ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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They are likely to evade predation from natural-chirality phage and many other predators, facilitating spread in the environment. We cannot rule out a scenario in which a mirror bacterium acts as an invasive species across many ecosystems, causing pervasive lethal infections in a substantial fraction of plant and animal species, including humans. Even a mirror bacterium with a narrower host range and the ability to invade only a limited set of ecosystems could still cause unprecedented and irreversible harm.&quot; <br />Science: <a href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class=\"invisible\">e.ads9158</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/science\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>science</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/biology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/biosecurity\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>biosecurity</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>“Unless compelling evidence emerges that mirror life would not pose extraordinary dangers, we believe that mirror bacteria and other mirror organisms, even those with engineered biocontainment measures, should not be created...We therefore recommend that research with the goal of creating mirror bacteria not be permitted, and that funders make clear that they will not support such work.”</p><p>Dr Kate Adamala, a synthetic biologist at the University of Minnesota and co-author on the report, was working towards a mirror cell but changed tack last year after studying the risks in detail.</p><p>“We should not be making mirror life,” she said. <br /><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">theguardian.com/science/2024/d</span><span class=\"invisible\">ec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research</span></a><br />-----------<br />&quot;Our analysis suggests that mirror bacteria would likely evade many immune mechanisms mediated by chiral molecules, potentially causing lethal infection in humans, animals, and plants. They are likely to evade predation from natural-chirality phage and many other predators, facilitating spread in the environment. We cannot rule out a scenario in which a mirror bacterium acts as an invasive species across many ecosystems, causing pervasive lethal infections in a substantial fraction of plant and animal species, including humans. Even a mirror bacterium with a narrower host range and the ability to invade only a limited set of ecosystems could still cause unprecedented and irreversible harm.&quot; <br />Science: <a href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class=\"invisible\">e.ads9158</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/science\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>science</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/biology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/biosecurity\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>biosecurity</span></a></p>" }, "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/science", "name": "#science" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/biology", "name": "#biology" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/biosecurity", "name": "#biosecurity" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/113646226630000597/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/113646226630000597/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/113646226630000597/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/113646226630000597/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 6 }, "shares": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/113646226630000597/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 5 } }