A causal link between severe Covid or flu and lung cancer risk by impairing immunity and promoting inflammation, as shown in multiple murine models www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
More of this! SEPTA is the number one reason I love living in Philly, 3 years without owning a car and I hope it stays that way. Public transit benefits us all π π
It is March, so the town is carpeted with Three-cornered Garlic. One of the prettiest weeds around.
UV light reacts with the chlorophyll in π΄ππππ’π π‘ππππ’ππ‘ππ’π, causing the stems to appear bright red.
#flowers #photography
For Mahmoud Khalll, this past year has been marked by profound hardship-and by profound courage. A year ago, Mahmoud was walking home through our city after sharing an iftar with his wife Noor when he was detained by federal agents, flown to Louisiana, and then held in an ICE facility for months. In that time, he was forced to miss the birth of his first child. All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine. And yet, even in the face of that cruelty, there has also been beauty. New Yorkers raising their voices in solidarity. A city refusing to look away. Mahmoud won his freedom, and a father was finally reunited with his child. Last night, as we marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion to break our fast together. Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City.
In a dining room, five people eat, chat and smile around a table of food.
Iftar, Day 19
oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism
It's fascinating how there are apparently some PhDs who are like "wow, I could've just skipped the whole learning portion of my PhD, the entire point of the process!"
As a growing number of states, including New Jersey, have created paid family and medical leave programs, Pennsylvania remains without one.
One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
Predicting Alzheimer's disease up to 25 years in advance of any symptoms with the p-tau217 biomarker blood test, among 2,766 women mean age 70
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Scientists, more than ever, have a responsibility to bridge the gap between science and the public, for more reasons than I could ever list.
Very grateful for the chance to give back to my hometown, Porto, last week β and hopefully inspire and educate a new generation of young minds π«Ά
#AcademicSky
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#academicsky #medsky π§ͺπ‘π¨π©Ί
move slow and repair things
The fascism is killing us, some faster than others, but nearly all of us either way.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
I asked Labor Secretary Walker today about the $15 minimum wage bill Iβm co-priming with Reps. Green and Kenyatta. $7.25 isnβt livable. Raising the wage strengthens workers, supports families, and makes Pennsylvania more competitive.
In Pennsylvania prisons, people earn about 23 cents an hour. A $5 medical co-pay is nearly a weekβs wages. That means access to care can depend on whether someone has money in their account. My bill will reduce the co-pay to $1 β keeping accountability in place while removing a real barrier to care.
Itβs so American to be like you should return home via your bootstraps
I REALLY hope this can be replicated in humans. A trial in mice showed that a nasal vaccine targeting multiple respiratory pathogens including COVID-19 worked really well - enabling development of protective Immunity in the lung for 3 months (the duration of testing) π§ͺ
brightfield images of three lizard embryos of approximately the same developmental stage. Below each embryo image is an immunofluorescence image labeling E-cadherin (green) and alpha-smooth muscle actin (magenta) of their developing lungs
New paper out in @devdynamics.bsky.social on lizard lung development!
Project co-led w/ Kaleb Hill and also w/ @tonygamble.bsky.social @shylonatasha.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @bezbez.bsky.social @celestemnelson.bsky.social
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Personal news update: I'm delighted to announce that as of today, I am an actual Bluesky employee! I'll be working to welcome indie media and local govt to Bskyβand supporting those already here.
I'll always want to hear your thoughts on how we can make Bsky the sort of social media we all want!
The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.
This week's cover @thelancet.com
Concrete bridge structure against a blue sky with clouds, featuring text about successful transportation investment.
Close-up of steel beams extending from a bridge under construction against a blue sky with clouds.
βWe keep adding lane-miles to networks we canβt afford to care for, while telling ourselves that the next project will finally deliver the returns the last one didnβt.β βCharles Marohn
Read more in βTransportation After the Age of Expansionβ on our site. https://ow.ly/er9l50XUgvy
Traje una amiga para ayudarme a compartirles porque registrarse para el kinder-3 y prekinder esta semana importa.
Visite myschools.nyc para empezar.
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I brought a friend to help me share why signing up for free 3-K and Pre-K this week matters.
Visit myschools.nyc to get started.
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
One of the things I love about Alysa Liuβs story is that she did the circuit & excelled at a v high level, competed at an Olympics etc & then quit bc she felt she was doneβ
And then came back after time away bc it was joyful.
She did this truly only for herself.
She owns this win in every way.
In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the β89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.
The Supreme Court:
Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court.
Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business.
As well as everyone else who stepped up.
