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Kira キラ

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Civil litigator, art nerd, soccer lover, club demon. 🦋 lumpyplume.com (Goodreads/ Storygraph)(she) 🦦🦦 Carti +トンボ (Tommi)📍Philly

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · Jan 16

2025 Nonfiction thoughts, collected:

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 3d

I’ve seen students playing hacky sack in this

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 4d

Most histories of hoodies go with 12th century monks as the originator, but I like to show my students this one from 5th-7th century Egypt.

FIG. 2: Child’s Tunic with Hood Tapestry weave of dyed wools, plain (tabby) weave ground of dyed wool, fringe of dyed wools along edge of hood and lower edge of tunic L. 101 cm; W. 89 cm Egypt, ca. 5th–7th century CE The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927 (27.239) Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 3d

What a good idea

on.ft.com/4oCEPTd ‘Do not trust your eyes’: AI generates surge in expense fraud

‘Do not trust your eyes’: AI generates surge in expense fraud

[FREE TO READ] Business software groups warn that top AI models are increasingly being used to create ultra-realistic fake receipts

on.ft.com

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 12d

if you block a party here, you are adding yourself to a list. You should mute if you don't want a script to identify your account as "anti" whatever other account.

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 12d

Fettermaine.

NEWS CENTER Maine @newscentersmaine.bsky.social · 12d

Graham Platner asked why Black people ‘don’t tip’ and referenced rape in old Reddit posts

Article by: @themainemonitor.org

Graham Platner asked why Black people ‘don’t tip’ in Reddit posts

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate posted to the online social media site Reddit more than 1,800 times between 2009 and 2021.

themainemonitor.org

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 13d

Mother! by Darren Aronofsky

Batty Bunny @fitterflittermouse.bsky.social · 13d

You can wipe one movie from existence, what would you choose?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14d

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 13d

Event recap photos for Shaping Ground art show at my home 🌺

Collage of artists for shaping grounds show (left to right): Kira Lum, Imani Anderson, and Elizabeth Burns

Large earthenware Ceramics with white glaze, and photographs by Elizabeth Burns of portraits and cityscapes

Collage of guests at Shaping Ground art show over photographs by Elizabeth Burns of pink dogwood flower covered in dew. In the collage is a watercolor of a ferret in a Chinese calligraphy style kozo by Kira Lum.

Collage of guests over photograph of plants, image of Kira Lum prints of watercolors, photos by Elizabeth Burns. Visible text inscription

(wall text to accompany photography reads: D. Elizabeth Burns Photography

Poems by D. Elizabem Bume

Image: Graduate smelling flower in celebration, milestone accomplished: 2004

Title: Qween mывала

a sometimes chaotic world a single mother your lessons about love could be left through expenences, bearing withess ness with icy threaded through it, you were on the road of alf discovery defring what true unconditional love could be, you showed your three jewels a fragile ersion you, we didnt understand unit we were met with the same dilemma as grown women wwep breath, sowww deep breaths. A flower nourtshed by the sunlight can't go out quietly, you see shines in celebration, pacing eff and taking the time needed for its growth

sage: Leo in neing images: 2023

have nen the next growth phase so the sun could look upon & As you walked through thal saw the colors of the wind rushing to meet you, the water droplets chattering in tement, keeping you bydrated as you steady on your path. The earth expresses joy as it cradlies Bottom of your feet, protecting you as you walk. The friction caused by unpredictability if you didn't take ownership of it for long your presence, heaven sent. To a world so serving of you so through and through You're the delicate wishy growing in the hood, airy th and free, yet sturdy A force of nature you will always be

al gardens, I see the cousins to the sunflowers, holering to the lilies, in awe of your radiating baning witness to you rising up in love, self discovery in preparation for this next season

In depth interview with Chanel Addison Photo: 2022

Fixing my crown

up to the clouds for peace, why it's so intriguing to me, they carry weight wat in me too. I felt silhouette of your love carest my face as i walk out into this world day by aming to stand on business. ....

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 13d

I'm concerned the next generation is gonna know Rihanna as that makeup brand lady

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 13d

"I will say a hard thing to work with is people thinking that what they say has to be a full reflection of them as a human...
Say your silly bar it will be fine i promise lol" - dances

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 14d

Starting On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle and pre-ordered volumes III and IV. At first I called it an "artsy groundhog day" but realized by page 30 this wasn't right, as Solvej Balle vacuumed me into her world. #booksky

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 14d

About halfway through Sapiens, which I started without reading any reviews. Kind of shocked an irl friend recommended this eugenicist book replete with factual misstatements??

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 14d

"The lead levels in plant-based products were, on average, nine times the amount found in those made with dairy proteins"

Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 14d

Protein powder tastes like sweet chalk to me. I am just going to assume it's the sweet taste of lead. www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 15d

"tch la japonesa juega bien" yeah, I'll take that

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 16d

My friend is throwing a shelf party when she gets her vitsœ shelving 😭 this brings me back to a design students' party listening to two moscot lemtosh broskis argue about serifs on fonts

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Chasing Aphrodite @chasingaphrodite.bsky.social · 17d

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

As many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bigger forces at work?

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 17d

Honestly the universe was cooking when it broke my cell phone camera lens. "I'm sorry ma'am, I actually cannot scan the qr code"

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17d

thou art damn’d to hell

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 17d

Researchers envision their vaccine being used as both a treatment and a preventive, and as an approach to treating multiple cancer types.
• www.umass.edu/news/article...

The study has been published in Cell Reports Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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HIGHLIGHTS
•Lipid NPs carrying STING and TLR4 agonists promote synergistic type I interferons
• NPs drain efficiently to lymph nodes and increase polyfunctional T and B cells
• NPs improve tumor-free outcomes with memory against multiple aggressive tumor models
SUMMARY
We report on the utility of a "super-adjuvant" nanoparticle (NP) system as a modular, customizable platform for next-generation cancer vaccination. Using nanomaterials engineering technology, we aim to harness not only the effective adjuvanticity of whole-pathogen vaccines, but also the safety of subunit vaccines.
Our lipid-based NP platform co-encapsulates agonists of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathways to promote synergistic production of type I interferons and other
proinflammatory cytokines in innate antigen-presenting dendritic cells and macrophages.
Compared to empty NPs and free agonists, dual-adjuvant NPs administered with antigenic peptides or tumor cell lysate promote increased antigen processing and presentation, drain efficiently to nearby lymph nodes, increase polyfunctional tumor-specific T and B cells, and improve tumor-free outcomes upon vaccination and subsequent challenge with multiple aggressive tumor cells.

Graphical Abstract

The vaccine combines two immune-stimulating molecules (adjuvants) in a tiny lipid nanoparticle that enhances both innate and adaptive immune responses. The innate immune system acts as the body’s first line of defense, responding quickly and non-specifically to invaders using cells that release inflammatory signals. The adaptive immune system takes longer to activate but provides a targeted, long-lasting response, training T-cells and B- cells to recognize and remember specific threats. Together, they form a coordinated defense: the innate system alerts and activates the adaptive system, which then delivers precise and durable immunity.

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 17d

Stream of consciousness architecture blog

bldgblog.com

BLDGBLOG

Architectural Conjecture | Urban Speculation | Landscape Futures

bldgblog.com

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 17d

"I don't think it an act of will, but slowly and almost imperceptibly I managed to extend my sense of neutral, indefinite morning. I concentrated it, intensified that pale-gray awakening and with each morning I found it possible to carry that sensation with me further into the day."

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 17d

For us it has always been about the days together, day after day, night after night, again and again."
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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 17d

"We are not one of those couples that has to have time apart, to miss and rediscover one another to go away and be reunited in a collision of love. Distance, leave-taking and reunions are not what bind us to one another.

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · Apr 14

On the Calculation of Volume I, a novel by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara Haveland. Cover quote: "Absolutely, absolutely incredible." - Karl Ove Knausgård

"We try to avoid long phone calls when we're apart. Not only because otherwise we would only end up having long, detailed dialogues on the condition of the books, publication years, the illustrations and the pricing but also because such conversations seem to increase the distance between us. The minute we deviate from simple, practical matters, the conversation lapses imperceptibly into a kind of audio link, a muted love mumble. Our communication, initially meaningful and coherent, turns into a series of fitful exchanges containing neither sentences nor information: little words and sounds meant-I suppose-to keep the line between us open, but which, instead, make all too clear how far apart we are. So we have learned to split the work between us, stick to practical matters, and only speak to one another when necessary."

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 18d

A soundscape gothic rock day
youtu.be/vL57NTZAIxc?...

Souretsu -Funeral-

YouTube video by Sheena Ringo - Topic

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Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 18d

tight leather jacket, baggy jeans and metal framed sunnies like a eurotrash raver going for a pack of smokes

Kira キラ @lumpyplum.bsky.social · 19d

You're in Philly??