alexjaf.bsky.social
marine microbial ecology + wastewater | stanford postdoc | he/him/his
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@alexjaf.bsky.socialmore than 1 in 4 US adults is disabled. add to that everyone whose life is shaped by illness, care & the capitalist healthcare system. that's an enormous potential base for working-class politics, ample ground to build a powerful left. we should probably do something with that
Show Postso much of what passes as political pragmatism is just a commitment to cementing the limits of the current system as the limits of your own imagination. “realism” is a flattering way to explain away a deep psychological attachment to the status quo
Show Post“No matter how disgusting and offensive I find it, this kind of overt indifference to the suffering of others and simulated murder of SF’s most at-risk residents serves as an unintentional mirror to a city and a culture of contemporary wealth that’s increasingly cruel and completely out of touch”
Show PostCo-cultures only tell part of the story. In a new Microbiome paper, @tomas-hessler.bsky.social from the Banfield lab used targeted phage cocktails to deplete Variovorax, revealing community thiamine dependencies within enrichment cultures. Check it out 👇
Show Post‘Candidatus Methanoperedens’: Trends in Microbiology www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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