www.aclu-mn.org/ice-feds-form/

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

The political press very clearly understands “truth” as a social agreement, a compromise position between everyone important enough to have an opinion. It did not reflect on how this would allow dedicated liars to go all-in on lies again and again and dramatically shift the position.

Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march.

Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.

Do you know why you've heard of the Boston Massacre? Because in 1768, when the British military began occupying Boston, Bostonians syndicated a "Journal of Occurrences" in newspapers around the country to help Americans understand what abuse of power looks like. By the 1770s, readers understood.

At any given moment, in any place in Minnesota, this can roll up on you. Snatching people from the parking lot of Burger King. The drop off line. From work. It’s fucking bonkers

DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.

In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.

You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.

You can hear Jose scream in excruciating pain as an ICE vehicle runs over his foot while he's being detained.

His family says Jose is a good man, with no criminal record, who works in roofing.

He needs to be released from detention to receive appropriate medical care.

Flow-cytometry scores for recognizing APL early -- possibly of significant benefit in deciding when to start ATRA haematologica.org/haematologic...

As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky

Boosting this virtual training opportunity tomorrow (Wednesday!)

Register in advance for this webinar:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...

At a Colorado clinic, neither appointments nor private insurance is desirable—Medicaid is preferred. The clinic sustains itself with no issues. Helen Ouyang reports on what makes this possible, and why cuts to Medicaid won’t greatly affect the practice. https://theatln.tc/nyqCmxU7

Our new article on how acute lymphoblastic leukemia escapes T-cell immunity, now available as a First Edition in Blood:

Leukemia escapes immunity by imposing a type 1 regulatory program on neoantigen-specific CD4+ T cells url: ashpublications.org/blood/articl...

Kicking off our journey on BlueSky! We're excited to share updates and connect with you. Follow us and help us get the word out! For more information about the Center for Immunology, go to our website: immunology.umn.edu

Rules of academia:
Questions are more important than facts
Answers are temporary
Models are provisional
Failure happens a lot
Patience is a requirement
When you’re lucky, hopefully you realize it
Things don’t unfold linearly
If there’s free food, get there early
—Stuart Firestein