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Joshua Sharp

@joshuasharp.bsky.social
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Triplett-Behrakis Professor of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Director, Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence. CTO, GenNext Technologies. Analytical and physical biochemist. Posting on BlueSky is not my job.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 11h
Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will.
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RFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on Medicaid
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already demonstrated his Department of Health and...
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7h
I can’t emphasize this enough — “AI” wasn’t born corrupt and toxic. For ~75 years, it was mathematicians and scientists doing interesting, thoughtful work and trying to solve problems, making only the usual human mistakes. What “AI” did to machine learning is as tragic as what it did to artists.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 9h
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Soon, we may find out if the accelerationists are right.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Chemsky Am actively recruiting graduate students for 2027. Looking for a total of 4-6 students to join the team. Synthetic organic chemistry, molecular biology/cell biology, and biophysics are priorities, but we will consider almost anything in the molecular sciences if it aligns with our work!
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Big congratulations to the Cleveland fans. Regardless of how this game ends, they can hope for something this season other than sheer awfulness. Those fans deserve better than what they've gotten these past..many years.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Even when he scores, Aaron Rodgers looks miserable.
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Donald Glover's Surprised 'Good' Reaction
Alt: Donald Glover's Surprised 'Good' Reaction
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
...they were making radioisotopes for cancer treatments? Because if not, I got nothing here.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cleveland, I think Todd Monken might be a real one.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 02/10/2026
“We can do as many crimes as we want so long as we say it was software and pay for a few PACs” is an absolutely insane way to run a society.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of all of the interesting people you could have a sit-down interview with before the Cleveland-Pittsburgh game, why would anyone choose Deshaun Watson? Instant channel change.
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Kelly Dawe @corncolors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great story about the shenanigans going on at my university and in my state. I really appreciate how Mississippi Free Press doesn't just report the facts, but reports the context surrounding the issue. Good luck to my colleague JT.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is it wrong to use exclamation points in an email when you're not actually excited?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Per declaration from the Pentagon's General Counsel, the OLC boat strike memo is TS/SCI, exists in hard copy only, there are only four hard copies, and DoD's sole copy is secured in his safe. Umm, ok This is not some sort of super secret squirrel CA program www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He about lost me at first (athletes not students? Really?), but then I think he pulled me back in. But the way forward is definitely to get the players unionized. The rest can be negotiated with the union.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rufo literally offered a bounty to anyone who could produce a video of Haitians eating dogs. He got nothing. So he found a video of Congolese men grilling chicken and tried to claim they were cooking cats.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Make this make sense to me, please. I get trading McCarthy if Minnesota thinks they have their guy. But for only a fifth rounder?
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'll be honest: at this point, I genuinely don't understand how some ambitious local prosecutor hasn't indicted Sam Altman over some of this shit. I can't imagine you couldn't get a grand jury to go along at this point.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds. The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This country needs to internalize: preventing a legal voter from voting is AT LEAST as bad as letting a person vote illegally. This is true practically and morally, but we act like it's not true.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One thing I can always comfort myself with: I am handling my ever-approaching mortality better than the wealthiest people in the world.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is a problem that a single person decides when we go to war and when we don't, despite what the law says. And this problem exists because our Congress is a bunch of cowards who want the perks without doing the job.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excellent NYT article captures the sweep of ICE’s now decentralized surge, then zooms in to tell the individual stories of cruelty and heartbreak. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/ice-s…
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The weather FINALLY broke here, and Fall has arrived. My favorite time of year in Oxford!
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We have made a complete lack of shame a social superpower. We don't have to live like this.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If they deserve to be impeached — and so many of them do — then the House should impeach them. Maybe the Senate won‘t convict but it’s still worth the effort to remind people that laws still exist and that Democrats still defend it. Also, as noted here, make ‘em sweat.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don’t know why, but something about the one-two punch here strikes me as morbidly hilarious in a cosmic sort of way.
An engineer on the Claude AI subreddit explains his frustrations with artificial intelligence’s impact on his job  Claude responds with the most AI summary to ever AI summary
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I could really use some good news today, and the universe delivers:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All that power just to make professors go back to blue book exams. Seems a bit excessive.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Katie Miller confirms the Trump crime ring is counting on pardons
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Thanks For Sharing, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you’re still making fun of Lane Kiffin at midnight, STAY IN LINE
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Hotty Fucking Toddy" Trinidad Chambliss
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That win is going to be good for this town! Closure on a bad relationship. Big congrats to the Rebs and to Oxford. And big congrats to Pete Golding and his staff. We don't hear as much about him because he puts the focus on his players, but UMiss sees you.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026
When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh look, Russ Vought being bad at everything again.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 18/09/2026
realize I'm a little bit of a quirky guy but being punched in the face repeatedly by masked men with guns actually is something I find frightening
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Joshua Sharp @joshuasharp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow, people that I've already blocked have been very successful today in riling up other people that I follow.
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