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A Fourier Duck, PhD

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Running a Structural Biology and Protein Production group at a Boston biotech. Previously worked in rare disease, but focusing on drug discovery in precision oncology the last few years. Crystallography with a splash of CryoEM and NMR. Opinions are my own.

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Action item: The Department of Education proposed a rule that would limit who counts as a professional degree. This affects loans students can get. Under the new definition, nurses and educational degrees are not professional degree.

Please comment!

Link: www.regulations.gov/document/ED-...

23.02.2026 14:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Let's try this again ๐Ÿ‘‹

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

21.02.2026 16:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 13764 ๐Ÿ” 3498 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 896 ๐Ÿ“Œ 187

Do you have a passport? Over half of Americans don't.

Do you have a birth certificate and photo ID with the same last name? Nearly 70 million married women don't.

If you answered no to both, you would not be able to vote under the SAVE Act. This is voter suppression, not protection.

11.02.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 199 ๐Ÿ” 113 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals

Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review process

10.02.2026 17:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Your tax dollars being pissed down the drain

10.02.2026 15:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is horrifying for so many reasons. The one I'm thinking of right now is the billion dollars spent to torture and terrorize and imprison people could easily buy all of us healthcare, child care, parental leave, affordable housing ... all the things the Epstein Class swears we can't afford.

09.02.2026 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1736 ๐Ÿ” 473 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

In December, I told you about how Trumpโ€™s Department of Education is stripping nurses of our professional status and making school more expensive.

From now until March 2, we need you to raise your voice and submit a public comment: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

08.02.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 479 ๐Ÿ” 248 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Oh look, according to Peter Attia MD โ€œpussy is low carbโ€ something that is totally normal for a doctor to say to Epstein, who had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution

31.01.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2196 ๐Ÿ” 689 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114 ๐Ÿ“Œ 147

Booooo Thermofisher! Booooo Agilent! Time to order from elsewhere.

31.01.2026 18:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
United States Completes WHO Withdrawal        
          WASHINGTON โ€” ย January 22, 2026 โ€” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United Statesโ€™ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON โ€” ย January 22, 2026 โ€” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United Statesโ€™ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.

This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

23.01.2026 01:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3950 ๐Ÿ” 1867 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 167 ๐Ÿ“Œ 244
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End Qualified Immunity now. Hold the ICE officer who blocked aid accountable for Renee Goodโ€™s death.

21.01.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1625 ๐Ÿ” 400 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

This appears to simply be their best idea to have gun violence no longer be the top cause of pediatric deaths.

11.01.2026 01:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Is there a single dayโ€”1 single dayโ€”when RFK Jr does NOT do something to dismantle public health?

This one is exceptionally grimโ€”IMHO, the USPSTF is world-leading

As Dr Caroll says, if you ever got a free mammogram, colonoscopy, or HIV test, you can thank the USPSTF

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

09.01.2026 17:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 119 ๐Ÿ” 55 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Here's a summary of all the data that supports adding more red meat to your diet

08.01.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1118 ๐Ÿ” 257 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

Every year @erininthemorning.com puts together a list of trans Girl Scouts that sell cookies. If youโ€™d like to purchase some, please consider these girls. Trans youth have been under a vicious attack so it would be nice to show some support.

Thanks ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉท

www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans...

06.01.2026 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 431 ๐Ÿ” 259 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends

Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV

Iโ€™ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.

We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.

In our already overflowing hospitals

06.01.2026 00:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 888 ๐Ÿ” 353 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71 ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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Donate to Honoring Sarah James Through Education, organized by Joe James Honoring Sarah James & Supporting Her Childrenโ€™s Future On Christmas, our comโ€ฆ Joe James needs your support for Honoring Sarah James Through Education

I know many of you know Joe James (of Binning Singletons)

Joe and his family had a terrible tragedy occur on Christmas. If you can give, this is a good family to help out

gofund.me/5cbfe22fe

01.01.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.

โ€œShe showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.โ€

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

05.12.2025 22:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1771 ๐Ÿ” 1233 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112 ๐Ÿ“Œ 432

For the first time in my career, I canโ€™t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.

20.11.2025 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3374 ๐Ÿ” 959 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

Nah. Canโ€™t be โ€˜unitedโ€™ if the political party is a laughably incapable opposition that is now just kicking the can down to midterms.

11.11.2025 00:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ผ๏ธ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.

30.10.2025 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 330 ๐Ÿ” 260 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Dr. Susan Monarez: โ€œI could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly erodedโ€ฆI would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.โ€

17.09.2025 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 14126 ๐Ÿ” 4450 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 288 ๐Ÿ“Œ 219
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โ€˜People will die because of thisโ€™: How RFK Jr. drove out the CDCโ€™s senior leaders On the same day Susan Monarez was fired, four of the agencyโ€™s top leaders quit.

New: In 7 months, Kennedy has broken the CDC, perhaps irreparably. For all heโ€™s done with mass firings, gutting expertise, and attacking vaccines, Wednesdayโ€™s loss of its most senior and competent leadersโ€”truly the CDCโ€™s backboneโ€”is the most consequential attack yet.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

28.08.2025 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2311 ๐Ÿ” 848 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90
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RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."

28.08.2025 12:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3806 ๐Ÿ” 930 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2750 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1598
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CDC Director Susan Monarez is ousted as senior leaders exit agency Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been ousted after just a month on the job.

The Wednesday Night Massacre at #CDC. Key leaders depart after firing of Director. #RFKJr #Vought & #Trump have now destroyed the agency. Their acts will kill people. They have blood on their hands. www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/c...

27.08.2025 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 243 ๐Ÿ” 108 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2 โ€œImmunity debt,โ€ a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.

It challenges a false binary between โ€œlong COVIDโ€ and โ€œeveryone else.โ€

Maybe it's a spectrum... ๐Ÿงต (1/5)

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

20.08.2025 05:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 803 ๐Ÿ” 336 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to slash hundreds of millions of dollarsโ€™ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

A loss for:
- Cancer research
- HIV research
- Vaccine research
- Chronic disease research think heart disease, dementia, obesity, diabetes etc.
All of this compounded by the brain drain of young researchers losing hope in the viability of careers in research & science.
apnews.com/article/supr...

21.08.2025 21:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 168 ๐Ÿ” 89 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Anyone remember when RFK lied to CONGRESS that he wouldnโ€™t cut any โ€œworking scientists?โ€

Yeahโ€ฆ Iโ€™m sure.

Read more about his lies and terrible decisions here: www.standupforscience.net/blog/9-worst...

21.08.2025 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 228 ๐Ÿ” 87 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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โ€˜Expertsโ€™ Cited By RFK Jr. to Justify mRNA Vaccine Funding Cut Have Ties to Anti-vax Supplement Company Four authors of the non-peer reviewed, anti-vax bibliography cited by Kennedyโ€™s HHS are involved with The Wellness Company.

Let me get this straight: RFK Jrโ€™s $500m cut to mRNA contracts was based on a nonโ€‘peerโ€‘reviewed, selfโ€‘published, anti-vax bibliography authored by his cronies who are all tied to a โ€˜vaccine detoxโ€™ supplement company? Got it ๐Ÿ‘

www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-ci...

18.08.2025 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 606 ๐Ÿ” 287 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

failed to earn the public's trust? it earned the scientists a Nobel prize ๐Ÿ… ffs.

12.08.2025 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1