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Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated' Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair i...

once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer

Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage

always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Tom Montgomery Fate: The difference between fact and truth in Donald Trump’s America Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.

Commentary: Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.

It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.

The story only gets wilder from there.

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“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”

--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

Hundreds Of Edgewater Neighbors Come Out In A Sea Of Rainbow To Support Drag Story Time The event was largely peaceful, although police said they arrested one protester after he pushed another person who was supporting the event.

More than 250 neighbors and activists came out loud and proud to support a drag story time at the Edgewater public library branch on Monday blockclubchi.co/448m4jg

Setting the record straight on the size of Africa! It’s time that we #CorrectTheMap!

See correctthemap.org and happy upcoming #AfricaDay #AfricaMap #geogchat #geosky #gischat

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

🧪 Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades! Call your reps, especially if they are Republicans! We must #resist #StandUpForScience www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Huge reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform.

In an unprecedented effort, a coalition of more than 50 research teams has surveyed a swathe of Brazilian biomedical studies to double-check their findings — with dismaying results

https://go.nature.com/3Rz8n5T

Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media

god this shit is blood boiling

Left: Based on electron microscopic (EM) imagery, this three-dimensional (3D) illustration provides a graphical representation of a single norovirus virion, set against a beige background. The different colors represent different regions of the organism’s outer protein shell, or capsid (credit: Unsplash user CDC). Right: BV2 or BV2ΔTMEM30a cells were infected with MNVCR6-HiBiT at an MOI 0.5 in the presence of DMSO, 500 µM GCDCA, or 50 µM C2 ceramide. Sixteen hours post-infection cells were lysed and infection was measured using Nano-Glo HiBiT Lytic Detection System (Promega) post-lysis. Samples are normalized to BV2 cells treated with DMSO.

Norovirus tropism depends partly on entry receptors, but what is the role of cellular #lipids? @orchardlab.bsky.social &co show that TMEM30a-mediated lipid asymmetry is crucial for murine #norovirus infection, influencing membrane fluidity, viral binding & entry @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4409MtI

In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint Senator’s report targeted up to $2 billion for diversity, climate change, and misinformation research

In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Bhattacharya yesterday: "cuts to DEI grants have been misunderstood... The term does not apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH”

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Comparing the writing styles of highly and rarely cited papers in conservation biology For the everyday scientist, being published – and henceforth cited – is a major enterprise. An understanding of the components associated with highly-…

Comparing the writing styles of highly and rarely cited papers in conservation biology| “When writing a paper, environmental scientists can try to ensure their research is both clear and inspiring to a wide range of people using these features so their message is received by a broader readership.” 🧪

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

These users feuded with Musk on X then saw their reach collapse. It’s the starkest sign yet that Musk has the power to suppress critics and control the conversation on X and is willing to use it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

If you track the history since the 90s, it's actually really clear what happened. Corporate labs (Bell Labs, IBM, etc) closed up shop or dramatically scaled back because the labs weren't profitable. The scientists who worked there went to universities, where research is much cheaper. 1/3 ⚛️🧪

Updates on NSF Priorities

🧪Check out today's #NSF update on priorities page. Don't miss the FAQ e.g.

"3. What types of awards are being terminated? Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on DEI & misinformation/disinformation."

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

He gives evil worm energy.

Contempt Proceedings Have Begun in the Abrego Garcia Case Abrego Garcia's lawyers filed a motion to show cause why the Trump administration shouldn't be held in contempt for failing to comply with the court's clear orders.

NEW: The Trump regime continues to defy court orders, and lawyers for Abrego Garcia - the Maryland father illegally disappeared to El Salvador - have initiated contempt proceedings. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/contempt-p...

RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation.

Protein editing using a coordinated transposition reaction Protein engineering through the ligation of polypeptide fragments has proven enormously powerful for studying biochemical processes. In general, this strategy necessitates a final protein-folding step...

We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

For my first-ever bsky post, I’m thrilled to share our latest #ancientDNA research, which I co-led with @jessthorpemas.bsky.social

OA: doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf065

We recovered and analysed mitochondrial genomes from many #mammoths spanning the last million years 🦣🧬⌛

Check this 🧵 we wrote ⬇️

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole. A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm…

NEW: A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.

@richardawebster.bsky.social / @veritenews.org

Best zero-waste general store - Chicago Reader For going the next step in zero-waste shopping, it's hard to beat Lincoln Square’s Eco Flamingo, which opened in 2020.

The Eco Flamingo is our pick for best zero-waste general store. Check it out in Lincoln Square! | ✍️ Kerry Reid chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...

Best pro-Palestine plant shop with a size-inclusive clothing section - Chicago Reader The Green Goose Shop isn’t just a store—it’s a thoughtfully cultivated space where retail, sustainability, and community care converge.

The Green Goose Shop isn’t just a store—it’s a thoughtfully cultivated space where retail, sustainability, and community care converge. | ✍️ Shannon Shreibak

Sign of Summer with Sailing School. Tuesday early evening in Chicago's Monroe Harbor.

Let's take a tour of South Bend Union Station, acquired last year by the City 🧵