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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 2h

I think the only way I would have laughed harder is if you said the Horta. No- not even then!!!

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 2h

OH MY GOD YOU CRAZY FOR THIS ONE FOUNDIE

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 3h

That’s the way >>>

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, WHAT? The IRB gone. The IRB!

What an extraordinarily dangerous, harmful, unethical bunch of MAGA and MAHA lackeys we now have running US public health, healthcare, and health research; they have totally lost their moral compass (assuming they once had one?).

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 12h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah the onion and pickles are so good w brisket on the straight from the bag white bread

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah- exactly 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

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 13h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h

Injured Player Gives Thumbs-Down While Being Carted Off Field

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 5h

@dilettante.bsky.social amazing

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 5h

Very cool!

Josh Mendell @mendell-lab.bsky.social · 5h

Colliding ribosomes are potent signals of cellular stress. But do cells use ‘programmed’ ribosome collisions to regulate gene expression? I’m excited to present a new story from my lab led by Frederick Rehfeld(@fred-rehfeld.bsky.social) which revealed that the answer is YES! Read on to find out how👇

Oxidative stress sensing by the translation elongation machinery promotes production of detoxifying selenoproteins

Selenocysteine, incorporated into polypeptides at recoded termination codons, plays an essential role in redox biology. Using GPX1 and GPX4, selenoenzymes that mitigate oxidative stress, as reporters,...

www.biorxiv.org

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 14h

For Businessweek’s November issue, I have a feature about the high-fee premium credit card war being waged by American Express and Chase for the hearts, minds, and swipes of America’s affluent supershoppers. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers

The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.

www.bloomberg.com

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 6h

It is still hilarious

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 6h

I hope you were very baroque in letting them know how you feel about that

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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 6h

Assessing scoring metrics for AlphaFold2 and AlphaFold3 protein complex predictions pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41081541/ #cryoem

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 8h

Percentiles will go up literally because prob more ties at the top. “Dynamic” calibration is even harder now with random discussion order imo

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 11h

I am wondering about them doubling up next round (have they ever done that?)

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 11h

The link is in the notice but not formatted as a hyperlink and the description makes it seem it is more relevant to applicants. I hadn’t initially detected it because of the wording but missing an entire round of panels is going to be pretty bad I feel