Reposted by Books 🩺🦔House & Field Negro Quarterly @morethanmud.bsky.social · 23/05/2026the hungry observatory 300199792850 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 14/04/20262026. Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgWildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 yearsThe wildlife trade affects a quarter of terrestrial vertebrates and creates opportunities for cross-species pathogen transmission, but its precise role in shaping animal-human pathogen exchange remain... 067 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183386896 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 09/02/2026This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately 16836278 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔MPR News @mprnews.org · 10/02/2026Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.mprnews.org‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to sufferSome people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten... 371137765282 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 06/12/202536 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦 10570248 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation 159104692828 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Regardless of fox’s actual rabies status. This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only. The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play 10427160 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Lior Pachter @lpachter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...liorpachter.wordpress.comJames Watson in his own words“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d… 18335118 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 08/11/2025A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫statnews.comJames Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peersJames Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers. 11060051963 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Just glad Splatatouille's family can finally have some closure xiflscience.comScientists Studied The Infamous "Chicago Rat Hole" And They Have Some Bad NewsThe "Chicago rat hole" became so famous it is now housed in the City Hall-County Building. Scientists studying it found a few surprises, and some grim news. 892673345 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Huge news today: Big Balls Out. Also, Big Balls Out. 2045775955 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Mass protests planned for June 14, everyone hit the streets. Every city, every capital. Resist and defend. #3E #HandsOff #Indivisible #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #NoKingsProtest Find a confirmed location here (more protests exist but are not listed): nokings.org#map 17252821978 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Fascinating study. For every 1000 bears in an area, there is an associated 4% increased likelihood of a bigfoot sighting. 🧪 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.comBigfoot: If it's there, could it be a bear?It has been suggested that sightings of bigfoot or sasquatch are really misidentified, upright-walking bears. A generalized linear model is applied to investigate the possible association between big... 14211 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔MrsFishVEVO @willkellogg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Tony Award Winner Cole Escola is one of the best sentences I’ve ever heard in my entire life 228717 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Great moments in Pride history: Isaac Newton invents being gay, 1666. 730579 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Overview of avain influenza vaccines out there, and where they are being trialled or implemented. 👉 www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13... 0145 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 27/05/2025“Medicine doesn’t treat the root cause, it just treats the symptoms.” —Every wellness grifter ever Should someone tell them that we LITERALLY eradicated smallpox from humanity because we identified the root cause? The root cause is the Variola virus. 1/ 823458 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Midge @midge.bsky.social · 16/05/2025When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely 219223712621 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔bee !! @dromendus.bsky.social · 12/05/2025what they say: our veterinarian office safely disposes of all medical waste what they mean: damn we've had a lot of neuters today. gonna have a hearty cheese and dog ball casserole tonight 022 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 12/05/2025As has happened with veterinarians. Now being a vet pays less, vets are far more likely to get exploited by big corporations... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... 132 0
Books 🩺🦔 @booksdvm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025*by vets I mostly mean corporate clinics but private practices have less resources to work with so prices are competitive across clinics 000 0
Books 🩺🦔 @booksdvm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025unfortunately the price increases are driven by manufacturers (ie pharmaceutical companies/ other medical supplies) raising their prices, which forces vets to raise their prices to support overhead fees… but the actual vet staff don’t get raises- including techs/ VAs, who often get minimum wage 130 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 13/05/2025"While not all animals appear to have musical skills like beat perception or relative pitch, it has become increasingly likely that musicality has a biological basis and a long evolutionary history."thereader.mitpress.mit.eduAre Humans the Only Musical Species?Even those of us who can’t play a musical instrument or lack a sense of rhythm can perceive and enjoy music. But are we alone? 2197 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025For the life of me I can’t understand how he got that worm in his brai… 1720436 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025my 14yo made a power point of what she wants her future to look like and this is my favorite slide 85121911256 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔The Onion @theonion.com · 08/05/2025Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’ 443419136604 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 09/05/2025No, they don’t contain “endocrine disruptors” Second: I already wrote about the nonsense re number of vaccinations. Read it here: news.immunologic.org/p/more-vacci... Third: hep B is not just transmitted sexually. You can learn about that in the linked article you obviously didn’t read.news.immunologic.orgMore vaccines exist today than 40 years ago. That's a good thing.Every new vaccine means fewer deadly diseases and more lives saved—that's the ultimate goal of scientific progress. 610726 0
Books 🩺🦔 @booksdvm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025we had a dental today and the poor dogs mouth could have been in a textbook it had every single dental pathology (pup did very well and went home with an awesome owner) 010 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔C. ♡ @charnotshar.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Janelle Monáe and Issa Rae at the 2025 #MetGala together. #FashionSky 5584115 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Aaliyah🦋 @liyahmwemezi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Khaby Lame #MetGala2025 12813249 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔C. ♡ @charnotshar.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Doechii attends the 2025 #MetGala #fashionsky 11923405 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Star Wars taught me more of a moral code than any Bible verse. The power of Hope, the importance of Friendship and Loyalty, embracing Diversity and Acceptance, the perils of Hubris and Arrogance—and the balance between Light and Dark… Stay on target, my friends… and May the 4th be with you. Always. 22694461525 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/05/2025It took us 100+ days but we FINALLY found some common ground with Drumpf. We like naps too. Night all! 1460376 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔mankrik's wife guy @byelacey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you 60150975115 0
Books 🩺🦔 @booksdvm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025damn the lifespan of an iPhone really is 5-6 years huh #plannedobsolescence 000 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Fabulize Magazine @fabulizemag.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Loved #Sinners? Here are 18 Black Books Like The Movie Sinners. #booksky #bookrecs #blackbooksky #bvm fabulizemag.com/18-black-boo...fabulizemag.com18 Black Books Like SinnersIf you are looking for more Black books Like Sinners, we got you, fam. 39041 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Since it's the end of an era (RIP...for now) here is a super thread of all my major George Santos stories. 1. The time he allegedly stole money from a GoFundMe he made for a disabled veteran's dog that then died: patch.com/new-york/oys...patch.comDisabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Dog's GoFundMeTwo New Jersey veterans say George Santos promised to raise funds for a lifesaving surgery for a service dog — then disappeared. 417047 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 24/04/2025BREAKING NEWS: Our Umani herd just got a little bit bigger! At 9am this morning — after a pregnancy that kept us all waiting — Zongoloni’s baby was finally ready to make his debut. Zongoloni gave birth amidst her human-elephant family, safely delivering a beautiful little boy. 2341074 0
Books 🩺🦔 @booksdvm.bsky.social · 24/04/2025the adhd is adhd-ing... apparently im not allowed to study while im waiting for my package to be delivered (i have an exam worth 54% of my grade tomorrow) 000 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/04/2025Sorry to post this just before lunch… 🥪😵💫 🚨 ICYMI: The FDA has suspended its milk quality-control testing program b/c of staffing cuts. Honestly, it feels silly to even explain why that's bad, but let’s break it down anyway! Time for a quick history lesson: 🧑💻🧵theguardian.comFDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffsEffective Monday, the agency suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished products 12288111 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The US government has dismantled all covid related tracking & reporting despite people dying and becoming disabled every day… Yet they’re establishing a registry to track autism cases and plan to access people’s private medical data. Autism doesn’t kill. It’s not contagious. This is eugenics 311443464 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Dr. Amy, PsyD 🎃 @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 23/04/2025Apparently RFK is trying to walk back his bullshit comments by saying he doesn't mean autistics like *me* are bad and awful and need to be irradicated; no, he just wants to get rid of the "low functioning" autistics and let me just say FUCK THAT I'm not more worthy of existing than autistics who 1/ 3782161882 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025We just published a new study on COVID-19 in Ontario, and it turns out, the way we measured cases may have been way off. Why? Because testing wasn’t equal across age and sex groups. That skews what we think we know. In epi-speak this is called “ascertainment bias”. Here's what we found: 461219445 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Did horses act as intermediate hosts that facilitated the emergence of 1918 pandemic influenza? academic.oup.com/jid/article-...academic.oup.comDid horses act as intermediate hosts that facilitated the emergence of 1918 pandemic influenza?Based on historical research of equine influenza epidemiology and horse movement data, we hypothesize that horses acted as intermediate hosts during the ge 133 0
Reposted by Books 🩺🦔Samantha Burns @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Like no, going vegan doesn’t solve this issue either. There was a Norovirus outbreak in Canada in 2017 that was determined to be caused by frozen raspberries. Foodborne illnesses are not limited to non-vegan food 2337 0