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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 06/08/2026
Gregg is a FORMER forest service ranger who was fired by Trump last year for NO cause. Border Patrol asked him to help alert the community to ongoing fires around our forests. He did. For free. But there won't always be a Gregg. That's why we don't fire rangers for no reason.
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well, we may have lost but at least we look like we cheated
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
He’s gonna do it
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Krystal Ball DESTROYS Grogu Over Ties to IDF!
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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
So are we ready to fight gerrymandering instead of each other yet? Because the legislation already exists but most of you have ignored it.
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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incel music lover @incelmusicirony.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm the only candidate for governor of California who was present at Gekyume's circumcision
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
None of those ideals were “genocide.” Rather tellingly, none of those ideals were even “slavery,” and its absence in the founding documents is striking evidence of the guilty hearts of the men who wrote them, given its prominence in their actual lives
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UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center @uclastemcell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A UCLA research team has identified the best design for a promising new type of immunotherapy that could be mass-produced to treat multiple solid tumors. ➡️ bit.ly/4s0hmNR #ResearchPowersProgress
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UCLA scientists identify optimal design for off-the-shelf immunotherapy targeting solid tumors
FindingsA UCLA research team has identified the best design for a promising new type of immunotherapy that could be mass-produced to treat multiple solid tumors. The study focused on engineered invari...
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 19/01/2026
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Just absolute moron behavior. Meat is good for you. Vegetables are literally essential.
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Soren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
What’s going to happen in fifteen years when just as many kids still have autism but also polio?
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 24/12/2025
This is absolutely not how it works, but it could be how it works to some degree if we did universal basic income and indexed it to a percentage of GDP per capita, say 25%, so that as GDP grew, the UBI grew too.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
People on the right and left are sick of big corporations - like media companies - having become such a dominant force in our economy and our culture. Whichever party offers a vision to break up concentrated economic power has the potential to capture a new alignment of voters.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
God fucking dammit
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Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
On the latest episode of It Could Happen Here, Robert and I discuss the memes, misinformation, and conflicting theories on the politics of the suspected Charlie Kirk shooter. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction
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Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“Cutting off hundreds of millions of research funds will do nothing to make UCLA safer for Jews nor diminish antisemitism in the world.” This is a courageous letter that bravely stands up to Trump's weaponization of antisemitism to attack higher education. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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UCLA's Jewish community unites against Trump's $1-billion demand: 'misguided and punitive'
UCLA's Jewish faculty united around a letter conveying anger over a potential $1-billion settlement between the university and the Trump administration over alleged campus antisemitism.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Oh so it does have phd level intelligence
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Miatta Fahnbulleh @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Clean power- built by working people, owned by us all. It’s that simple.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Prolly they shouldn’t’ve done that I think
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2025
Trump on CNN: "They may be prosecuted also for having given false reports on the attack in Iran."
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In silico modeling is an incredible tool that will push the bounds of what we can learn about biology but it's not even close to ready to replace preclinical in vivo drug testing. This whole administration is anti-science and it's trying to blind people to that with a bought-and-paid-for AI sheen.
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Brandon Johnson @bjeromy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Military personnel, acting in their military capacity (here as JAG members) to decide civil claims in a civilian bureaucracy in the name of “efficiency.” This is an absolute hallmark of a police state. I am so sick of saying this, but we keep seeing new examples. Stop pretending this is normal.
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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is an excellent article that contextualizes and explains why AB 130 is so important for housing in California.
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Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
They're not just going after criminals... or undocumented immigrants... or immigrants... They're going after any of us who don't fit into their vision of America, an America where there is no place for diversity or the American Dream. Fuck these guys. www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
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Will🇺🇸📎✌️☮️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
VEO 3 is why I said you should now view any video with no cuts under 8 seconds to be inherently suspicious unless proven otherwise.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This is legit. Consider sharing far and wide.
IMPORTANT
USC law students have started a hotline for people to call when they have an immigration-related court hearing but don't want to show up in person for fear of being arrested/ detained by ICE outside the courthouse. The students will help people complete and submit a
"Motion to Change Hearing Format," which can allow someone to have a remote/online hearing instead of in-person.
hotline # is (888) 462-5211
They can help in English or Spanish
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Megan (she/her) @americanmegalo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of: TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!! Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
A hatchling condor on a white towel. it has downy feathers and it's head skin is kinda wrinkly
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
One of my favorite things about Zohran Mamdani is that he can't be president so his political career will necessarily be focused around representing and serving his local and state communities.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Los Angeles belongs to the people of our City — and the people are speaking very clearly.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is about authoritarianism and our willingness to stand up to it. This President is not a dictator and cannot rule by force & fear. True power is always in the hands of the people.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
They rolled up at car washes in my district and violently kidnapped two dozen people. One didn’t even work at the car wash and was just profiled while getting his car cleaned with his children. Today I joined the devastated families and our traumatized community.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
They won’t let us in to the public arraignment of David Huerta. This is what authoritarianism looks like
Soldiers in full gear with shields stand in front of a courthouse door. Assemblymember Bryan speaks to one of the soldiers.
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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 09/06/2025
This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids
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Rejji Kuruvilla @rkuruvi1.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The sense of sadness and despair that many of us who left countries, where science and research were not valued or that simply there were no resources, feel about the wanton and deliberate destruction of US science (a beacon for the world) is immeasurable.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Sometime there are guys that create art that makes you feel a lot more connected to the world you live in. I’m very grateful for these guys.
David Byrne of Talking Heads in a Big Suit, Stop Making SenseNathan Fielder of The Rehearsal in a Big Suit, Nathan For You
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Wild to watch it all fall so quickly like this. You’d have thought it’d be a gradual decline instead of almost overnight.
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liliyanglab.bsky.social @liliyanglab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congrats to Dr. Bo Li and James Elsten-Brown on earning second place in UCLA TDG's #LABEST2025 poster competition for their work on SERT regulation of serotonin-dependent antitumor immunity, based on their research in doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Way to go, boys!
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Guys this is getting really bad
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Trump admin halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Congressional Republicans continue to attack California's state rights www.notus.org/congress/sen...
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Senate Overturns California’s Electric Vehicle Mandate in Defiance of Parliamentarian
“The effort here is to ensure that you’re not overruling the parliamentarian,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 22/05/2025
we need a jar jar binks for the left
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liliyanglab.bsky.social @liliyanglab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
‼️ @uclaupdates.bsky.social Reports: Who's the team behind identifying serotonin transporter as a tumor immunotherapy target? Dr. Bo Li leads a team of post-docs, grad students and undergrads in identifying immune checkpoints. And of course our lab manager Jie Huang! newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/anti...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The bill is still a mess but this is a win. Thank you, America. They heard you. House Republicans have dropped the provision that would’ve sold off 500,000 acres of public land in Utah and Nevada.
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UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center @uclastemcell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A UCLA study suggests that common antidepressants could enhance the immune system’s ability to fight #cancer and suppress tumor growth. Repurposing these existing FDA-approved drugs could speed up the process of bringing new cancer treatments to patients. stemcell.ucla.edu/news/common-...
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Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer, UCLA study finds
A widely used antidepressant drug could help the immune system fight cancer, according to a new UCLA research study.Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, significantly enhanced the abilit...
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Now online! Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis
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Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis
Serotonin transporter (SERT) inhibits CD8 T cell antitumor immunity by depleting intratumoral serotonin. SERT-blocking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants enhance CD8 T cell antitumor immunity and synergize with anti-PD-1, highlighting SSRIs as potential cancer immunotherapeutics.
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et al. @james-elsten-ca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I’m a very lucky person 👍
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liliyanglab.bsky.social @liliyanglab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Can serotonin and SSRIs help T cells kill cancer? Our @cp-cell.bsky.social article by Dr. Bo Li, doctoral candidate James Elsten-Brown and their team reports "Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis!" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Serotonin transporter inhibits antitumor immunity through regulating the intratumoral serotonin axis
Serotonin transporter (SERT) inhibits CD8 T cell antitumor immunity by depleting intratumoral serotonin. SERT-blocking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants enhance CD8 T cell ...
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