Miguel Barbosa

Miguel Barbosa

@msbarbosa.bsky.social

Ex-biopharm executive, now curious traveler. I share photos taken on my travels. Empathy is not a zero sum act

57 Followers 85 Following 52 Posts Joined Dec 2024
5 months ago

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio who discovered how the immune system is kept in check - CNN
Woke up to wonderful news that my Grad school colleague was awarded the Noble Prize in medicine.
Congratulations, Fred!

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9 months ago
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Nature’s beauty finds the most unlikely places to brighten our world.
#nature #photography #flowers

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11 months ago
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How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.

NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.

About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.

See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:

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11 months ago
concentration camp, internment centre for political prisoners and members of national or minority groups who are confined for reasons of state security, exploitation, or punishment, usually by executive decree or military order. Persons are placed in such camps often on the basis of identification with a particular ethnic or political group rather than as individuals and without benefit either of indictment or fair trial. Concentration camps are to be distinguished from prisons interning persons lawfully convicted of civil crimes and from prisoner-of-war camps in which captured military personnel are held under the laws of war.

Amidst all of the horrors of the Trump administration, one stands above the rest: the trafficking of 270 men to El Salvador's CECOT prison.

Here is the definition of concentration camp from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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11 months ago

I’m appalled by this administration’s plans for our children’s health, education and prosperity

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1 year ago
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Spring has sprung and nature’s fitness tournament is kicking off.
#naturephotography #nature #photography

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1 year ago
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Today's @usatoday.com front page
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable

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1 year ago
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Nesting Barn Swallows. Had the pleasure of watching these chicks grow, learn from their parents and fly off into the world.
#photography #nature #birds #wildlife

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1 year ago

I think most CEO are practicing capitalists making widgets. Even those in healthcare, sadly.

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1 year ago
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I found Morocco landscapes mesmerizing. The Atlas Mountains are uniquely beautiful.
#photography #nature #landscapes #travel

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1 year ago
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An alert Greater Kudu I spotted in Okavango Delta, Botswana.
#photography #wildlife #nature #travel

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2 African Fish Eagles in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Playing hide and seek with a shy Capybara
#photography #travel #nature #capybara

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1 year ago
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Beautiful Snail Kite I saw during my travels in the #Pantanal
#photography #birdsofprey #birds #nature

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1 year ago
Direct Economic Contributions NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.

But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

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1 year ago

"This moment is a test.....but the response cannot be
dictated by fear or resignation. There is a need for focus,
strategy, and—indeed—hope."

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Behold the majestic Warthog. Took this photo on safari in Botswana
#photography #nature #safari #wildlife

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1 year ago
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Beautiful view of Victoria Falls bridge connecting Zambia and Zimbabwe capturing a rainbow formed by the Falls water vapor column. Wonderful memories.
#photography #nature #victoriafalls

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1 year ago
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Burrowing Owl in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasília. He seems a bit annoyed.
#photography #nature #owls #birds

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1 year ago
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Victoria Falls impressive water plume. Viewed from helicopter.
#photography #nature #travel #VictoriaFalls

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1 year ago

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.

There’s not.

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1 year ago
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Sunset at the Wickaninnish Inn #TofinoBC #photography #sunset #travel #nature

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1 year ago
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Prickly Pear flowers in Marfa, Texas
#photography #flowers #nature

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1 year ago
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This trip was to the backyard. Backyard flower and butterfly
#photography #Flowers #butterflies #nature

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1 year ago
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Powerful water flow of the catarata del Iguazú. Viewed in Argentina’s side.
#photography #nature #travelphotography #weareroamers

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1 year ago
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Peruvian rural scene with #Andes in background
#photography #landscape #travel #weareroamers #nature

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Samora Machel statue in Maputo, Moçambique
#photography #travel #mozambique #weareroamers

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A view of Santorini’s Caldera
#photography #WEAREROAMERS #landscapephotography #travel

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African penguins from Boulders Penguin Colony in Simon’s Town, Cape Town RSA
#photography #nature #naturephotography #ROAMERS #travelphotography

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Red-winged Starling I saw near Cape Town, South Africa
#photography #nature #birds #ROAMERS

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