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Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.

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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 13h

RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 22h

Turns out - getting your insulin pump tubing caught on your suitcase’s wheels when you get up at 10:45 pm to go to the bathroom and ripping out the insertion is not fun. Who could have guessed?

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Pavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Finally, my paper is out! It shows how bacteria can utilize their CRISPR immunity against transducing phages to turn them into "pollinators". This way bacteria can speed up their own adaptation through recombination by two orders of magnitude compared to mutations, and they do so when starving!

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 07/10/2026

BALD DAD ROFL

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.

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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, I will borrow some owls! 🤣😂

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...

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Department Fellowships

The Department of Plant Biology offers fellowships that support research, scholarship and professional development for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty. These awards recognize exce...

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Gabriel McKinsey @gabrielmckinsey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That spot there is one of my favorite places in the city. Great views. Love the sounds of the MLK memorial fountain

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This whole thing with Thom Tillis & his book just rubs me wrong. When it mattered, voting to confirm Trump’s unqualified cabinet, Tillis was nothing but a Trump sycophant, too afraid to do the write thing. Now that he’s leaving Congress, he’s trying to be some courageous truth teller? Bullshit.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In SF for a meeting tomorrow run by @biohub.org - really enjoyed walking around SF this pm

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Found the perfect pizza to get in San Francisco for someone from #YoloCounty

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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Celebrate Anti-Prime Day with free shipping from Bookshop.org. Visit my own shop - bookshop.org/shop/ryantpo... - to see what's on my active TBR and to find books from written by my closest friends. #booksky #readingrecs #antiprimeday

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 06/10/2026

No kidding I saw my first ad for Prop 38 a few minutes ago and I wondered why we were supposed to fund science through a ballot proposition instead of the, you know, state legislature

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just yesterday, I sat down to focus on my #California voter's guide. Yeah, no on Prop 38 is a 'no' brainer.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The SF Chronicle writes "“Prop 38 is one of the most noxious deposits on California’s political dung heap in years.” votenoonprop38.org/newsroom/sf-...

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SF Chronicle: No on Proposition 38

The Chronicle Editorial Board calls Proposition 38 one of the most noxious deposits on California's political dung heap in years.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OMG. The awful Prop 38 even has a microbiome clause "The institute has secured financial commitments of not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to support a rapid vaccine development program and not less than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) to support a microbiome research program"

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for writing it. I had not paid attention to pro 38 until reading your article. What a scam.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just nobly posting this phylogenetic tree I made of rhodopsins / sensory opsins / halorhodopsins / proteorhodopsins trees from the Venter 2004 Sargasso Sea paper. No reason. Just a random reference to rhodopsin diversity.

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That’s how we build democratic science in the shell of what the fascists have destroyed, not this billionaire vanity project that’ll end up funding $50,000 catering bills because no single center within a university needs or can use that much money in an impactful way. (3/3)

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My union has been lobbying for a California-equivalent of NIH to be established with bonds. Newsom recently signed a bill putting that plan on the 2028 ballot. Funding will be open to competitive proposals from all institutions in the state. Grads and postdocs will serve on its board. (2/3)

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m an early career scientist working in cancer immunotherapy, I will be looking for work sometime in the next few years, members of my union will almost certainly work in this center, and I am still strongly encouraging a NO vote. No single institution can efficiently use $4 billion. (1/3)

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The SF Chronicle writes "“Prop 38 is one of the most noxious deposits on California’s political dung heap in years.” votenoonprop38.org/newsroom/sf-...

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SF Chronicle: No on Proposition 38

The Chronicle Editorial Board calls Proposition 38 one of the most noxious deposits on California's political dung heap in years.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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findlatergroup.bsky.social @findlatergroup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is absolutely a scam and everyone should vote NO on prop 38!

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Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"If Californians want to support early-stage research, they should look to another measure that is on the ballot in California in two years — Senate Bill 895, which proposes a $7.5 billion general obligation bond to fund scientific, biomedical, and public health research, said Panush."

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Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes it is! For further details please see this thread: bsky.app/profile/nige...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/10/2026

The worst person alive.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Digging out some old TIGR souvenirs as I prepare a talk for the www.jcvi.org/events/j-cra... J. Craig Venter Memorial Symposium next week.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It hardly seems possible, but every day I despise this man more. I won't even go into the people who still support him. They're never going to be in my life in any capacity.

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