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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 1d

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

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Jeremy Barr @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to share the latest work from our lab, which was published today in Nature!
nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD graduate and now post-doc Sofia Dahlman, along with co-senior author Sam Forster from The Hudson and other researchers from our lab and others.

Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut - Nature

Human host-associated cellular products may act as induction agents for bacteriophages.

nature.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12h

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Donovan P. German @dgerman.bsky.social · 8h

They also used images from Florida with palm trees to say it was Portland. They’re really just grabbing anything they can.

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Donovan P. German @dgerman.bsky.social · 9h

Definitely trustworthy and careful about the information he puts out.

Donovan P. German @dgerman.bsky.social · 22h

Amen!

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Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL @robertlustigmd.bsky.social · 23h

The cholesterol and calorie hypotheses are both dead. It's time to focus on the real culprit: insulin resistance.

Emerging evidence shows that insulin resistance is the most important predictor of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Learn more:

robertlustig.com/cholesterol-...

Cholesterol Hypothesis | Robert Lustig Website

robertlustig.com

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing this good news @whysharksmatter.bsky.social 🙌!
We are not at all surprised. 😁👍Congrats! & thanks for publishing with ICB!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Michael Byron #Fella @michaelby.bsky.social · 2d

Universities Didn't Fail, They Succeeded—That's Why They're Under Attack www.commondreams.org/opinion/univ...

Universities Didn't Fail, They Succeeded—That's Why They're Under Attack | Common Dreams

Universities need to recognize that they are being targeted because of what they represent, not because of what they've failed to do, and resist accordingly.

www.commondreams.org

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Donovan P. German @dgerman.bsky.social · 2d

Love it! The M is like two devil horns or a crown because he wants to be king so badly. The neck is just the icing.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

US Soybean farmer: This is caused by this administration, and it’s having a negative major consequence on not only farmers, but also on American factory workers..."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, color me shocked.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

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voter.svrs.nj.gov

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 2d

A cero mackerel swam close by the cam today giving us one of the best looks we’ve ever gotten of this normally offshore species 🙌〰️🐟〰️ #ceromackerel #cero #mackeral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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David Wunderlich @davidwunderlich.bsky.social · 3d

After last year's Texas A&M game, I predicted Billy Napier would get fired. After this year's, I'm calling for it. Napier's inability to produce consistent quality play and complete unwillingness to change means Florida needs to move on to a new football coach.
www.gatorcountry.com/feature/opin...

Opinion: It’s time for Florida to move on from Billy Napier | GatorCountry.com

Author’s note: this is an opinion piece and not reporting. It does not necessarily reflect the view of Gator Country or GC’s other writers.

www.gatorcountry.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Important

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