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Beth Martin

@bkmartin.bsky.social

Scientist. Artist. UAW4121 steward. Opinions are my own. All Crows Are Beautiful πŸ–€

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King County Elections Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.

Check online to see if your ballot has been counted, and if not, see if it's possible to cure. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

12.11.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani, Eugene V. Debs, and the Dawn By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Eugene V. Debs was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His address to the court at sentencing is considered one of the most eloquent speech...
06.11.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Zohran opened his victory speech with a Debs quote and I don't know if everyone is really seeing the significance of that! 🌹Holy shit there has been a shift in the universe.

05.11.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to share I’ve started my lab at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine! We focus on mapping cellular trajectories & TF networks in development and Mendelian disorders, exploring new therapies. Join usβ€”postdocs, grads, and scientists welcome! sites.dartmouth.edu/qiulab/

04.11.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

we are so goddamn cooked. lead by some of the dumbest anti-science madmen, constantly at the mercy of their insane hallucinations!

22.09.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 732    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
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UW scientists, students rally against proposed federal research funding cuts The β€œKill the Cuts” rally drew dozens of researchers concerned about the Trump Administration’s 2026 federal budget plan.

"Scientists and students at the University of Washington gathered at Kane Hall on Monday to protest the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to federal research funding, warning the reductions could devastate scientific innovation."

@uawregion6.bsky.social

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12.08.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.

09.06.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7962    πŸ” 2628    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 78
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Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

09.06.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4987    πŸ” 2724    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 508
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Exclusive: NIH to end billions of dollars in foreign research grants Move by US biomedical agency jeopardizes thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

NIH is ending billions of dollars in foreign subawards, jeopardizing thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

Unless foreign researchers secure funding directly from NIH by October β€” a tall order for any researcher β€” clinical trials abroad and other research will shut down.

02.05.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 14
28.04.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Full Statement: seattledsa.org/2025/04/stat...

09.04.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No billion dollar mega-corporation deserves a tax break from Washington State at the expense of health and human services.

Sign in 'Pro' and tell your reps to pass House Bill 2045 without a corporate giveaway that everyday Washingtonians can't afford:

TinyUrl.com/WA2045

01.04.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7
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I saw so many signs today, but I think this was my favorite. @teslatakedown.com @repjasmine.bsky.social And happy birthday to Congresswoman Crockett!

30.03.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 998    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
Science has learned that grant termination letters went out last night to principal investigators of 29 awards made by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), including nine grants that were part of a program hoping to deliver antiviral drugs to prevent future pandemics.

Science has learned that grant termination letters went out last night to principal investigators of 29 awards made by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), including nine grants that were part of a program hoping to deliver antiviral drugs to prevent future pandemics.

Other terminated grants involved research to develop improved COVID-19 vaccines and to address Long Covid, the mysterious lingering aftermath of some SARS-CoV-2 infections. β€œThe research is being treated like we already have all the answers we will need in the future and that the current vaccines work well enough and don’t need improvement, which we know is not true,” says an investigator involved with one of the NIAID grants who asked not to be named for fear of retribution. β€œSome of the studies being canceled were attempting to make a pancoronavirus vaccine, which would hopefully be available the next time a novel coronavirus jumps species into humans.”

Other terminated grants involved research to develop improved COVID-19 vaccines and to address Long Covid, the mysterious lingering aftermath of some SARS-CoV-2 infections. β€œThe research is being treated like we already have all the answers we will need in the future and that the current vaccines work well enough and don’t need improvement, which we know is not true,” says an investigator involved with one of the NIAID grants who asked not to be named for fear of retribution. β€œSome of the studies being canceled were attempting to make a pancoronavirus vaccine, which would hopefully be available the next time a novel coronavirus jumps species into humans.”

Folks, very bad news for #LongCOVID. Deep breath.

29 awarded grants to do with COVID and Long COVID have been rescinded by NIH. πŸ§ͺ

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

25.03.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1071    πŸ” 475    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 52

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.

This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

26.03.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20123    πŸ” 7463    πŸ’¬ 493    πŸ“Œ 267

Impossible to overstate the chilling effect on American science. We absolutely depend on scientific exchange with colleagues around the world.

19.03.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLinked to pro-Palestinian views” is apparently now grounds for arrest and due-process-free deportation.

20.03.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 764    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 12
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EFF Border Search Pocket Guide border-pocket-guide-2.pdf

If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...

19.03.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2361    πŸ” 1451    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 74

If they can come for graduate workers, if they can arrest, deport, expel, or imprison union leaders and activists for their protected political speech, then they can come for you. For your contract. For your paycheck. For your family. And for your rights.

14.03.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1084    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 8

First they'll tell you what you can't protest about, then they'll get rid of your unions, then they'll tell you what you're allowed to teach, then they'll tell you *who* you can teach. If the university admins give these assholes an inch then we are lost.

10.03.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cardboard sign for the Stand Up for Science rally that says: HANDS OFF THE SCIENCE MONEY!! JUST TAX THE GODDAMNED BILLIONAIRES FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

Cardboard sign for the Stand Up for Science rally that says: HANDS OFF THE SCIENCE MONEY!! JUST TAX THE GODDAMNED BILLIONAIRES FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

I added the alt text for this very important message

07.03.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you participate in the Stand Up for Science Day today? 🧬 Do you want to do something more tangible? JOIN YOUR SCIENTIST UNION OR START ONE IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE YET.

07.03.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue graphic with a photo of three UAW members working in a lab and the text: "Every dollar spent on NIH funding more than doubles itself in new economic activity. $1 NIH funded research = $2.46 economic activity"

Blue graphic with a photo of three UAW members working in a lab and the text: "Every dollar spent on NIH funding more than doubles itself in new economic activity. $1 NIH funded research = $2.46 economic activity"

Every dollar invested into NIH research equates to $2.46 in economic activity. In 2023, NIH funding supported over 400,000 jobs in the U.S. and created nearly $100 billion in economic activity. Cutting public research funding won't save money -- it will cost working people billions of dollars.

06.03.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Protest today at the University of Washington regarding NIH funding cuts to cancer research.

#protest #resist #NIH #funding

20.02.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

The Democrats have forgotten how to exist without mentioning Trump. This is not a framework on how to fight, this is a framework on how to enable fascism while pretending to oppose it.

19.02.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listen im sorry but the bar for dating has been raised.

16.02.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We won!!!!!!!

12.02.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 31

Seattle your ballots are due today! Please vote yes/yes on 1A for social housing!

11.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Combinatorial mapping of E3 ubiquitin ligases to their target substrates The substrate(s) of most E3 ubiquitin ligases remain unknown. Suiter etΒ al. present COMET, a combinatorial framework for identifying proteolytic E3-substrate relationships at scale. Deep-learning-based structural prediction provides in silico validation…
07.02.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SEATTLE: have you turned your ballot in to vote to tax wealthy businesses to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned, mixed income social housing?

31.01.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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