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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 19h

Suddenly I fancy a beer.

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

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 19h

It's not about controlling imigration. it's about making violence, fear, and government unacountability the new norm.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE detained a nonverbal, 15 year-old autistic boy who'd been selling fruit by the side of the road with his family when he took a bathroom break. The family was not notified. He was held in ICE detention for a week before the family could find him.

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 19h

Is that a young Ricky Gervais in the middle?

Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 2d

I'm ok with some ppl being wealthier than other ppl if they've worked harder and sacrificed things for their achievements.
Give these ppl a bigger house and a nicer car.
BUT.
No single person should have more money than 90% of the worlds population put together. Yet some ppl do..
It's just wrong!

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Chris Skaife @ravenology.bsky.social · 6d

Suns golden rays

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 6d

If he goes during his term, doesn't that mean Vance gets to be king until the next election?
That could be even worse!

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 6d

Over the 2009–2023 period, on the order of 50,000+ Christians have been estimated (by Intersociety and allied sources) to have been killed in Nigeria in conflicts attributed to Islamist militants or militants overlapping with Islamist causes.

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 6d

Risks vs reward.

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed. My wife introduced me to that book just after we got together.
Hopefully she didnt mean it as a slight on the quality of my lab work 🤔

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 7d

It's just beyond ironic that a nation that said no to kings has now embraced one so completely.

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 7d

This
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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 7d

Do you rhonk that's what I was referring to?

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 7d

And they say the energy companies don't look after us.
I just recieved this from Octopus Energy. How should I spend it?

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 8d

What a dumb ass! And an insurrectionist 🙄

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

When politics moves too far to one extreme, ppl inevitably get hurt and angry. The result is usually a lurch towards the other political extreme. The result is usually that ppl get hurt.
Wash
Rinse
Repeat
#centrist

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

Surely it's not that difficult for both the left, the right (and everyone in-between) to agree on the following.
1. Torturing Gays to make them pretend to be straight
AND
2. Giving children drugs that stop them from entering puberty and may make them infertile for life
ARE BOTH HORIBBLE THINGS TO DO

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Dr. Allison Beetlejuice (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 9d

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 9d

Here’s video of the incident

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

I don't know why were worried about Russia expanding the war. They're losing the one they are already in. Imagine what would happen to the Russian military if they opened up new fronts.

The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 8d

Russia has ramped up imports of gasoline from Belarus to ease mounting fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries, Reuters reported.

Russia Boosts Fuel Imports From Belarus as Refinery Strikes Deepen Domestic Shortages - The Moscow Times

Russia has ramped up imports of gasoline from Belarus to ease mounting fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing industry sources.

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

There are lots of warzones atm. & what is happening in places such as in Nigeria (ethnic cleansing of Christians with hundreds of thousands of deaths) doesnt seem to get anyone's attention. Also, if the environment is destroyed then we all die. She seems to have forgot abt 5he environment though.

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Lorenz Adlung Lab @adlunglab.com · 8d

Late to the party, but: Host-oxidized phospholipids (oxPLs) form during infection & epigenetically silence IL-10 via AKT→EZH2→H3K27me3, driving lethal inflammation. Blocking oxPLs boosts IL-10 + survival. Kudos, @lozanzi.bsky.social; out in @cp-immunity.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1016/j.im... 🧪

Epigenetic silencing of interleukin-10 by host-derived oxidized phospholipids supports a lethal inflammatory response to infections

Phagocytes initiate immunity to invading microorganisms by detecting pathogen-associated molecular patterns via pattern recognition receptors. Pathoge…

doi.org

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

Yhid would not surprise me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Where's Mr Epstein?

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Dr Mark D'Arcy @markofthed.bsky.social · 8d

Personally I don't agree with either. Both create victims based on dubious science.