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Katherine Lemon
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Outdoorsy, curious, microbiologist, pediatric infectious diseases doc, and mom (to humans and a dog). she/her 🏳️‍🌈 Opinions entirely my own. Trust the scientific process.
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walkerlab.bsky.social
RADMicrobes workshop is back! Looking to learn bioinformatics and some basic bacterial genome analyses? I highly recommend this workshop. All my students take it and come out with amazing skills.
www.eventbrite.com/e/rad-microb...
RAD Microbes Boot Camp 2026
Hands-on boot camp on reading, assembling, analyzing, & dechipering microbial genomes.
www.eventbrite.com
April 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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aclu.org
After an Ohio teacher put up a poster in their classroom reading "hate has no home here," the school board said it violated a state law against instructional materials related to sexual orientation or gender identity.

Anti-LGBTQ censorship laws do nothing to help kids learn and grow.
Anti-hate poster has no home in Ohio classroom, says school district
The poster, which included a rainbow flag, counts as 'instruction that includes sexuality content' according to the board.
reason.com
April 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
kathlemon.bsky.social
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Send a message to Mayor Whitmire and Houston City Council to NOT REPEAL Prop A - Immigration Ordinance Procedures. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
Send a message to Mayor Whitmire and Houston City Council to NOT REPEAL Prop A - Immigration Ordinance Procedures
URGENT: Governor Abbott is punishing Houstonians, Mayor Whitmire, and Houston City Council for clarifying our Constitutional rights! On Monday, April 13th, 2026, Governor Abbott issued a memo to Mayo...
actionnetwork.org
April 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
Large study of the effects of mRNA COVID vaccination impacts in France.

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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-term all-cause mortality.
jamanetwork.com
April 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
My LGBTQ+ community will never be rendered invisible. We will always stand up and fight for our rightful place.
An Associated Press tweet reporting that the Trump administration will keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, with an image of the flag displayed in a park near a statue.
April 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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stephenwolf.bsky.social
NEW: Virginia just passed a law to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, giving it 222 of 270 electoral votes needed to activate.

This map and spreadsheet show which states could join to activate it by 2028 depending on the outcome of the 2026 elections docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Electoral College cartogram showing which states are in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and which ones could join in time for it to activate by 2028. Each state is sized and labeled according to its number of electoral votes. The states are spaced out enough to accommodate the changes in size but retain their general shapes and relative positions on the map. Current members are in solid orange, potential members are in light green, and nonmembers that are unlikely to join are in medium gray. Members have 222 electoral votes, potential states have 68, and the unlikely states have 248. The compact would only activate once states with at least 270 electoral votes have joined. The seven potential members and their electoral vote are Alaska (3), Arizona (11), Michigan (15), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), Pennsylvania (19), and Wisconsin (10). Democrats would need to gain the governor's office and/or legislative chambers to win unified power in these states, as detailed in the spreadsheet linked in this post.
April 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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michnutrish.bsky.social
#VisibilityBrigade #massachusetts #democracy #epsteinfiles #PeacefulProtest @maddow.bsky.social #saveact #rights
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #women
#epstein #ice #ma #vote
#war #iran #gas
April 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
kathlemon.bsky.social
With gratitude to the Hungarian people for showing us what can be accomplished through concerted, peaceful action by many over time.
May this be a call to widespread peaceful engagement to defend the U.S. Constitution.
April 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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adamjschwarz.bsky.social
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.

He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.

The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
April 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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walkerlab.bsky.social
#Proudmentormoment my rotation student, Alexandra Serrato, won the 1st place poster prize as a pre-qualifying exam student at our departmental/graduate student retreat this week! Congrats Alexandra!
April 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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walkerlab.bsky.social
#Proudmentormoment My PhD student @jmduranramirez.bsky.social won an award for his talk at the #UTICONF2026 Very well deserved Jesus!
April 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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standupforscience.net
The science is clear: removing forest protections will be devastating on the environment. The Trump admin does not care. Fuel the fight to defend our forests and Stand Up for Science by donating at standupforscience.net/donate

#Forest #Nature #Climate #Science

zurl.co/KnBHN
‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims
The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of Texas
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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microbeminded.bsky.social
Follow along with us on NASA+ here:

==> Launch (next attempt, 4/11 6:40AM CST): plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...

==> Docking with ISS (if launches 4/11 - then 4/13, 10:40AM CST): plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 Launch
Coverage of the Launch of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-24 Cargo Craft to the International Space Station (Launch scheduled at 7:41 a.m. EDT).
plus.nasa.gov
April 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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microbeminded.bsky.social
Not sure how many spacewalks they’ll have time for, but these studies in #Celegans will help tell us how the #microbiome alters host responses to microgravity.
Picture of Celegans animals expressing fluorescent proteins and colonized by fluorescent bacteria— GUT MICROBIOME INVESTIGATING HOW SPACEFLIGHT IMPACTS ORGANISMS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIOME BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
April 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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microbeminded.bsky.social
Next launch attempt of thousands of tiny astronauts on 4/11/26 at 7:40am EST!

www.nasa.gov/missions/sta...

#wormsinspace #microbiome #spacebiology #Celegans #CBIOMES
April 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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standupforscience.net
Science is in danger and needs your help!!! This administration is attacking American science and we need you to help fuel the fight for science! Donate at: standupforscience.net/donate

#StandUpForScience #Donate #SaveScience #Science
The graphic displays a photo of the Statue of Liberty and text reading: "FUEL THE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE, FIGHT BACK!" The graphic also features the Stand Up for Science logo and this link: standupforscience.net/donate
April 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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sbarolo.bsky.social
I just called my reps too, using @5calls.org. Can’t do nothing today ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
April 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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alinahdee.bsky.social
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I've liked Ted Lieu ever since he pulled this stunt. Dude keeps standing on business.
April 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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elisabethbik.bsky.social
#ImageForensics
Kidneys of four differently treated groups of animals. None of these photos should overlap. But is that true????
Tell or show me if you find at least 2 sets of overlaps.
Four photos, sections of kidneys. Each photo shows pinkish tissues with round structures with white lines. Labeled A through D.
April 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
The multitude of ways that jack up American healthcare costs (without improving outcomes)

gift link wsj.com/health/healt...
April 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️

It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
March 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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aclu.org
If President Trump thought he could shut us up with his attacks on free speech, he should think again.

Our democracy belongs to all of us.
Someone holds up a sign that says "We the People" with American flags on it. They're wearing a jacket, beanie, and gloves. Many people and the Washington Monument are in front of them.
March 28, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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deanobeidallah.bsky.social
No Kings in Boston!!
March 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
POV: You made history by joining the LARGEST protest in United States history! #NoKings

Use the energy’s from today’s historic day to meet your neighbors (if safe) and start a group chat on Signal. The most important resistance work is hyper localized 🤝

#WeSayNoKings
March 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
Here are some of my favorite signs from the #NoKings protest in Willimantic CT.

I know some people are gonna say sign holders aren't doing enough, but as someone who has also written emails, signed petitions, called Congress reps, boycotted, donated $, & more, stop yucking our joy.
Long sign says "Waiting for the fall". A stack of blue turtles, stand on top of each other with the king in red on top, sweat falling off many of the turtles under the angry orange faced wing with the blond wig. It looks similar to a book by Dr. Suess. Each turtle has a different wordon it's shell: the law, justice, education, environment, federal workers, LGBTQ, Latinos, Blacks Person wearing a coat holds sign that says "We hold the Bachelorette to Higher Standards than the President" Make America Matriarchal Already !!! Prevent Truth Decay. Two teeth, one with a hole, on a red background with a large toothbrush made of scrubbers. And the sign handle is the toothbrush handle.
March 28, 2026 at 9:55 PM