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Pete Spencer

@sciencepete.bsky.social
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Retired educator. Early in an acoustic guitar journey. ALS advocate. Learning to love bluegrass and Americana music. Believes in the scientific process.

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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And thank you, Maggie, for bringing your bright, inspiring energy to the @iamals.bsky.social Lou Gehrig Day Team all year long!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#SaveUSFS
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings - Grosse Pointe/Detroit, Michigan! #Community #Sanity 🙂❤️
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Brian Wallach @bsw5020.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
What an unforgettable experience partnering with Alex Toussaint for this amazing event in support of @iamals.bsky.social! So much gratitude for the chance to be part of it.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So friggin’ true. Unbelievable.
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iamals.bsky.social @iamals.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We're launching our Push for Progress campaign to accelerate ALS research, expand treatment access, & secure $1BN in federal funding over 3 years. ALS is at a tipping point CLOSE to new treatments, but thousands will lose access unless we TAKE ACTION @ iamals.org/progress
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Maggie is awesome!! Can’t wait to see what you show us in the Mile High City. Please follow along with Maggie and @iamals.bsky.social during this Week of Action and find your own way to take action!!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Fun Game: North Korea or The USA? A supercut of tech CEO’s utterly humiliating themselves
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
It won’t be hard. All Republicans. All of them! May their children and grandchildren not believe the bullshit lies they will spin. They bent the knee to and kissed the ass of the worst human this country has produced. The damage they did will last decades.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
She shows more courage than anyone in that over-armed platoon could ever be able to muster. Wow!
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I look forward to the future “MAGA/Trump” exhibit that will teach future Americans how millions of people celebrated a dumb, amoral, criminal with hats and flags as he pulled them into his ignorance. Gonna need a lot of space for it. Maybe the White House ballroom?
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hell yes!! It’s a start. Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n... via @statnews.com
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Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Our heroes. Only the best. Look at who we have in ICE now. Imagine who they’re going to attract for the tens of thousands of new positions on the way.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
And thank you, Maggie, for all your efforts making this happen! I love the photos of your dad and all of you on the field. Thank you, Rockies!!
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Why do any world leaders come to Washington to visit our POS leader? You can bet they are talking amongst themselves and planning to carry on without the U.S. Too bad for us, but I can't blame them. It will take years for us to recover our reputation. Maybe we don't deserve to.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I’ll play. Let’s say we require Great Lakes freighters to carry a more effective life preserver for the sailors. Add 1 reg, take away 10, and we’ll soon be back to the good ol’ days.
Old black and white photo of Great Lakes freighter spewing black smoke.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Should be fun! Be there!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/04/2025
Here is a link to the full @60minutes.bsky.social segment! 👀 a nice surprise at 5:25 AND one of our very own, Kristin Weinstein makes an appearance at 9 mins. #StandUpforScience #scienceforall #saveourscience www.cbsnews.com/news/scienti...
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Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations
Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
You, your children, your grandchildren, your spouse, your friends, your coworkers will pay the price. We will all pay a price. Let me tell you a little about this one example; one of thousands of research studies undercut or stopped in their tracks. ................ www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social fans: This is only 9 days away!! Go to www.iamals.org/lou-gehrig-d... to sign up for game day information, ... ... and go here for a ticket link to sit with others hoping to raise ALS awareness: phideltatheta.org/news-stories...
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Join Us at American Family Field in Milwaukee on April 19 for an ALS Awareness Game with the Brewers
To honor Christian Yelich of the Brewers as the team’s Lou Gehrig Memorial Award nominee, representatives from Phi Delta Theta, […]
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
So much wrong in this letter. So much. Goddamnit!
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ALS Advocacy @alsadvocacy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is THE big natural history study that we have needed for decades. It's designed & resourced to be bigger and wider than other such studies. People w ALS, people at genetic risk for ALS, and healthy controls are all encouraged to participate. Thanks. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...
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ALS Consortium Launches Website to Advance ALS Research
The first study participant was enrolled in July 2024, and since that time, the consortium has recruited over 300 participants.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
When a friend or family member is diagnosed with ALS, family and friends ask, “How can I help?” Here is how! Go to www.all-ALS.org to learn more. You don’t have to have ALS to join the study.
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ALL ALS Consortium | ALS Research | ALS Disease Progression
Funded by the NIH, the Access for ALL in ALS Consortium, is a community of 2 coordination centers and 35 research sites across the U.S.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Literally standing up against the insanity. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov!! www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings
Floor Activity
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
@mlb.com's Lou Gehrig Day celebrations are coming in June. LGD highlight's Gehrig's amazing career & ALS, the disease that cut it short. It's a great day to get together w/ loved ones at the ballpark. For more info: www.mlb.com/mlb-together.... Local LGD game dates coming soon! @iamals.bsky.social
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Lou Gehrig Day | MLB Together | MLB.com
Learn more about how MLB supports the fight against ALS.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What is just as bad as the federal gov’t proudly purging Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion VALUES are private companies and non-profits doing it, but doing it quietly. “Maybe no one will notice.” Such little backbone & integrity left in America.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
"It's interesting that the Make America Great Again crowd has decided that most things in the United States are now "good enough," and we can stop improving and progressing." My thoughts on "good enough" and the recent budget cuts. Perspective matters: ALS petespencer.substack.com/p/are-we-goo...
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Merci, Paris!! #StandUpForScience
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We are losing the best in our most critical areas of need. petespencer.substack.com/p/they-are-d...
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They are doing things that matter; that we can't do.
You don't just fall into being a meteorologist.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Done.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We are in an era of fear and greed devoid of courage and integrity.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I will never understand the lack of integrity, anger, and courage of politicians on both sides of the aisle during this time. There are a few exceptions, such as Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and a few younger Democratic congresswomen willing to speak truth and morality to power. It's pitiful.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"I hereby establish the Weaponization Working Group..." Can't get more Orwellian than that. These people will one day have to explain to their grandchildren why they did what they did; why they sold their integrity to be liked momentarily by a horrible human being.
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Glad to see the FDA Guidance document on improving diversity in clinical trials is still available. I know there are a lot of good people in the health agencies doing the good work. Shame on those who would delay it, reverse it, or replace it with voodoo. www.fda.gov/regulatory-i...
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Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations — Eligibility Cr
Guidance for Industry
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Pete Spencer @sciencepete.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy New Year to my baker’s dozen followers on Bluesky. Have a fun day and evening. Here’s to great things for you, your family, and your causes in 2025!!
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