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@alisonobrphd.bsky.social

Receptor biologist specializing in all things melanocortins. Principal Scientist at a small biotech leading in drug discovery for inflammatory diseases. Loves science, sports, music, gardening, and reading when not in my 24 hour role of being a mom!

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Colorado losing hundreds of Space Command jobs because of how they vote is pure retaliation and an abuse of power. No state should be targeted for participating in democracy. I’ll keep fighting for every Americans’ right to vote without fear of vengeance.

15.09.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1119    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 11

Welp this is horrific.

"Data broker owned by major airlines sells passenger info to US govt for warrantless surveillance" is already a sentence where each 2-4 word phrase is worse than the last, but then fuck knows what other shit said govt is going to get up to *w/* that data now that they have it

15.09.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 380    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 11
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Foreign doctors say Israel systematically targeting Gaza’s children: Report Medics returning from Gaza say Israel deliberately targeting children with sniper, drone fire, Dutch newspaper reports.

Foreign doctors who volunteered in Gaza say they treated over 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest, arguing it’s clear evidence Israel is deliberately targeting minors aje.io/f7key2

14.09.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 333    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 12

If you’re wondering how many paragraphs it takes for them to mention any of the more unsavory aspects of Sliwa’s history β€” like the time literally last year his men beat up a guy in Times Square on live TV and then he lied about it β€” the answer is, β€œIt literally never comes up.”

14.09.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"

14.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3064    πŸ” 1078    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 32

Stay away from this country if you’re a tourist. It isn’t safe here. Not for citizens, and certainly not for visitors or foreign workers. We are a lawless nation under siege by its own government, and at war with itself. The United States as you knew, no longer exists. You’d fare better in Sudan…

14.09.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 976    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 20

Someone framed antivax sentiment as a sign of decadence in our society and that framing has helped me think about the failure to recognize the societal value of economic stability, democracy and knowledge production

14.09.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Very sad to see the scale of destruction when it's laid out so plainly

14.09.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ§ͺAUTHORITARIANISM IN ACTION RFK Jr. has banned government scientists from publishing in the world’s top medical journals.
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community β€” and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!

14.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 372    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 19
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Rule of law is β€˜endangered,’ chief justice says Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced β€œad hominem” criticism of the justices.

It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.

13.05.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25310    πŸ” 6783    πŸ’¬ 2240    πŸ“Œ 757
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The EPA didn't release its annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions report, but we got the data. Here's what we found The Environmental Defense Fund published the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks after filing a Freedom of Information Act request last month.

πŸ§ͺ #ClimateChange
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...

13.05.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.

#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky #addictionsci πŸ§ͺπŸ›Ÿ
Nobel Laureate's NIH grant on mRNA vaccines cancelled among conspiracy-fueled attack on mRNA vaccine research and development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

09.05.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.πŸ§ͺ

www.science.org/content/arti...

09.05.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Will US science survive Trump 2.0? President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?

President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. A feature in Nature examines the long-term impacts for the US and the world. #Academicsky πŸ§ͺ

09.05.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

πŸ§ͺExclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | @science.org | @aaas.org
You cannot say you want innovation in America and then act in this way - it’s incompatible and absurd. www.science.org/content/arti...

09.05.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked to Miscarriage A new study adds to existing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy.

β€œThere was no association between being vaccinated and having a miscarriage, the researchers found. Furthermore, the number of vaccine doses, type of vaccine (Moderna, Pfizer, etc.), and the timing of the vaccination were not linked to miscarriage.”
#ReproSky πŸ§ͺ
medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

09.05.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

🧠πŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬This is the truth. Please make calls tomorrow to stand up for science. And call again Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…

09.05.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Three ARVO attendees seated at a table in discussion with a WEAVR mentor

Three ARVO attendees seated at a table in discussion with a WEAVR mentor

Take advantage of daily drop-in mentoring at #ARVO2025. Get professional guidance from a female perspective by Women in Eye And #VisionResearch, or chat about careers in industry with members of @arvoinfo.bsky.social's Commercial Relationships Committee. Meet by ARVO Central. bit.ly/42SEqTr

04.05.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

02.05.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 581    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 28

In 2024, "NIH research funding supported 407,782 jobs and produced $94.58 billion in economic activity in FY2024 β€” or $2.56 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding."
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u...

02.05.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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🚨🚨🚨
This is serious.
PLEASE READ:
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RFK Jr plans to EXPERIMENT ON OUR CHILDREN.

β€œβ€¦Would subject all new vaccines, including vaccines for children & vaccines for WELL RESEARCHED DISEASES like measles & polio to placebo testing…they would take a bunch of kids, divide them into two groups
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01.05.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 834    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 81

If you don't have the imagination to see that you could be next, you could be taken, your family could be traumatized FOREVER, your possessions & money could be seized, you could be forced to undress in front of Satan's thugs!

Watch this poor woman recount what they did to her.

THEY ARE CITIZENS!

30.04.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

for anyone who missed the hearing, the recording can be found here: www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/bio...

30.04.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh come on it can’t be that big of a drop in WHOA.

06.04.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 934    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 7

I'm an American but fully support moving the 28 Olympics. This would damage his vanity immensely.

29.03.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3706    πŸ” 641    πŸ’¬ 264    πŸ“Œ 89

So if this is true should we bring back other presidents to run against him? Asking for a friend…how do you think that would go.

31.03.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vaccines. πŸ’ͺ🏻πŸ’ͺ🏻

30.03.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 20550    πŸ” 4005    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 157
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Coward! Face the whole of the electorate of Wisconsin.

You feel like you can just throw money around the state to mess with our elections but won’t allow those against signing petitions for payment to come in and disagree with you face to face?

I guess not even $400 billion can buy a spine.

30.03.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2073    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 10

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