national meltdown that awaits him when people can't get their Medicaid coverage or social security checks. He is poking a sleeping dragon. Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social on this week's episode of The Breakdown here: bit.ly/4b1MYv5

Feeling the same acute pain. made even more excruciating by: the checks-n-balances shredded, the opposition party turning into an impotent non-existence, the Forth Estate's total capitulation to wanton power, and, arrrrrrgh, the people's willful, selective ignorance --> the American Soul lost.

Captures it perfectly.

Do it, please, Pete @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

Something to get off my chest to the Dem, though I'm just an independent who's been donating regularly to you guys over the years. Enough moaning and fucking around already! The hills are swarmed with orcs. Get up and lead the fight now. Fight them, not fight amongst yourselves.

#AskAnInfectiousDiseaseDoc For the next 24h ask me anything about infectious diseases and vaccines. I will try to answer your questions below. Answers are not medical advice, just information and education. I will try to do this periodically. Let's go!

This past weekend, Elon Musk called me cruel, mean and deceitful. Two and half years ago I called him a welfare queen. You decide. www.profgalloway.com/elon-musk-we...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. ~~ William Shakespeare ~~ #Resist denvergazette.com/news/local/u...

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

Oh my god, Ukraine dipped the entire Russian Black Sea Fleet into the world of shit with $270,000 naval drones and sank its fucking flagship with two obsolete missiles -- and the largest naval power of all time that has 11 carrier strike groups says it's not prepared to face Russia at sea?

Courage.

Those COBOL days We used to know Where have they gone? Where did they go? Eh bien, raise your berets To those COBOL days

Dreadful. Fully Preventable. More of this to come www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

They fucking confirmed him to be the head of the HHS today. Hello, darkness, my old friend.

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging? Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.

Current list of companies continuing their commitment to DEI. www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...

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Here’s what we’re reading today: In 2022 there were attempts to assassinate Zelenskyy, which led to the deaths of people inside the President's Office, Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Guardian. At least three assassination attempts were recorded before March 2022.

So, we are truly done for.

Hubby, a JPL rocket scientist with 5 missions to Mars, said the same thing.