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Joachim Frank

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Scientist, 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize (math and computational methods underlying cryo-EM of biological molecules), fiction writer, photographer, gardener. Climate change, science education, fight of fascism franxfiction.com and joachimfranklab.org

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IMPRS for Living Matter (@imprs-lm.bsky.social) Are you passionate about interdisciplinary research and eager to contribute to groundbreaking discoveries in the areas of #biochemistry, #structuralbiology, #biophysics, #cellbiology, #chemicalbiology...

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09.03.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The American political class is utterly delusional, adrift in a dream of normality, unable to process the actual reality of events on the ground, where the US just launched a completely unprovoked war against a massive country, murdered its leadership, and demanded its conversion to a vassal state.

06.03.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3286    πŸ” 682    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 61

Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!

07.03.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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92,000 jobs GONE in February. Look at that chart β€” the red bars only started appearing after January 2025. Biden handed him a booming job market. Trump turned it into a graveyard. This isn’t a headwind. This is self-inflicted economic destruction. #TrumpsJobsSlump​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Like clockwork.

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Gulf allies complain US didn't notify them of Iran attacks and ignored their warnings, sources say Officials say Iran’s retaliatory attacks in the Middle East over strikes from Israel and the U.S. have left some of America’s partners in the Gulf frustrated over a lack of notice or adequate defense.

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06.03.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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See ya and your blanket, LOSER…

05.03.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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People were marketed a machine to survive a Mad Max style apocalypse but got a machine killing them in suburban America

23.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 675    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4

Four democrats voted AGAINST a war powers resolution that would’ve forced Trump to seek congressional approval to continue waging Israel’s war on Iran.

Henry Cuellar (TX)
Jared Golden (ME)
Greg Landsman (OH)
Juan Vargas (CA)

The resolution failed 219-212.

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05.03.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1670    πŸ” 770    πŸ’¬ 269    πŸ“Œ 125
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28189    πŸ” 7522    πŸ’¬ 1132    πŸ“Œ 680
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AOC: We already have multiple American service members who are dead for an illegal action that the president has pursued with no plan out. They don’t know why they got into this war. They’re talking about a hundred different reasons, and they don’t know how they’re getting out.

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Only the best people....

05.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A more complete set of voices in a companion piece.

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AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

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79K views Β· 16K reactions | Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political o... Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that....

You've got to watch this! Kristi Noem gave $143 million contract to a friend. The company was just created 8 days before she gave them all this money. She has no idea where the company is headquartered and it goes back to a political operative. Corrupt.

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Jayapal: DHS is supposed to be protecting our residents. You have actually turned the United States government against its own residents. Yours is a case of failed leadership secretary, you need to resign, be fired, or be impeached.

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NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

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Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.

She lied.

One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.

This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.

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Navel Gazing of the new "Patriots"

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Lawmakers call on Columbia, NYPD to release video footage in ICE arrest of student The officials said in a letter the "public interest demands transparency and accountability."

Lawmakers call on Columbia, NYPD to release video footage in ICE arrest of student

Columbia University sends alerts w/photos of individuals who steal packages, so why aren't they providing footage of ICE thugs who illegally terrorize their students?

@columbiauniversity.bsky.social

02.03.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nancy Mace moves that the Oversight Committee subpoena Pam Bondi to testify about the Epstein investigation

04.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1645    πŸ” 352    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 31
Screenshot of an X post by journalist Jonathan Karl quoting a message heard when calling the State Department emergency number, advising Americans not to rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation. Below is a video still of Karl speaking in a newsroom.

Screenshot of an X post by journalist Jonathan Karl quoting a message heard when calling the State Department emergency number, advising Americans not to rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation. Below is a video still of Karl speaking in a newsroom.

Rubio’s State Department had all this time to prepare but failed to consider what the impact would be. Just like what happened with USAID when they gutted it overnight. Criminal incompetence.

04.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1306    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 21

Thank you @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me in your

starter pack.

I appreciate all your hard work putting this great starter pack together.

It's always an honor to be included in your amazing starter packs

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02.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Magnificent prescient writing!

She has no sense of self, no sense of humanity, no ethics, no sense of government's responsibilities. She is thoroughly empty, just reflexively spitting White House-prepared counterattacks when questions are put to her. Trump has surrounded himself with empty shells

04.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’
β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

β€˜please do not rely on the US government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time. there are currently no United States evacuation points.’ β€” the recorded message you hear when you call the Office of Overseas Citizens Services hotline.

I'm not making this up. if you're an American stranded in the Middle East and you call the State Department help line, you get a recorded message pretty much telling you to go fuck yourself. thank you for your attention to my extremely angry post about it. link is here: bit.ly/409JSAA

04.03.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1452    πŸ” 509    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 27
Coaches for Campus Freedom: Let universities be free and independent Coaches across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges.

coachesforcampusfreedom.org

04.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

MTG realizes she can make more money fighting Trump than supporting him.

03.03.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with 
@SecWar
 
@PeteHegseth
 on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

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