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wyotitania

@wyotitania.bsky.social
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Minister of mayhem. PhD in chemical engineering - not practicing, but still a researcher in head and in heart. Book nerd, (extremely) amateur photographer, and all around geek.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 10h
If you got the RSV vaccine in an earlier pregnancy, you don’t need to get it again during the next pregnancy. BUT your baby SHOULD be immunized with one of the very effective lab-grown antibodies at birth or before RSV season starts, says Fiona Havers, a former CDC vaccine researcher.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 10h
Yes! Not enough people know about (or trust) Novavax (Nuvaxovid) for Covid. It’s a great option. I know that I will feel gross for a couple of days after mRNA vaxes, so I go for Novavax when I can.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 11h
Should you get an mRNA flu shot or traditional flu shot? Jesse Goodman, MD, says data show the mRNA vaccine appears more effective at preventing severe disease in people 50-65. Like other mRNA vaccines, it’s a little more likely to give you a sore arm and a couple days of unpleasant symptoms.
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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 11h
Does the U.S. have a group like this? If not, why not? The *Brits* fighting harder for equality than we are? Does this not ruffle any patriotic feathers in the U.S., whose founders made a lot of noise about equality, at least for white men? We don't even have *that.*
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only 4 vaccinated. 😩 Simply stunning.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am the most careful person I know (masking, vaxxing, etc - for reasons, including not enjoying being sick) while still living a full life, but I’ve been a wee bit lax lately (only a wee bit), and now I have a cold. It’s mild, but it still sucks SO much. Sigh. 🤧
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes! It can give us a lot of information about the impact of changes in school policy and procedure. When paired with climate survey data (and accounting for confounding variables like media attention), it can also tell us a lot about student trust in the institution.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Worth a read. This does not absolve universities with high rape rates, but instead points out that there isn’t a level playing field when it comes to reporting. And the absolute NEED for a culture change around sexual assault. We’ve got a loooong way to go.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sharing for anyone that might need this - Hilarity for Charity is a non-profit with a mission to help care for the *caregivers* of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia (including Lewy Body). wearehfc.org
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Bringing Light to Alzheimer's: Understanding and Support
Discover the power of bringing light to Alzheimer's. Learn about innovative approaches that can make a difference in the lives of those affected.
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Aaron @the-aero-engineer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Anna and Kristoff: I'm Gonna Tell 'Em
Alt: Anna and Kristoff: I'm Gonna Tell 'Em
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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😁😂
A picture of an orange cat looking through a glass door at a mountain lion

The caption reads
This mirror makes me look ripped
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The guy charged with modernizing US warfare is busy fighting for the “right” to make non-consensual nude images 🤬🤬🤬
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another favorite third space - a bustling trail system in a national forest where you can randomly see a friend out walking one minute and have complete solitude the next. #BlueSkyArtShow #ThirdPlace
Wildflowers and sagebrush in a rocky meadow with mountains in the distance
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Jeff Shaumeyer 🌈 @jnshaumeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since I was 8, my #3rdPlace has been libraries. Here are some. This is the "lobby" of the Salt Lake City Library; the floors at left are where the books and other library offerings are found. 25 Feb 2015 #BlueskyArtShow
This is a large public building, a 5-story high, glass-covered atrium that has a lattice work of concrete on the right (with offices and shops within), and 5 levels of floors seen at left, each level connected with a flamboyant curving staircase (and elevators in the front at left).
It is a sunny day, with light from above casting shadows on the floor below. A few people can be seen waking in the space, giving a sense of scale.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I walk into a bookstore and instantly relax. Love this quirky bookstore in Fort Collins, CO. Reminds me of favorite quirky third spaces from my college days. #BlueSkyArtShow #ThirdPlace
A bookstore with quirky decorations and a book arch.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our bustling neighborhood trail is a natural third space. Right now, walk this stretch at your own peril as there are some skunks living around there! #BlueSkyArtShow #ThirdPlace
black and white photo of a trail through tall grass next to a fence with mountains in the distance
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vaccines important to PREVENT autism and intellectual disability
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!
A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Major League Baseball's commissioner sent a letter to officials in Jackson on Thursday saying they have dropped the idea of staging a game in Grand Teton National Park. "It's become clear the community does not want us to continue evaluating [the area]," it reads." LOL. Ya think?
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MLB Drops Plan For Baseball In Grand Teton National Park After Public Backlash
Major League Baseball's commissioner sent a letter to officials in Jackson on Thursday saying they have dropped the idea of staging a game in Grand Teton…
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean yeah, a decade of no one holding Trump accountable for his much more obvious crimes, combined with both Nazi and Confederate rehabilitation projects on the right, was always going to lead to “actually we’ve never done ANYTHING wrong and you guys owe us apologies for every check on our power”
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Naturae Lapides is right. After 10 years, #QuartzDeservesToWin MinCup26 #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everyday a new low. Everyday a new horror.
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MontanaRoots @montanaroots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Autumn vibes along the Beartooth highway today… Just another couple weeks and she’ll be shut down for the season 🏔️ #photography 
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I needed this drive today. I was grumpy on the way to help my grey haired adoptee in the boonies, but then the views hit (and her gratitude), and all is ok. Also, the aspens are a little lackluster this year here, but oh, the cottonwoods! 😍
The sun shines through yellow cottonwood trees at the edge of sagebrush flats and mountains. Yellow cottonwoods in front of the Tetons
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m seeing a new allergist-immunologist and today he brought up this study about how much Astepro nasal spray, which I use daily, appears to decrease the likelihood of COVID, flu, RSV, etc. I have barely gotten a cold since I started using it but had no idea why. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Surge pricing really makes my blood boil. I'm so tired of overt greed.
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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 28/09/2026
One might argue that this bee is wearing this entire flower as a hat. 🤠 #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Photgraphy #Flowers #Bees #Hats
A large bee, covered with pollen, is sitting on a pink and green plant.  Its head is completely under a petal with antennae flat and sticking out in both directions from under the flower's petal and stamen.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A #Geriatrician functioning without a #socialworker is like the human body functioning without a brainstem. And functioning without #art and #music for patients makes us lose our frontal lobe too
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cuprite is all right, but can it MOVE mountains? Vote #Halite the mineral that does! (And I’ll die on this hill… maybe 😆🤞🏼) #TeamHalite #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
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👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Halite crystals in meteorites can contain water inclusions from the protosolar nebula. Which you could lick. I’m just saying! #MinCup26
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026
ALERT ALERT
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'An economy in which attention flows to institutional brand rather than to individual results is a rent economy, and rent economies have a well-documented set of properties: entry is closed, returns concentrate at the top, and the productive work is done by people who do not own the asset.'
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The Weimar of knowledge – la bottega
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Same old same old 🤬
A cute camel smoking a cigarette punches through a Camel cigarettes pack in an old ad
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Response from a Trumper acquaintance that lives in this region (though no longer in Teton County) - this is between the MLB and the NPS and has nothing to do with Trump. That kool aid is spiked with some good stuff.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unbelievable. NO ONE wants this. It would be a travesty.
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Aaron @the-aero-engineer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My office is a block from the Amazon warehouse this article is about. I can’t way between buildings without seeing multiple drones. And unlike the Wing/Walmart drones I occasionally see near my house, Amazon’s are much louder
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𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼. 🌎 @davidpmolina.com · 26/09/2026
Street lamps, vehicles and the Chicago skyline #lights appear on bright display in a view from South Canal Street. It's a warm autumn night. September 2026. #BlueskyArtShow #ChicagoNocturnal #photography #nightshot #cityscape #Chicago
The cars' lights are blurred due to their speed and appear in different hues of white, light blue, yellow and red. Three street lamps are nearby, and their lights are shown in a star pattern. The lights of the distant skyline, with the Willis Tower at the center, appear in a warmer tone against a dark sky.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
50% gone at chronic disease centers, 30% overall. And even infectious disease centers, mostly unaffected by the layoffs, have hemorrhaged people over the past year+
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Ann Thompson @annthompsonart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"You have to have dark in order to show light. Just like in life." ~Bob Ross~ I enjoy trying to capture #lights on water. This #painting, In The Moment, will be on view during October at Meredith College for the Raleigh Fine Arts Society NC Artists Juried Exhibition. #BlueSkyArtShow #NCartist
An expressively painted abstract painting suggesting reflected lights and shadows on a rippling water surface using a palette of greens and blues, white and black.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A stunning Chihuly chandelier seen at an exhibit on Catalina Island in California. #BlueSkyArtShow #lights
A lime green Chihuly glass chandelier hangs against a black background
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lanterns made by local elementary kids on display at a local lantern festival. Kinda magical. #BlueSkyArtShow #lights
Orange Spherical lanterns made with tissue paper hanging in a row
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let’s skip to the good part #BlueSkyArtShow #lights
Blue lights shine out at a crowd at a concert
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yup. And the confusion has only grown with RFK, jr.
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For real, that's what I want. Lay it all out there! We're all hanging on by a thread. Might as well vibe on angst together!
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wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Right on. Thinking back to all of my engineering tests where sometimes the questions weren't even solvable. Because the point wasn't to get to an answer, but to show your thinking process. And that's what is missed with these AI shills like the Nvidia CEO. Just doing long division teaches logic!
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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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