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Jennifer Davis
@jmd5120.bsky.social
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I live in Chicago. I work in a lab. Sometimes I bike. Views are my own.
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · May 2
Collection of websites I've seen highlighting the impact of federally funded research at various institutions

First is Chicago's very own Northwestern University, which ended FY2024 with $>1 billion in research funding

Northwestern University: Research Impact
www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...
Research Impact : Northwestern University
www.northwestern.edu
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 50m
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 6h
gift link. unreal to see this happening, but it's unfortunately necessary. wapo.st/46QspkQ
Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.
The Governors Public Health Alliance would counter federal health agencies under President Donald Trump as an independent hub to monitor diseases and prepare for emergencies.
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 52m
From a distance it looks weird
Trees on Oak Street lit up purple for Halloween, from across the treeless expanse of the end of Michigan Avenue
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 2h
www.chicagotribune.com/2002/01/27/h...
How stellar are `starchitects’?
The colors are straight out of a comic book — deep purple, canary yellow and hot pink. Only they’re not in the comics; they’re painted onto a new dorm at the very gray, very serio…
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 2h
In a few weeks we'll have endless articles about the real reason behind this year's shockingly high turkey prices, see if we don't

www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
Three large turkey farms in Minnesota hit with H5N1 avian flu
APHIS also noted several outbreaks in backyard flocks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 5h
Was gonna say...
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 5h
Fall-ass weather
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 5h
What does Fiscal Cliff mean for all the other public transit systems throughout the state?
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 5h
I know I say this every year and don't, but I'm going to start wearing mine for walking
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 7h
Are you kidding, all the suburban retirees who remember the opening are there
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 8h
*Hopkins
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 17h
There is a terrible new nighttime machinery noise in my apartment
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 20h
Diversey
A distant city skyline sparkles and glows on the water and dramatically illuminates patchy clouds
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 20h
nice
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 21h
The cancer swords will continue until morale improves
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 21h
CANCER SWORD

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 1d
October is #BreastCancerAwareness month.

#Breastcancer was seen as an incurable disease.

Women's Field Army was a group that recruited hundreds of thousands of women, mostly from social elite circles, to raise funds to promote cancer detection awareness.

🧪 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Fight Cancer with Knowledge Poster Description: Poster shows an artistically rendered profile of woman with right arm holding up a sword with slogans: "Fight Cancer With Knowledge," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer."
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 21h
🎶Take me down to the south Lakefront Trail where the grass is green and the trees are pretty
Take me home🎵
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 22h
Is everyone who ran in the Marathon having a reunion on the north Lakefront Trail tonight or is this normal?
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 1d
$800 in basic equipment? In this economy?

www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 1d
Do you think we'll have snow this year
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 1d
Riding a train in the snow at twilight would fix me
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 1d
Goodnight, St Joseph
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 1d
Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI:
View looking south over Silver Lake Beach as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-14 05:37:20 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in St Joseph: 60.83 F | 16.02 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 0 mph | 0 kph // Humidity: 84%
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 1d
For when you have people over
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 2d
Why work for the piece of paper you're already buying with money
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 2d
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Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · 2d
4931 West Hirsch Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604214010: 4931 West Hirsch Street
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 2d
It's one of those weekends I just don't leave my apartment
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 4d
It's one of those Saturdays I just don't leave my apartment
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