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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪

@profriggins.bsky.social
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she/her. Full Prof, AD Educ & Training @LombardiCancer. #lobular, HER2+/ER+ BrCa, #nuclearreceptors, #GBM. Co-founder @nrimpact.bsky.social. When not sciencing, I'm enjoying ⛵️⛺️🏋🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🥃 Skeets my own

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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congrats Sheridan & our collaborator, @profriggins.bsky.social, on this work! Here the thing. Lots of us make spheroids for cancer research - these collections of patient derived cancer cells let us study how cohorts behave. But it turns out their size is an important design criteria.
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Eugene Manley, Jr., PhD @dreugenemanleyjr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
First-generation scholars are often expected to navigate rules no one ever explained. My new essay explores unpaid #internships, graduate school, PIs, fellowships, #racism, and the difference between surviving and thriving in #academia. open.substack.com/pub/drmanley...
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The Hidden Curriculum of Academia
What first-generation scholars are expected to learn without ever being told
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“The rule is also notable for what it cites as justification. The preamble relies heavily on Heritage Foundation reports, partisan Senate committee documents, and White House fact sheets, rather than independent scientific or administrative assessments.”
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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This doesn't just apply to research, but also *leadership* at our universities. There are generations of young/midcareer and capable leaders still not getting a shot because of senior folks holding on in that context too...
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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Seven patient‑derived #xenograft models of invasive lobular #cancer were developed and validated, featuring common alterations in PIK3CA (57%), CDH1 (57%), and TP53 (57%). Jagmohan Hooda, Jennifer Atkinson, Adrian Lee & co Full paper doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
Pathology images of patient‑derived xenograft (PDX) tumour samples stained for E‑cadherin, p120, ER, PR, and HER2. A pathologist identified seven PDX models as invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), with one model (CTG‑3434) classified as mixed no‑special‑type/ILC. Additional non‑special‑type PDX samples are shown for comparison.
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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Improved sensors for fructose-1,6-bisphosphate enable in vivo imaging of glycolysis by Alison Tebo and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Figure that summarizes the effort to produce HyLight2. It shows a structural model, results from the screens, the screening setup and spectra.
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 03/05/2026
Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪
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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations
Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics
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Katherine Aird @airdlab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The lab is expanding and hiring both a postdoc and staff scientist! See more on our website: airdlab.com. We study how metabolism and cell cycle states drive tumor progression, therapy response, and immune interactions. Candidates interested in mechanistic cancer biology are encouraged to apply.
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Aird Lab
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New FeiginLab paper is OUT! A commonly prescribed anti-anxiety drug reduces inflammatory signaling in pancreatic cancer through regulation of cancer-associated fibroblast activity! aacrjournals.org/cancerrescom...
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Alprazolam reduces inflammatory cytokine production in pancreatic cancer-associated fibroblasts
Abstract. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) diagnoses are often accompanied by a number of physical and psychological symptoms, including anxiety and depression. As a result, many patients are p...
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 17/04/2026
I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name OAI: say no more
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us ALL safe and healthy
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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Hi everyone in the academic and STEM spaces… please check in on your friends, colleagues, and students. People are struggling right now and a lot of folks need support, a kind word, or even just to know you are there if they need you. Sending hugs to my community! We are in this together.
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a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone "
Alt: a cartoon of a person with the words " you are not alone "
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How institutional emails encouraging continued applications for federal grants feel right now:
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a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin in front of a crowd
Alt: a man in a tuxedo is playing a violin while everyone is scrambling on the titanic as it is sinking.
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Buck Samuel 🪱🦠🧬🔬 @microbeminded.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#Artemis is circling the Moon right now. And later this week, our team's experiment launches to the #ISS. Tiny worms. Defined gut microbiomes. Here's why the two are connected. 🧵 #WormsinSpace #CBIOMES #Celegans 🧪 🪱 🧬 🚀 1/n
CBIOMES team - Buck Samuel, Monica Driscoll, Shilpa Akella, Atiyya Soroyia, Siva Vanapalli, Ciara Hosea and Bushra Rhaman. Not pictured: Dana Blackburn. Collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Tech and Rutgers University.
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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A must read this summer! Science, humanity, and care from the amazing @kateclancy.bsky.social
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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I want the second half of my career to matter. I waffle between "steely resolve to stay & help rebuild US science infrastructure (but at the cost of my indiv research elagenda)" vs "leaving so that I achieve meaningful translation of my efforts (but at the cost of multiple next generations)" Wtf
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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Maryam Afghah has been selected as the 2026 Kaiser-Goldberg Research Fellowship Recipient. She will participate in a 10–12 week summer program in a Society member's lab. Learn more: bit.ly/4ssaGJb
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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪 @profriggins.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today is the final day for early bird registration for #ENDO2026 @endocrinesociety.bsky.social in beautiful Chicago, June 13-16! It is *the* place to be for all things endocrinology: clinical, translational, and discovery science 🧪 🧬👩🏻‍🔬 endo2026.endocrine.org
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ENDO 2026
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Endocrine Society Journals @endosocjournals.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology. Read more in #Endocrinology: bit.ly/48XysUq #NuclearReceptors #SteroidHormoneReceptor #TranscriptionalCondensate @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
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Endocrine Examples of Phase Separation in Biology
Abstract. Over the past 15 years, groundbreaking discoveries have reshaped our understanding of how biomolecules are organized in space and time within cel
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Judith Agudo @judithagudo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41... The seeds of metastasis harness stress hormones to escape immune surveillance. So proud of this work! @harvardmed.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @dfcibreastonc.bsky.social
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A glucocorticoid–FAS axis controls immune evasion during metastatic seeding - Nature
Glucocorticoid receptor activation is a key driver of resistance of triple-negative breast cancer to both CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells during initial metastatic seeding.
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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I'm always worried I'll get penalized for this approach (cuz hello bias!) and it does not come naturally to me (cuz hello training!) but if I want my lab to stay funded, it looks like I consciously need to change the way I write my grants
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Katherine L. Cook, Ph.D. @klcooklab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Happy to share our group’s new publication led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mohamed Gaber on obesity-mediated breast cancer risk. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Microbe-associated molecular patterns differentially mediate carcinogenic alterations of the breast tissue in the context of obesity
Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer. Obesity alters the microbiome and microbiome perturbations are reported in breast cancer patients. Yet, th…
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Destenie Nock, PhD @destenie.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success. I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...
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On Becoming an Associate Professor (And Telling the Truth About How I Got Here)
February 13, 2026By: Destenie NockWhen people found out I was promoted to Associate Professor, the response was generous and kind. A lot of people said some version of: “Of course. You publish so much...
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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪 @profriggins.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is paywalled for me, so maybe it is mentioned, but I wish they had asked how many are not accepting students or fellows into their groups, or are only taking 'volunteer' students who don't need to be paid a stipend.
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Soragni:Lab @alice.soragnilab.com · 10/02/2026
Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
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CU Anschutz Recruits National Leader to Launch Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative
CU Anschutz welcomes Alice Soragni to launch a Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative using rapid tumor organoid testing to guide treatment decisions.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"In this cohort study..., heightened cumulative lifespan stress and elevated inflammation were associated with shorter survival among Black participants, suggesting these pathways may represent plausible mechanisms mediating racial disparities in mortality among Black and White US individuals."
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Cumulative Lifespan Stress, Inflammation, and Racial Disparities in Mortality
This cohort study examines whether greater cumulative lifespan stress exposure and elevated inflammation are associated with increased mortality risk among Black compared with White individuals in the...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
In triple-negative breast cancer, sensory neurons activate cancer-associated fibroblasts to secrete collagen, thus stimulating a dense extracellular matrix that drives immune exclusion @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The ways I had to unlearn some of these responses to be able to both mentor and parent appropriately
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The OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Palbociclib for Hormone-Receptor–Positive, HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... phase 3 trial, adding palbociclib to maintenance HER2-targeted🎯 &ET significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with HR+, HER2-+🧬 metastatic #BreastCancer
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20/01/2026
I am trying to do all the work I can during whatever space-time I have left. I don’t know how much that is, but I know it’s shrinking. I hope to leave behind work that is useful to the future.
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David Schoppik @schoppik.com · 20/01/2026
House Appropriations minibus bill funding NIH is out now. - $400M increase - Multiyear funding of new awards capped at 2025 levels. - No line item for BRAIN Initiative text here: docs.house.gov/billsthiswee... Screenshots from Dem summary and Sec 240 (multiyear funding text).
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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Good Sunday, all! Here is the curated weekly collection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology. Don't miss it; find it here: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... Biomed News #keepreading "It's very simple to be happy. But it's very difficult to be simple." - Rabindranath Tagore
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
'We engineered breast cancer cells with broad metastatic potential to be auxotrophic for specific nutrients and assessed their ability to colonize different tissue sites. We then asked how tumour growth in different tissues relates to nutrient availability and tumour biosynthetic activity.'
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Nutrient requirements of organ-specific metastasis in breast cancer - Nature
How the complex interplay between multiple nutrients within the microenvironment dictates potential sites of metastatic cancer growth is explored.
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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪 @profriggins.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Waiting to board a small regional plane with, then sitting two rows away from, Muhammad Ali.
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Excellent news. The NIGMS Building Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) T34 NOFO is published. First due is Feb 25th, for December 26 funding. This condenses previous UG NOFOs so reach out to email/previous PO if you have Qs. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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PAR-26-033: NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)
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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨 AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐 In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!? 20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers 🗓️ June 4-18 2026 ✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️ 🔁 pls!! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
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Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis
Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,
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Kevin Terretaz @kwolbachia.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My new ImageJ / Fiji toolkit is out 🔥! The goal is to make image handling & visualization easy, with an intuitive interface! Install it on Fiji with the "Image Viewer" update site #microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday imagej.net/plugins/imag...
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods. They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41... Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
It is Friday. Time for a new edition of #Autism: the #evidence. After spending some time talking about the consensus on what is behind the increase in #prevalence, and what does NOT cause autism, this week I am going to talk about what does, starting with #genetics
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The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation @dreyfusfoundation.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Nice writeup on Dr. Julie Pollock of University of Richmond's 2025 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award! news.richmond.edu/releases/article/…
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University of Richmond Chemistry Professor Julie Pollock Receives National Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
Pollock is a recipient of the 2025 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
One of the things I was most excited about 1yr ago was joining 1 of the MOSIAC UE5s as a project scientist to work with those ECRs assigned to it. The opportunity to serve our greater communities. Truly a program that supported people across broad institutions, unlike the parent.
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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪 @profriggins.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Sea turtles Black tip sharks Moray eels Conch Flying fish
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Interested in Zebrafish brain imaging? We released a 3D printed mold that's is super helpful for us. Check it out Customizable FDM-based zebrafish embryo mold for live imaging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Work by Marcela and Jaakko in the lab
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Thats 216 biomedical PhD students for their whole degree, or 140 2 year R21 grants, or 30 5 year R01 grants, or one fired football coach...
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A great intro to academic conferencing. Not sure how I missed this one. scienceforeveryone.science/getting-the-...
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Getting the most of out a scientific conference
A slightly unconventional guide to your first time
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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪 @profriggins.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Landed at golden hour ❤️ #STX #home 🏝️
An airplane wing at sunset over the coast of an island with an ocean in the foreground
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/11/2025
THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
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