And there’s increasing evidence that vaccination for shingles reduces the risk of dementia!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

I 📚 weeded a YA book that hadn't circulated about the L.A. Riots because it felt to me like the authors were processing their own feelings Gen X feelings about the riots. But at least it didn't have any main characters killed, and now I kinda regret not having it for Black History month display 😬

Alright folks, if I do a Valentine book post with "in living color" is it ok to include Canto Contigo? 📚

Years of our sympathetic nervous system stuck in the "on" position is going to distort our beliefs, patterns of focus, & self talk. It's not that trauma "becomes" our personalty-- we're still in there, beneath all the tension & reactivity. We've just been hijacked & hidden.

Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record. And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once. The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...

Thread. 🧵 (1/x) On the superiority of water as the primary decontaminant for tear gas and peppery spray on skin and eyes. To make it clear to people, this is a thread. Some of you are not clear on the concept. I will reply this with another post and mark it with a number in (x). And so forth. (1)

i unironically love explaining things to my almost 4yo. every explanation is like going down a wikipedia rabbit hole. going from “how do trains work?” to explaining steam, diesel, am electric engines, to “what’s steam?” “what’s diesel?”

Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes. Yn the cozye glowe of the far future ther ys onlye WARMTH.

Someone needs to take Kid Rock to the musician groomer and get him shampooed and de-matted.

ok, I think we all need a dose of adorableness today like a NEWBORN GIRAFFE www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...

Look at these beautiful glass bangle pieces!

...PUERTO RICO: A NATIONAL HISTORY (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2024). 2/2

Just once in my life I want to say, “I’ll have to check with my archivist.” A girl can dream…

Me: *gets up from the desk* My best friend: "have you answered your emails?" Me: *kisses her tenderly on the top of the head* "Nope!" Also Me: *walks out of the room*

Still can't get over how magnificent this 15th century medieval hammer-beam roof is at St Colleen's in Llangollen. It's glorious!!! #Wales #Church #medieval #History

Roses are red, violets are blue, meet us at our online monthly informal colloqium, won't you? #MedievalSky #MedievalHistory #Medieval #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HistorySky #EarlyModernSky #EarlyModernHistory #EarlyModern #MaterialCulture #Bodies #WhatsHistory

Lynda's right, he is a cutie.

This is the future that (Texas) liberals want: taxpayer-funded goats clearing invasives from public parks & restoring the health of native prairie.

It's worth reading the reddit thread though, they are all like 'it sucks that people have to be so vigilant, I'm making temporary wardrobe changes so I don't freak people out, stay safe out there!

The audio version of The History of Fairies with @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social is now available on all platforms! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSiH...

A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

Hey if you want to learn more about Mongolian art and culture I just published a book on this topic: bsky.app/profile/song...

As is so often true, Stacey Abrams is right. Right now, there is nothing to stop them from rolling up to polling stations, running Kavanaugh stops on people, pulling them out of line because their fake "AI" database is better then your actual ID, and hauling them away until after the polls close.

Does the internet have a treat for you. This talk already exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-...

ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota. This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats. They hate the helpers. Which is why must keep helping.

What a loss to the world and the library community 📚

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods “It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

Why has no one said anything about Bad Bunny's Grammys suit? It was pretty cool actually.

It is not fair that NYC gets to have a teddy bear as mayor and the rest of us don't. Like what the actual hell?

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

OMFG Green's is now available online for free

it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!

NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.

My Isaac Asimov disclaimer: I was a huge fan of his works, he got me into science Fiction as a kid with his Lucky Starr books and hope that wherever he is in the afterlife, I hope he’s getting his grabby fucking hands smashed by mallets. (Article for explainer)

The US government is spending taxpayer dollars to sue a 5-year-old refugee/kindergartener for seeking asylum here through the legal and proper channels when he was an infant

It’s time to tap into your internal lesbian anger! Even if you’re straight. Now is the time to fight for your 1st Amendment rights! Let’s go!

I know people the memory of goldfish but ICE is still very much active here in Los Angeles, LAPD helps them most of the time, and people are still resisting. Local media is still covering it so follow @lataco.bsky.social

Someone should start a craft supply cleanout charity and call it "She who dies with the most stash"

SAVE Act has nothing to do with voter ID, that's not in there. It creates deliberately difficult hurdles for registration to vote, where a DL-type ID isn't sufficient. But states that don't check ID at the polls would not be required to start. Every time they claim it's a "voter ID" bill is a lie.

Does any librarian 📚 remember last copy preservation efforts? Do they exist outside of archives & academia? I'm struggling with the 3 year circulation rule I'm seeing in management software, and it might be my academic background or... Um... All this?

Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

I've bought from Bibi. The merch is really nice!

Folks, when talking about the unconstitutional, immoral and nakedly cruel acts of the current anti-immigrant campaign in the US, we need to remember it's not just ICE. Border Patrol has been not just up to their necks in it, they've been heavily engaged in everything leading up to this for decades.

If you can afford it, there is nothing wrong with outsourcing tasks that you are unable to do (for whatever reason). Hire an accountant, a housecleaner, etc. There should be no shame in that. You are not less worthy of love because you can't clean your own home. I can't!

Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato. Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."

This is something much worse than contempt of court. They're denying phone calls and refusing release so they can coerce them into giving up their rights.

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.