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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread Gender identity–driven violence is the most common ideological theme across ‘lone-actor’ extremist manifestos in a recent study.

I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread theconversation.com/i-analyzed-m... by @karmvirpadda.bsky.social

"What emerges is a chilling picture of how deep-seated misogyny, disguised as grievance and moral outrage, can escalate ideological violence."

yeah - it's about actual informed consent, but the idea that something as fundamentally life-changing as hormonal contraception is a bad thing stinks of conservative propaganda!

Absolutely. Falling birth rates a tragedy for the worst people on earth because it means women are making choices for themselves about their own lives

Making women mistrustful of the most reliable non-surgical birth control option fits suspiciously with the sudden rightwing panic over birthrates.

Well said. A good time to remind the world that science is defined as the study of nature. The framing of science as being in opposition to nature does a disservice to our capacity for developing useful, sustainable technologies. We are part of the environment.

have complicated feelings on this because side effects are real and women have the right to do what they want with their own bodies, but backlash against hormonal contraception is undoubtedly part of a wider anti-feminist trend trying to convince women that progress has actually been bad for them

The entire point of good reporting or good scholarship is to tell us something we didn’t already know and the idea that they could ever be replaced by AI tools that rely on scraping the internet database of what we *do* know is just ludicrous.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Announces 30% Tariffs on E.U. and Mexico

Maybe Trump just waffles like nobody's business, but this sure looks like market manipulation to me. Who's making bank on all of these "now we are, now we aren't, now we are" reversals?

Congrats to the team! #inflammation #NKcells #immunesystem @ttilburgs.bsky.social

CAR-T cells containing CD28 versus 4-1BB co-stimulatory domains show distinct metabolic profiles in patients @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
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Review @cp-trendsimmuno.bsky.social
GZMK+CD8+ T cells: multifaceted roles beyond cytotoxicity
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Is it because it gives people the feeling they are working with someone collaboratively? Do people just not want to work on things alone? You can spitball and sketch out ideas and then fix it up - we used to do this by talking/sketching/drafting but now you’re just typing a polished doc directly.

Metabolite classification through novel metabolomics framework reveals mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects of PSD95-nNOS blockade for post-stroke depression - Metabolomics Introduction Post-stroke depression (PSD) pathophysiology involves glutamate excitotoxicity mediated through ‘postsynaptic density protein95-neuronal nitric oxide synthase’ (PSD95-nNOS) coupling. Howe...

Metabolite classification through novel metabolomics framework reveals mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects of PSD95-nNOS blockade for post-stroke depression #Metabolomics #MassSpec link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I don’t use social media to argue politics with strangers.

I use social media to talk about fish.

When I talk about fish here, people ask me questions about fish.

When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder me and my family.

Screenshot of a Bluesky post Lauren Follow @laurenkayes.bsky.social It's so cool that cities are like "oweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don't go below 79 " while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits Jun 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM

Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.

Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.

A different way to protest.

Researchers presented posters on how their terminated projects would have benefitted society.

Many of the scientists presenting were a few years into their projects before their funding was cut — wasting money already spent.

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Congratulations to Amanda MacCannell on her Michael J Rennie Oral Communication Prize @physoc.bsky.social Physiology of Obesity: From Mechanisms to Medicine Meeting held in Nottingham. Presenting her @thebhf.bsky.social funded research.

I was delighted to present today @physoc.bsky.social Physiology of Obesity meeting @uniofnottingham.bsky.social - where I did my masters many moons ago. A stunning location but what you don’t see here is the incredible line-up of speakers and excellent discussions on all things obesity physiology.

Having a great day in exceptionally sunny 🌞 Nottingham, enjoying #PhysiologyofObesity2025 @physoc.bsky.social
Lots of great talks and networking, and an opportunity to present some new data on the circadian timekeeping in the brainstem 🕑 🧠 🍕

In 🇬🇧 for the @physoc.bsky.social meeting on the physiology of obesity - 2 days full of translational science with friends and colleagues @jphysiol.bsky.social

Surprisingly, UK weather is at its best behavior!

Having a lovely day the Physiology of Obesity meeting in Nottingham. Great science in the sunshine ☀️ #PhysiologyOfObesity2025

Heading into Day 2 of #PhysiologyofObesity2025! More great talks ahead on #nutrition, #metabolism and #AdiposeBiology. #SHIMR_NTU #NTUMetabolic
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Honored to be at #PhysiologyofObesity2025 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social representing @mark-christian-lab.bsky.social. Sharing our work on #BrownFat -enriched #microRNAs in #lipodystrophy and #obesity. Poster up today, come by!
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Had a great time at the #PhysiologyofObesity2025 #conference! So proud to represent Mark Christian's lab group and present our research on #microRNA control of #BrownFat! #Metabolism #NTU #SHIMR_NTU @ntumeta.bsky.social @physoc.bsky.social @mark-christian-lab.bsky.social @nkalender.bsky.social

This. And it undermines every DEI initiative that ever existed.

Spatial and spectral mapping of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) nanoparticles in relation to plaques and inflammatory markers in an Alzheimer disease model https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.662638v1

Share Your Story Since January 20, the actions of Donald Trump and his Rubber Stamp Republicans — many of them unconstitutional and in violation of federal law — have led to the firing of essential civil servants with...

Stories of real-world harm are the bread and butter of changing minds. Hakeem Jeffries pushing folks to submit theirs to the Democratic caucus: democraticleader.house.gov/shareyourstory

PD-L1 ligation on NK cells induces a metabolic shift from glycolysis to fatty acid oxidation, enhancing tumor infiltration and control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.661921v1

Intraventricular CARv3-TEAM-E T Cells in Recurrent Glioblastoma | NEJM In this first-in-human, investigator-initiated, open-label study, three participants with recurrent glioblastoma were treated with CARv3-TEAM-E T cells, which are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T ...

Encouraging news for #CARTcells in #glioblastoma. But keep in mind this is a first-in-human study with an N=3 and that disease progression was eventually observed in two of them.
#Immunology #Immunotherapy

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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.