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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h
Talked to @therickwilson.bsky.social youtu.be/QSIAkDFGjFg?...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h
Mitch McConnell had a busy night. He stayed up way past his usual coffin time to open SNL.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 11h
There’s nothing like the sweet smell of failure in the morning.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 6h
Love that Jack Smith can go out in public without getting booed.
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Sunny Ella @sunnywillow.bsky.social · 10h
Zionism is racism. The United Nations voted to declare it as such in 1975, half a century ago. This isn’t new, and this isn’t controversial.
A group marching down a street holding a banner that reads zionism is racism
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 11h
When you tell her a story that she doesn't understand, but she loves you anyway..
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
“.. Whatever the reasons were for going in, from an economic point of view the war in the Middle East has been a disaster. .. It’s been disastrous from a cost-of-living point of view, for Australians and indeed for people right around the world.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 10h
She found a dog covered in mange and injured, fed her, and helped her recover; she had beautiful eyes, but they were hidden in her sadness and abandonment. Original post
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 2h
The perfect ending for little Skye ❤️
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RN Mayhem @mayhem1994.bsky.social · 12h
At an Atlanta Hawks concert!
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 5h
Best. Response. Ever.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
Henrietta Lacks didn’t choose to save the world. She was a normal, beautiful woman whose life was cut short at just 31 years old. She didn’t know her cells would change medicine, but those who knew her say that giving life to others matches the generous, nurturing spirit she showed every day. /end
Henrietta Lacks statue in the heart of the University of Bristol campus. The life-size bronze statue captures Henrietta standing with her hands on her hips and a steadfast, determined expression. The statue made history as the first permanent public sculpture of a Black woman created by a Black woman in the U.K. It was sculpted by local Bristol-based artist Helen Wilson-Roe, who had begun researching Henrietta Lacks and reaching out to her descendants in 1997. The University of Bristol commissioned the statue because it relies on HeLa cells in its medical curriculum and research labs and sought to confront the problematic history of medical exploitation while honoring Henrietta’s irreplaceable gift to medicine. Because the Lacks family shares a long relationship with the artist, they traveled to the U.K. to attend the emotional livestream event. Three generations of her family were present for the unveiling. Photo credit: 14GTR.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
For decades, Lacks remained unrecognized. Her family didn’t learn about the existence of HeLa cells until 1975, when researchers contacted them for blood samples. While biomedical companies generated billions of dollars from patents derived from her cells, the Lacks children grew up in poverty. /9
Henrietta Lacks’s grandchildren, Jeri Lacks-Whye and David Lacks, hold a framed portrait of their grandmother. Lacks’s children have largely stepped back or passed away. Today, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren are the public face of the estate. Jeri Lacks-Whye is one of the primary spokespeople for the family. She travels across the country speaking at universities and bioethics conferences, ensuring that medical students see Henrietta as a mother and a human being, not just a laboratory tool. David Lacks Jr. helps bridge the gap between Henrietta’s family and the global scientific community. He holds a degree in computer information systems and spent years traveling across the U.S. and Canada setting up computer systems and labs for various corporate and educational institutions. Because of his comfort with technology and data, he represents the family when the conversation shifts from Henrietta’s physical cells to her digital genetic code.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
Johns Hopkins was one of the few hospitals that treated poor Black patients at the time. A doctor named George Gey took samples of her tumor without her knowledge or informed consent. While normal human cells die quickly outside the body, Lacks’s cells doubled in number every 20 to 24 hours. /7
Dividing HeLa cells in culture. Normal human cells can only divide about 40 to 60 times before they die, a biological limit known as the Hayflick Limit. This happens because every time a normal cell divides, the protective caps at the ends of its chromosomes (called telomeres) get shorter. Eventually, the telomeres wear away, and the cell stops dividing. Henrietta Lacks’ cells work differently due to a unique genetic mutation caused by her aggressive cervical cancer. Her cancer cells produce a rare, overactive version of an enzyme called telomerase. Instead of allowing the telomeres to shorten and wear away, this enzyme constantly rebuilds them. Because her telomeres never shorten, the cells bypass the Hayflick Limit. They can divide indefinitely as long as they are provided with basic nutrients. While most cells struggle to survive in a laboratory Petri dish, HeLa cells grow so robustly that they can easily take over and contaminate other cell cultures if not quarantined.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
Lacks’s kitchen in Turner Station, Md., was always open. She was known for cooking massive meals for her family and neighbors, particularly her famous hot rolls, which family members still talk about decades later. She was always willing to take in a cousin or a friend who needed a place to stay. /4
Henrietta Lacks statue by Lawrence Bechtel in Roanoke, Va. The bronze statue portrays Henrietta standing tall and proud. Her arms are crossed, her chin is high, and she wears a warm, inviting smile. Her pose radiates human dignity, inviting strangers to walk up and look into her eyes. The statue was unveiled on Oct. 4, 2023, the 72nd anniversary of her death. It stands in downtown Roanoke at Henrietta Lacks Plaza. The monument in the plaza was so impactful that it sparked a wider initiative to weave Henrietta’s legacy into the local medical landscape. On the morning the main statue was unveiled, miniature bronze versions (maquettes) were dedicated inside local medical institutions. These statues are placed so that medical students and future doctors must look upon her face every day. It serves as a permanent reminder of the ethical duty physicians owe to their patients and a stark acknowledgment of historical healthcare inequities.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
Born in rural Roanoke, Va., Lacks grew up working on a tobacco farm with her grandfather. She and her husband, David “Day” Lacks, had five children. During the WWII industrial boom, they moved to Maryland so he could work at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard, while she managed their busy household. /3
Henrietta Lacks (left) and her husband, David “Day” Lacks, in an undated, heavily damaged photo. When Henrietta was only four years old, her mother died. Unable to care for his 10 children alone, her father took them to Clover, Va., and divided them among various relatives. Henrietta was sent to live with her maternal grandfather, Tommy Lacks, who lived in what the family called the “Home-House.” It was a four-room log cabin that had been the slave quarters on a sprawling tobacco plantation. The plantation had originally belonged to Henrietta’s white great-grandfather, Albert Lacks. Henrietta, her grandfather and her cousins woke up at 4:00 a.m. every day to toil in the same tobacco fields where their ancestors had been enslaved. Day and Henrietta were cousins who grew up together in Clover, sharing a long history before they became husband and wife. He was a complex, quiet man whose life was upended by the loss of his wife and the medical exploitation that followed.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 2h
#ResistanceRoots Henrietta Lacks died on this day in 1951 in Baltimore, Md. She only became well-known for what she contributed after her death. However, she deserves to be remembered as a beautiful young mother who was much more than her immortalized human cell line used in medical research. /1
Henrietta Lacks, ca. late 1940s. Lacks is the unwitting mother of modern medical research whose exploitation forced the world to reinvent medical ethics. As the source of the HeLa cell line, she unknowingly gave humanity its first “immortal” human cells, enabling medical advances that have touched millions of lives worldwide. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is the stark reality of paternalistic, Jim Crow-era medicine, where a poor Black woman’s body could be harvested without her knowledge or informed consent. For decades, Henrietta was reduced to an anonymous laboratory code. Today, her descendants, artists and global communities have fought to ensure she is remembered as a person. Her final resting place is marked with a granite headstone honoring her not just as a medical miracle, but as a mother who loved to cook, wear bright red lipstick, and take care of her family.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h
5 October 1890 | German Jewish woman, Käthe Bloemendal (nee Hahnlein), was born in Halle (Saale). She emigrated to Belgium and to the Netherlands. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork on 28 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
Black and white portrait of a mature women, showing a serious expression and wearing a dark blouse with a white collar.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h
Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.
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chefmichael @cheftsonton.bsky.social · 6h
One of these people is telling the truth...
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 15h
Fascism. Who knew? #fascism
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Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 6h
Can anyone tell me why the American people are so paralyzed, impotent, or just stupid? Who doesn't understand our government is a crime syndicate? Who doesn't understand the law is dead? Who doesn't understand fascism is here and it's going to get worse? The American people are flaccid. Why?
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davidej2025.bsky.social @davidej2025.bsky.social · 3h
One of the greatest presidents has returned to help defeat the most corrupt person in US history.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6h
Cool, cool. Lots of reporting that theres a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, and several hospitals are under forced quarantine. Obviously, it’s Russia, so accurate information is scarce.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.
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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 6h
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 8h
I hope someday this asshat has to face a reckoning for all of his countless lies.
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 10h
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 10h
There's only one reason Trump brought back Elon Musk: TO CHEAT Republican can't win straight up They are only in power b/c they cheated They can't risk losing power b/c they will be prosecuted so they are going to cheat again Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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JuanitaIguana1 @juanitaiguana1.bsky.social · 1h
So, Trump thinks gang raping a girl is fair? Sounds like Trump!
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1h
Trump defends the Cornell rapists saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 9h
If I were a single-issue voter, my single issue would be that 99% of the GOP belong in prison
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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 14h
Go Bills! Canada loves you Buffalo…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This 👇
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026
She will not put up with his shenanigans, but she is urging Texans to put up with this man for at least the next 6 years. That's a heck of a lot of hutzpah. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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String Bass Theory @stringbasstheory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4% are sitting congressmen and SCOTUS justices.
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
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ksarshelter @ksarshelter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Popo is a 5 month old boy who came to us yesterday after being mistreated on the street. He is congenitally blind in 1 eye, very thin and afraid, he's got a long road ahead... but it's a much safer one. Our medicine fund helps us to treat dogs like Popo: 🔗 secure.givelively.org/donate/kabul...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Dyan London @dyanlondon444.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 22h
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center truthout.org/articles/a-g...
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A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center
Activists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children.
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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We cannot let this miserable uneducated administration destroy America VOTE
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AngryHoss @angryhoss.bsky.social · 23h
It seems logical that if none of these fine upstanding boys can figure out who Jane Doe is... That there are a few more Jane Does out there
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OK then 👍💥
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I bet Jane Doe beat herself up for not seeing her “friend” who essentially served as a pimp, for the snake he was. She shouldn’t. Some guys master the nice guy act. He HATED her and was able to hide it brilliantly. Sociopath.
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