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Miss Mary Mac

@nightcheese.bsky.social
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NIH postdoc working on auto-inflammation, autoimmunity, and cytokine biology | flow cytometry goblin | still in love with parasitology and NTD research | Proud member of NIH Fellows United UAW2750 | native plant enthusiast zone 7b 🌱| All views my own

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/09/2026
World's Scientists Admit They Just Don't Like Mice theonion.com/worlds-scientists-admi…
World's Scientists Admit They Just Don't Like Mice
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a bat hangs upside-down from a telephone line at sunset. The bat is in front of a billboard advertising the Florida Mega Jackpot, which is valued at $5,318,008 - represented with a digital ticker. Panel 2: the POV flips to the bat’s upside-down perspective, which makes the digital numbers look like they spell “BOOBIES”. The bat appears delighted.
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
happy first of many upper respiratory infections in the new school year to all who celebrate
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 22/09/2025
remembering this untouchable pair of comments
@muteboy.bsky.social replying
"Regional Cryptid" to the tune of "Elanor Rigby"
@wesflinn.bsky.social replying 
Regional Cryptid
Hiding inside a small park in a
flyover state
Goats use for bait
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 22/09/2026
You know what goes perfectly in the rat bag? The rat purse.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
According to Jay Bhattacharya, it’s “ridiculous slander” to say Trump is against science.
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says it is "ridiculous slander" that Trump is against science
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Eugenics: a common thread throughout the MAHA Administration Example: Bhattacharya & Memoli, who lead the NIH, say the US government should stop doing pandemic preparedness & instead the government must just urge individuals to get healthy so that at least the healthy survive the next pandemic 😳
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Degenerate Geometry @acat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear lord, Please give us a bountiful harvest this autumn and please stop my wife from talking to me like 'Mater from the Cars cinematic franchise
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
Nation’s Smart Toilets Begin Counting Down theonion.com/nations-smart-toilets-…
Nation’s Smart Toilets Begin Counting Down
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
sciencebasedmedicine.org
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/09/2026
CDC Successfully Eradicates Children theonion.com/cdc-successfully-eradi…
CDC Successfully Eradicates Children
World’s No. 1 Vector Of Disease Eliminated From Nation
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums theonion.com/nobel-prize-in-medicin…
Nobel Prize In Medicine Awarded To Tums
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Miss Mary Mac @nightcheese.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Christo-fascist dickwad is barking up the wrong tree
Grift from Kirk Cameron to raise money for some sort of Moms for Liberty type bullshit ‘library’ for oppressed Fox News™️ Christians who would absolutely hate Jesus if they met him
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trying to think of what to post for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary but I post about Star Trek a lot already so just enjoy Worf wearing jeans
Worf wearing jeans
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood…
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites
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Entomemeology @entomemeology.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dream blunt rotation
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mitch McConnell can get 75 days off as a US Senator, but women can’t get maternity leave. Welcome to America.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry was not the 80-year-old Home Alone 2 cast member we were asking for.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Epidemiology deals in numbers. With measles, they go like this: With 1,000 cases, about 200 children will require hospitalization, 50 will develop pneumonia, and one to three will die. The numbers have caught up to Pennsylvania. Ages not released. www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths
Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
important public health alert
four quadrants of bat types based on their looks with example photos: 
Hear it Hurgling
Those Feratu
Hi Doggy
El Wiwi
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
diarrhea Taylor Farms, salmonella chicken parm, bags of frozen blueberries that straight-up kill your ass heavy metal sourdough, listeria soup bowl refreshing summer popsicle that's filled with shards of glass we didn't start the fire...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
find someone who looks at you the way RFK Jr looks at raw meat
RFK in his cooking show, staring down longingly at a pan of raw salmon
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No correlation I'm sure between their ignorance and which continent they were describing
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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monkeyrotica @monkeyrotica.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This isn't what I voted for!
This image is a popular internet meme used to satirize political polarization, often appearing during election seasons to represent extreme choices.It showcases two absurd options: "Everyone Gets A Puppy" (50.1%) and "Diarrhea Forever" (49.9%), highlighting a cynical view of political outcomes.
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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
love going to a random independent hardware store and seeing some cursed old timey candy called like dr oddley’s digestive licorices
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: apnews.com/article/cali... I know, Jay Bhattacharya lying is not news. But it’s still really validating to have the admission.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Miss Mary Mac @nightcheese.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@aplante.com Hi Alex, I came across your art and contact info in the 2026 art of invertfest catalog. I love shrimpo, what’s the inspiration behind this crafty crustacean?
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
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Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The effects of Trump’s policies are trickling down. A shrinking doctoral pipeline, especially in STEM fields, means a thinner pool of innovators, fewer future scientific/medical breakthroughs & a diminished capacity to compete against China & other nations. 🧪 www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...
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New PhD Admissions Data Show Threat to U.S. STEM Workforce, Breakthroughs, Innovations | Association of American Universities (AAU)
A decades-old partnership between federal research agencies and research universities has helped sustain doctoral education in the United States – but new data show that universities are cutting back ...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Seeing a lot of coverage about the TPS ruling being a "win" for Trump's "immigration agenda" and what the story really should be is that this ruling paves the way for an expansion of ethnic cleansing. Because that's what has been happening and will occur moving forward.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
reflecting pool girl summer [indiscriminately filling myself with hazardous liquids in an attempt to conceal the creeping decay]
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.
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Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Podcast-J is an absolutely rancid, dishonest little sociopath.
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Miss Mary Mac @nightcheese.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@quintabrunson.bsky.social love you in Abbott Elementary, but Brain on Wheels is what you are best known for in our house
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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
SEC YODA: Hunt this dog will not.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"OMB is revising the section to make publication costs unallowable unless such costs are expressly required by statute or approved in advance by the Federal agency on a case-by-case basis" Hoping to publish that paper? That's now no longer up to you.
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a critical point: there has always been an argument about how much program staff should defer to reviewers, but under the Trump/Vought administration there’s no reason to think this is proposed without the goal of political interference in awards.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Good plan! Uh, quick question - why is CDC short on staff, anyway?
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Often goes unnoticed”???? BY WHOM?! You think we don’t notice that the mainstream content men consume calls for us to lose our voting rights? That our president calls women journalists “bitch”? That we don’t have the same bodily autonomy as men? www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...
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For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: women
Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.
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Brian Wasik @brianrwasik.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Slugger Pope Leo.
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 23/05/2026
"Genomic centers of excellence have taken root in countries that a decade ago had to send samples abroad and wait weeks for results. In this outbreak, scientists... produced near-complete Bundibugyo genomes in under 16 hours" Still amazed by this! bktitanji.substack.com/p/what-we-ow...
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What We Owe Each Other: Ebola, Borders, and the Politics of Shared Humanity
As Ebola resurfaces, familiar patterns of fear, exclusion, and selective compassion return with it
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