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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A meta-analysis of research papers confirming why I don't have the apps for Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok on my phone, and need to further limit my YouTube consumption. (H/t @sophienadeau.bsky.social)

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Emus hold summit at our newly re-constructed reflecting pool.

Three emus enjoying a bath in a wet mud pool in a yard

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

CAT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, I NEED YOUR HELP, esp if you're in the C'ville/DC region! A friend of a friend and her husband have to move home to her parents' house due to an unexpected job loss, and the parents won't allow her 3 young kittens. She needs a foster for about 6 months while they regroup.

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ace @hobogato.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Rainy day upper pitchers: N. veitchii x platychila, N. (ventricosa x sibuyanensis) x flava EP, N. ventricosa x dubia, N. platychila AW

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ace @hobogato.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Rainy day toothy hybrids: N. truncata X macrophylla EP, N. truncata (D) “Red Flush” x edwardsiana “giant” CalCarn TC, N. (LVB x VMV) x edwardsiana EP, N. villosa X veitchii BE 4045

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ace @hobogato.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Misty morning pitchers: N. veitchii (m) bario (giant x squat) EP, N. veitchii (Akazukin x Bareo striped), N. veitchii x edwardsiana AW clone 1, N. veitchii bario BE-3734

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 05/05/2026

Coooool! Take a look inside Vera Rubin Observatory with Dr Stuart Ryder from our University (Macquarie Uni.) and AAL. 🔭

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I've found some nice echinoderms at the MAPS show this week. This is a large Acrocrinus with a Platyceratid snail attached to the tegmen. It's from the Mississippian Bangor Lm. of Alabama. #FossilFriday

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Welcome back to #fossilfriday Here is a gorgeous Paraspirifer bownockeri brachiopod from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Silica Shale Formation from Lucas County, Ohio. You can usually find these completely replaced with Pyrite. They are beautiful!

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

People, people, I ran into an amazing theater arts monster parade! I almost forgot it was happening! #2026MMM #Charlottesville #UVA

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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Ya know this guy? They make coffee And whatever profits they make go towards EMS/firefighters who have been hurt on the job and need support. Why give my money to Starbucks when the Fire Dept. Coffee is cheaper and also goes to a good cause? www.firedeptcoffee.com/collections/...

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ace @hobogato.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Saturday morning pitcher pics: N. veitchii(k) x mslrv, N. villosa x veitchii BE 4016, N. villosa X veitchii BE 4045, N. [(lowii x veitchii) x boschiana)] "Red Ruffled" x Redonkulas CAR-0430 - newly opened

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 09/04/2026

Stunning footage! Also, if you can - grab some noise cancelling, low-freq. boosting headphones and listen to that sound. It's incredible. Something about the roar of the SRBs. I saw Atlantis launch and best way I can describe it is: It's like an ongoing thunder clap, sitting right on your chest.

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It’s best day ever as Ben the polish rooster announces bird flu restrictions are lifted. Rush hour is back from today @carolineartist.bsky.social

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David Clark @clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

So I guess I'm 50. For my birthday, I would love to see at least 50 people share their favorite fossil. It can be something you found, saw in a museum or just your favorite from a book/paper. This is one of my favorites. Gennaeocrinus mourantae from the Devonian Arkona formation of Ontario.

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Greetings and good morning the rush hour is back

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Gerald @gschroep.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Simple truths.

A picture of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, and the text reads: CANON IS ONLY IMPORTANT TO CERTAIN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CLING TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINUTIAE, OPEN YOUR MIND! BE A 'STAR TREK' FAN AND OPEN YOUR MIND AND SAY, 'WHERE DOES STAR TREK WANT TO TAKE ME NOW'"
- LEONARD NIMOY, REUTERS
MAY 5, 2009

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The molecule that gives caraway seeds their flavor is the mirror image of the molecule that gives spearmint its flavor.

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Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

We sequenced the genome of 'desert ginseng' (Cistanche deserticola) - a leafless parasitic plant that gave up photosynthesis - and found it lost huge chunks of its own genome…but started stealing genes from its host! Thanks to my collaborators Prof Huang + her talented team👏🏻 lnkd.in/evF5iU9G

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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Someone just blew my mind pointing out that the Discovery is hiding in plain sight in the Starfleet Academy finale.

Cadets on the USS Athena as the USS Discovery flies past in the background.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 23/02/2026

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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 🧪

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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.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Fascinating and deeply satisfying resolution to why adenovirus-based vaccines produced blood clots in 1 out of 200,000 people. Two factors interacted: a mutation in an antibody gene + weak similarities between a viral protein & a human blood-clotting protein = induced clotting cascade.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 09/02/2026

👀👀👀 Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh This could be extremely exciting! 🔭

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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#FossilFriday falls with the creeping inevitability of a global glaciation. These Proterozoic stromatolites from Minnesota's Iron Ranges stand as a reminder that, no matter how small we are alone, together we can change the world, making complex relationships possible like a breath of fresh air. 🧪⚒️

Digitate stromatolites in red chert. Label:
"Algal structures
Animkien - Precambrian
Mesabi Range, Minnesota"

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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

If you take a breath today remember to be grateful to the bottom of your lungs to these guys that made it all possible. Ice-polished ~1.5 billion yo Proterozoic fossil cyanobacterial stromatolite pavement, at Grinnell Glacier, Glacier NP, MT. Oldest fossils I have ever seen!

A mountain-top pavement comprised of glacier-polished brownish cross sections of cabbage-like concentric fossilized blue-green algae.

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I can't get over these new JWST pics. Zoom in; the closest analogy I can think of is that they're like balsamic vinegar droplets in olive oil. But there are so many! I don't know enough to understand the forces creating these structures.

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

MUST READ thread before Monday night's forecasted G4 / SEVERE geomagnetic storm. Auroras could be seen as far south as the U.S.-Mexico border at times. Widespread mid-latitude displays are possible. Here's what you need to know to have a successful aurora chase tonight! 🧵 #heliophysics #aurora

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/01/2026

Angry Sun = pretty skies! If you're in a position to do so, it's worth looking for some aurorae with this one!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. - John Muir

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ace @hobogato.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Friday photos: N. robcantleyi x lowii, N. merrilliana BE-3727, N. x 'song of melancholy' Leilani (B), N. truncata (D) “Red Flush” x edwardsiana “giant” CalCarn TC

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

You probably need this message from Italy. Picture very loud, happy purring. Also, promise yourself you'll go take a long walk without your phone today, no matter how cold it is.

A handsome black and white cat with brilliant green eyes looks up happily while purring from the lap of his human with a knitted orange shawl behind his head.

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Unclench your jaw. Relax your brow. Go get a drink of water. See if you've taken your meds Eat something. Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing. Because you do. You're a wonderful person. And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

January 7th is National Old Rock Day! Well here is an old rock! These white circles are cross sections of Archaeocyathids. These were a type of sponge that built reefs during the Early Cambrian. This comes from the the Forteau Formation in southern Labrador, Canada. Over 516 million years old!

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Midnight Nass @midnightnass.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I Photoshop Neel into things… Day 145 #StarWars

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Aloha kakou! One of the most enjoyable things which I did in 2025, was to read all these books with book clubs on Substack! Some were slow reads spread out and discussed over the entire year and some took only a month or more. Each was led by literary experts or enthusiasts. I recommend Substack!

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away. They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity. 🎄💫🔭

A nebula
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A. Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA); Infrared: NASA/NSF/IPAC/CalTech/Univ. of Massachusetts; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & J.Major

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Stephen Uitti he/him/it/they/hey-you @suitti.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The waiter recommended the haddock to Han Solo, who replied, "Never sell me the cods!"

Han Solo showed up on Vader's death star hours after Alderaan was destroyed. On his ship he carried: Vader's son, Vader's daughter, Vader's astromech, the protocol droid Vader built as a kid, the wookie who saved Ahsoka's life, and literal Obi-Wan Kenobi back from the dead.

Vader must have been very "who in the Mustafar was that fucker in the vest?!"

Then something like a day later he sneaks up on Vader (one of the greatest pilots the galaxy has seen) in what is essentially a heavily modified 18-wheeler and shoots him in the ass.

(Han and Leia in the Millenium Falcon)
Han: You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A real treat to watch a male Lyrebird perform at the Healesville Sanctuary yesterday. Truly magnificent.

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💥Alex.W💪🏾💥 @jokeb0i.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

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BOO-ny gesserit @bennygesserit.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

cook a packet of ramen noodles, toss out the flavor packet, drain the noodles, mix in some peanut butter, some rice vinegar, some sesame oil, some soy sauce, some chili-garlic, some honey or maple syrup, I AM TELLING YOU

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Kate Louise Powell @katelouisepowell.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

god this was good. mustardy creamy mash, Richmond meat-free sausages, garlicky tomatoey greens and a chestnut mushroom brandy peppercorn sauce 🥔💛🍄‍🟫🍽️

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I want one of these so badly and I have no $ again this holiday season. (#Adjunctlife: 3 steps forward, 5 steps back.)

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

SIRENS!! Sound up!! I never understood.

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Dr Darren Abbey @thebiologistisn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

At 2.5 months post-harvest, only the purple/black fruit remains from that initial harvest. The high concentration of anthocyanin pigments is supposed to help discourage some spoilage molds, so this fruit remaining is good to see. I have plenty from a later harvest yet to be examined in detail.

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