Simon Delagrave, PhD
@delagrave.bsky.social
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Biotech R&D scientist, entrepreneur, & consultant. Fan of science & democracy. Working for a better future. Opinions mine. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.

Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
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rbreich.bsky.social
Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?
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normeisen.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge just sided with @democracydefendersfund.org and our partners @afscme.bsky.social & AFGE blocking the Trump administration efforts to illegally fire mass numbers of federal employees during the shutdown -TN
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logicallyjc.bsky.social
The inflatable costume industry is the only one booming right now.
delagrave.bsky.social
Thinking I might bring this to No Kings.

#frogsofnokings #frog #nokings
American frog 🐸 supports democracy, expresses displeasure with the current regime with a universal hand gesture.
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motherjones.com
The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting Rights Act’s protections for minority political representation.

The results will be "catastrophic," experts warn.
Republican justices appear poised to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act
The results will be "catastrophic."
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Something else that has never happened before in American history, as the Trump admin continues to piss on the Bill of Rights while Republicans in Congress continue to remain silent. Another thing to protest on Saturday.
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bloomberg.com
The US and China have agreed to temporarily lower their tariffs from the triple digits, but it's unclear what exactly the trade war endgame could look like. Here's what's at stake
What’s at Stake If Trump’s Trade War With China Drags on
Enduring tariffs could put almost $700 billion of annual trade between the world’s two largest economies at risk.
bloom.bg
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science.org
This week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived!

New mRNA vaccines generate self-assembling nanoparticles to enhance immunity, dual-targeting "decoys" prevent metastasis and potentiate immunotherapy against melanoma in mice, and more. https://scim.ag/4n6wrKC
The cover illustrates a lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated mRNA vaccine (left) producing and launching a nanoparticle immunogen (right) that elicits broad and durable immune responses.
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jamellebouie.net
this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave
wsj.com
Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.
Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner
The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.
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aussiastronomer.bsky.social
This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.
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nickturse.bsky.social
SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...
Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.
Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.
theintercept.com
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cidrap.bsky.social
More measles in South Carolina as US nears 1,600 confirmed cases

South Carolina officials said all new case-patients were in quarantine before they contracted the disease.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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dereklowe.bsky.social
Never assume that you know all about what any drug molecule is doing in the body - where it's going, what it's binding to. A new example:
Rapamycin's Secrets
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cidrap.bsky.social
Latest from the Vaccine Integrity Project:

Viewpoint: We owe parents real data before we mess with kids' vaccination schedule

Combination vaccines exist for a reason: They reduce how many injections children receive and parents' stress

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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setiinstitute.bsky.social
#PPOD: Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is brightening fast! Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey, it swings closest to Earth on October 21 and reaches perihelion on November 8—about 79 million kilometers from the Sun. Credit: Josh Dury Photomedia 🧪 🔭
Photograph of comet in the night sky, with a bright coma and long, blue tile that fades out to the upper right. The sky near the horizon is a soft pink due to a diffuse aurora caused by an ongoing solar storm. A few isolated trees can be seen in stark relief in the distance against the pink clouds on a hilltop.
delagrave.bsky.social
Isn’t selling merch the ultimate merch survey? 🙃
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setiinstitute.bsky.social
We need another 125 responses to our merch survey for "statistical significance", so if you support science or want to support science, let us know your thoughts! 🧪

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SETI Institute Merchandise Survey
We're curious to see if there is a market hungry for merch featuring the SETI Institute brand. Let us know!
docs.google.com
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wired.com
Seems like a good time to share this too...

Turning on a VPN, using a privacy-focused mobile browser, and adding an ad blocker can all help reduce the location data you leak during mobile browsing.
I Tried Breaking the Best VPNs. Here Are the 5 That Survived
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
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