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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · 8d

We can’t even get to the actual event!

deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · 8d

#NoKings in Boulder! Great turnout.

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Human Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social · 18d

Next week, we're headed to #ASHG2025!

HPRC members will be sharing their latest research and insights throughout the week.

See who's presenting ⬇️

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22d

Pritzker should mobilize them first. The entire Illinois Army National Guard. Order them to protect Illinois residents from menacing outsiders, regardless of who they work for.

Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum," Pritzker said.

www.politico.com

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Sep 22

It is amazing to see. You and your team (and the greater village) have done great stuff.

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Sep 22

Check this out! This is a big deal and helps lead the way for how we should think about analyzing genomes.

Adam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · Sep 22

Delighted to finally announce a preprint describing the Q100 project! “A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomics” For which we finished HG002 to near-perfect accuracy: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵[1/14]

A complete diploid human genome benchmark for personalized genomics

Human genome resequencing typically involves mapping reads to a reference genome to call variants; however, this approach suffers from both technical and reference biases, leaving many duplicated and ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just because YOU struggled your WHOLE life doesn't mean she has to. We should be celebrating that a young, talented woman with her whole life ahead of her has a loving community behind her who is willing to help her acheive her dreams. Please block me because you're going to hate the positivity here

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Sep 3

I haven’t been since before COVID so not sure where things are- but yes, the killing of NHGRI will not help this meeting (or anything else).

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Sep 3

Seems like another great reason to quit having scientific conferences in Florida (and really - there are so many). I’m looking at you @agbt.bsky.social

Jonathan Gitlin @drgitlin.bsky.social · Sep 3

smfh arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements

Exposing vulnerable people to vaccine-preventable disease is just part of life, Ladapo said.

arstechnica.com

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Sep 3

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Aug 1

Trump killed Big Bird 😢

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jul 25

It's only cancel culture if it comes from the democratic regions of the U.S. Otherwise it's sparkling authoritarianism.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 25

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Jul 18

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is a great loss for the scientific community and the world. Atul was always positive and always willing to help.

euanashley @euanashley.bsky.social · Jun 14

Atul Butte died yesterday.
The world lost a giant.
A big bear of a man.
With a huge smile.
With love for everyone.
With energy that could power a room.
I loved everything about Atul.
I loved how he was always happy.
I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Jun 14

Such a big showing in Boulder we can’t even get to the event! #NoKings

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jun 11

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · May 30

Unfortunately no.

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Human Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social · May 12

📢 HPRC Release 2 is here!

Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.

Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:

humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...

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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · May 6

I’ve done years in Dem politics, winning campaigns and successfully engaging voters in elections Dems lost for the 2024 Presidential election

There are many talented Black women strategists that I could refer and I know others could

And Senate Dems pick guys who helped us get here to talk to them

Axios @axios.com · May 6

SCOOP: Senate Democrats have invited New York Times columnist Ezra Klein and Democratic data guru David Shor to talk to senators at their annual one-day issues retreat on Wednesday, sources tell Axios.

Scoop: Senate Democrats to host Ezra Klein as retreat special guest

Klein will have a dialogue with senators at the Mount Vernon retreat.

www.axios.com

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deannachurch.bsky.social @deannachurch.bsky.social · Apr 30

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