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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 12h

Thanks for sharing this! This research shows how state policy before the Trump administration already led to an increase in the targeting of immigrants and racial minorities, which was only further amplified once Trump was in office.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

@scottlincicome.bsky.social Does this include tariffs?

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If LeBron or Taylor Swift posted this most recent El Niño historical temperature graph (current one in red) 500 million people would be in the streets. (And a hundred million lives would likely be saved in the next 20 months) #ClimateCrisis

Graph showing all the past El Niño temperatures on a monthly timeline with the current one in red way above all the others and still climbing.

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Florent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · 23h

Huge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 20h

Nobel Prize awarded for optogenetics. Congrats to Karl Deisseroth, Hegemann, and Nagel. The prize is well-deserved, for work that has been transformative. a few quick thoughts 1/4 🧪#neuroscience

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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 20h

#Pericyte #Aging Bulk transcriptome of 18 vs 3 mo🐭 cochlear pericyte Aging➡️ ⏫TGFβ signals➡️ ⏬IGF-1 & SLC25A33 mito pyrimidine nucleotide transport IGF-1 microinjection rescues #BloodLabyrinthBarrier ultrastructure & Age-related hearing loss🐭 #AgingCell 2026 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.

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Gwênlyn Glusman (she/her) ☸️ @gwenlyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have modernized and enhanced the NSF COA generator tool. Results now update dynamically • Published under more than one name? Covered! • Other people share your name? No problem! • You prefer searching by ORCID? Go ahead! Give it a try. Feedback, bug reports, feature requests are MOST welcome! 🧪

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Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 04/10/2026

On this day #OTD in 1992 an undeclared El Al cargo plane crashed into a residential building in Amsterdam, killing 43 people. I know exactly where I was. The news spread around Amsterdam streets within seconds. Queen Beatrix visited within days and cried very publicly.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026

ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I effing despise RFK Jr. I had a cancer caused by HPV that had a massive impact on my life. I would have loved to have a vaccine that could have prevented all of that and whatnot. Yet that fool has claimed that HPV vaccines themselves cause cancer and he’s making bank on that lie and others.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years. Those who survive measles experience immune amnesia and an increased susceptibility to infections. I spoke to the reporter for this article as one of the many experts interviewed. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...

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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years

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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

LSU found a man responsible for r*ping a woman and decided suspension was too harsh. Kendall was a freshman when a football player assaulted her in his on-campus dorm in October 2025. She went to the hospital for a r*pe kit. She filed a Title IX complaint in January.

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 03/10/2026

🚨 GEORGIA VOTERS — OCT. 5 IS IMPORTANT! Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 3 election. 🗳️ Register by Oct. 5 🗳️ Early voting: Oct. 13–30 🗳️ Election Day: Nov. 3 Check your registration. Make a plan. Make your voice heard. #Georgia #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

PSA. Important.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/10/2026

What is likely going on here: Vought, Project 2025, Trump etc want to kill social and behavioral research, blow up basic science, harm universities, and destroy govt generally. So they are defunding SBE almost completely, leaving a shred of activity behind so Vought can plausibly assert in court

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pretty sure it's also important that it's in a relatively narrow range which the upper-atmosphere is transparent to. pace.oceansciences.org/atmos_light....

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026

I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

89% of SBE NSF grants were never awarded!! My field (Cognitive Neuroscience) is included in this gutting, as are so many others. Plenty of horror stories in the same space are also coming from NIH. It’s not just delaying research; it’s labs shutting down and a next gen that won’t be trained.

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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Had no idea how common dengue has become in Florida. Per the CDC, >1000 non-travel-associated US dengue cases in 2026, mostly Florida. A guy I ran cross-country with in high school lost a teenage daughter to dengue last year. Can't believe this isn't big news. www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-13...

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TWiV 1362: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello continue their ongoing exasperation over 5 deaths in Pennsylvania associated with measles infections, the absurdity of RFK Jr.’s st...

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's hard to put into words how angry I am about this.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I appreciate @zhonggg.bsky.social and @rjnskl.bsky.social for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.

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See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California (Gift Article)

An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 02/10/2026

I’ve written this up here. In addition to there not being a Covid-scale drop in tourism recently, you might also be wondering why visits from Mexico seem to double around 2004-05. The answer is not a sudden shift in Mexican preferences but rather our old friend, There Was A Change In The Measure.

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Trump Tourism Effects

In the past day or two on social media I kept seeing this graph from a Semafor story on the declining volume of international visitors to the United States. Semafor Graph. It seems to show, and was be...

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150

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Postdoctoral Researcher

The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...

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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

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Matt Olm @mattolm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is an interesting paper! Starting with a really big screen to look for GPCR activation by microbes, and ending with a convincing story by which microbes make acetylcholine in the gut to promote IgA production, ultimately leading to better colonization. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Commensal-derived acetylcholine enhances mucosal immune education - Nature

A diet–microbiome–host axis strengthens mucosal immune defences and reinforces host–microbiota mutualism.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And shame on everyone, including Bernie Sanders specifically, who talks about the importance of “securing the border” without acknowledging that it means precisely this.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...

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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.

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Leonor García-Bayona @lgbacteria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Come be our colleague! Very supportive department for assistant profs!

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Jung Choi "not going back!" @jung-gt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Vote early in person if you can. If you do vote by mail, do it early and be sure to check online that your ballot was received and accepted.

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Fair Count @faircount.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Supreme Court rejected the administration's mail-voting restrictions for the midterms—rules that would have required uniform ballot envelopes and voter names submitted through an online portal before USPS delivered ballots. Info for GA voters: bit.ly/4iw5Ub3

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What to know about voting by mail after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision

The court rejected President Donald Trump's plan to place new restrictions on voting by mail. Here's what you need to know for Georgia.

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Mara Freilich @maratimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're hiring a tenure-track faculty member in geochemistry & climate at Brown! apply.interfolio.com/193121

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map

The US has at least 40 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks, the same number reported last week. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

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Note that while PMC uses forecasting to estimate national statistics through Sep 28 and beyond, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the national forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13, closely aligned with our prior forecasts. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. Levels often decline slowly, suggesting the need for ongoing precautions. Additionally, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week, and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so the national forecast has more uncertainty than usual. For example, we could see the peak adjusted upward or a double peak. It is unclear how quickly reporting will resume at the offline sites.

Note that while PMC national statistical estimates include forecasting, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. However, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so high uncertainty.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)

A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The basic fact remains about the Trump Administration was asked by @annabower.bsky.social: who is in charge of DOGE? Since DOGE we have lived in unrelenting attack on the Congressional power of the purse. Ask: if Russ Vought is “pocketing” 810 million dollars of money, where is that money going?

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 25/09/2026

9-25 is now Dolly Day! While CA was the first state to proclaim it—a nod to her iconic single (and movie)—people are celebrating the world over. “9 to 5” perfectly embodies what Dolly was about: beautiful-but-catchy songs, biting social commentary, and a sense of purpose that imbued all she did.

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It's officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives

Communities worldwide are dedicating Friday to honoring Dolly Parton. The day falls on Sept. 25, a wink at her hit song “9 to 5.”

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

malpractice story packaging in that the more pertinent details are: this guy is a bodybuilder promoter who killed his own son with a $100K divorce on wheels but is crowdfunding his funeral on a page that just says he was “accidentally struck by a moving vehicle” and they’re close to half that amount

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Young boy killed after father backs Cybertruck into him, police say

A California man accidentally hit and killed his 6-year-old son while backing out of the family’s driveway near Temecula in a Tesla Cybertruck, according to police reports.

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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs

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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

LOVE this story. I was in Maine this summer and was thrilled to get some honestly pretty good French-style hard cider from a local business that was gathering apples from some of the ancient trees scattered throughout the local area.

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