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Alissa Armstrong @armstrongflylab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

My visit to Berkeley last week to give a talk about the lab’s research for the MCB seminar series was AWESOME! Many stimulating conversations about science, mentoring, lab culture and community outreach. The icing on the cake was meeting @ongkaty.bsky.social. I love her pins, stickers, and patches!

Two women, Katy (left) and Alissa (right), posing together. Katy is holding two fruit fly stickers

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I've emerged from my faculty job app cocoon to open up the Etsy shop for a bit. Come grab some #Drosophila swag and support @flybase.bsky.social ! All proceeds are donated, here's the belated donation from December's sales.

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Tomorrow (the 16th) is last day I'll be taking orders in the Etsy shop. All proceeds go to support @flybase.bsky.social . Last chance to fill your stockings with pins, patches and stickers of your fave model organism! www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I've had a bit of a hiatus due to faculty job apps, but the Etsy shop is open again and ready for your holiday orders! All proceeds go to @flybase.bsky.social , and I just sent the August/September revenue donation. So grab some #drosophila stocking stuffers =>

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

@bilderlab.bsky.social Karaoke night. Please clap for my charcuterie board.

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I've donated the May-July revenue from Picostitch Threads to @flybase.bsky.social . Thank you to everyone to patronized the shop! I'll continue donating the proceeds monthly until at least the end of the year, so keep stocking up on those fly pins!

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Impromptu grape tasting at the @bilderlab.bsky.social -- the winner was the Flame red seedless

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to @flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag! www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The view from the bench is a little different right now.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Citrus tasting at the annual @bilderlab.bsky.social Lunar New Year Party 🍊

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Wanhe Li @xseedling.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Dear All, I believe that this thread will become one of my most important contributions to the fly field (I hope I will make other contributions)! Here, I introduce the Soy Milk Machine Fly Food Method, a.k.a., DeepCook!#Drosophila#NewPI

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Fly Eagles Fly -- crush those KC bootlickers

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

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