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NPR @npr.org · 26/04/2026

In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. n.pr/4vQBtk3

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe is first person to run sub-2-hour marathon to win in London

In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday.

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is all great advice! Adding that, if you’re nervous about talking to a staffer, it’s OK to call after hours and leave a message! #callyourreps

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of you eyes and ears.”

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

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CommonSense44.. Now Resting under BlueSkys @radar144.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

All the latin speaking Soccer/Football nations should boycott the US World Cup right now. If we don't even follow our own laws we obviously will ignore the international ones. This makes us a rogue nation. Make America Great, my ass. He has turned us into a damn untrustworthy POS

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen. Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2025 Reading wrap-up 1. Favorite fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 2. Favorite nonfiction: Prequel by Rachel Maddow 3. Favorite re-read: All Systems Red by Martha Wells 4. Favorite new-to-me author: Becky Chambers 5: First read of 2026: Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum. If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

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Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers

We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

Candid photo of Zara Weinberg. She has short red hair, bangs and glasses. She is laughing.

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

All of the cities where I trained (undergrad, grad school, postdoc) were places with excellent public transit and bicycling infrastructure. I knew I could never afford a car as an undergrad or grad student. But non-car transit options made these opportunities possible.

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Krisha Aghi, PhD @phdoll.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Zara Weinberg was a brilliant light both in and out of science. She changed the lives of everyone she interacted and loved for the better. Her legacy will live on through all of us and we will fight for a better world on behalf of her memory.

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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

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E15 Groups

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for

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NPR @npr.org · 10/10/2025

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding: "When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...

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Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn

October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It has been 7 years and these are still just as relevant!

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Laura is awesome and I can't wait to hear about all the cool work her lab is doing! Prospective students you should definitely reach out!

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97% effective at preventing measles.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump. Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt. Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Bio Dept. @macalestercollege.bsky.social is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular genetics. I got my BA here and can say without a doubt that Mac really launched my scientific journey. Applications due Sept 15th! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30197

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Macalester College, Biology

Job #AJO30197, Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics, Biology, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Keep talking to your reps and senators!!

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The Stanford Biology Preview Program @stanfordbpp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Planning to apply to Biology PhD Programs this year? Let us help you out!! At the Stanford Biology Preview Program, we aim to support students from all backgrounds through the graduate school application process. Apply here: forms.gle/EvTyUWXFMRSL...

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The comment process is quick and easy! The volume of comments also matters, so writing something short and sweet is perfect.

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Congratulations to all the new fellows and welcome to the Leading Edge community!!

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Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Scientists, reach out to your local communities about the importance of funding science! Write an op-ed to your local newspaper as part of the #McClintockLetters. Please spread the word and sign up! DM me if you're interested and need help getting started. I'm trained as a writer and happy to help.

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Ossoff's Office @ossoff.senate.gov · 30/04/2025

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I don’t quite have the words to describe what just happened at HHS, on a Friday afternoon, before a holiday weekend, but it’s very very bad, and we will all be less safe and less healthy as a result. These are long time friends and colleagues and amazing, AMAZING scientists. This is senseless. 💔

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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hello everyone! A brief reintroduction: I am a biochemist interested in #RNAmodifications, dysregulated #metabolism, and their crosstalk in systems including #cancer and #aging. And I'm currently on the #academicjobs market!

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

If you want to follow awesome women and non-binary early career scientists, the starter pack of Leading Edge Fellows is here! go.bsky.app/He3EAcq

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

So excited to FINALLY see our work online!! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this really awesome story! aacrjournals.org/mct/article-...

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Christina Fitzsimmons @fitzsimmonscm.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Excited to see our recent work on cryptic splice mutations in hereditary renal cancer out. Congrats to all the authors! academic.oup.com/hmg/advance-...

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