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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala

@definitelyvita.bsky.social

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afro-🇵🇷. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ writer. work @ Abrams, Black Mask, DC comics, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Macmillan, Marvel comics, Realm, Valiant, Vault. Repped by Susan Graham. Pro-Danny. Free Palestine ✊🏾🍉 Icon by @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/definitelyvita

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hello, all. In a time where everything is so much for so many people, I feel guilty asking but my family and I are in need of help.

Even if it is a signal boost, any help is appreciated.

I love you all, and I hope you are all safe.

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Donate to Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement, organized by Tini Howard

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 59m

They did this to my father in 1970.
He wasn't even allowed to say goodbye to his mother. 55 years later, same abuse and injustice.

Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 1h

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‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

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NPR @npr.org · 50m

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. n.pr/47nGDK8

Highlighting Indigenous stories from across NPR's network

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 58m

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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The bones of Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 56m

Guys, Sam Altman owns OpenAI. He knows what a bullshit job is. He knows what bullshit work is. He is profits handsomely off of bullshit. What he's actually talking about is, (and this is almost always true of these billionaire freaks) is eugenics. He is talking about who is disposable.

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 12h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 15h

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Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · 48m

The temptation is strong to engage with fuckheaded fossils like that but they crave attention and **get paid** to waste YOUR fucking time.

Why else are they here?

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Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · 50m

"Go ahead! Ratio me! Its a badge of honor and plus makes me-"

God, you people are desperate and annoying. Get Blocked 🚫🤷🏿

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1h

it’s Indigenous peoples day, so if you need to purchase an indulgence for your settler sins, you can venmo me at @ziibiing and I will redistribute your wealth to Indigenous people 🫡

also, I will be accepting land or cabin donations anywhere in anishinaabe akiing (MN, WI, MI, Ontario/Manitoba)

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 8h

God it's so gross hearing reporters talk about Israeli "hostages" but then refer to Palestinian "prisoners held without charge" like what's the material difference between these two categories?

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 47m

this is a great app to keep track on what white supremacists are saying.

less so about who they hate

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 49m

my biggest beef with bluesky is that I get way more updates on what Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel than anything on the African continent

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 6h

What the Twitter takeover did so effectively was fracture the way we get our news. If, for example, I want to get in-depth updates on Sudan I still check in with Twitter as that's where a lot of the biggest accounts are. There's no one-stop shop anymore.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hey, did y'all know you can read the Alysia Yeoh story I did with @protokitty.bsky.social, @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social and @airy.bsky.social for FREE on DC Infinite? I just learned that today.
www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/...

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 40m

What does the M stand for now?

Shaun @zooropean.bsky.social · 47m

So much for another relic from my childhood:

cordcuttersnews.com/mtv-is-shutt...

MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era | Cord Cutters News

Paramount Global has delivered a devastating blow to music fans worldwide, announcing the permanent shutdown of five iconic MTV music channels by December 31, 2025 according to the BBC. For 44 years, ...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21h

Researchers envision their vaccine being used as both a treatment and a preventive, and as an approach to treating multiple cancer types.
• www.umass.edu/news/article...

The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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HIGHLIGHTS
•Lipid NPs carrying STING and TLR4 agonists promote synergistic type I interferons
• NPs drain efficiently to lymph nodes and increase polyfunctional T and B cells
• NPs improve tumor-free outcomes with memory against multiple aggressive tumor models
SUMMARY
We report on the utility of a "super-adjuvant" nanoparticle (NP) system as a modular, customizable platform for next-generation cancer vaccination. Using nanomaterials engineering technology, we aim to harness not only the effective adjuvanticity of whole-pathogen vaccines, but also the safety of subunit vaccines.
Our lipid-based NP platform co-encapsulates agonists of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathways to promote synergistic production of type I interferons and other
proinflammatory cytokines in innate antigen-presenting dendritic cells and macrophages.
Compared to empty NPs and free agonists, dual-adjuvant NPs administered with antigenic peptides or tumor cell lysate promote increased antigen processing and presentation, drain efficiently to nearby lymph nodes, increase polyfunctional tumor-specific T and B cells, and improve tumor-free outcomes upon vaccination and subsequent challenge with multiple aggressive tumor cells.

Graphical Abstract

The vaccine combines two immune-stimulating molecules (adjuvants) in a tiny lipid nanoparticle that enhances both innate and adaptive immune responses. The innate immune system acts as the body’s first line of defense, responding quickly and non-specifically to invaders using cells that release inflammatory signals. The adaptive immune system takes longer to activate but provides a targeted, long-lasting response, training T-cells and B- cells to recognize and remember specific threats. Together, they form a coordinated defense: the innate system alerts and activates the adaptive system, which then delivers precise and durable immunity.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 21h

This is all the serotonin I need for the rest of the year.. like wow.. things are really good sometimes

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick @sarahinscience.bsky.social · 3h

For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making

www.nature.com

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 16h

True trans icons 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 16h

I mean...

WALLE and EVE, watching the sunrise together, holdin hands. WALLE is rusty and dusty but adorable, and EVE is sleek and clean, wrapped in Xmas lights.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Apr 7

Classic t4t couple

A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · Apr 7

Twin Peaks: James and Donna at the RR Diner.

James and Donna at the RR Diner. Twin Peaks S01E06 - Cooper’s Dreams.

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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 16h

Sign up for my new Newsletter in my bio http://eepurl.com/dk_p1n includes a sketchbook section #comics Sub to my‬ youtube for process vids: https://www.youtube.com/@oeming

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 16h

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · Jan 29

Donate to Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement, organized by Tini Howard

Hi everyone, I'm Tini Howard, and this is for my friend, and your favorite comi… Tini Howard needs your support for Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement

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Regine Sawyer @lockettdown.bsky.social · 17d

I'm really close to making my goal for my GFM! Thanks so much to everyone for your continued support 🙏🏾💖. Please continue to share the campaign and donate if possible, every little bit helps more than you know! gofund.me/7d3077119

Donate to Help Keep My Home, organized by Regine Sawyer

Since losing my job over a year ago, like many of us across the U.S., I have yet to find full time wor… Regine Sawyer needs your support for Help Keep My Home

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