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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

How #cancer cells survive chemo: researchers in #Israel find ‘guardian proteins’ protect tumors. To all the brain-washed antisemites who scream #apartheid whenever an Israeli institution is mentioned, look at the makeup of this lab at @bengurionu. www.timesofisrael.com/how-cells-su...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For #Hanukkah: A menorah bong. The recommended song is Am Israel High.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#DEI? @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Stanford University used AI to alter picture. The White male student on the right was turned into a Black female, and the Asian female student on the left was slimmed and “beautified.” Beside the non-apology, was anyone fired? Too much to ask?

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the 1980s, San Francisco hairdresser Maurice Cohen used static electricity to give his clients shocking ’dos. The technique and style didn’t catch on, but our fascination with static electricity—which, incidentally, is still not fully understood by physicists—is still going strong.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The same Ithaca Mayor and Cornell graduate, who now calls for a moratorium on all student events, presided over a meeting with Ithaca residents and Cornell students calling for the annihilation of Israel. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wrong! @sciam.bsky.social claims that Earth's fungal hyphae in the topsoil (110 quadrillion km or ~12,000 light years) is enough to cover the distance from earth to Proxima Centauri and back. Well, the distance is 4.25 light-years. So the fungal hyphae will suffice for more than 1411 such trips.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The title of this photo by Andrea and Maceo Grammatico is Biting Back.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The great chain of being in reverse.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dwarfed by her dinner, a female polar bear feasts on the carcass of a sperm whale more than 100 times her mass. www.newscientist.com/article/2584...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In the upper right corner of Jan Brueghel the Elder (1611) painting "Air," a bat is shown holding a songbird in its jaws. Scientist would not officially observe this bat behavior for another 400 years. www.sciencenews.org/article/disc... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wonder if this cryptic cartoon by @twisteddoodles in @newscientist.com is an oblique reference to #JasonArdei's job interview by @camedfac.bsky.social.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pareidolia is the tendency of the human mind to look at random objects and see familiar patterns, most notably human faces.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#AI: In just 180 days, we went from limitless rosy possibilities to a 10% chance of human annihilation. Too fast for comfort.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#AI: In just 180 days, we went from limitless rosy possibilities to a 10% chance of human annihilation. Things are moving fast.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court. #SCOTUS

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Two possibilities: (1) God hates christians. (2) there is no God.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today, of all days, Tropical Storm Dolly?!

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#art #caturday A close encounter gone horribly wrong. Piotr Baćko. 2018. Observer II. Acrylic on canvas

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In the UK one can buy dummies at the grocery store. Because of their abundance, they are often sold at a discount. In Australia and the USA, dummies are found in their natural habitat: Students for Palestine.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#art #caturday Marzena Ablewska-Lech. 2024. Black magic #1. Oil on canvas

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#art #trump Mauro Celeste Martinez. 2020. Sensitive content #22. Acrylic on panel

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#art #caturday Mauro Celeste Martinez. 2023. Practice makes purrfect #10. Acrylic on canvas

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social reminds me of the Jews that supported the Nazis in Germany believing that the Nazis were not really anti-Jewish.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#art #catruday #cartoon Otto Soglow. 1936. Sentinel Louie. Ink and graphite on Bristol board

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#art #catruday Jules Gustave Leroy. 1899. Kittens with yarn, ribbons, and scissors. Oil on panel

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cecilia E. Smith. ca. 1830. A fraktur with a reclining cat and a pineapple. Watercolor, ink, and wash on paper #art #caturday

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Stop the grotesque lamentations: No one but Jason Arday is responsible for his death. A life of lies, plagiarism, and undeserved appointments at the expense of deserving academics came to its tragic but completely predictable end. pubpeer.com/publications... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#art #caturday Guy Colwell. 2016. Angry man and kitten. Oil on panel

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Once upon a time USA pretended to be a beacon of good. Not anymore. #art Paul Martin. 1929. American Junior Red Cross. Gouache on board

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Aleksandra Waliszewska. 2013–2014. Resentful cat. Gouache on paper #art #caturday

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#art #caturday L: Mary Fedden. 2001. Black Cat Café. Oil on canvas R: Mary Fedden. 1993. Tabby. Oil on board

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Republicans needed a miracle these midterms. The Democrats provided them with one.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Approximate number of terrorist attacks in the last 25 years by religion of perpetrators.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How the @nytimes.com manages to provide a defense for every antisemitic attack. The Michigan attack on a synagogue is explained by the unconfirmed deaths of unconfirmed relatives in Lebanon.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Following the 1900 hurricane, Galveston never regained its commercial prominence. Houston took its place. Book recommendation: Isaac's Storm: The Drowning of Galveston by Erik Larson

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Imagine a hurricane striking without warning. Fortunately, NOAA—targeted for dismantling by billionaires Trump and Musk—still functions, though at sharply reduced capacity. #Art Julius Stockfleth. 1900–1901. Tremont Street, Galveston during the hurricane of September 8th, 1900. Oil on canvas

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

August 8th is known as International Cat Day. L: Annibale Carracci. Undated. Two Children Teasing a Cat. Oil on canvas M: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem. 1592. The Fall of Man. Oil on canvas R. Detail of M. #art #caturday @metmuseum.org @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#caturday #art Jacques Hnizdovsky. 1970. Sleeping cat. Woodcut on paper

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The hypocrisy in the Abdul El-Sayed family. While El-Sayed argued for Medicare for All, the medical practice of his wife, Sarah Jukaku, is "out of network" with all insurance companies. This means, she only accepts very rich patients who can pay the practice directly. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Weird opening hours of museums in France.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

George Tscherny. 1960. Pencil holder. #art

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The difference between theory and practice. #cartoons

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A prehistoric (October 25, 1999) article from a now-defunct newspaper (Herald Tribune): The sale of eggs from fashion models for artificial insemination (the original #AI). #eugenics en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Har...

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The hierarchy of alternative eastern philosophy.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

What all plankton have in common, whether they are animals or not, and whether they are large or small, is that they are unable to overcome water currents and are passively carried by them. Below: Larva of the Magelona worm, 2 mm in length.

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Dan Graur @dgraur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Do only men have no economic future in Africa? Is the situation for women any better? From perusing recent pictures from #Ceuta, I see no women. This doesn't look like economic migration. It looks like a military invasion. #Spain will be the first country in the continent of #Eurabia.

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