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Worth knowing.
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The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown
How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Worth knowing.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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A schematic of the mechanism of the CHIP-protective variant. MSI2 is a drug target for prevention of cancer in preclinical testing science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A schematic of the mechanism of the CHIP-protective variant. MSI2 is a drug target for prevention of cancer in preclinical testing science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New @science.org today
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
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science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
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@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis by modifying stem cell RNA regulation
Somatic mutations that increase the fitness of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) drive their expansion in clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and predispose individuals to blood cancers. Population variation in t...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
New @science.org today
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale.
It's exercise.
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It's exercise.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale.
It's exercise.
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It's exercise.
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Please read this piece by the National Review’s Jim Geraghty, if you never read anything else.
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
Trump’s Appalling Reiner Reaction Is a Sign of Something Deeply Wrong | National Review
Yes, we must talk about what President Trump posted on Truth Social about the brutal murders of the Reiners.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Please read this piece by the National Review’s Jim Geraghty, if you never read anything else.
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
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29% weight loss, 71 pounds!
That what the triple receptor GLP-1 drug retatrutide achieved in a placebo-controlled trial
Plus 3-fold complete relief of knee osteoarthritis pain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
That what the triple receptor GLP-1 drug retatrutide achieved in a placebo-controlled trial
Plus 3-fold complete relief of knee osteoarthritis pain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Major Weight Loss and Knee-Pain Relief Seen With New Eli Lilly Drug
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
29% weight loss, 71 pounds!
That what the triple receptor GLP-1 drug retatrutide achieved in a placebo-controlled trial
Plus 3-fold complete relief of knee osteoarthritis pain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
That what the triple receptor GLP-1 drug retatrutide achieved in a placebo-controlled trial
Plus 3-fold complete relief of knee osteoarthritis pain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
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The environment flows through our bodies, altering our trajectories in ways medicine is just starting to see. "Your 'environment' could be the refinery a town over, the lead in the paint of your mother’s home, the plastic sheath of a Hot Pocket you microwaved in 1996." www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The environment flows through our bodies, altering our trajectories in ways medicine is just starting to see. "Your 'environment' could be the refinery a town over, the lead in the paint of your mother’s home, the plastic sheath of a Hot Pocket you microwaved in 1996." www.wired.com/story/scient...
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A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
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December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Wisconsin finalizes water quality rule over objections of Republicans, business groups via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/01/w...
Water quality rule finalized as Republicans, business groups complain about process • Wisconsin Examiner
A new rule published over Republican objections is meant to protect the health of Wisconsin's highest quality water bodies.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wisconsin finalizes water quality rule over objections of Republicans, business groups via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/01/w...
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Robert Francis Kennedy’s 100th birthday
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Robert Francis Kennedy’s 100th birthday
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We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines.
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
But this work is now endangered.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
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There's a big shift in cardiology to the high-risk, non-obstructed, inflamed artery and reducing heart attacks
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The Big Shift in Cardiology to Atheroma and Inflammation
One A.I. company's tag line: "Creating A World Without Heart Attacks"
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November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There's a big shift in cardiology to the high-risk, non-obstructed, inflamed artery and reducing heart attacks
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erictopol.substack.com/p/the-big-sh...
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Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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nature.com/articles/s41...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
@davidouyang.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
@davidouyang.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Here's the Table summarizing the key flaws and why there's lack of confidence in any report
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Here's the Table summarizing the key flaws and why there's lack of confidence in any report
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Oh look English teachers have their lesson plan for the day on how word choice exposes POV.
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani was anointed the mayor-elect of New York City on Tuesday, he strode onto the stage of a cavernous theater in Brooklyn and delivered a victory speech that celebrated New York’s immigrants, working class and young people. Follow live: nyti.ms/3X9h35I
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Oh look English teachers have their lesson plan for the day on how word choice exposes POV.
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
anointed not elected: reveals contempt with a whiff of religiosity
strode not walked: implies arrogance
cavernous not packed: evokes emptiness, darkness
It’s you, NYT. You are talking about yourself
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In advance of Trump shutting down SNAP, this is a way you can help your neighbors.
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In advance of Trump shutting down SNAP, this is a way you can help your neighbors.
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Current read out for a mammogram leaves a lot on the table.
A new study shows how risk of cardiovascular disease can be predicted as well as traditional cardiovascular risk scores (aka opportunistic A.I.)
heart.bmj.com/content/earl...
A new study shows how risk of cardiovascular disease can be predicted as well as traditional cardiovascular risk scores (aka opportunistic A.I.)
heart.bmj.com/content/earl...
September 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Current read out for a mammogram leaves a lot on the table.
A new study shows how risk of cardiovascular disease can be predicted as well as traditional cardiovascular risk scores (aka opportunistic A.I.)
heart.bmj.com/content/earl...
A new study shows how risk of cardiovascular disease can be predicted as well as traditional cardiovascular risk scores (aka opportunistic A.I.)
heart.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Sunday is officially Sun Day in Wisconsin! Thanks Governor Evers!
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September 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sunday is officially Sun Day in Wisconsin! Thanks Governor Evers!
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@sundayofaction.bsky.social
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p-tau 217 as a stand-alone blood marker establishes risk of Alzheimer's disease in cognitively unimpaired individuals (again)
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Plasma P-Tau217 to Identify Preclinical AD
This cohort study evaluates the use of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 in identifying preclinical Alzheimer disease in individuals with amyloid β pathology.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
p-tau 217 as a stand-alone blood marker establishes risk of Alzheimer's disease in cognitively unimpaired individuals (again)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
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July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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As a Canadian mining company begins exploration, northern Wisconsin residents raise alarms via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/30/s...
Start of Taylor County drilling operation brings environmental concerns • Wisconsin Examiner
A Canadian mining company started exploratory drilling in Taylor County this month, raising alarms from environmental groups.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As a Canadian mining company begins exploration, northern Wisconsin residents raise alarms via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/30/s...
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A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
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Rant: There's no sin in "networking," but if you're going to do it, do it well. Check on colleagues you care about when you don't want something. It's an art, not a transaction, and if done well, you both get something and have a nice time.
But don't call out of the blue because you need a favor.
But don't call out of the blue because you need a favor.
June 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Rant: There's no sin in "networking," but if you're going to do it, do it well. Check on colleagues you care about when you don't want something. It's an art, not a transaction, and if done well, you both get something and have a nice time.
But don't call out of the blue because you need a favor.
But don't call out of the blue because you need a favor.