It’s the 50th anniversary of the time Eric Clapton went onstage and told everyone who wasn’t British to leave the room and the country, and was the impetus for Rock Against Racism

Yay! Just saw that we got the cover of the August 1 MBoC! Woot! 🎉 Please check out our paper if you are interested in it the tubulin code or early development. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

You really find out how your kids perceived you as a parent when they keep asking for advice as grown people

Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social · yesterday

You really find out how your kids perceived you as a parent when they get to the point of choosing whether or not to tell you things.

I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

The Rawls Lab is hiring! We are seeking a motivated research technician to support cutting-edge studies in gastrointestinal physiology using zebrafish & mice. To learn more about this hands-on & in-person position at Duke University in Durham NC, click here: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-R...

I secured a long-term supply of abortion medication, strengthened our shield law so out-of-state prosecutors can’t subpoena doctors and nurses, and backfilled funding when Planned Parenthood lost federal support. Whatever happens in D.C. or in court, reproductive care in Oregon isn’t going anywhere.

Banger report from @shaanthx.bsky.social on self-dealing from Oregon's Republican gov. hopeful. Sen. Christine Drazan registered a new consulting business in 2023, then a new nonprofit 3 weeks later, then paid her consulting biz $100k from the nonprofit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...

How Drazan’s consulting firm pocketed nearly $100k from her nonprofit with little oversight  • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The situation offers insight into how one of Oregon’s most successful recent Republican politicians handled her finances ahead of a campaign.

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One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d ago

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

My on-call spouse caught a severe retinal detachment over the weekend. He showed me the photo (name redacted) and I’m still shaken up about it. Don’t mess around with floaters or any changes in vision—call a doctor, get it seen to, save your sight.

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

Oregon used to have few protections for elders, then beefed them up considerably after some egregious abuses. Those policies made it really really difficult for me when mom needed memory care but i knew every time I ran into a new requirement that it existed to protect the vulnerable.

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3d ago

I know I say this frequently but California urgently needs conservatorship reform.

Good morning luscious

I had a lot planned for today but seeing this clip of RFK Jr pretentiously gargling “you probably don’t understand this because you’re not a scientist” at someone made me howl loud enough to rupture my eardrums

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

RFK Jr: Dana, you probably don't understand this because you're not a scientist BASH: Well you're not either! RFK Jr: I know you're flustered now

This is wise beyond measure. Move and strengthen all the parts—your elder self will thank you!

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you are 38 years old or older, I want you to start working on your foot strength and ankle mobility. Unless I hate you. Then I want you to rest for ten years and then suddenly try to hop off a step one day, cold.

Was awesome to join Bloomberg to talk about the lie of AI - everyone's buying into the mag7 believing CapEx is going towards diverse AI demand, when all it's really doing is supporting the circular cloud revenues of two unprofitable, unsustainable AI labs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHcZ...

Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI

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i knew this was going to be wild but it is exceeding my expectations in that regard

“The pandemic was a global phenomenon, but it seems to have broken the US in a unique way. Other countries had more serious lockdowns without entering a political psychosis.”

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d ago

New, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...

Taking a complex scientific concept and warping it into something trivial or horrifying is page 3 of the GOP playbook. They’ll keep doing it, and it’s important to dig beneath the crusty surface of their mockery to discover the importance and value of their targets /end Here’s the 2016 paper btw

Propagating Humanized BLT Mice for the Study of Human Immunology and Immunotherapy - PubMed

The humanized bone marrow-liver-thymus (BLT) mouse model harbors a nearly complete human immune system, therefore providing a powerful tool to study human immunology and immunotherapy. However, its ap...

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If you care—this “concept” was launched by Joni Ernst yesterday when she described scientists cramming mice full of aborted baby parts and cruelly calling it a BLT, as in bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, for laffs. IN FACT, BLT mice are an irreplaceable model of the human immune system…1/

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Rep. John McGuire: "I don't know if you heard about the BLT sandwich -- using human fetus baby parts in the vaccine when they could've used ivermectin"

Or, here’s a script for a call: Today I want to share my concern about the destruction of America’s health and human services by the unholy alliance of maga & maha. If enacted, the proposals outlined in the recent “golden age” report would flood the already well funded private tech industries 1/

Write your congresspeople & link to this article when you do:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

New in PN: The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift "It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities is that there's no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving billions to Silicon Valley types."

man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

tbc: Fauci was right to invoke the 5th Amendment — that hearing was a trap.

a lot of what we're seeing today is downstream of the lab leak conspiracy theory. there's a lot of people across media, including legacy newsrooms, who went down that rabbit hole and never came back up for air. it's embarrassing, and no surprise, it tends to be the people flambéing their brains on X

Embarrassing even when considered in strict context (Hawley attempting to ding Fauci for applying for prestigious privately funded research awards while at NIAID), preposterously more so when balanced against the relentless cash-grabbing orgy the current administration indulges in daily

ClutchScience (Jen Phillips)@clutchscience.bsky.social · last wk.

Josh Hawley seems to have run out of material as he keeps repeating “one MILLION dollars” like frigging Dr. Evil

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Mark this well. A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph. Despicable.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

All while attempting to dismantle the entire scientific enterprise that managed to pull us out of the worst of the pandemic in less than a year

The Rude Pundit@rudepundit.bsky.social · last wk.

It's amazing how quickly we've forgotten how shit-ourselves scared we all were in 2020. Covid-19 was new. We had no firm idea how bad it could get, how it spread, or how to treat for it. Now, these bastards on the right act like the whole thing was just a minor inconvenience blown out of proportion.

I left early for a media hit that got cancelled (hearing ran too long), but you get the idea. The Democrats spelled it out clearly: this was a show trial designed to villainize civil service & science, revise history, & erode our Constitutional rights. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/live-cover...

LIVE COVERAGE: TONY FAUCI FACES OFF WITH RAND PAUL ON PANDEMIC ORIGINS

I left early for an interview that got cancelled but I think we all saw enough

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Flo’s excellent summary is the perfect illustration of how science works. We uncover new data and change or refine our understanding and our hypotheses Pretending otherwise is misrepresenting (or perhaps outright ignoring, though some people should know better) reality

Flo Débarre@flodebarre.eurosky.social · last wk.

I am sick of some media uncritically repeating Rand Paul's misrepresentation of Fauci's journal about the Huanan market. In late Jan 2020, it was a common commentary that the market may not be the origin of the outbreak, b/c of a Lancet paper on early cases ▫️1/6 www.paul.senate.gov/wp-content/u...