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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry @abpi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The UK attracted more pharmaceutical FDI in the first half of 2026 (£167.2m) than in all of 2025 (£88.8m). A change in direction. Not yet a change in position. www.abpi.org.uk/publications...
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Royal College of Pharmacy @rc-pharm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In October we're hosting a Black History Month event dedicated to celebrating the people, cultures and collective experiences that have shaped and continue to strengthen the pharmacy profession. Book your place: events.rcpharm.org/ereg/newreg.php?…
Royal College of Pharmacy
Black History Month Celebrations 2026 - Honouring Our Communities
Thursday 8 October 2026, 5pm - 8pm
66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1AW or Online
In collaboration with APTUK, FPLN, PToC, UKBPA, GHP, BPSA and Pharmacy Business
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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hilarious
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social
Photo of a box filled with multiple copies of the book. The cover is ochre, and has different images of Bacon, from manuscripts and printed books.
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 24/09/2026
Zooming out on cancer: how it rewires our biology, from tissues to organs and whole-body systems. Researchers Caroline Hill, Ilaria Malanchi and @adrover.bsky.social are helping to unravel this vast complexity, opening up new opportunities to tackle the disease. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-08...
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Cancer: the bigger picture
Bold ideas and cross-disciplinary science are revealing how cancer rewires cells, tissues and whole-body systems.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t believe no one has ever thought of the idea of selling us hot food. I, for one, am both excited and, if I’m honest, a little apprehensive about the idea of warm food. www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’
US sandwich maker Jersey Mike’s is launching an ambitious expansion plan in the UK, with its billionaire founder betting that “the cold and the rain” in Britain will push consumers to embrace the brand’s hot subs.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My quote of the day I've always been a practical person, not one to waste time pursuing unrealistic goals or dreams. But today's dreams can soon become tomorrow's reality in biomedical research. Christopher Reeve
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow I’ve never seen this photo before. The two figures from American Gothic (who turn out to be the family dentist and the artist’s sister!) www.ft.com/content/6015...
The artist's sister Nan Wood Graham and dentist Dr Byron Henry pose with the painting in 1942 © Image courtesy of the Figge Art Museum, City of Davenport Art Collection, Grant Wood Archive, Friends of Art Acquisition Fund, SB-4
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OMG. Even the elephants are self-medicating now. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Elephants treat themselves with medicinal plants, witnesses say
African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026
Overton is Trump's nominee to be the next head of the FDA. She just said Trump's mandate for her, if confirmed, is to "go fast." As a reminder, the FDA is currently conducting a "review" of the abortion drug mifepristone. Overton has called abortion pills "dangerous."
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FDA Pick Called Abortion Pills ‘Dangerous,’ Texas Abortion Funds Head Back to Court: August 24 News Roundup
Plus, a former federal prosecutor said she was fired for pursuing cases against people who blockaded abortion clinics.
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great job going here www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
linkedin.com
New Scientist hiring Deputy News Editor in London Area, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 11:04:52 AM. Location: New Scientist Headquarters, HSK, London, W8 5HYContract Type: Full Time/Permanent/Hybrid…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 24/09/2026
Oh, this is glorious! Upping to the science feed. 🧪
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/
Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses. 

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
APStylebook @APStylebook
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A minute with … Graham Farmelo, Stephen Hawking’s official biographer rogerhighfield.substack.com/p/a-minute-w...
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Richard Brown @richardbrown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TLDR www.ft.com/content/b30e...
ft.com
Are we developing a distaste for effort?
Across OECD countries, the number of students who say they give up easily is increasing
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is science journalism dying? Comparing a “science crash” 40 years ago to today www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/is-s...
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Is science journalism dying? Comparing a “science crash” 40 years ago to today
"That three of the oldest and best-known publications — Scientific American, Popular Science, and National Geographic — have all faced cutbacks in recent years surely points to something deeper afoot....
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People are using AI to impersonate real science journalists. And one even got PUBLISHED. In Science. www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...
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Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email…...
Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email chai...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
DOGE’s efforts "have backfired, creating bottlenecks and confusion... hundreds of new hires are waiting on administrative processing before they can begin work." Yet "longtime career staff have continued to flee... a net loss of more than 700 staff in the first half of 2026, despite the hiring push"
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The FDA’s rebuilding effort is running into a new challenge
The FDA's plan to hire thousands of new workers is being slowed by an overwhelmed HR center.
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looking beyond short-term turmoil, Syngene has revamped its leadership and is building capacity as it eyes growth and emerging modalities www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/analyst-comm... #pharma #CDMO #manufacturing
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Looking beyond short-term turmoil, Syngene is investing for the future - Pharmaceutical Technology
CRDMO Syngene has revamped its leadership and is building capacity as it eyes growth and emerging modalities.
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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're a journalist, or aspiring journalist, interested in learning more about reporting on the UN and climate change the Science Journalists Association of Australia is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now a 4th person has tragically died of measles in Pennsylvania this time an 18y old who developed encephalomyelitis, a rare a but severe complication of measles. 🧵🧪
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Fourth measles-associated death reported in Pennsylvania
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington.
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This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine yourself as a 17th century English peasant, merchant, or noble dealing with some ailment. Where do you turn to for help? Listen to this week's book club episode with Dr. Alanna Skuse and her book, The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack: How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England to find out!
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is hopeful, but there is still skepticism. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Ebola outbreak in DRC has peaked, say authorities, as infection rates slow
Almost 3,500 people have died in outbreak and experts say more must be done to ensure Bundibugyo is under control
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Politico @politico.com · 15/09/2026
Trump’s drug-price deals face scrutiny at nomination hearing for RFK Jr.’s No. 2
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Trump’s drug-price deals face scrutiny at nomination hearing for RFK Jr.’s No. 2
The president lauds Chris Klomp for strong-arming pharma. Democrats point to secret deals.
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lenacapavir: Gilead is urged to change price after NHS rejects HIV drug owing to cost buff.ly/FKNYHne
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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reading the 1911 murder mystery "The Bacteriological Detective" (thx @archive.org !) feat. the science-driven Golden Age detective Professor Craig Kennedy and if I'd had to write a typhoid-as-murder-weapon story, I'd have come up with basically the same big reveal* (*not spoiled in excerpt below).🕵️🦠
Screenshot of pages 70-71 of the story collection The Silent Bullet, from the beginning of the story in question, found here https://archive.org/details/silentbulletadve00reev/page/70/mode/2up
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Inspired by recent website shenanigans from USG - and prompted by one of my talented graduate students - I present to you a new subdomain of our website... Play along: arcade.andersen-lab.com
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'A new study from the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Sense about Science finds that public trust in scientists is shaped less by judgements around expertise, and more by whether people feel scientists are “on the side of people like them.”'
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Data: Public trust in scientists
King’s Policy Institute survey finds polarisation by values, identity and politics
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"As National Statistician, Andre will lead the wider UK statistical system, providing advice to the government on statistical matters." What else would you have a national statistician do?
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André Loranger appointed as new United Kingdom National Statistician
André Loranger has been appointed as the National Statistician for the United Kingdom
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New NIAID Strategic plan Launched quietly I guess. Apologies if I missed the press release. No more discussion of emerging infectious diseases/pandemic preparedness. That's not good amid the many ongoing outbreaks/epidemics and the ones to come. NIH Jay Bhattacharya RFK bit.ly/4qYzkRa
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 08/09/2026
Update: The academic flight from Twitter is now complete and appears permanent. April 2023, after the pandemic research surge, we recorded 2,234,307 posts sharing research on Twitter. As of April this year, "X" had 896,741 posts about research. That's a 60% drop in traffic.
Graph showing cumulative research sharing across platforms, including Twitter - April 2023Graph of April 2026 cumulative research sharing including "X". One third of what it was.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thirty-four days before she reported to prison, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes gave Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim access to document her every move. That turned into a three-year project, and A24 will release the resulting documentary this October.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A new analysis found that refusals of the vitamin K shot rose by more than 50% in the first half of 2026 in the US. This intervention has protected babies for decades. This is what happens when misinformation spreads unchecked leading to the rejection of science. www.reuters.com/world/us-ref...
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EXCLUSIVE: US refusals of crucial newborn vitamin spike, raising risk of dangerous bleeding
The percentage of parents and caregivers in the United States refusing a standard vitamin K shot for infants at birth has accelerated sharply this year, an ​exclusive data analysis for Reuters found, ...
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 01/09/2026
The CDC still isn't counting two deaths from measles in PA, reportedly by order of the new director, Erica Schwartz. I reached out to her spox for comment last week, but haven't heard anything, and afaik she's made no public comments about measles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
India has an ambitious plan to lure scientists back — will it work?
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India has an ambitious plan to lure scientists back — will it work?
Initiatives to attract Indian researchers who are working abroad do not offer long-term income security, some scientists say.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/08/2026
Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
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Congo begins vaccinations to fight the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history
Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
MFN sparks defiance from Europe’s larger nations, uncertainty among smaller ones www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/mfn... #pharma
pharmaceutical-technology.com
MFN sparks defiance from Europe’s larger nations, uncertainty among smaller ones - Pharmaceutical Technology
Europe contemplates unified drug prices to counter US pressure to spend more. Experts are guarded in their expectations.
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Modular manufacturing is set to step up a gear, with Bristol Myers Squibb's forthcoming Texas campus the latest sign that flexibility, at scale, is increasingly the watchword in pharma production www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/analyst-comm... #pharma #manufacturing
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BMS Texas investment advances pharma’s modular manufacturing agenda - Pharmaceutical Technology
BMS is investing $2.3bn in a new campus in Houston, Texas, which will have flexibility firmly embedded in its construction.
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Revolution Medicines’ breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug breezes through US review process with swift FDA approval www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/revmeds... #pharma
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RevMed’s pancreatic cancer drug breezes through with swift approval - Pharmaceutical Technology
Revolution Medicines’ breakthrough drug for pancreatic cancer was approved more than six months ahead of schedule.
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pharmaphorum @pharmaphorum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#MedTech company #BostonScientific became the target of a #cyberattack this week, which disrupted some of its #ITsystems, causing operational disruptions globally. pharmaphorum.com/news/cyberat...
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Cyberattack on Boston Scientific causes global ops disruption
Medical technology company Boston Scientific became the target of a cyberattack this week.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 24/08/2026
We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.
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Dominic Tyer @dominic-tyer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Analysts praise intismeran’s landmark Phase III win, look to further data www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/analyst... #pharma
pharmaceutical-technology.com
Analysts praise intismeran's landmark Phase III win, look to further data - Pharmaceutical Technology
Analysts now turn to intismeran’s upcoming Phase II RCC readout, which they say could signal the drug’s wider potential across solid tumours.
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well this is sort of magical www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Japan enlists 1,800 people to drag a 360-tonne castle keep using ropes and rollers
After repairs to Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture, officials employed a technique known as hikiya to move the structure more than two metres
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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Unapproved obesity drug spawns a black market frenzy www.axios.com/2026/08/24/u...
axios.com
Unapproved obesity drug spawns a black market frenzy
Demand for GLP-1s and other peptides is outpacing the regulatory system.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Marine biology fact: a seal with a satellite transmitter hat on its head is the funniest thing in the world.
Photo from a recent paper in marine biology progress series.
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