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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 1m

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Charlotte Swasey @charlotteeffect.bsky.social · 4d

People don't believe that Democrats want them to have a good life

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 4m

If they ever had one- grift is never objective.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1h

I am unshocked

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2h

“The agency’s historic tradition of guarding its scientific evaluations against political pressure is dissipating, especially as center directors like Tidmarsh or Vinay Prasad, overseer of vaccines and gene therapies, at times appear to act more as extensions of Kennedy.”

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 1h

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lizzieeddy.bsky.social @lizzieeddy.bsky.social · 1h

“It’s now becoming just a casual and routine thing for Republicans to say, okay, well if you’re going to oppose Donald Trump, well we’re gonna send in the military. That seems like an ominous development that really shows what’s happening with this party and the Trump era.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 1h

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How Crypto Became a Trump Trade

It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 2h

"Tech companies pour hundreds of billions into data centers, taking on heavy debt, but current revenue is relatively tiny; echoes of dot-com bubble"

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Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off?

Tech companies are pouring hundreds of billions into data centers, taking on heavy debt, but current revenue is relatively tiny. Critics warn of a new dot-com bubble.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 2h

"It sounds very much like they're operating as commissars for RFK Jr. rather than sober scientists."

Asoociated with Barrington Declaration and Brownstone Inst. - were never supposed to be sober scientists- they climbed on the backs of disinformation peddling!
@joho.bsky.social has receipts

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 2h

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"OpenAI released a report last month looking at how consumers are using ChatGPT, finding that nearly 80% turned to it for “practical guidance,” for “seeking information” or for “writing,” and that nearly 70% of their usage was not work-related."

Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press

People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 9h

lol:

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 11h

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 2d

His faith has not prevented him on his positions.
Faiths do not have hearts or brains - people who profess any faith or those who do not profess faiths - and still can be the right side.

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

great work from China and NIH

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Fire all cyclinders.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

We need to advance vaccine technology:
1. nasal vaccines
2. eVLPs
3. induce Trm -resident memory T cells- mRNA of SP and IL-12 delivered via lipid nanoparticles
4. divert antigen presentation from macrophages to dendritic cells
There is good literature - we need to put all this in one project

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Behavior of this virus needs explanations - next generation of MDs will be dealing with mess left by ours.

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

In the last 6 years we have seen rehashed immunolgy to explain herd immunity - against a vascular pathogen, immune dysregulation by viral persistence - which through aerosol spread can explode through population with immune evasive variants.
2 patients below 3 years of age with LC in last 2 weeks.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 16h

this crowdsourced crowd counting was a big success previously (no one else is doing something like this, and researchers cited it) and i'm happy to help out again.

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 18h

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 18h

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Nice!

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 18h

Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.

We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Good - Jeff Bezos can fund for it!

Why buy a shitty newspaper - which pitts some Americans against others - helps wealth in the hands of very few.

670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Every Medical School Curriculum should provide this to every medical student.

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

Deficient Generation of Spike-Specific Long-Lived Plasma Cells in the Bone Marrow After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

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Deficient Generation of Spike-Specific Long-Lived Plasma Cells in the Bone Marrow After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection - PubMed

Generation of a stable long-lived plasma cell (LLPC) population is the sine qua non of durable antibody responses after vaccination or infection. We studied 20 individuals with a prior coronavirus dis...

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

. Therefore, the inherent nature of the spike protein itself may be an issue in B cell activation since neutralizing antibody responses to seasonal human coronaviruses, as well as to SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, are also short-lived.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Client Challenge

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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 16h

"Most RNA viruses that induce long-lasting antibody immunity have on their surface rigid repetitive structures spaced at 5–10 nm . For coronaviruses, the long spike proteins are embedded in a fluid membrane, which are often loosely floating and widely spaced at 25 nm apart.

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