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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@nationals.com youtu.be/RknidSamrRM what a game tonight! awesome to be at the ballpark

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Got me a MARLIN!

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Karen also wrote a recent piece on race and Jason Arday. Here's an interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ponc...

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The Age Of Online Racist Terror | Karen Attiah | TMR

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is the tenth anniversary of this photograph of Kristen Schaal, which I took backstage at a Brooklyn comedy festival as a MASSIVE thunderstorm was rolling in. This is the moment the rain started and she DANCED IN THE MAELSTROM.

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

No. I've just noticed the Green Line is strangely delayed towards Branch Ave. Any reason @wmata.com @wmatagm.bsky.social

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Stefano Gandolfi 甘昊然 @ste0.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🧪 After 4 years and my first RCT we published a study on HPV vaccine hesitancy in teens. 🛟 Key finding: information avoidance flips the effect. Same message, opposite outcomes depending on whether you're open to it or dodge it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #HPV #scienceposting #Vaccine

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HPVoice: a single-blind three-arm RCT on social media communication strategies among adolescents in Tuscany, Italy

Cervical cancer is the first cancer potentially eliminable through widespread HPV vaccination. In Italy, despite free access, vaccine coverage among a…

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Lindsey Graham taught me that it was okay to be dead.” - Mitch McConnell

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

While all eyes were on the 🌍 ⚽️ the Prefontaine Classic had these awesome track races. The women's mile: youtu.be/AJPgKuG6teA

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Nikki Hiltz grinds out world lead in Nike Women's Mile win at Prefontaine Classic | NBC Sports

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

youtu.be/YFPJq_y7ZGI I followed none of this Knicks stuff. I don't even see it on social media cause I only have like 2 friends in NYC. But damn this is a good speech. It's in the 0.4% that we get to work - that line just made the speechwriter his salary.

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Mamdani Remembers Some Knicks Guys during phenomenal parade speech

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This video is incredible; everyone should watch. (Also, @banditelli.org is low-key the Attenborough of our times)

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Sadness perhaps, but she was also an inveterate smoker. this essay is great. rip Marjane archive.nytimes.com/satrapi.blog...

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I Don't Want to Stop Smoking

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Janie Haddad Tompkins❌👑 @janiehaddad.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Shouldn’t late stage capitalism be cheaper than this?????

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Benny Feldman @feldfrog.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Nominative Determinism would be a beautiful name for a baby, depending on how their life plays out

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Metro @wmata.com · 19/05/2026

Red Line customers 🔴🚇: Tonight after 10 p.m. and each night through Thursday, trains will single track between Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC stations. This allows our team to fix any tunnel leaks in this part of the system. Learn more: wmata.com/weekday

Service Advisory: Single Tracking between Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC from Tuesday, May 19 to Thursday, May 21 (after 10 p.m. each night). More info at wmata.com/alerts, @wmata, and 202-GO-METRO.

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Lily Sullivan @lilyyily.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

he’s thinking about kissing his son

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Also DC BOE has this nifty interactive ranked choice voting simulator where you rank your favorite ice cream flavors that is an ACE explanation. www.dcboe.org/rcv

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RANKED CHOICE VOTING (RCV) IN DC | District of Columbia Board of Elections

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Claire Battle @clairebattle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Friendly reminder to join us May 28 for Sounds Like Chicago! Not only will you hear Jim Derogatis, Rebecca Makkai, Sherman "Dilla" Thomas and Natalie Moore in conversation, you will support Chicago's independent community radio station @chirpradio.org !

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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My name is Jasmine Clark. I’m a lifelong Georgian, mom, PhD microbiologist, college professor, and state representative who flipped a Republican seat. I’ve been a voice of accountability in Georgia, and now I’m running to bring a science voice to Congress.

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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Apparently Craig Venter has passed away. At first I couldn't find verification (his Wikipedia page hasn't been updates), but found other sources : www.synbiobeta.com/read/a-synth.... I'm surprised I've not seen more coverage of this!

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A Synthetic Biology Pioneer Has Left Us: Remembering J. Craig Venter (1946-2026)

The synthetic biology community lost one of its founding giants today. Craig Venter - scientist, provocateur, and relentless force of nature - has passed away.

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Pupperpotamus @pupperpotamus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I love gaslighting Americans that US fast food chains change their names to sell in Europe. "Did you know that in Italy Popeyes Chicken is trying to gain a foothold so it's actually called 'Pope? Yes!' over there? It's the same Reason why Papa Johns is called Father Jonathans..."

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm glad I didn't chicken out of going to this show. it felt so good to be in a room of nice people (as only @joshgondelman.bsky.social fans can be) listening to these jokes!!

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ES/IODE @esiode.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

📃Scientific paper: Identification of volatile metabolites produced from levodopa metabolism by different bacteria strains of the gut microbiome Ref.: BioMed Central, 2024 ➡️ Continued on ES/IODE

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I have to share this truly unhinged PSA from the department of health of the state of washington: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFy...

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It might be Long COVID (English, captioned)

YouTube video by Washington State Department of Health

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Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀) @arambaut.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here: artic-network.github.io/peartree (click the “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).

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PearTree — Phylogenetic Tree Viewer

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James Ferguson @psy-fer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Introducing kuva: A scientific plotting library in rust, along with cli binary with the option to plot directly into the terminal. Feel free to drop me some feedback as an issue on the repo github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva crates.io/crates/kuva/...

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GitHub - Psy-Fer/kuva: A scientific plotting library in Rust

A scientific plotting library in Rust. Contribute to Psy-Fer/kuva development by creating an account on GitHub.

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

New paper out! #Virosky #genomics #HPV Important work on an underserved population. Proud to contribute alongside these scientists, physicians, and community health workers. 🧬🖥️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Comparison of whole-viral genome sequencing and PCR-based assay for anal HPV detection to inform clinical implementation

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 12th 2026 (Easy), in 05:05 🟩🟩🟡🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

i don't have any words. but please share and amplify my friend's story.

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Huh. I saw one of these in my neighborhood. didn't know they were sponsored by the city or that they were working! 🆒

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

To my mighty few followers.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again. www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

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New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com

Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.

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SFM Microbial Pathogenesis @sfmpathogenesis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Turns out even kings had ordinary mouths. A new study of King Richard III’s dental calculus shows his oral microbiome wasn’t so different from the common folk’s, despite a royal diet and lifestyle. #AncientDNA #Microbiome #MicroSky

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The 51st @51st.news · 13/09/2025

“We all kind of came together randomly, but we were the perfect random people to work together on this.” 51st.news/dc-authors-2...

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These local authors walk you through D.C. history

"22 Walks in Washington That You Must Not Miss" highlights hidden and not-so-hidden secrets across the District’s neighborhoods.

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Really excited to announce v3.0 of our #microbiome analysis app Nephele! nephele.niaid.nih.gov We released it in May, and this week presented it at the NIH Research Fest! We constantly update the pipelines, but this was a significant upgrade in the infrastructure and workflow. #microbiomesky

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Brett Morris @brettmorris.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In 1967 a human not only wrote this song, but played it alone at a piano and sang it like this. Was never really the same after I heard this solo demo version. The composition is like a summary of classical music from the 13th century to Gershwin, it's just crazy. Surf's Up youtu.be/gcw1lfANmrc?...

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Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version/The Smile Sessions Version)

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Hey #microbiomesky please check out our paper on a multi-omics investigation of RAG1 mutation "boy in the bubble" syndrome. With nice analysis comparing mouse gut microbiome and intervention with human as well as IgA-seq immune signature of a leaky gut!

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#microbiomesky Also, if anyone is #hiring for a microbiome researcher with experience in leading a scientific software team, let me know. I love doing this so much!

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poorani @poorani.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our paper on #bacteriophages in the infant gut #microbiome came out earlier this year. This work was a long time coming, and I'm super proud to be first author alongside Suchi Hourigan and Hector Romero Soto of the Clinical Microbiome Unit at NIAID. doi.org/10.1080/2993...

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Delivery Mode Impacts Gut Bacteriophage Colonization During Infancy

Cesarean section delivery is associated with altered early-life bacterial colonization and later adverse inflammatory outcomes. Although gut bacteriophages can alter the gut microbiome and host res...

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