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Harmit Singh Malik

@harmitmalik.bsky.social

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Study genetic conflicts professionally. Try to avoid conflicts in personal life (with mixed results). Fred Hutch Basic Sciences, UW Genome Sciences, HHMI. Posting in a personal capacity. My posts don’t reflect my employers’ opinions.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Feb 7

@harryboschquote.bsky.social :

Everybody counts or nobody counts

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t know about the ICE arrests but you are a random person social media whom in prefer to not engage with any more.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 22h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 1d

The 2nd of 6 faculty positions open at UNC Biology is for an Asst Professor studying critical questions in Plant Molecular Biology, focusing on molecular mechanisms illuminating fundamental aspects of plant biology, including interactions with other organisms 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 20h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 1d

This is the single best thing anyone could ever send to a writer. I'm holding back tears.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 20h

Either one person is lying or hundreds of people are lying about the streets of Portland being overrun...

...by people in adorable inflatable animal constumes.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

trib.al

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 20h

To keep verisimilitude with current events, half of this season's episodes of the CBS show "FBI" will feature actors driving around in masks picking up random folks off the streets in darkly tinted SUVs, instead of dealing with terror threats & serial killers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Poster with QR code linking to the position

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 2d

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Michael Meers @mpmeers.bsky.social · 2d

It feels very apropos to have this announcement preempted by a government shutdown 🥲 but I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for the tireless work of the reviewers and staff of the Office of the Director who saw fit to give us this chance.

WashU Medicine Genetics @washugenetics.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Michael Meers, PhD, on receiving the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in support of his research developing new tools to guide stem cell differentiation. A well-deserved recognition of his innovative work.
medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-r...

WashU researchers honored with NIH Director’s Awards | WashU Medicine

Three investigators have been recognized with grants from the agency’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.

medicine.washu.edu

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Fred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social · 12d

The Weintraub Award is seeking nominations for 2026! The award recognizes the outstanding achievements of grad students in biology and was established to honor the bold, creative, pioneering spirit embodied by Dr. Hal Weintraub. www.fredhutch.org/en/research/...

Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Annual award to honor the bold, creative, pioneering spirit embodied by Hal Weintraub. The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recognizes outstanding achievements during graduate studies in the...

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3d

ANTIFA:

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

I like the title. Short and to the point :)

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

a man is saying please don 't encourage him in a dark room

Alt: A man is saying please don't encourage him in a dark room

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

Someone well-meaning wrote to me saying that I should be careful making jokes about certain people who were not picked for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I shrugged; there is no apPEASing some folks.

Besides, it’s not like I made a crank call from a Norwegian phone number in the middle of the night.

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think this is a controversial opinion but …

Indian style mutter-paneer definitely deserves the Nobel peas prize this year

www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/matar-paneer...

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

This book has never been more timely. Thanks to @sonali-m-19.bsky.social for writing it and for sending me a copy.

Photo of book “Thriving as an International Scientist” written by Sonali Majumdar

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 3d

A gallery of fireflies.

Phenomenal Fireflies - Alex Wild

Fireflies are a family (Lampyridae) of about 2,000 beetle species known for their ability to produce light through chemical reactions.

www.alexanderwild.com

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Michael Metzger @metzgerm.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Drs. Ramsdell, Brunkow, and Sakaguchi! I actually didn’t realize until today that PNRI’s David Galas was a part of the project to identify the genetic basis of the “scurfy” mice that led to Tregs. (@pnrigenetics.bsky.social) David’s legacy has touched more than I can imagine!

WIRED @wired.com · 4d

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Montana wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology. www.wired.com/story/nobel-...

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell was on vacation in the Montana wilderness when he and two colleagues received the honor for their breakthroughs in immunology.

www.wired.com

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 2d

None that mutter (matter) :)

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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