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A screenshot of an episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart with captions that read: Tim Miller: Well, it's a progressive outlet, so there are a couple of people wearing masks. Jon Stewart: Oh, there's always two. And you always say, "Oh, are you sick?" And they go, "Uh, I don't want to talk about it."

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

Stereo-seq Technology - Complete Genomics Stereo-seq Technology Unbiased Capture of Whole Spatial Transcriptome Revolutionizing Spatial Omics with Nanoscale Precision Stereo-seq (Spatio-Temporal Enhanced REsolution Omics-sequencing) is a…

Four exciting posters are coming to #SFN2025 tomorrow, featuring studies using Stereo-seq, multi-omics, cross-modality integration, human brain mapping, whole-brain primate atlases.

www.completegenomics.com/events/sfn-2...

Today at #AMPath2025, Complete Genomics and SOPHiA GENETICS announced our launch to co-market MSK-ACCESS® and MSK-IMPACT® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ on Complete Genomics’ DNBSEQ-T1+ sequencing platform.

www.completegenomics.com/complete-gen...

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

"You can’t eradicate autism without eradicating autistic people. It’s genocidal rhetoric against us that’s justified by 'autism destroys families. It destroys children.' No, it doesn’t. It’s bias against autistic people."

From an interview at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Someone tell the tech bros.

This Startup Is Growing Metal On Farms Instead Of Mining It In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the architect of China’s “sponge cities,” generating electricity with salt and ice, and more.

The latest edition of my science & emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, is here. What's inside:

🪴 Startup Genomines is growing nickel for batteries on farms instead of mining it

🧊 Scientists used salty ice to generate electricity

🛰️ Building quantum networks in space

And more!

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools None

Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the US free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive.
www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

"This is not a podcast"
- @bennet.senate.gov to RFK Jr. re: his lies and 🦆 vaccine science

Before taking away kids' vaccines, why not consider getting rid of tanning beds?

The President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda | The United States Senate Committee on Finance The President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda

RFK Jr. about to testify at Senate Finance Committee...
www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the...

I'm with her (the protester).

The application closes tomorrow!!

a blue sign that says we are hiring ALT: a blue sign that says we are hiring

There is still time to apply to become part of our team at Nature Biomedical Engineering! Please share! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

It's strange to me that some could trust the big pharma making the treatments but not the big pharma making the vaccines.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

LGBTQ+ Biopharma leaders '25 LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender and non-binary rights, are at risk nationwide. But despite the headwinds, there are still many LGBTQ+ individuals instituting change and forging ahead at biotec...

Join us June 10 for our fourth annual virtual event celebrating LGBTQ+ leaders driving change in biopharma. Hear their stories, insights, and perspectives on shaping a more inclusive industry. Register today. events.endpts.com/lgbtq25/regi...

Solidarity from one of 5 maskers in Savannah, Ga.

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

A takeout container that says “no potatoes soy”

This is what they call me on X.

Jeremy Faust, MD | Substack Jeremy Faust, MD, MS, is an emergency medicine physician and public health expert. Inside Medicine removes the barrier between doctors and patients, so that you know what's happening.

@jeremyfaust.bsky.social is doing a live discussion on Substack around this. substack.com/@insidemedic...

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f... via @statnews.com

Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order protecting the privacy of autism-related health data.

apnews.com/article/rfk-... governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism

Complete Genomics and Velsera are accelerating and streamlining the path from sample to clinical report for faster, more accurate and cost-effective genetic testing.

www.completegenomics.com/velsera-part...

#AACR25 #AACR2025 #Genomics #NGS #DNBSEQ #AACRBlog

Audibly LOL’ed at the “sucked into his phone” discourse on today’s The Daily podcast.
So enjoyable, @nytimes.com.

Today, for no reason in particular, we wanted to remind you that you can follow STAT's incredible staff here in this Bluesky starter pack.
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Gene Variant Misclassified as Fatal Due to Diversity Gap in Genomic Databases Two individuals of Pacific Island ancestries were told they carried a genetic variant that was likely the cause of their potentially fatal inherited cardiomyopathy. However, that wasn’t true.

www.laboratoryequipment.com/618074-Gene-...

Wish I could delete dumb things I said to people after overthinking them for years.

A brief history of the origins of the anti-DEI movement The sentiments from today’s leaders echo those from previous generations.

Great piece by @kris10p.bsky.social on how the latest wave of anti-DEI sentiment is anything but new.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

Evening dog walk