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Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

Four exciting posters are coming to #SFN2025 tomorrow, featuring studies using Stereo-seq, multi-omics, cross-modality integration, human brain mapping, whole-brain primate atlases. www.completegenomics.com/events/sfn-2...

Today at #AMPath2025, Complete Genomics and SOPHiA GENETICS announced our launch to co-market MSK-ACCESS® and MSK-IMPACT® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ on Complete Genomics’ DNBSEQ-T1+ sequencing platform. www.completegenomics.com/complete-gen...

"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people." From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the US free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

"This is not a podcast" - @bennet.senate.gov to RFK Jr. re: his lies and 🦆 vaccine science

Before taking away kids' vaccines, why not consider getting rid of tanning beds?

RFK Jr. about to testify at Senate Finance Committee... www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the...

The application closes tomorrow!!

There is still time to apply to become part of our team at Nature Biomedical Engineering! Please share! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

It's strange to me that some could trust the big pharma making the treatments but not the big pharma making the vaccines.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Join us June 10 for our fourth annual virtual event celebrating LGBTQ+ leaders driving change in biopharma. Hear their stories, insights, and perspectives on shaping a more inclusive industry. Register today. events.endpts.com/lgbtq25/regi...

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

This is what they call me on X.

apnews.com/article/rfk-... governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism

Complete Genomics and Velsera are accelerating and streamlining the path from sample to clinical report for faster, more accurate and cost-effective genetic testing. www.completegenomics.com/velsera-part... #AACR25 #AACR2025 #Genomics #NGS #DNBSEQ #AACRBlog

Audibly LOL’ed at the “sucked into his phone” discourse on today’s The Daily podcast. So enjoyable, @nytimes.com.

Today, for no reason in particular, we wanted to remind you that you can follow STAT's incredible staff here in this Bluesky starter pack. go.bsky.app/7odqGRR

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Great piece by @kris10p.bsky.social on how the latest wave of anti-DEI sentiment is anything but new. www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

Evening dog walk

From MM+M: www.mmm-online.com/news/hims-su...

HHMI abruptly cut a $60 million program to boost diversity in STEM education - and scrubbed all mentions of it from its website. "Now is the time that we need private funders to fill the gap that the new administration has left," @daniellebeckman.bsky.social tells me www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Savannah Pride Center will hold a health summit in March. www.savannahnow.com/story/news/l...

Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.

My kink is eavesdropping on hot mic conversations being broadcast on YouTube ahead of press conferences.

MIT Technology Review: Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPR www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/28/1...

Thank you, @policyhound.bsky.social, for your constant, swift coverage in @science.org that reflects how the new administration is impacting the science and research communities. www.science.org/content/arti...

#scoop from me: in addition to backtracking on some DEI programs last week, Target appears to have taken down old press releases related to its LGBTQ+ activism. Read the full story here: www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

I've written about what happens when antibiotic research goes unfunded. Teams that worked for years to find and test badly needed new compounds break apart. Their institutional knowledge goes unrecorded. The compounds they worked on are lost to development. Now scale that to all of US science.

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

My Boston and Pittsburgh snow babies enjoying a once in a generation snow in Savannah.

At least their music really sucks.

I guess at least I won’t have to ever again hear “I don’t have TikTok” after I’ve sent a link to a friend who is a real grownup.

waaaaay too many people in the middle imo

Remember Clubhouse? I thought Twitter Spaces was going to replace it, but Spaces sucks.

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social your five year old has homework? 😱 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...

Help us out by recording a voice memo on your phone with the following script: “Hi, my name is [FIRST NAME]. I am from [COUNTY NAME OR CITY NAME], [STATE] and this is my Appalachian accent. This is how I say Appalachia.” Email it to info@appodlachia.com

Hear me out: all dentist and doctor’s offices should have a dog, preferably a Pomeranian, but any breed will do. Fill the waiting room with dogs and watch your practice skyrocket. Free marketing advice from me! 🐶

Meow.

🚨 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT🚨 @propublica.org is hiring a reporter to cover climate change as an investigative beat, examining how decisions by individuals, corporations and governments are shaping life-and-death outcomes for people across the U.S. and the world. Details, including salary range, 👇

New episode of my podcast, Power User, is out today!! Louise Matsikas joins to chat about the TikTok ban and what fears about China are really about open.spotify.com/episode/73cB...

www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pu4hr-... 🐶🐾

he's a 10 but he thinks peter thiel raises some good points

Love when an old fave has a moment on TikTok prompting me to revisit their bops.