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@mmmoats.bsky.social

49 yrs married, not shopping. Favorite authors Rex Stout & Stephen King. Can't sing but love music. Interested in science, history, politics, archaeology. liberal athiest trapped in a conservative state. no chat, bitcoin, dm, investment come ons, bots.

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Are these guys fit enough to be soldiers? Can't possibly meet Hegseth standards. Trump standards, yes.

07.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't we have the right to refuse to be a part of the MAGA movement? Just because the middle of the country is having a mental breakdown doesn't mean we all have to suffer. Like a spoiled brat - stick 'em in the bedroom till they calm down.

Refuse to allow the USA to become a dystopian nightmare!

07.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we, as citizens, bring a class action suit against the republican party for destroying our government?

06.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure, but I bet you can count Steve Miller's black friends on less than one hand.

06.10.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do β€” hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

06.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14174    πŸ” 5869    πŸ’¬ 456    πŸ“Œ 336
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Realize now that Republicans want to re-instate the Dredd Scott decision, repeal amendment 3, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 19. And finally switch 1 & 2.

Now that they own the supreme court it is possible.

06.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Primary enemies of American Presidents. πŸ‘‡

06.10.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4505    πŸ” 1632    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 53
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Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: β€œA standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”

05.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4116    πŸ” 1442    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 50
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Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child

Does anyone else wonder why so many of Trump’s advisors and friends turn out to be pedophiles? 🀨

04.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2457    πŸ” 1003    πŸ’¬ 330    πŸ“Œ 96
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RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo RFK Jr. fired infectious disease specialist Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who told CBS News she was put on leave after questioning actions taken by Trump appointees.

Noem is slaying her thousands, and Hegseth may slay his tens of thousands. Kennedy will slay his millions. Single-digit millions if we're *lucky*. Tens or hundreds aren't out of reach.

I know I keep repeating this. Because it's true.

πŸ§ͺ βš•οΈ #medsky

05.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hard to associate this 79 year old with anything other than "retro" thinking. He hasn't demonstrated any ability to think clearly about anything. He's not college material.

06.10.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

Continued degradation of science and medicine in the US. Since they don't understand the science, Trump political appointees at NIH will use lists of words to disallow highly rated research grants. πŸ§ͺ
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

05.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I am in agreement with you. Fox is fake news 100%.

06.10.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When will people realize that Fox isn't a reality station?

06.10.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am addicted to reading. #1 on my "to be read" list?

Epstein files

05.10.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday motivation

05.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wage slaves, all

05.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Studies have found
that most people believe
the meaning of life is
to sit in a cubicle and
perform monotonous tasks
five days a week.

Studies have found that most people believe the meaning of life is to sit in a cubicle and perform monotonous tasks five days a week.

Yikes.

05.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

My state can send national guard members to quell any food riots.

Could send soy beans since we don't sell them to China anymore. But that would require compassion.

05.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Military intervention in nursing homes.

Us useless senior citizens have been gaming the system for far too long. We got older despite all the excellent health advice from Dr Oz & RFCrazy Jr.

05.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished "Never Flinch" great book!

05.10.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The view from an ANTIFA landing craft June 6th 1944

04.10.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7712    πŸ” 1954    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 73

Not everyone is opposed to trump being dead.

05.10.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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History repeats.

04.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11608    πŸ” 5599    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 301

πŸ‚ πŸ›οΈ πŸ§ͺ Effects of the Federal Shutdown on US Science

Reflects the greater shutdown of NIH scientific research since Jan 2025

04.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Viral pandemics continue to threaten global health and economic stability. Despite medical advances, the absence of broad-spectrum antivirals (BSAs) prevents rapid responses to emerging viral threats. This is largely due to the lack of universal drug targets across diverse viral families and high variability among viral proteins.
In this study, we evaluated 57 synthetic carbohydrate receptors (SCRs) for antiviral activity in cellulo using pseudotyped virus particles (PVPs) from six high-risk viruses across three families: Paramyxoviridae, Filoviridae, and Coronaviridae.
Four SCRs inhibited all tested PVPs, and their efficacy was confirmed against live viruses including SARS-CoV-2, MERS-COV, EBOV, MARV, NiV, and HeV.
Notably, SCR005 and SCR007, which exhibited minimal toxicity, significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 infection in a severe animal model with a single dose.
Mechanistic studies suggested that SCRs bind viral envelope N-glycans, blocking viral attachment and/or fusion.
These results identify conserved viral N-glycans as promising BSA targets and establish SCRs as candidate prophylactic agents against enveloped viruses with pandemic potential.

ABSTRACT Viral pandemics continue to threaten global health and economic stability. Despite medical advances, the absence of broad-spectrum antivirals (BSAs) prevents rapid responses to emerging viral threats. This is largely due to the lack of universal drug targets across diverse viral families and high variability among viral proteins. In this study, we evaluated 57 synthetic carbohydrate receptors (SCRs) for antiviral activity in cellulo using pseudotyped virus particles (PVPs) from six high-risk viruses across three families: Paramyxoviridae, Filoviridae, and Coronaviridae. Four SCRs inhibited all tested PVPs, and their efficacy was confirmed against live viruses including SARS-CoV-2, MERS-COV, EBOV, MARV, NiV, and HeV. Notably, SCR005 and SCR007, which exhibited minimal toxicity, significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 infection in a severe animal model with a single dose. Mechanistic studies suggested that SCRs bind viral envelope N-glycans, blocking viral attachment and/or fusion. These results identify conserved viral N-glycans as promising BSA targets and establish SCRs as candidate prophylactic agents against enveloped viruses with pandemic potential.

Their efficacy was confirmed against LIVE viruses including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), AND Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
β€’ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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04.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

So ...I read Hegseth's speech to the military brass and I have a question. Are we still allowed to watch reruns of M.A S.H ?

04.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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