Morning walk

Mar🐫 said it’s national schnauzer day. In honor, some pictures of my favorite schnauzers…

I can't thank you enough for the massive outpouring of well-wishes on this very special day. 🫶, Mar🐫

Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.

Vaccine-triggered autism, AKA fauxtism

Did we all take organic chemistry & the MCAT & miss the social part of our early 20’s and work 80 hours a week for 3+ years for the brain worm guy who doesn’t know what a p-value is to destroy our nation’s public health system? No. Time to lean into our expertise and speak up.

Everyone with their head down "focusing on the science": Our grandchildren are going to ask us someday what we did in this moment to protect their rights - what will you say??

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

The Supreme Court just ruled this meme is constitutional.

Looking forward to FASEB GI epithelium meeting tomorrow! Hope to see some of you there! #intestine #organoids

Please be aware!

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Giraffes, long considered a single species, are in fact four. https://scim.ag/4n2po6f

Nature is healing

Oh man this is all just too much today.

Stellar work by NiiCE lab postdoc Dr Oliveira for this new preprint showing that WNT2B *prevents* colon cancer, in contrast to other WNT family members. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hey @mckey-lab.bsky.social @jenmckey.bsky.social this you?’

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Thinking of our CDC friends. Another day in the USA, more gun violence. Wishing those impacted peace.

The amazing summer student who worked in the lab gave me this awesome intestine pillow for my office!

Experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, have been kicked out of workgroups that help advise about national vaccine policy.

imagine being championed by RFK jr and vilified by laura loomer lol

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

Finally, a retirement plan I can afford

“Here, too, powerful people are responding to authoritarian advances just as their Hungarian counterparts have — not with defiance, but with capitulation, convinced that they can maintain their independence and stay above the fray.” This applies to scientific and academic leaders too. 🧪

I will always, no matter what the circumstances, be absolutely and adamantly opposed to letting children starve.

“Research cuts aren’t about shrinking government, they’re about killing science.” Killing science and killing universities. Yes. Both.

Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about. Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.

Exactly this. Not only Wall Street, but we need to regulate flipping. This has absolutely destroyed our housing exchange system.

Nobel Peace Prize paradox: Nominations are secret for 50 years. Still, politicians apparently leak their own to score points now. A prize meant to honor real peacemakers should not be used as a PR stunt. #Donotexploitpeace #NobelPeacePrize #Paradox www.nrk.no/nyheter/neta...

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Finally some good news. However, no one says “conservative majority” when that happens. Why not just say “Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down…”

#Pride month is over, but wrath month has just begun

If you're an #EmergencyMedicine doctor in these states, COVID 2020 would have been walk in the park: 1. Texas (80 closures, 30 imminent) 2. Kansas (62 closures, 31 imminent) 3. Oklahoma (39 closures, 26 imminent) 4. Mississippi (35 closures, 25 imminent) www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/703-...

How to turn a layer of fibroblasts into a tulip 🌷? Check out our new pre-print on shape-programmable living surfaces. Led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social‬ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are planning to write a $15 BILLION check to Meta simply for existing — paid for by cutting health care for millions of Americans. They care more about helping billionaire corporations than helping you.

This is such an amazing story. Glad #NIH could help you. Nothing gives us more energy and happiness than stories like this. 🧪 Thank you for sharing it, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social

This is the Jewish leadership we need now. Thank you @bradlander.bsky.social

This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.

The Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s message is particularly relevant today— There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. #plumvillage

Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.