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@krosejutras.bsky.social
Poet, Sci Comms and Creative Services Director, Adjunct Professor, Author of How to Hypnotize a Lobster 🦞, Mom 👶🦮🐕🦺
Kristin Rose Jutras 38m Devastated to share that my husband, @jutraslab.bsky.social, passed away. People are writing fake obituaries online/sharing on social media that Brandon died of Lyme disease. This is not true and is an affront to everything Brandon stood for as a scientist: the truth.
It isn't science fiction! Learn more about how @lambdavision.bsky.social is scaling manufacturing of their artificial retina in low-Earth orbit w/ Starlab, a Voyager Technologies-led venture ⤵️ #SpaceBasedManufacturing #LEO #TeamLambdaVision
LambdaVision, Inc.@lambdavision.bsky.social · 5mo agoLambdaVision has booked commercial space in low-Earth orbit w/ Starlab, a Voyager Technologies-led joint venture, to scale manufacturing of our artificial retina. After 9 ISS missions, we’re advancing toward sustainable in-space production: 🔗 bit.ly/3N2my4J
Excited for this next chapter with #BayAreaLymeFoundation! David’s leadership and personal experience strengthens our commitment to turning scientific breakthroughs into real-world impact for patients and families suffering from #Lyme and #tickbornedisease
Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 6mo agoToday, Bay Area Lyme Foundation announced that David A. Walsey has joined the organization as Executive Director. Behind that announcement is a deeply personal story, follow along on for the story on BAL’s LinkedIn. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/bayare... #Lyme #tickbornedisease
Proud of @jutraslab.bsky.social! Read more about this #Lymearthritis discovery and the implications for future treatments ⤵️ #Lymedisease #tickbornedisease
Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew BAL-supported research in @plos.org Pathogens led by @jutraslab.bsky.social identifies a novel mechanism that triggers #LymeArthritis. Subtle changes to the Borrelia cell wall nearly eliminated arthritis in a preclinical model pointing to new ways to treat Lyme arthritis beyond antibiotics.
Sharing this article that I wrote with my husband, @jutraslab.bsky.social for @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social. Last week researchers reported what appears to be the first clearly documented fatality from alpha‑gal syndrome. #Scicomm #tickbornediseases #alphagalsyndrome
No, It’s Not “Just a Meat Allergy”: The Truth About Alpha-gal Syndrome
A 47-year-old pilot’s death after eating a hamburger reveals critical gaps in our understanding
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Thank you, @jutraslab.bsky.social. Couldn’t have done any of it without your love and support. Love the little Paw Patrol obsessed toddler we created. 💕
Jutras Lab@jutraslab.bsky.social · 9mo agoI’m biased, and a bit teary eyed, but this article is outstanding and a testament to my beautiful wife’s (@krosejutras.bsky.social) courage, resolve, care for others, and exceptional writing abilities ❤️👇 theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/protecting...
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material
Those records contain personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.
apnews.com
Trump tried to lower NIH indirect rates in his 2017 budget and that failed to pass. This is a reminder that everything he tried to do through legal means in the first term will be attempted again through illegal means. He will only succeed if we let him.
My second book of poetry will publish with Atmosphere Press in 2025. It feels a bit surreal to write from South Africa with my sweet daughter sleeping next to me as I anxiously check my phone for updates on the unlawful shuttering of USAID and coup of OPM: kristinrosejutras.com/2025/02/05/w...
WE SOMETIMES HEAR THE WORLD IN TECHNICOLOR
My dog and I are on the same SSRIs. We sometimes hear the world in technicolor. We hear the hum of the train tracks and feel responsible for rebuilding the rubble and hurt w…
kristinrosejutras.com
It seems like we might want to keep all federal regulation as baseline to prevent mid-flight air crashes and rocket debris raining down from the sky. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
huffpost.com
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s writing has been giving me hope since the election results were finalized.Here is her newsletter aptly named Meditations in an Emergency after the title of the wonderful poet Frank O’Hara’s book: meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
NIH funding to my little state of Kentucky creates over 2x the money that the government provides, and creates 2900 well-paying jobs. Cutting NIH funding costs $, it does not save $
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
"Likely not sharing in the promised bounty of Trump’s second term will be anyone other than white, Christian men," @joegarofoli.bsky.social writes.
Donald Trump laid out a ‘golden age’ for a select few Americans
Likely not sharing in the promised bounty of Trump’s second term will be anyone other than white, Christian men.
sfchronicle.com
I don't think I'm ready to be part of the real-life enactment of I, Robot just yet. www.wired.com/story/the-pr...
AI Agents Are Here. How Much Should We Let Them Do?
WIRED’s advice columnist cracks open the publication’s archive to consider past promises about AI agents, and to get some advice on how we can use automation while retaining our humanity.
wired.com
Among many reasons, but mainly because Elon Musk spent $44B to turn Twitter into his personal MySpace account, I’ll now be more active here —mainly screaming into the void, trying to make sense of life, and posting about my writing and poetry.
I've been working on my second book of poetry, That Blue in the Mountains. I write about the images and environment of southwestern Virginia, intertwined with the journey our family has been on for the last four years. #amwriting
Scenes from Paris 🇫🇷 & Portugal 🇵🇹. #amwriting #amreading #amtraveling
Starting to feel like Fall. Cozying up to work on my second book of #poetry this afternoon. 🍃✨🌿💫
A book just reads different as a hardcover or paperback versus Kindle. The smell, the texture, the #coverart, the crisp page turn. I will die on this mountain. #booksofbluesky #amreading #amwriting
Summer reading. There are never enough books or time. 📚 #amreading #amwriting
Always fun to see my little lobster book out in the world. 🦞📚 #amreading #amwriting
