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Also, #science

When I was pregnant with my 1st, I was in a breastfeeding Facebook group. It had tens of thousands of people. They wouldn't allow vaccine discussion in the main group but when I tell you all the moderators were virulently (ha) anti vax in the subgroups...Almost an accelerator of anti vax sentiment.

A picture of two chimpanzees sitting on the ground

A three-decade long study of chimpanzees has revealed a primate version of a bloody civil war. It's now at risk of getting eliminated due to cuts at the National Science Foundation. My story here (gift link): nyti.ms/4mhr5NQ

A screenshot of two tweets by Representative Nancy Mace. The first, published at 8:02AM today, reads: "To anyone celebrating "Trans Day of Visibility" today, we sincerely hope you get the help you need." The second, published at 9:06 AM reads: "The media wants to talk about Bryon and Kristi Noem's personal drama and indiscretions. I want to talk about who is getting deported, who got paid, and who's stealing from taxpayers. Different priorities. Let's focus on what matters."

"trans ideology is a sickness."

[reads the news]

"people's personal affairs are none of our business and we should talk about immigration"

Clickety click click click...four months out from my own pelvic floor repair surgery (10/10 would recommend).

The new masters of war: Insurance companies The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow strip of sea between Iran and the Omani Musandam Peninsula, will be a major factor in determining the direction of the conflict between the United States and Iran, accor...

U-M anthropologist Jatin Dua on war, shipping and the critical Strait of Hormuz:

Whale sharks released from nets along India’s coast as fishers turn rescuers On a March morning in the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state’s capital in southern India, a group of fishers were hauling their kambavala — a traditional net fixed between bamboo poles driven...

If you need a nugget of (mostly) good news this morning, I recommend this @mongabay.com story about a training and compensation program that incentivizes Indian fishermen to release whale sharks. Lotta good conservation lessons here.

news.mongabay.com/2026/02/whal...

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much bigger, encompassing some key questions of the 21st century.

@realshri.bsky.social has a brand new article for @theconversation.com with some super helpful insights and context for today's oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel. theconversation.com/supreme-cour...

Individualized mRNA vaccines evoke durable T cell immunity in adjuvant TNBC - Nature In a phase 1 trial, personalized mRNA vaccines tailored to individual tumour mutations in triple-negative breast cancer induced robust, long-lasting T cell responses and improved prognosis.

More hope from mRNA vaccines. In this instance, individualized vaccines were given to women with triple negative breast cancer following surgery and adjuvant therapy. The results are quite remarkable. Despite cancer finding a ‘T cell-evading’ work-around in some patients.
#Science 🧪

Michigan ICE detention center owner reports $254 million profit, record new business in 2025 The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 mill...

I can’t help thinking there’s so much money changing hands wrt ICE detention that there aren’t even enough investigative reporters to track

www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...

Discovering new connections between Great Lakes' winter storms and global climate patterns About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest drivers of winter weather in the Great Lakes region are warming and trending nort...

new links between #GreatLakes winter storms & global climate patterns uncovered. Findings show how large-scale teleconnections shape storm temp, moisture & precip, key for improving seasonal forecasts: news.umich.edu/discovering-... by @abbathehut.bsky.social and other @UMich
CIGLR researchers

Forests glow under UV light, and deer can see it When a predator like a lion walks through the grasslands, it makes its presence known by roaring, which can be heard miles away. Since the lion is at the top of the food chain, it doesn’t particularly...

babe wake up, new deer science just dropped newatlas.com/biology/fore...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."

I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...

In Pursuit of Alligator Gar, the Ancient Giant of the Shallows The prehistoric fish with a toothy grin is fueling floodplain restoration efforts on the Mississippi River

How understanding Alligator Gars can help Mississippi River floodplain restoration! @nfwfnews.bsky.social

New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...

Oh and good point re: looking at the subset of minerals named after given names!

Yeah, I looked for Chris Emproto, who led the study, to tag him, but he's not on here--he's now a post doc at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

It was cool to see you call out the issue!

What's in a mineral name? Not very many women, U-M study finds The mineral scottyite was named after Michael Scott. Not the Michael Scott of the television series "The Office"—the Michael Scott who co-founded the technology company Apple. Billionaire George Soros...

I'm really not trying to peddle my own stuff, but I worked with a researcher on a news release about sexism in mineral naming conventions. He is now at a different institution, but he planned to work on a study about how naming patterns also follow colonialism.

news.umich.edu/whats-in-a-m...

Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice' In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths

'I am their voice'

NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.

If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Do you know how frickin pissed off you have to make Minnesotans for them to not only NOT help you, but HECKLE you?

Mayor Frey: My message to ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.

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!! I wondered! Full disclosure: I looked up "Plecostomus" to get the spelling. The first photo was the same color as Marmalade, and they looked so similar. Marm has a much better stache, however.

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