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According to some journalists, Fred Ramsdell is also "located in Seattle" even though his professional affiliation is to Sonoma Biotherapeutics, which is "located" in both SF and #seattle. Many nuances here. @geekwire.com
www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle...

Hiking Nobel laureate finally learns of his prize After an amusing game of phone tag, the Nobel Prize committee on Tuesday finally spoke to laureate Fred Ramsdell, who was hiking "off the grid" when the news broke.

They found him in Colorado. Off the grid. www.gjsentinel.com/news/nationa...

Lovely to see our #seattle scientist Mary Brunkow among winners. #immunology

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

Congrats to Mary Brunkow of #seattle for #immunology discoveries leading to shared #Nobel ...
Congrats to Institute for Systems Biology.
#research #science

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Congrats.

Sometimes the dark humor almost compensates for the losses. Below, part of a cartoon by Miriam Jayaratna + Wendi Aarons in @thenewyorker.bsky.social reimagining Disney without #vaccines.

The Ocean's Menagerie An elegantly written exploration of the cutting edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologistHundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that...

Reading @drewharvell.bsky.social's book + today's word is "kleptocnidae" for how nudibranchs steal nematocysts (stinging cells) from anemones they eat.
They steal immature cells + nematocysts continue developing + become stinging for nudis.
#dockfouling #nudibranchs
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"You have to stick" it out through the discouragements, so that you get (PhD) and can then design your own experiments, she said. The need to stick it out underlies ALL discovery.
🧪 #science Mostly her experiments failed. #scifri @scifri.bsky.social

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1. She was just getting started.

Delightful interview with genetics pioneer Mary-Claire King of #seattle @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social
She talks about origins of her curiosity/diligence/logic that led her to discover #BRCA1 (mutation that increases risk of breast cancer) in 1990.
#breastcancer
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dr-...

I was walking with a birding group, on a tour where a leader is pointing out birds. Many had their phones out. 🧪🤳

Weight of that cat?

A cartoon shows a pterodactyl flying towards a couple. The woman says " This can't be right - my app says it's an American tree sparrow."

For my #birding commty. @ebrrh.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social
#birder #pnw
#paleo #dinosaurs

Someone with blue gloved hands handles a medical syringe

New toolkit for reporters! Check out SciLine's resources for covering vaccines responsibly in 2025, an essential guide for local reporters navigating vaccine coverage! bit.ly/46axrsc

A man in khaki pants and blue shirt stands at a lectern in front of a red sign that reads "Stand Up, Speak Out." He is talking at a rally for Stand Up for Science and Mobilize Wallingford and DeFund Musk at the Seattle Waterfront on Sept 14, 2025. His name is Michael Bradbury.

Among the generous + eloquent speakers @wsna.bsky.social president Justin Gill, @meadekrosby.bsky.social on climate, @irahyman.bsky.social on misinformation @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social on journalism and hope.. and many others. Is the ominous sky symnbolic?

Search | Classes, Products, Articles | Red Cross Search Red Cross Classes, Products and Articles online.

Just a link to Red Cross list of all the CPR classes available in Puget sound area www.redcross.org/take-a-class...

Hooray for @sufsseattle.bsky.social and others Standing for Science today at #Seattle #waterfront

I offer Karen Bakker, a scientist who died in 2024, but wrote the book "The Sounds of Life" and spoke at @townhallseattle.bsky.social
Highlight: "Mother #whales whisper to their babies."
Hear her describe acoustic research.
#AI @ubcoceans.bsky.social
www.everand.com/listen/podca...

Thank you for this reporting. #journalism #analysis

If you animate that pika, so those whiskers wiggle just a little, I'm thinking - major @instagram @bsky.app success. Just such a cute face. #cute #science #charming #megafauna

Your core is a group project Some parts fetch, some nap, some bark at the mailman... but they always coordinate for snacks.

Check out Elena Cheung and her Substack with wryly funny essays on #yoga.
Latest compares core muscle cooperation to awkward group projects of middle school. #nerd
#anatomy
elenashapeshifts.substack.com/p/your-core-...

Acceptance key for children with disabilities Tips for supporting parents whose children face challenges

Had reason to look up my own story on #social #acceptance and when it isn't there for families with children with disabilities.
#belonging #ostracism
@seattlechildrens.org
(a few years old 👓)
www.parentmap.com/article/acce...

The Complicity of University Bureaucrats: An Interview with Ben Robinson BY JENNIFER RUTH “The disaster that we fear will happen to us is happening to us. Our good deans aren’t holding back the worst; they are legitimating it.” – Associate Professor of Germanic Studies …

"Our good deans aren’t holding back the worst; they are legitimating it."

One of many stark warnings in an interview with Prof. Ben Robinson, who was sanctioned by IU (Indiana University) following a single anonymous complaint. 1/

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World Lung Cancer Expert Diagnosed with Advanced Lung Cancer D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, has spent his career fighting lung cancer. In 2022, that fight turned personal when he received a diagnosis of his own.

There is irony that a #physician suffers the same diagnosis he #researches. But Ross Camidge also shares hard-won wisdom. "If a treatment is so horrible that a patient can’t handle it, then it is not an advancement."
#lungcancer
Thanks @jfreemandaily.bsky.social for sharing
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Today is a very #seattle puzzle.

Strands #555
“No gray area”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Particle Pollution It may be hard to imagine that pollution could be invisible, but ozone is. The most widespread pollutant in the U.S. is also one of the most dangerous.

Your children's health - as you live and breathe in these smokey cities - is being harmed. #publichealth
No matter how you vote, your lungs are suffering.
www.lung.org/clean-air/ou...

Secretary of Energy: “Climate change, for impacting the quality of your life, is not incredibly important. In fact, if it wasn’t in the news, in the media, you wouldn’t know.”

The burning West, choking on smoke from worsening wildfires:

Ok its #friday and that means you have to stop thinking about the end of the world and think about sex teeth in the ratfish.
#seattle #pugetsound #ratfish #fish

Summer Fight For Science 2025 — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Inform the public about the proposed cuts and their generational impact and

Hear @katestarbird.bsky.social speak on why we need #science and #diversity at Obec Brewing on Sept. 23
Professor Starbird knows her #tech and #conspiracy
Her talk is part of @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
#ballard #seattle

www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight...

It sounds sort of like a #seattle cliche, but I have to teach yoga that day at noon. (but think I'll arrive closer to 2 or 2:15 )

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.