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Brie Lindgren

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Ph.D. in origins of life bioorganic chemistry, assisted by a fluffy research assistant

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13h
Is your brain full of mind vampires?
A comic all in red, depicting a man with a cut out of his brain with a vampire skulking inside of it. 
Big text at the top says "is your brain full of mind vampires? you are not alone."
The vampire says "bleh! bleh! I am 2000 years old. Bleh! your only desire now is to find my amulet."
The man says "Dang, gotta find that amulet."

Further text at the bottom says "there is no cure for mind vampires but there is support and management. Know the warning signs, get help early."
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
愛のおすそ分けカメラロール
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That's ok. Not everyone likes cheese.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/10/2026
A new federal rule weakens the Endangered Species Act by redefining "harm" to wildlife. This change makes it much harder to protect the habitats that endangered species need to survive. Tell Congress to undo this change and protect endangered species here: mbayaq.co/4xSPQUZ
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Stand with the Aquarium for Endangered Species - title
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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many stories. It's a very hard article to read www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... archived: archive.ph/6snOL
theatlantic.com
The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Celebrating Mars New Year, as the Red Planet begins another 687-Earth-day journey around the Sun. Featuring images from the surface and orbit, courtesy of China’s Tianwen-1—the first mission to successfully deploy a lander, rover and orbiter on Mars.
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mr Attidops cinctipes, in a lovely little mossy crevice in magnolia bark. Very small 🤎 #EmotionalSupportSpood
Lumpy brown jumping spider with stripy stubby legs, peering at you from a mossy crevice
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 01/10/2026
This is a cool photo of Venus! Photographed through the rings of Saturn.
A complex, curving pattern of lines that make up Saturn's vast ring system, in various gold and grey hues. The white arc at right is the limb of the planet itself. A tiny point of light is just upper right of centre.
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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On 23 September, the European-Chinese SMILE mission was declared ready for science operations, after launching on 19 May and reaching its target orbit on 20 June. The mission will study how Earth responds to the charged particles carried by the solar wind.
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Astrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
astrobiology.com/2026/09/29/a... #astrobiology #biochemistry #cryobiology #Antarctica
astrobiology.com
Antarctica's Only Two Flowering Plants Reveal Opposing Strategies For Surviving Long-term Warming
seven years of exposure to passive warming chambers
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The world’s smallest pacemaker is smaller than a grain of rice, can dissolve in the body, and is our #PictureOfTheWeek. Image credit: John A. Rogers/Northwestern University
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こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
夏を送るキャンドル
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
worm
simple drawing of a worm or snake like creature with lateral stripes of blue, red, and yellow on a black body, with three pairs of wings - one in each color. it appears to be crying
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HI 123 @Vgen Comms: Open! @hi-i-ii-iii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ポケモン
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Taulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Human targets were marked by the IDF by hacking into cell phone networks. One interviewee estimated 60-70k Gazans had been marked-clearly including many, many people beyond those considered Hamas fighters-and another said it did not distinguish between kids and adults. The interviewees said the targets were hit at night when they were home with their families, who they could hear through their phones before initiating strikes. "How could you bomb when you hear a crying baby inside?" Abraham asked one of them.
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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's genuinely crazy how a pretty blatant act of indiscriminate large-scale terror just kind of got accepted as some combination of a "brilliant intelligence operation" and basically a joke. And how much its defenders see all Lebanese Shia as inherent terrorists.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 24/09/2026
Of all the things that give me pause about ICE's draft ERO ONE statement of work, a section titled "Network, Link, and Relationship Analysis" is the most eyebrow-raising. I spent close to 20 years as an intel analyst. Here's what section 4.6 says and means, paragraph by paragraph.
Cover page of the ERO ONE statement of work. The Department of Homeland Security seal sits in the center, under the heading "U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." Below the seal, three lines read: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," "Office of Enforcement and Removal (ERO)," and "ERO Overwatch and National Security Enforcement (ERO ONE)."
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"My hope is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here." Jim Henson (1936-1990) was born on this date.
Jim Henson and the Muppets.
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Never before has a turtle turtled this hard. Zoom in and appreciate The Foot
A fantastic painted turtle stands on a snag in a stream. Turtle has a smooth black carapace with bright red edges. Its neck and legs are a glorious riot of yellow racing stripes. It has its neck fully extended staring at the sky and the back right leg and foot are completely extended. This is an epic pose by a creature at the peak of its powers.
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Arizona Astrobiology Center @azastrobiology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three year anniversary for the landing of OSIRIS-REx with a sample from Bennu! A fantastical finale to an astonishing mission!
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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At least 124 environmental defenders were killed in 2025. Organized crime, extractive industries and authoritarian governments all contributed to the violence, a new report says. insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
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An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days - Inside Climate News
At least 124 people were killed in 2025 for protecting their homelands, forests, farms and waterways from pollution and other harms, according to a new report.
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Voluntary standards put forward by bodies like GHG Protocol, Science-Based Targets Initiative & International Standards Organization play an important role in helping companies understand their climate impact and make choices that benefit their bottom lines and protect the health of people & planet.
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MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 22/09/2026
quick brush pen sketch of an osprey
An ink sketch of an osprey perched on a branch, its skull to the bottom left
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: The Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, according to his lawyer.
washingtonpost.com
Man shot and detained by ICE is hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says
Wilber Garcés Pérez has been transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney. He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#PPOD: Mars turns purple near its south pole! Morning light, airborne dust, surface frost, and dark volcanic material create the striking colors in this Mars Express view of Thyles Rupes. 🧪 🔭
False-color satellite view of Mars' cratered polar plain, showing multiple round impact craters, bright frost or ice deposits, layered dunes and eroded reddish terrain.
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GrahamTG @grahamtg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Still buzzing from what the previous satellite image taught me about lighting and surfacing. Time to revisit one of my favourite models, the Heliogyro probe, masterfully built and rigged by @nick-stevens.com . These are older renders ; the #Lightwave3d 2026 version is a project for another day.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Families are freaking out because they think the person has been deported and they don’t know where the person might be,” [Greg Chen with the American Immigration Lawyers Association] said. “On the attorney side, this has serious implications for the ability to contact their client."
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Outbursts Of Everett True @everetttrue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
East Oregonian Pendleton Oregon August 03,1921
P1- A COUPLE CAMPING OUT IN THE COUNTRY HAVE JUST RECEIVED A TELEGRAM DELIVERED BY MOTORCYCLE 
MAN: IT SAYS: COME HOME AT ONCE—
IMPORTANT E. TRUE 
P2- THE MAN ARRIVES BACK IN THE CITY AND GOES TO SEE MR. TRUE 
MAN:I GOT YOUR TELEGRAM,MR.TRUE-
WHATS UP?
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MR.TRUE: THAT'S GOOD, NEIGHBOR!
EITHER TAKE YOUR CAT ALONG ON YOUR VACATION! OR MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE IT FED
EVERETT TURNS THE WATER HOSE ON THE MAN SOAKING HIM GOOD.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 20/09/2026
Coming up this week, the Society hosts two events on history and the environment. The first, at 1pm on Thurs 24th, offers 'Historical Context' on 'The Climate Crisis': bit.ly/3V4lgKf With panellists @dagomardegroot.bsky.social, @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and bsky.app/profile/elly... All welcome.
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Historical Context: The Climate Crisis
A panel discussion, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, in which expert historical researchers provide context for current events.
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bookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m all over the map this morning so here’s a map: “A Combined View of the Principal Mountains & Rivers of the World” drawn by J. W. Colton and published by J. H. Colton in 1852. My copy is a scarce, poster-sized stand alone issue. Hand watercolored.
A map with mountains depicted in three dimensions in pastel colors. Rivers are flowing down from the top edge, the longest to shorted left to right.
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maru @koyamori.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dancing in the wind 🍂 #art
Yellow gingko leaves cascade down from the tree branch. 
Creatures ride upon the dancing leaves, surfing the wind.
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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 21/09/2026
Garffeld Pt 14
3 panel comic of Garffeld: panel 1, Garffeld is crouched on a cushion while Jon is saying, "A poor, benighted creature was left at the door. I will tend to it till it is well."; panel 2, Jon holds up a small grey kitten and says, "This is Nergal."; panel 3, Garffeld flops his head down on the cushion, while thinking, "Wake me on judgement day."
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
September 21 is #WorldAlzheimersDay Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases are linked to unnatural aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils.
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Amyloids
Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases are linked to unnatural aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I dislike the gendering of cat ownership not only because it means fewer cats get adopted, but also because it makes it harder to find cat-themed menswear. Below are some I've come across over the years. Brands and descriptions are in the alt text. Also a mug at the end that I like.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Updated 5:18 PM EDT, September 20, 2026 @apnews.com: "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened fire at least five times, said Mike Siegel, who represents Austin’s District 7."
apnews.com
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A local official says a federal immigration agent has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. City Councilmember Mike Siegel says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car ...
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
wow. i can’t believe pictures like this actually exist. our planet and the universe we live in are so beautiful. 📸: don pettit
A long-exposure view from orbit showing the Milky Way stretching vertically across a densely star-filled sky above Earth’s curved horizon. A thin reddish atmospheric glow sits above a bright green band of airglow, while blurred city lights and streaks of light sweep across the dark surface below.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease Researchers detect more than 1,000 overlooked microproteins in human brain tissue, including some that are altered in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Map of brain ‘microproteins’ could offer new clues to Alzheimer’s disease
Nature - Researchers detect more than 1,000 overlooked microproteins in human brain tissue, including some that are altered in Alzheimer’s disease.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't
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Brie Lindgren @elisard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two cats sitting in a hallway. The one in front is in focus and staring at the camera.Two cats sitting in a hallway. The one in front is in focus and doing a happy squint.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A cop in rural Texas pulls over a Latino. He demands papers; doesn’t get any. Arrests the guy, throws him in a local jail cell. Hours later, GardaWorld staff show up to put him on a bus with a dozen others. They drive him to the nearest ICE jail; a bus service for the machine of mass deportation.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, the team revealed how the enzyme recognizes synthetic DNA letters in the same way it recognizes natural ones.
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Breakthrough Helps Expand Genetic Alphabet
Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated that one of biology’s most essential enzymes can accurately read and transcribe an expanded genetic alphabet containing eight DNA letters instead of the four used by all known life.
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Hannah Lock @hannahlock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Autumnal Foxes
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
JUST IN: The 1st Circuit rejects the Trump administration's 3rd-country deportation policy, finding blanket assurances from countries who say they won't torture U.S. deportees is not good enough. And the judges raise this point: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering proposals for at least 12 data centers and data center-related infrastructure projects to be built on federal public lands — far more than previously known.
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 18/09/2026
UCS’s Julian Reyes analyzes the Trump administration’s continued attacks on forestry research, federal land management agencies, and the scientific workforce that supports effective decision-making. A must-read for National Public Lands Month. Read his blog:
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What Teddy Roosevelt Knew and Trump Doesn't Get: Public Lands Need Science  
US Forest Service founders Gifford Pinchot and President Teddy Roosevelt would be rolling in their graves knowing what has become of the world’s largest wildland fire research organization, the very institution they helped build. Teddy Roosevelt helped establish 230 million acres of public lands dur
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