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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

POLO YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A MARINERS GREAT

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 3d

At what point do Republican fathers + mothers fear enough for the lives of their children that they stop this inexorable destruction of logic itself? #science #measles #idtwitter #CDC

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 7d

According to some journalists, Fred Ramsdell is also "located in Seattle" even though his professional affiliation is to Sonoma Biotherapeutics, which is "located" in both SF and #seattle. Many nuances here. @geekwire.com
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 7d

They found him in Colorado. Off the grid. www.gjsentinel.com/news/nationa...

Hiking Nobel laureate finally learns of his prize

After an amusing game of phone tag, the Nobel Prize committee on Tuesday finally spoke to laureate Fred Ramsdell, who was hiking "off the grid" when the news broke.

www.gjsentinel.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 8d

Lovely to see our #seattle scientist Mary Brunkow among winners. #immunology

Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to some neat fundamental research on the immune system: peripheral immune tolerance. It's what keeps the body's defense mechanism in check—and could be key to new therapies for autoimmune disorders. @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats to Mary Brunkow of #seattle for #immunology discoveries leading to shared #Nobel ...
Congrats to Institute for Systems Biology.
#research #science

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12d

Sometimes the dark humor almost compensates for the losses. Below, part of a cartoon by Miriam Jayaratna + Wendi Aarons in @thenewyorker.bsky.social reimagining Disney without #vaccines.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 20d

Reading @drewharvell.bsky.social's book + today's word is "kleptocnidae" for how nudibranchs steal nematocysts (stinging cells) from anemones they eat.
They steal immature cells + nematocysts continue developing + become stinging for nudis.
#dockfouling #nudibranchs
www.google.com/books/editio...

The Ocean's Menagerie

An elegantly written exploration of the cutting edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologistHundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that...

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

"You have to stick" it out through the discouragements, so that you get (PhD) and can then design your own experiments, she said. The need to stick it out underlies ALL discovery.
🧪 #science Mostly her experiments failed. #scifri @scifri.bsky.social

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

Delightful interview with genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King of #seattle @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social
She talks about origins of her curiosity/diligence/logic that led her to discover #BRCA1 (mutation that increases risk of breast cancer) in 1990.
#breastcancer
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dr-...

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

www.sciencefriday.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 26d

I was walking with a birding group, on a tour where a leader is pointing out birds. Many had their phones out. 🧪🤳

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 27d

Weight of that cat?

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 27d

For my #birding commty. @ebrrh.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
#birder #pnw
#paleo #dinosaurs

A cartoon shows a pterodactyl flying towards a couple. The woman says " This can't be right - my app says it's an American tree sparrow."

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SciLine @sciline.org · 28d

New toolkit for reporters! Check out SciLine's resources for covering vaccines responsibly in 2025, an essential guide for local reporters navigating vaccine coverage! bit.ly/46axrsc

Someone with blue gloved hands handles a medical syringe

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 29d

Among the generous + eloquent speakers @wsna.bsky.social president Justin Gill, @meadekrosby.bsky.social on climate, @irahyman.bsky.social on misinformation @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social on journalism and hope.. and many others. Is the ominous sky symnbolic?

A man in khaki pants and blue shirt stands at a lectern in front of a red sign that reads "Stand Up, Speak Out." He is talking at a rally for Stand Up for Science and Mobilize Wallingford and DeFund Musk at the Seattle Waterfront on Sept 14, 2025. His name is Michael Bradbury.

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 29d

Just a link to Red Cross list of all the CPR classes available in Puget sound area www.redcross.org/take-a-class...

Search | Classes, Products, Articles | Red Cross

Search Red Cross Classes, Products and Articles online.

www.redcross.org

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hooray for @sufsseattle.bsky.social and others Standing for Science today at #Seattle #waterfront

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 13

I offer Karen Bakker, a scientist who died in 2024, but wrote the book "The Sounds of Life" and spoke at @townhallseattle.bsky.social
Highlight: "Mother #whales whisper to their babies."
Hear her describe acoustic research.
#AI @ubcoceans.bsky.social
www.everand.com/listen/podca...

Listening to 190. Karen Bakker with Sally James: Uncovering the Secret Sounds of Life | Everand

www.everand.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you for this reporting. #journalism #analysis

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 11

If you animate that pika, so those whiskers wiggle just a little, I'm thinking - major @instagram @bsky.app success. Just such a cute face. #cute #science #charming #megafauna

Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 11

Check out Elena Cheung and her Substack with wryly funny essays on #yoga.
Latest compares core muscle cooperation to awkward group projects of middle school. #nerd
#anatomy
elenashapeshifts.substack.com/p/your-core-...

Your core is a group project

Some parts fetch, some nap, some bark at the mailman... but they always coordinate for snacks.

elenashapeshifts.substack.com

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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · Sep 9

Had reason to look up my own story on #social #acceptance and when it isn't there for families with children with disabilities.
#belonging #ostracism
@seattlechildrens.org
(a few years old 👓)
www.parentmap.com/article/acce...

Acceptance key for children with disabilities

Tips for supporting parents whose children face challenges

www.parentmap.com

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