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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
For those you encounter with a conspiracy mindset re: #COVID...we KNEW this family of viruses could cause a pandemic. 1) SARS/MERS preceded COVID 2) We actually have a list of the viral families with the highest pandemic potential (see attached) Source: @science.org www.science.org/cont...
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I like how part of the word for spider in Chinese Hanzi is basically "insect" on the left and what looks like a dude running for an exit on the right. #spiders
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We're in the phase of newborn where kiddo will happily suck on a finger to calm down. So today when she started fussing my husband turns to me and says: "Give her the finger." I wish I could say I started laughing, but I just nodded and didn't realize what he said until he started laughing.
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
AstraZeneca has undergraduate internships in Frederick, MD - there are a variety of roles for folks studying engineering (mechanical, bio[medical],chemical,industrial,environmental), biology, chemistry, statistics, environmental science careers.astrazeneca.com/job/frederic... #chemsky 🧪⚗️ #chemsummer
careers.astrazeneca.com
Undergraduate Summer Internships in Frederick, MD at AstraZeneca
Learn more about applying for Undergraduate Summer Internships in Frederick, MD at AstraZeneca
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
When people are skeptical of long COVID, you may want to point them to Encephelaitis Lethargica (EL). Still unexplained, but many researchers hypothesize that the Spanish Flu was a causative factor. en.wikipedia.org/wik... #longCOVID #infectiousDisease #virology #neuroscience
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Oh look an actually relevant Guiness World Record. If this was widespread, it could help a lot with enigmatic rare diseases, mysterious ICU visits, and the like. That is, if we don't lose the pre-existing conditions clause first. 🫠 #genomeSequencing #biotechnology #health #rareDisease
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
...And the functional elements were all represented with different colors of highlighted text. With a key at the bottom.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Now that I have a newborn, I can safely say everyone's first love was a nipple.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Nurse: wow, it's hard to find a vein for the IV. You're very dehydrated. Me: ...you gave me specific instructions not to eat or drink several hours before the procedure. Nurse:
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Laughing Manatee Games @laughingmanatee.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
What's the hardest puzzle in Puzzle Depot's story levels? Tough to say, but Electroroach is a toughie that's gotten some attention. 🪳⚡📦 Check out Puzzle Depot on Steam during the launch period and get 10% off! store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/... #puzzledepot #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This. I don't think a world with *no* cars is practical, but we could make them a lot less murderous. #cars #vehicularManslaughter
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Laughing Manatee Games @laughingmanatee.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
If you hadn't heard the news, Puzzle Depot is now OUT on Steam! Solve sokoban-style puzzles with surprising mechanics and object interactions! store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/... 📦🤖 🪳 #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #puzzledepot
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Capturing tiny jumping spider friend strains the limits of my phone's camera. #Salticidae #invertebrates #arachnid #photography
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
That's a lot o' buddies
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This is a true statement.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
When you are the Batman of science journalism:
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jobRxiv @jobrxiv.org · 04/11/2025
Never miss another job! Sign up for a weekly jobs digest email of all the new jobs in academia and industry around the world. jobrxiv.org/job-aler...
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
#chemSky
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This does not, however, rule out unplanned nuclear explosions...?
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Past me: oh, a bit of plant fell off let me just put it in a tiny pot. Current me: How did I get this many plants. #plantSky #succulents #repottingProcrastination
A scattering of many succulents and other plants amdist some new pots in a long-delayed repotting project.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Fun insect-fungal mutualism alert! #insects #invertebrates #fungi #symbiosis #bioSky
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Scientists looking for new roles: follow @jobrxiv.org!! It's an open, international job board for scientists and regularly posts jobs from academia and industry. Way more organized than my ad-hoc job posting. #science #biotech #pharma #research #bioSky #chemSky #PhD #postdoc
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Faculty on receiving tenure:
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Can't believe this is relevant for a second week in a row. #cloud #AWS #outage #maybeAzureThisTime?
A narrative of the AWS outage from October 21, 2025, repurposed for another outage happening now: 

'AWS outage: a journey

7:00 - "Probably my WiFi"
7:30 - "Wait, EVERYTHING is down?"
7:45 - checks AWS status page (also on AWS).
8:00 - "So...day off?"
8:30 - Finance: "We're losing 10k/min."
8:45 - That one guy: "Told you, on-premise forever."
9:30 - "We're going multi-cloud after this."

Narrator: They won't.'
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Remember: ducks must be used in the drama party.
Amazon product image of a duck lamp acting as a phone holder with the caption "Smartphone Holder: Ducks must be used in the drama party"
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The irony of these two juxtaposed headlines... #shutdown #USDA #food
A tale of two Reuters headlines: the top states that no food benefits will be available Nov 1 due to the government shutdown, while the bottom announces record corn harvests for this year.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
@elife.bsky.social has announced Replication studies as a new article type! #science #reproducibility #Academia
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 23/10/2025
⏳️ IT'S NOT TOO LATE to join the #Livestream of The Web We’ve Built, happening today, Internet Archive Day, as designated by the city of San Francisco! 🌐 📅 Tonight, Oct 22 🕖️–🕗️ 7–8 PM PT / 10–11 PM ET 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-web-we... #Wayback1T
Text "happy internet archive day! 22nd October 2025" atop a gradient blue background with the limb of the Earth dominating the lower part of the image.Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Some colleagues in #biosecurity are hiring a #bioinformatics engineer to help work on an early detection system for #pandemics and #biothreats! These folks did some of the earliest work in monitoring COVID in wastewater at the start of the pandemic. #career #hiring
securebio.org
SecureBio Open Position - Bioinformatics Engineer
The Nucleic Acid Observatory seeks bioinformaticians and software engineers to scale, extend, and automate our computational infrastructure.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I feel like this piece is mandatory listening in our current dystopian timeline: tidal.com/browse/track...
tidal.com
Negativland - Before I Ask
Listen to Before I Ask on TIDAL
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 255 tenure-track positions and 27 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
docs.google.com
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
...but still fine to drink ethanol? Am I missing some specific risk about topical applications here? #ChemSky? www.reuters.com/business/hea...
reuters.com
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Derek Newsome @derek.space · 28/09/2025
With Artemis II approaching I know a lot of news outlets are starting to look for in depth photos and knowledge of this mission. I have a significant backlog of photos already available from the Artemis Program and will be on site covering the mission in the lead up to the launch in February.
SLS Core Stage #2 in Front of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Three T-38 Jets fly into Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Starliner CFT MissionThe Artemis I mission lifting off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39BA panorama of Launch Complex 39B showing the Artemis I rocket on the pad along with the large ramp up to the the pad surface used by the Crawler Transporter.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
For those of you in research, just a reminder that @science.org BII prize submission deadline is November 1! #research #academia #industry #biotech #chemSky #bioSky #therapeutics #diagnostics #bioeconomy #food #energy www.science.org/content/page...
science.org
BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation
The BioInnovation Institute & Science Prize for Innovation seeks to recognize bold researchers who are asking fundamental questions at the intersection of the life sciences and entrepreneurship. We se...
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#bioinformatics #genomics #proteomics #AnnotateYourGenomes
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This is also one of the reasons why car insurance premiums have skyrocketed in the last couple of years. Repair and total loss for more expensive cars in accidents -> higher costs -> higher rates. So we're partly subsidizing the insurance of the people buying these bloated boats. #cars
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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Hi bioinformatics, genomics and CS friends! Please help me spread the word. I'm hiring a postdoc! Come work on cutting edge method development in algorithmic genomics with me and my group at @umdscience.bsky.social! 🖥️🧬
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
So there is a wellness brand that is LITERALLY called Unwell and I just have so many questions about who in marketing let this one slip through. Maybe someone turned a new leaf and decided they needed to start being honest?
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Also, other closely related members of Brassicaceae are the sources for mustard and canola oil. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapesee... #plantBiology #plantSky
en.wikipedia.org
Mustard (condiment) - Wikipedia
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This is me and the word entrepreneurship (thanks keyboard autocorrect). "Entrepe.. Entrepran.. STARTUP STUFF"
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Laughing Manatee Games @laughingmanatee.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We've added some cool new assets to the Steam page. This one was fun to make, I actually really enjoy designing these "tiny room" puzzles. I could see doing a whole series of these! 👷📦 🪳🪳 🚪📄 #indiegame #sokobon #puzzlegame #puzzledepot #puzzle
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New game for folks interested in #sokoban #puzzle #retro #indiegames and #insects #invertebrates!
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 217 tenure-track positions and 22 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemjobs ⚗️🧪
docs.google.com
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I can confirm the veracity of this statement.
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Undergrad and grad #chemistry students, Merck now has applications open for 2026 internships and co-ops in their Future Talent Program! Includes discovery, process, chembio, and computational roles. One of the directors compiled a list here: www.linkedin.com/pos... #chemsky
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#internship #co #chemistry #merck #merckchemistry #futuretalentprogram #ftp2026 | Nunzio Sciammetta
Merck is hiring 2026 interns & co‑ops across Chemistry disciplines (organic synthesis, enabling technologies, analytical, computational modeling, chemoinformatics, chemical biology, and more) into the Future Talent Program. Below are links to current openings. Please review the job descriptions carefully and apply to the role that best matches your scientific interests and skills. Quick tips: tailor your resume/cover letter to the specific role, highlight relevant techniques/projects, scientific interests, coursework, and hands‑on practical skills, and apply early. Discovery and Process Chemistry Intern: https://lnkd.in/e32PwK7b Discovery and Process Chemistry Co-op: https://lnkd.in/epy5cDSU Chemical Biology Intern: https://lnkd.in/ejE46Qid Protein & Structural Chemistry: https://lnkd.in/eJfaG9Ti Computational Modeling & Informatics: https://lnkd.in/eWsEx2x2 Discovery Sample Management Analytical Chemistry intern: https://lnkd.in/epqm58ea Discovery Sample Management Automation intern: https://lnkd.in/ePwvueYQ DPTM Operations Intern: https://lnkd.in/eVxqtz-2 Chemical Engineering Research & Development Intern: https://lnkd.in/eAae4i2K Chemical Biotechnologies Intern: https://lnkd.in/eUpyuewv Chemical Biotechnologies Co-Op: https://lnkd.in/e4JgtGC2 Data Rich Experimentation Intern: https://lnkd.in/epwNDnG8 Analytical Research & Development Intern: https://lnkd.in/e3rhrNVM Analytical Research & Development Co-Op: https://lnkd.in/e49Gupg8 #internship #co‑op #chemistry #Merck #MerckChemistry #FutureTalentProgram #FTP2026
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
CLIPPY JUST WANTED TO HELP
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Natalie, PhD @current-hypothesis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Nobel for Tregs!!
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chasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The rhetoric we see daily is dangerous. The world has seen it before. It is what our parents/grandparents/ great-grandparents warned us about. The previous "War Department" made films about it. My only wish is all Americans could watch it and remember. As they warned– "Don't be a sucker" Video:
catalog.archives.gov
The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.
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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4
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