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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14/05/2025
Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
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Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
Sinister tales of ineptitude abound as ChatGPT and its horrid friends are now found in even more places * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This is how water wars start. It's going to be really bad. 🧪 🌧️ 🌡️
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds - BBC News
Some states restrict access for women following the overturning of Roe v Wade.
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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat wounds, remove snares, and use leaves for hygienic purposes both on themselves and on others, demonstrating that prosocial healthcare is not unique to humans. 🧪 www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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Frontiers | Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees
Understanding the cognitive and social foundations of healthcare behaviors in humans requires examining their evolutionary precursors in our closest living r...
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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🍂 NEW: How NIH Grants by the Hundreds were Terminated in 2025 🧪 Law suit led by Washington State Attorney General Terminations allegedly violated a court order blocking the grant cuts Direct involvement in grant terminations by DOGE
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 07/05/2025
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Supreme Court Approves Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
In a major legal victory for the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump’s controversial ban on transgender individuals serving in the military […] The post Supreme Court Approves Trump’s Transgender Military Ban appeared first on Baller Alert.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/05/2025
Ever wonder what like was like for kids in Victorian-era UK and US? Under Trump’s HHS, our kids may just find out. Cuts to vaccines, Medicaid, school meals, and child labor protections could take us back to a time when children were sick, hungry, and exploited. time.com/7283126/trum...
Five children dressed for coal mining work in a black-and-white photo from late 19th century
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/05/2025
The case that could gut disabled people's right to equal health care
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The case that could gut disabled people's right to equal health care
The notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit will rule on whether it's a civil rights violation to deny a quadriplegic man a ventilator.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/05/2025
This is an incredible story. Extremely well written deep dive into an entire generation captured by generative AI. Even professors are using AI to grade AI written papers. Wild.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 07/05/2025
It takes a village—and sometimes, a law firm. 💪 Former DOJ lawyers have launched a firm to defend federal workers under attack by Trump’s anti-civil service agenda. Federal workers are standing up. Want to share your moment? Let’s lift each other up. Comment below. ⬇️
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Ex-DOJ Lawyers Aim to Fight Trump on Federal Worker Firings (1)
Two former Justice Department litigators opened a new law firm to represent fired federal workers.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
If you can't handle me at my buying books because I'm having a bad day, you don't deserve me at my buying books because I'm having a great day
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/05/2025
The NIH plans to end future funding for research projects focused on vaccine hesitancy and the Covid pandemic, as well as gender-affirming care, climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other areas, according to a new draft guidance memo reviewed by Mother Jones.
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Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH
On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/05/2025
99% of the time, the people who end up getting barged in on by police and security guards with transgender bathroom bans are cisgender lesbian women. Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone. Anyway. Many such cases.
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Hotel Guard Barges Into Women’s Restroom, Accuses Lesbian Guest Of Being A Man - GO Magazine
The Liberty Hotel in Boston has suspended the guard and promised staff retraining after forcibly removing a cisgender lesbian from the women’s restroom.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Sigh
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/05/2025
1. In one of the largest defections to date, five Dem Senators in PA, including party leaders, voted to pass an anti-trans sports ban. House leaders say the bill will not move there, even though their margin is even narrower. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Pennsylvania: Five Democratic Senators Defect for Anti-Trans Sports Ban
The bill is unlikely to become a law, but the partisan fray has some Pennsylvanians worried.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 08/05/2025
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
BREAKING: Democrats reached a deal on a stablecoin bill that will give them a fake amendment on Trump crypto corruption that is designed to fail, so collaborators can say they did the best they could. "Schumer 101," said one source. prospect.org/politics/202...
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Democrats Cave, Prepare to Rubber-Stamp Trump Crypto Corruption
Pro-crypto senators are poised to pass a stablecoin bill, while failing to crack down on the Trump organization issuing one to collect payments from foreign governments.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
⚠️Tariffs On Medications Will Make America Sick We might soon see Trump WH impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals—patients will suffer and die. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that these tariffs are coming in the “next month or two.” What will this mean?
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Tariffs On Medications Will Make America Sick
We might soon see the Trump Administration impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. U.S. patients will suffer.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects. It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this. The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
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Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
NIH is ending funding for research on vaccine hesitancy, the Covid pandemic, gender-affirming care, climate change, DEI, and more. Here’s the language the agency will require staff to use to describe the cuts, according to a leaked draft guidance memo: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH
On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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CNN @cnn.com · 23/03/2025
The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have to be abandoned if nothing is done to reverse the trend, city officials warn.
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NYC will eventually have to abandon part of its water supply if it keeps getting saltier | CNN
The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have to be aba...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 23/03/2025
South Korea has declared a state of disaster after multiple forest fires hit the country’s south, killing at least four and displacing hundreds of residents from their homes.
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South Korea Declares Emergency as Wildfires Rage for Third Day
South Korea has declared a state of disaster after multiple forest fires hit the country’s south, killing at least four and displacing hundreds of residents from their homes.
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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Whooping Cough cases on the rise in Louisiana, two infant deaths reported www.katc.com/news/whoopin...
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Whooping Cough cases on the rise in Louisiana, two infant deaths reported
Louisiana is seeing an alarming rise in whooping cough cases, with the state’s Department of Health reporting two infant deaths within the last six months.
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 22/03/2025
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Texas Mom Says “The Measles Wasn’t That Bad” After Losing 6-Year-Old Daughter to the Disease
The parents of a 6-year-old girl who died from measles in February say they still do not believe in vaccines, even after losing their daughter to the virus. In a […] The post Texas Mom Says “The Measles Wasn’t That Bad” After Losing 6-Year-Old Daughter to the Disease appeared first on Baller Alert.
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 22/03/2025
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67,000 White South Africans Want to Move to the U.S. Under Trump’s New Refugee Plan
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa confirmed it has received a list with more than 67,000 names of people interested in refugee resettlement in the United States, according to the […] The post 67,000 White South Africans Want to Move to the U.S. Under Trump’s New Refugee Plan appeared first on Baller Alert.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 21/03/2025
something to remind you Our last few remaining wild places Are worth saving
Fox searching the snow for his next meal.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
European countries and Canada were already looking to get out of existing orders for F-35s because of Trump. Not sure this helps.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
You don’t need to read about every single part they’re chipping away at. Doing that will chip away at you and waste your time when you know they’re gonna burn it all down until you get the ashes to sift through. Organise in your local community and resist. Don’t stop until you win.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/03/2025
Columbia University has agreed to terms set by the Trump administration in order to retain its federal funding. This includes a mask ban, and it’s unclear whether and how health exceptions would be implemented for people who, for example, are immunocompromised.
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Caving to Trump's demands, Columbia University says it will ban mask-wearing
Enforcing such an order while allowing exceptions for health can be a dicey matter.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/03/2025
💉🧵There is a concerning trend toward banning mRNA vaccines. Idaho, Montana, and Iowa have introduced proposals to ban or restrict mRNA vaccine use. What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work? #factcheckfriday
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“Say the line, Trump.” “I didn’t do it.”
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a group of cartoon characters are sitting at desks in a classroom including bart simpson
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are sitting at desks in a classroom including bart simpson
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/03/2025
1. The military has announced in a new filing that it will ask all soldiers if they have "symptoms" of being transgender. The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Military Will Now Ask Soldiers If They Have "Symptoms" Of Being Trans
The document, filed in the Trump military ban court cases, raises more questions than it answers.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers. First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts. Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 22/03/2025
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IRS Reportedly Nears Agreement to Share Tax Data with ICE for Immigration Enforcement
The Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement allowing immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the identities and addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants, according to four sources familiar […] The post IRS Reportedly Nears Agreement to Share Tax Data with ICE for Immigration Enforcement appeared first on Baller Alert.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is the article I wanted …
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 09/03/2025
A group of 20 attorneys general, including Colorado's Phil Weiser, is suing the Trump administration over mass layoffs of probationary federal employees, which they claim is illegal and is causing irreparable harm to their states. By @caitlinsievers.bsky.social @azmirror.com
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AGs sue over ‘reckless and illegal’ mass firings of probationary federal workers • Colorado Newsline
A group of 20 attorneys general is suing the Trump administration over mass layoffs of probationary federal employees.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 09/03/2025
Residents warned to head for high ground as flood waters rise in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
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Residents warned to head for high ground as flood waters rise in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
More than 230,000 households and businesses in south-east Queensland and northern NSW still without power on Monday morning * Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/03/2025
There’s no one around to stop Trump from declaring martial law and suspending the Constitution or even an election.
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Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It
No, he’s not “joking” when he portrays himself as a king and muses about staying in office past 2028. Just look at everything he’s done this month.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/03/2025
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/03/2025
Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that are making traditionally cheap palm oil costlier, eliminating an advantage that also curbed prices of rival oils reut.rs/41Tems0
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The end of cheap palm oil? Output stalls as biodiesel demand surges
Stagnating palm-oil production and a biodiesel push in Indonesia could keep the price of cooking oil high for years.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 10/03/2025
A reminder about why Trump is obsessed with Greenland — as always, follow the donor money. www.levernews.com/trumps-tech-...
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Trump’s Tech Donors Have Big Plans For Greenland
A Trump takeover of Greenland could open the door to tech moguls’ mineral interests and their utopian aspirations.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: what we know about flooding, roads, public transport and services disruption
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: what we know about flooding, roads, public transport and services disruption
With south-east Queensland and northern NSW still facing severe weather, here’s what we know about evacuation centres, school closures and the availability of phone, internet and other services * Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updates…
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 08/03/2025
“The measles virus wipes out 11 percent to 73 percent of the different antibodies that protect against viral and bacterial strains a person was previously immune to — anything from influenza to herpesvirus to bacteria that cause pneumonia and skin infections.”
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Study suggests how measles depletes body’s immune memory — Harvard Gazette
A new Harvard study shows measles wipes out 11 percent to 73 percent of antibodies against an array of viruses and bacteria, depleting a child’s previous immunity, which underscores the importance of ...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Would be great to not have an anti-vaxxer in charge of HHS for something like this! www.huffpost.com/entry/us-mea...
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West Texas Reports Nearly 200 Measles Cases. New Mexico Is Up To 30
Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico's case number has tripled to 30.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 08/03/2025
Trump has vowed to keep fentanyl out of the country with aggressive tariffs. But federal funding and staffing cuts mean less money for advanced technology required to detect synthetic drugs, which are often odorless and transported in small quantities. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump policies could fuel illicit drug trade despite vow to curb fentanyl
‘Coercive’ tariffs and federal funding cuts could worsen flow of illicit drugs into US, ex-government officials warn
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The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Type 2 Diabetes increases metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer via exosomal microRNAs. The findings could lead to personalized treatment plans for breast cancer patients with metabolic conditions. 🩷🧪
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BU Researchers Discover Connection Between Metabolism and Aggressive Breast
In a groundbreaking study conducted by the researchers at Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, important insights into the relationship between diabetes and t
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Any country, corp, org, or individual that uses Starlink is subject to the whims, wishes, demands and insults of The Owner. Do so at your peril.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Another 🎁 link for you. "Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders." The world is "more perilous... 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks (Gift Article)
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
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