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Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" Leonard Nimoy March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015

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“It’s a six-month production cycle,” Dr. Offit said. “So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan. Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵

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538 performed better than other quant models and prediction markets in the 2024 House elections open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...

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Pink Floyd voice So So you think you can tell Kenan from Kel…

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khruangbin is up for best new artist tonight at the #grammys so gonna reshare my favorite thing i worked on last year @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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Extremely important news variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Great news for the University of Texas!

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Hello. I've written a book called The Right of the People. It's about democracy and why we should have one in America. Out August 12th. You may pre-order it now. This is the first of many reminders. Thank you. Bookshop: shorturl.at/ykg4a Amazon: shorturl.at/0d7A3 Barnes & Noble: shorturl.at/EFA9I

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Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Identification of 10,000-year-old rice beer at Shangshan in the Lower Yangzi River valley of China By analyzing microscopic remains...we found evidence suggesting that the Shangshan people...used rice...as a raw material for...the earliest known alcohol fermentation technique in East Asia.

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Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's completely universal but totally invisible adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

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11 clinical trials to watch in 2025 nature.com/articles/s41... @naturemedicine.bsky.social

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The FTA just released October US transit ridership data, so I want to highlight the results of 3 big recent transit expansions First is the Bay Area's Caltrain, where ridership is up 78% year-on-year in the wake of the line's recent electrification!

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youtu.be/KJ38jTQcO1k?...

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“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...

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yep we're screwed

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Who can reskeet this Toucan? Youcan.

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"Repair Cafes and similar community-led repair initiatives are community spaces where individuals converge to mend their broken or malfunctioning items under the expert guidance of skilled volunteers." nextcity.org/features/rep...

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The Klingons that came in, they're eating the cats! Klingons are eating the pets of the people that live on those planets!

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probably the most embarrassing thing on earth is having to answer questions from an electrician. “Where’s your emergency disconnect?” sir all i know is somehow we have put lightning inside the wires

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Do not live in constant fear of being wrong. Don't berate yourself for erring. You may regret past mistakes, but a true warrior knows that if you learn from them you may one day be grateful that you made them.

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Shameful cowardice. I dearly hope UT doesn't follow this vicious decision. www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/t...

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You: I'd like to read fiction inspired by a rock band. Me: I have the book for you. You: But it has to be crime fiction. Me: I have the book for you. You: But the band has to be Talking Heads. Me: I have the book for you. You: But the proceeds have to go to fight climate change. Me: Here you go.

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"Galbraith said the report was sent to UT Austin President Jay Hartzell on July 15 and that the committee has not received a reply." Link to full report is in the article; I will also post it in replies. www.kut.org/education/20...

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RETVRN.

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sorry joe

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““It was important for people to make the connection from the cities to where their families had roots. Most enslaved people had worked in the southeast region of Texas, close to the coast. So people would go back home … and celebrate it with their families. It’s been a tradition since 1865,”“

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sam alito in tuxedo gets recorded incognito

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A month later, still no consequences whatsoever for UT president Jay Hartzell calling in police to beat and jail UT students over their political opinions.

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