Reposted by Damian MasedaDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight 17124282612
Reposted by Damian MasedaImmunopaedia @immunopaedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Global Immunotalks – Free Virtual Immunology Seminars Link for more: ow.ly/bRXH50ZSuc8 #GlobalImmunotalks #Immunology #ImmunologyResearch #ScienceCommunication #GlobalHealth #AfricanScience #ResearchCommunity #Immunopaedia 024
Reposted by Damian MasedaLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'lemonde.frThousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice. 452270745
Reposted by Damian MasedaGlobal Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Who would you love to see at Global Immunotalks? Nominate your favorite speakers for our 2027 First Semester program! Please nominate here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1KOa...docs.google.comGLOBAL IMMUNOTALKS: invitation to nominate speakersWe invite the #GlobalImmuno community to suggest speakers for future Global Immunotalks. Nominations will be reviewed by the Global Immunotalks organizers before each semester’s schedule is finalized.... 021
Reposted by Damian MasedaThe Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026New 📄 🚨! #CellBio is teeming with simulations comprising an extraordinarily high number of components. We argue that model complexity will not automatically lead to a better understanding of biological systems & discuss how modeling practices could be repurposed: arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998 #philsciarxiv.orgSimulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biologyIn cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c... 47936
Reposted by Damian MasedaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/08/2026If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities. 152092441
Reposted by Damian MasedaThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026'Civil rights advocates have said these prosecutions, even when unsuccessful, are part of an effort to criminalize lawful community organizing, weaken movements opposing deportations and turn the lives of activists upside down.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives 096
Damian Maseda @dmaseda.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The path of scientific funding options in the USA is taking interesting twists...... 010
Reposted by Damian MasedaInternational Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Nominations for the 2026 John Maddox Prize close Aug 2. It recognizes researchers who've stood up for science and evidence in public debate, often against real opposition. Two categories: main prize and Early Career Award. Self-nominations welcome. loom.ly/mA9OARo #ImmunologyWithoutBorders 022
Reposted by Damian MasedaRosy Favicchio @rosyf.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A collection of protocols covering a wide range of immunological-based assays and methods adapted for immunological research published @natprot.nature.com 🧪 #medsky #immunosky Take a look:nature.comProtocols for immunological researchA collection of protocols covering a range of techniques for isolating, profiling, identifying and characterizing immune cells and biomarkers 022
Reposted by Damian MasedaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10706503120329
Reposted by Damian MasedaSoyon Hong @soyonhonglab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Thrilled to share: we show that neuronal hyperactivity drives C1q-mediated synapse loss via brain-recruited B cell/IgM, revealing unexpected neuroimmune crosstalk in the adult brain. Congrats to Gerard Crowley who led this w/ resilience & creativity & our whole team! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgC1q and immunoglobulins mediate activity-dependent synapse loss in the adult brainComplement component 1q (C1q), the initiator of the classical complement cascade, mediates synaptic elimination in development and disease, yet the triggers for its deposition on synapses remain uncle... 13713
Reposted by Damian MasedaLuís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 06/07/20261/🧵 With this paper finally published, I want to talk about the worst peer review experience of my career as a non-native English speaker, early-career researcher, and solo author, and why I think it matters. #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #EvoSky 53824
Reposted by Damian MasedaPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 03/07/2026Immune cells exist as continuous clouds, not discrete categories. In this Perspective, @tal-shay.bsky.social &co reframe immune identity through systems biology, and propose that immunotherapies should aim at dynamics of the cell cloud. 🧪 #AcademicSky #immunology plos.io/4oWuoLG 0164
Reposted by Damian MasedaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 927249728681
Reposted by Damian MasedaEduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This is one of the most exciting IBD papers of 2026 so far!!! 👇🏼 Every now and then, a study comes along that fundamentally changes how we think about disease mechanisms. This is one of them. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgInterleukin-10 Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1*01:03 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | NEJMNeutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 can result in a phenocopy of monogenic defects of interleukin-10 signaling in children and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)... 2114
Reposted by Damian MasedaChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I've received advice like "if you do your best science, everything will turn out fine", which to a large extent is true in the past, when science has strong bipartisan support for decades. Nowadays, we can't just do science, but we also have to advocate for science. 29622
Reposted by Damian MasedaAlbert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"I'm one of those scientists who's less inclined to impose order on the living world and more inclined to try and interpret the order that is there." 🧪 💡1998 Lasker Laureate Paul Nurse discusses the role of intuition in making scientific decisions. Cancer Research UK youtube.comWe Ask a Scientist: Paul Nurse on Intuition"I'm one of those scientists who's less inclined to impose order on the living world and more inclined to try and interpret the order that is there." 1998 Lasker Laureate Paul Nurse discusses the role of intuition in making scientific decisions. 0121
Reposted by Damian MasedaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/06/2026"The increasing involvement of technology companies in mathematical research raises the risk that research questions may come to be prioritized because of their amenability to automated mathematics, rather than expert judgment of their deeper significance."leidendeclaration.aiLeiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and MathematicsThis declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research. 5307112
Reposted by Damian MasedaDuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3) 316148615238
Reposted by Damian MasedaCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/05/2026This is North Korea level bullshit, and a total fucking disaster for science and for the United States alike. It doesn't matter whether it fails to pass; this kind of thinking is already penetrating NIH, NSF, NASA, etc and causing severe harm. NASEM, AAAS, AAUP, etc must condemn unequivocally.science.orgLawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborationsCritics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent 22636214
Reposted by Damian MasedaThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/05/2026In the coming months, the weaknesses of America’s patchwork railway system will be exposed across all 11 U.S. sites of World Cup matches—and it won't be pretty, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes.bit.lyHere’s Another Way America Will Choke at the World CupThe nation’s railway system is destined to lose. 47217
Reposted by Damian MasedaInternational Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 16/05/2026🧬 Working on #leukocyte biology? #SLB2026 (“Leukocytes, it’s all about location”) takes place Sept 14–17, 2026, in Columbus, OH. Learn more! loom.ly/F4V-D4w #ImmunologyWithoutBorders #Leukocytes #SLB2026 #GlobalImmunology 021
Reposted by Damian MasedaProPublica @propublica.org · 15/05/2026The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.projects.propublica.orgWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublicaThe FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. 14829384
Reposted by Damian MasedaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Atmospheric CO₂ of 340 ppm 162667545
Reposted by Damian MasedaUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 & 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide & fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to health — have been slashed by 50% & 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Bike-lanes make better cities. #UrbanTruth 4259107
Reposted by Damian MasedaInternational Union of Immunological Societies @iuis-online.bsky.social · 27/04/2026From discovery to 👉 clinical reality. 👏 FOCIS brings this year’s theme into focus through the #DayofImmunology video campaign. Tregs and Foxp3 reshaped immune tolerance. Now they’re moving into clinical trials. 🧬 🔗 loom.ly/yWRSIP0 #DOI2026 #ImmunologyWithoutBorders 044
Reposted by Damian MasedaDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 22/04/2026One of the most telling pics of the year ... so far. 831172912565
Reposted by Damian MasedaProPublica @propublica.org · 20/04/2026WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. 9931801912
Reposted by Damian MasedaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.bbc.co.ukPregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections. 72455620
Reposted by Damian MasedaRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language. 712294347638
Reposted by Damian MasedaAdrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 17/04/2026We have an exciting new story out at @science.org's Science Immunology! It is all about using #AAV-mediated cytokine delivery to change the lung environment. We can boost #lung #Tregs or delivery anti-inflammatory #cytokines, preventing fatal respiratory collapse www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 47215
Reposted by Damian MasedaRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026France is switching from Microsoft to Linux "We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."numerique.gouv.fr numerique.gouv.fr 279104922255
Reposted by Damian MasedaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . . 800285345989
Reposted by Damian MasedaWHO @who.int · 07/04/2026More than 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. That is health and science in action. This #WorldHealthDay, Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙 223862
Reposted by Damian MasedaElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.nbcnews.comA deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fallHib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine. 15646332422
Reposted by Damian MasedaMarc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. projects.propublica.... 1/3projects.propublica.orgThe Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines VanishResearchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. 12513
Reposted by Damian MasedaUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 27/03/2026“Every $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” That’s a better return on investment than some direct health treatments…”reuters.comBike lanes are a sound public health investmentEvery $1,300 New York City invested in building bike lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to one additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a ne... 6590191
Reposted by Damian MasedaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great. 4153282362
Reposted by Damian MasedaEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...404media.coWikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.” 10982822298
Reposted by Damian MasedaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy. 263130474811
Damian Maseda @dmaseda.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Ruin a book or band name with one letter: Glade Runner 110
Reposted by Damian MasedaJoel Babdor @joelbabdor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Even among healthy people, immune systems operate at different baseline levels. In our new Cell paper, we show that these immune states are stable over time and are associated with the gut microbiome. 🧵 @cp-cell.bsky.social #Immunology #SystemsImmunology 22813
Reposted by Damian MasedaDane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now 216256716911
Reposted by Damian MasedaGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them. 22978502631
Reposted by Damian MasedaJohn P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world. We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them. 236111272802
Reposted by Damian MasedaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so. 686231457849
Reposted by Damian MasedaCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/02/2026Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergenciesStudy finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases 431269716
Reposted by Damian MasedaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?nytimes.comNetflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover 17923874316417
Reposted by Damian MasedaProPublica @propublica.org · 25/02/2026The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.projects.propublica.orgWhere Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublicaThe FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports. 7825380