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Dan Mielcarz

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Immunology, flow cytometry, music, beer. Opinions 100% my own. He/him. ⭕️ Director of @dartlab.bsky.social “To science, I felt that I could help” Also on mastodon: @mielcarz@shakedown.social

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Before I give my opinion, I want to be absolutely clear that I think that pro-Palestine protestors were sincerely outraged by what was happening in Gaza, and were correct to be.

But…I think that a lot of campus protest is driven by social forces beyond just the moral clarity of the issue.

13.03.2026 17:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
12.03.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A lot of (mostly female) academics adopted using their credentials in their social media usernames when right wingers were belittling Jill Biden's doctorate in education as an act of solidarity. But as you say "Dr." AND "PhD" is a bit much and IMO, the bio is a better place for any of it.

12.03.2026 14:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Push notification from The Boston Globe with the headline "Dollar bills, alcohol, hookahs."

Push notification from The Boston Globe with the headline "Dollar bills, alcohol, hookahs."

When I first looked, I really thought this Boston Globe notification was saying "hookers" in a Boston accent.

12.03.2026 13:08 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

I really hate that one day students are going to learn the "many causes" of this war in school and no textbook is going to come out and say "the President was a Grade A moron"

12.03.2026 10:15 👍 60 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0

I always thought it was interesting that the only drink that tastes good at room temperature is water.

11.03.2026 13:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

Here you go: newrepublic.com/post/207555/...

11.03.2026 12:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

bad writing everywhere ✅
incompetent core institutions ✅
weird looking emperor dude ✅

i guess we’re living through the prequels

11.03.2026 07:20 👍 120 🔁 12 💬 7 📌 1
Date

Info

Rating v
1999-12-31

Big Cypress Seminole
Indian Reservation
Big Cypress, FL

4.6999
1997-08-17

Loring Commerce Centre
Limestone, ME

4.6449
1997-12-30

Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

4.6438
1999-12-30

Big Cypress Seminole
Indian Reservation
Big Cypress, FL

4.6415
1998-04-04

Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI

4.6369
1997-08-16

Loring Commerce Centre
Limestone, ME

4.6291
2003-08-02

Loring Commerce Centre
Limestone, ME

4.6284
1996-08-17

Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Plattsburgh, NY

4.6272
1998-12-31

Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

4.6186
1998-11-27

Worcester Centrum Centre
Worcester, MA

4.6159

Date Info Rating v 1999-12-31 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Big Cypress, FL 4.6999 1997-08-17 Loring Commerce Centre Limestone, ME 4.6449 1997-12-30 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 4.6438 1999-12-30 Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Big Cypress, FL 4.6415 1998-04-04 Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 4.6369 1997-08-16 Loring Commerce Centre Limestone, ME 4.6291 2003-08-02 Loring Commerce Centre Limestone, ME 4.6284 1996-08-17 Plattsburgh Air Force Base Plattsburgh, NY 4.6272 1998-12-31 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 4.6186 1998-11-27 Worcester Centrum Centre Worcester, MA 4.6159

Wouldn’t trade these for anything.

11.03.2026 02:21 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Severance but for the entirety of Wall Street.

10.03.2026 16:26 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dr. FirstName LastName, PhD is also a bit much. One or the other, please.

10.03.2026 16:17 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

that's crazy!

10.03.2026 12:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do they walk away from their deposit?

10.03.2026 12:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Khrushchev banging his shoe on the podium at the UN because Stalin bought him the wrong size.

09.03.2026 20:08 👍 90 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

It's not really about China for me, it's more of a general distaste for "get that bag" culture.

09.03.2026 19:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When someone is using their heritage just to fulfill their Olympic dreams because they aren't good enough to make the American team, I don't really care. But Gu is plenty good enough and the main reason seems to be she can make more money skiing for China. I don't feel compelled to support her.

09.03.2026 19:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is shoe going to have to move her love nest off the Coast Guard base?

05.03.2026 20:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

05.03.2026 02:45 👍 3044 🔁 1120 💬 2 📌 20
04.03.2026 14:48 👍 501 🔁 130 💬 35 📌 45
Tweet screenshot saying: "hydrated Obama: uhh lemme pee clear"

Tweet screenshot saying: "hydrated Obama: uhh lemme pee clear"

04.03.2026 12:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Best studio jams on a Phish album, at least.

03.03.2026 13:57 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That place is the best!

03.03.2026 00:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Don't go to the US Virgin Islands! Every car is left hand drive and you drive on the left.

02.03.2026 15:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cervical cancer rates higher in states with low HPV vaccination rates

RFK Jr *lies* when he says cervical cancer risk is increased in women who get the HPV vaccine.

New study: "States with high vaccination rates have seen the biggest drop in cervical cancer, while states with low vaccination rates have had little to no progress"

www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

01.03.2026 18:44 👍 694 🔁 310 💬 28 📌 29
Bomb. Repeat. Bomb.
Bomb. Repeat. Bomb. YouTube video by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Topic

Still waiting for a world where this @tedleo.bsky.social song doesn’t perfectly describe our nation’s foreign policy.

youtu.be/KvAk-O-kzBo?...

28.02.2026 13:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Direct File worked great when we had it, though!

27.02.2026 21:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Every anti-vaxxer I encounter seems to love weird unregulated supplements. They hate Big Pharma but they love Little Pharma, Big Pharma’s younger sibling who grew up without any adult supervision.

27.02.2026 15:56 👍 4572 🔁 780 💬 143 📌 76

Sex, Jeffrey. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?

27.02.2026 05:47 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 7 📌 0
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 👍 8159 🔁 3439 💬 158 📌 220

If you had told me in 1994 when I first downloaded the .txt file of the Helping Phriendly Book that one day you could listen to every show in there just by clicking a mouse, I would have fainted. We've come a long way from padded mailers with cassette tapes!

26.02.2026 14:52 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0