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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h

“It’s too late for preventative antifascism. I think we’re in a new era.”

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States.

The latest from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social:

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

www.motherjones.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h

"They know that in a functioning one-person-one-vote democracy, they could never pass the unpopular self-enriching policies they want. So they know they must focus on preserving and expanding the precedents that permit them to buy American democracy."

🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 16h

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Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social.

We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!

How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.

theconversation.com

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

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

( ht: @tizzywoman.bsky.social )

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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 1d

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 2d

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 2d

We’re making progress on intranasal delivery of our low cost recombinant protein Covid vaccine, in collaboration with @tulanemedicine.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social

www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...

Frontiers | Heterologous prime-pull mucosal vaccination with an adjuvanted RBD vaccine elicits robust IgA production and protects against SARS-CoV-2

Despite the efficacy of approved severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines in preventing severe disease and death, breakthrough i...

www.frontiersin.org

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 2d

Vielleicht soll er Mal in den Spiegel schauen...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 5d

It’s time to vote #YesOnProp50, California! Go make your plan to vote early!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 4d

It is long past time to go back to paper ballots.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 7d

Those were my feelings when I was there a few years ago. Breathtaking. Humbling. Healing.

MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 8d

I love it - a huffle of pufferfish

MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 10d

Wow - that would make sense.

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Politics and Health 👍🏻🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️🦋 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 13d

Not enough people are talking about what this regime is doing to women. It isn't pretty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | The Erasure of American Working Women

www.nytimes.com

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 13d

The German State of Baden-Württemberg is sponsoring 14 fellowships for researchers whose work is under political pressure in the US. Total funding for the fellowships is 3.6 million EUR. Freiburg, Konstanz and Tübingen are the participating universities.
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www.myscience.de/en/news/wire...

Baden-Württemberger Forschungsinstitute erhalten 3,6 Millionen Euro für ’Global Fellowships’

www.myscience.de

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16d

🇲🇩 Moldova, you’ve done it again.
 No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve.

You made your choice clear:
 Europe. Democracy. Freedom.

Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way. 
The future is yours.

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 19d

Early results from a gene therapy trial against Huntington's Disease have been incredible - far better than originally hoped for. This is wonderful news for all families suffering from this devastating, and until now untreatable, autosomal dominant disease.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 20d

This is why we fund science.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 20d

Link to original article can be found here:
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Spatially patterned kidney assembloids recapitulate progenitor self-assembly and enable high-fidelity in vivo disease modeling

Current kidney organoids do not recapitulate the kidney’s complex spatial patterning and function, limiting their applications. The human kidney compr…

www.sciencedirect.com

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 20d

A new paper appearing in Cell Stem Cell describes organoids that can replicate some of the functions of kidneys in mice. The lead investigator of the study predicts that there could be a transplantable kidney available for animal testing within 5 years.🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists make most authentic kidney replicas so far

Lab-grown organoids reproduce some of a kidney’s internal structure and function

www.science.org

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 20d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life

Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

www.theguardian.com

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 20d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21d

Rather than a resistance, the concept of an opposition is more comprehensive and durable. It recognizes that there are no time limits to the effort. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

Building the Opposition

From Marc | The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement.

www.democracydocket.com

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 26d

So true 😕