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Me: “look at those lovely chairs by the lake set up so that people can get mosquito bites” Hubs: “you sound like @carltonkirby.bsky.social.” Highest compliment.

It’s wild that Americans don’t get the link between lots and lots of people having guns and lots and lots of people getting shot.

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life. A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation. No more political violence.

A true national holiday. Love you @theonetruekat.bsky.social. The rest of y’all be safe.

I'm seeing a lot of big accounts missing the mark on this story. HHS through BARDA is cancelling contracts for mRNA vaccine research related to viral respiratory illnesses. This does not affect mRNA cancer research by NIH and Moderna. It's still bad news but let's try to keep our facts straight.

There is simply not enough to say about how bad this is. Not only will we miss out on cures for infections & things like pancreatic cancer, the US will fall behind in science, tech, economy, and while other countries will take this over it will still be slowed/delayed. It’s a national security risk!

My work parters are clinicians I trust implicitly with patients, and always have my back personally, but reached potentially new heights today when one emailed the Classics professors at Fresno State to clarify a group text discussion about conjugation of an Ancient Greek word.

Packed parking lot at climbing gym. 5 Subarus parked in the dirt on the side. Because they can?

The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.

“When all the good in you starts arguing with all the bad in you about who you really are, never let the bad in you make the better case.” — Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died

Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU

The #Botany2025 Program is now available to view! Visit www.botanyconference.org and select the Program menu item. Don't forget that there is still time for registered attendees to add Lightning Talks or Recent Topics Posters to this year's conference through July 11th.

Anyone else’s day start with the family group chat popping off about getting tickets to Primus? Just mine?

I would like to thank my dad on this fathers’ day, plus a couple of home plumbing issues as a child, for teaching me enough that I was able to quickly find our water main and shut it off last night. Basics but… clutch.

Me climbing last night with a field biologist and an F-18 pilot. In the middle of someone’s complaints about their day someone else looks around and says “you guys ever think about how the three of us had WILDLY different days?”

Gov. Gavin Newsom made the case in a televised address Tuesday evening that President Trump’s decisions to send military forces to immigration protests in Los Angeles have put the U.S. at the precipice of authoritarianism. https://trib.al/EpbF098

I was at that protest. We marched from Mariachi plaza. It was totally peaceful until they started lobbing tear gas and flash bangs directly into the crowd.

Nothing more LA than this woman selling dirty dogs in between rubber bullets and tear gas

I think the rest of the country doesn’t understand LA, doesn’t appreciate LA, and underestimates LA. It does not need to be liberated. #vivalosangeles

live from the huge spontaneous anti-ICE protest after the agency used military-style tactics during a series of raids in Los Angeles today.

Going to entice a couple of folks with this Black Phoebe playing around with a couple of pill bugs 📷🪶 Also, Watch some tennis 🎾

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

Day trippin.

But do your coworkers decorate like this? #wellness #soundon

Healthcare workers: Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent. I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️

Gorgeous weekend in the backyard aka the Sierra National Forest. Truck parked next to me yesterday at a crag had a note on it that said “hey guys, I tried to join you but I got really lost on the trail and couldn’t find my way up.” Good things are hard to find I suppose. Friends help.

Frank, the Black Phoebe, has snacks on offer. 🪶

Kudos to this woman for speaking up and disrupting the normalization of asking citizenship status doing routine screenings at the hospital. Those of us who are US citizens all need to disrupt this normalization by refusing to answer and inquiring into why they are asking. share.inquirer.com/gwBasP

So fun to hear Ken talk last night! Also I think I have now heard at least 5 firsthand stories of the quality of the famous Yosemite plane crash spoils. Learn from your elders! #history #fresno

For herd immunity against measles, 92-95% of the population must be vaccinated. As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression) And it’s not effective in newborns. So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.

I was brave enough to debate the great Jim Davis at the Central CA trauma symposium. I brought props.

APSA FOMO tempered by Glacier Point bikes only day. Work, head to Yose! Was great to run into people from the bay and LA in the middle of CA here. TT still hates pictures.

Call weekend: currently thankful for the or unit clerk who just forced me to drink a bottle of water because she’s tired of me being dehydrated on Sunday and asking repeatedly why I have a headache.

I’m sitting on my couch crying about a Dutch woman I don’t know. Epic.

Please compare this to the men’s podium. Women! Strong enough to race AND enjoy the beer. Puck remains my fave.

In just a few days! Such an important topic, can't wait 🤗. #Sustainability #ClimateChange 🌏🌊🔥🌳

Springtime weekend in the backyard aka Sierra National Forest.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

America’s golden age has just begun…

Meanwhile in Florida….absolute insanity with these proposed child labor laws

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If a trainee came to me with an idea for a research study, I would have them do a literature review to focus the question being asked and verify the science behind it. Can’t imagine that a thoughtful student would complete that review and think this plan makes any sense.

Hearing that there’s lots of chaos on NIH campus today- doge people roaming around checking offices and demanding to see badges, and rumors of new high level firings. Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH! Hold on everyone, we will get through this.