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Shruti Muralidhar

@polybiotique.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist turned science funder, Amateur cellist, intrepid seamstress, fearless baker, downhill cyclist, Founder+Editor @ indscicomm @biaswatchindia.bsky.social (She/Her)

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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 11h
Nice surprise: My podcast about "Victoria Goldiee," the mysterious AI freelancer who duped publications around the world, is up for a Signal Award for best writing in a podcast. Much thanks to the Question Everything team! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 7h
For the first time in my adult life ✅
A sticker saying 'I voted' in front of an Ontario provincial ID card, held together by a thumb
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Would you consider Canada? Assistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology Job Details | University of Toronto share.google/S4njEKcbrYMW...
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Assistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology
Assistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 05/10/2026
Tell your friends in Peel: We've launched Candidate Tracker in Brampton thelocal.to/candidate-tr... and Mississauga. Bookmark it now, we’ll be updating until election day. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
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Candidate Tracker Brampton 2026 | The Local
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Nima Dehghani @neurovium.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you ever thought "what Walden pond & Brains have in common?". The answer is "Neurons!" First it was just an amusement (the tweet is from Feb 2019). But in Feb 2020, something more interesting happened. I came across an amazing series of "Ice Neurons". Read here 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2610.001...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What happens when you put a daycare and a long-term care home under one roof? A little bit of magic for old and young alike, they learned at Perley Health, by Sabrina Bedford ottawacitizen.com/news/childre... via @ottawacitizen.com @alexmunter.bsky.social
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What happens when you put a daycare and a long-term care home under one roof
Retired major Doug Bird, a resident of Perley Health, didn't get many visitors. Now he has 39 little ones waving hello every day.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If anyone here lives in the Toronto-St. Paul's riding, our MP @lesliechurch.bsky.social has now officially endorsed Brad Bradford for Mayor. If you would like to tell her how you feel about that, her email is leslie.church@parl.gc.ca! I, for one, am very excited to do so!
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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kotsy @itsonlykotsy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This art installation in the harbourfront is gone after Sunday! Get done to see it while you can.
A plane flies over top a floating convenience store in the Toronto Harboufront
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I want to stand on top of it and inhale it so deeply 🤩
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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 02/10/2026
#Toronto - Toronto Public Health is offering appointment-only COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children six months to four years old: tphbookings.ca Slots available between 12:30pm - 5:30pm on Thu Oct 8 and 15 at North York Civic Centre (Members Lounge). 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M2N 5V7
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Toronto Public Health Appointment Booking System
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are Still Here Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe 2021
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Re-upping @young.me 's amazing effort as Fall and airborne infection season rolls around. wwater.ca
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Wastewater 🇨🇦
At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels across Canada.
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Sam King @samcking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone has a Hussein
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always love sharing this, even as an ex-academic - if you ever come across a paywall for scientific articles, simply look the first or last author up and email them to ask for a copy of the article. They will almost always appreciate it and provide it completely free of charge. Or use #icanhazpdf
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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thiis is the first time I've seen the MIT Tetris building in action!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I usually do these sorts of things out of curiosity...but honestly, the Star's Vote Compass for the municipal election may actually help me decide where my council vote is going... votecompass.thestar.com
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Vote Compass — Ontario Municipal Elections 2026 — Toronto Star
Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Rebecca Gao @rebeccaga0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've been working with @thelocal.to on their city elections coverage! Live today, the first part of the candidate tracker: meticulously researched, fact-checked information on every candidate running for local office in Toronto. Get informed and then go vote in October! thelocal.to/candidate-tr...
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Candidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The Local
The only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok what is the most death metal biology term? Cytokine storm? Programmed death 1? Executioner caspase? Other?
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 24/09/2026
Porco Rosso mural, Mexico City
Porco in the cockpit of his plane smoking a cigarette and giving a thumbs up
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some random thoughts: Good science doesn't always need disruptors. Often, it needs load-bearing walls. You can't pivot away from a failed multi-year experiment or "iterate" your way out of a mentee's PhD. Science needs stable foundations, not churn. Don't break the people building on top of it.
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's such a fall song! And every time it plays I too am transported to the past 🥲
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coming soon 🍂 open.spotify.com/track/5SvaVa...
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Last Good Day Of The Year
CousteauX · Cousteau · Song · 2000
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Roel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hoe vinden Meta-medewerkers hun eigen Meta-bril? (Samen met @bitsoffreedom.eurosky.social)
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Delicate crocheted/embroidered leaf sculptures by UK artist Susanna Bauer #womensart ##AutumnEquinox 🍃
Two real brown leaves joined by delicate white embroidery,  all against a white background
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 22/09/2026
Interested in learning about editorial fact-checking? The Walrus is currently accepting applications for two Editorial Fellows. These are remote, paid 12-month positions, with a November 2026 start date. Apply today! thewalrus.ca/about/careers
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Careers & Fellowships | The Walrus
Jobs, fellowships, and internships at the Walrus Foundation
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laura @ mica art market @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
been thinking lately a lot about quilts so here's a repost of my sheep who is sewing one :)
illustration of a cute white sheep sewing a colorful, multi-patterned quilt on an old sewing machine that has yellow, green and blue folk art flower patterning
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/09/2026
You, a fall person: Ohmygosh I love fall!! Pumpkins! Cozy sweaters! Hot tea and cider! Pumpkins! Pumpkin Spice Lattes! The changing colors of leaves!!!! Me, a spring and summer person: :: pulls hoddie tight over head :: beware: the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is nigh
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pretty funny
A poster with organic chemistry joke. It reads “struggling in organic chemistry? Does the following meme describe you?” The meme reads “I am triene but I am diene”
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/09/2026
Summer xkcd.com/3299/
4-panel comic. (1) [Person swings from tree over water.] (2) [In the middle of the swing, the tree’s leaves have turned brown.] (3) [When the person lets go, the tree is bare of leaves and everywhere is covered in ice or snow.] (4) [The person landed on the ice looks behind at Person 2 with shoulder-length hair standing on the snow.] PERSON 2: Summer over already, huh? PERSON 1: It seemed extra quick this year.
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Probably one of the best Dohas of Kabir, speaking directly to humanist philosophy open.spotify.com/track/3tapGd...
Kabir Doha - Text in HindiKabir Doha, English translation 
Where do you search me? I am with you
Not in pilgrimage, nor in icons, Neither in solitudes
Not in temples, nor in mosques Neither in Kaba nor in Kailash
I am with you o man, I am with you
Not in prayers, nor in meditation, Neither in fasting
Not in yogic exercises, Neither in renunciation
Neither in the vital force nor in the body, Not even in the ethereal space
Neither in the womb of Nature, Not in the breath of the breath
Seek earnestly and discover, In but a moment of search
Says Kabir, Listen with care, Where your faith is, I am there.
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More academics should take up embroidery. It can be good to have something socially acceptable to stab over and over during certain meetings. 🪡 🧵 🪲 #academicsky
Embroidery hoop with white fabric being stitched with colorful beetles. Two beetles are finished, one is in progress, and one is outlined but not yet started.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 14/09/2026
A nation of nerds. www.canada.ca/en/statistic...
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Statistics Canada thanks Canadians for their exceptional participation in the 2026 Census - Canada.ca
Thanks to outstanding participation across the country, the final response rate for the Canadian census is among the highest ever recorded.
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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is the face of a dog who is thinking, "I'm going to find some discarded fried chicken in the park and there's nothing you can do to stop me."
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adamezracohen.bsky.social @adamezracohen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We wrote a tutorial guide on voltage imaging, now out in Neuron: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nlgh3BtfH... Indicators, microscopes, and software have all advanced to the point that it's not so hard -- you can now directly watch the electrical activity of neurons in live animals or in culture.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season:
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From: Zima Blue (2019), dir. Robert Valley, Passion Animation Studios
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 08/09/2026
Check your inbox: It’s the 400th issue of City Hall Watcher! And it’s FREE! To celebrate, I brought you a fun new game: SimCouncillor. Step into the shoes of your councillor and tell us how you’d vote. Plus: LOBBYIST WATCH, CANDIDATE CHAOS, and more! toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/celebrate-...
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Celebrate 400 issues with a game of SimCouncillor
City Hall Watcher #400: To mark a milestone, I’ve got a new interactive tool to help you find out how well you line up with your councillor. Plus: LOBBYIST WATCH, CANDIDATE CHAOS, and more!
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just realized that boro and kantha — the Japanese and Indian techniques for repairing cloth or creating new material from scraps by connecting them through a series of running stitches — looks a bit like the peeling bark on an aging tree.
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Laughing Squid @laughingsquid.com · 06/09/2026
Blackwing showcased how its iconic pencils are made, from graphite formulation in Kofu and assembly in Tokyo to final tipping in Stockton, California. laughingsquid.com/how-blackwin...
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How Iconic Blackwing Pencils Are Made
Blackwing showcased how its iconic pencils are made, from graphite formulation in Kofu and assembly in Tokyo to final tipping in Stockton, California.
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JL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
That awkward stage of being really hungry and realising you should've started cooking dinner half an hour ago but here we are and OH DAMN THE SAUCEPAN IS SOAKING IN THE SINK.
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look for cardinals and other birds in a similar style, perched on stop signs and other small neighbourhood signs 😄
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 30/08/2026
Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️
Newlyweds posing in the doorway of a Toronto TTC bus (number 8441) with "JUST MARRIED" displayed in the window. The bride wears a white lace dress with bouquet, the groom wears a light blue suit. Urban brick buildings visible in background.
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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bane of those trying to get out of bed with the sun 🌧️
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This time of year, songbirds that are about to migrate experience "Zugunruhe," a German word for a migratory restlessness or longing to go, move, LEAVE. Perhaps you have experienced the same. www.allaboutbirds.org/news/birdwor...
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Birdword: An Illustrated Guide to Some Tongue-Twisting Ornithological Terms
Birdword is a recurring feature in Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. They're sometimes called technical terms, eight-dollar-words, jargon, or just plain gobbledygook. But hidden inside those mul...
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