Lol. Awesome.

Get on it, folks. Saint Dolly needs us.

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Gping through historic photos of a family that will be very prominent in my next book, and I see all these features they share across generations—I realize that my dad is the only person I look like. Crazy how genetics work.

There is so much going on in this photo that says so much about that moment & what’s happening with these *very young men* individually and as a fracturing group.

Facts.

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Redford’s death really hurts. RIP, sir.

The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!. www.science.org/content/arti...

How the ivory towers doth falleth

Not may. Will. They will because they already are for known illnesses. Especially college/university campuses where the rate of insured is even lower than the general population.

The things I’ve heard here and from others is absurd. My uni purchases ticket, hotel, etc. in advance for candidates. Candidates work w/ dept admin to set up the travel times, etc. Requiring reimbursement from a job candidate for travel is unethical.

Meet eleven-year-old guitar prodigy Olly Pearson, the soloist on that viral Parisian flash mob performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that;s been going around... boingboing.net/2025/09/11/m...

Obstetric Phantom, 18th century. The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students, and possibly midwives, about childbirth. It came from the Hospital del Ceppo in Pistoia, near Florence, founded in 1277. Photo: Science Museum, London.

Looking for recommendations on an accessible critical biography of Kurt Vonnegut 🙏

Obligatory reminder: if you wake up in a room with a bat, you need to get rabies shots, because their bites aren’t always detectable! Carry on!

Welp! Couldn't my #COVID shot at #CVS appointment today. I was informed I will only be able to get it by prescription in the state of Georgia. Let's see if my healthcare system will provide shots for medical staff. I will update you on this as well.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Someone asked, "What's a good mask?" So, I made a short thread of recent articles that address that and have links to masks currently available at reasonable prices.

Last one. This article suggests "strategic masking." Instead of all or nothing, at least mask up in situations where you will be the most exposed. And, this is important, where people will be exposed to you! Because you could have a mild case and pass it on, esp. to immune-compromised folk.

Wired offers many options! It's a recent story so most of these should still be clickable in the piece and likely still available. Prices have come down a lot! That's one good thing.

Please, tell me again about how ACA would appoint death panels.

What the absolute?!?

I have heard similar concerns over and over and over.

Today, Florence Nightingale is famously known as the founder of modern nursing, for her work as a trainer of nurses and as ‘the lady with a lamp’ during the Crimean War, working to improve hygiene and reduce suffering. What's often overlooked is that she was also a *pioneering statistician*. 1/

Bluesky folks... can anyone help me figure out who this nice person is? This weekend, me eldest dropped their phone (in a waterproof pouch) in Wright's Lake, and we spent hours hunting the lake for it, only to find it at the ranger's the next day with this photo as the last photo added...

You know. Fred Rogers was a gift that we mortals didn’t deserve but my goodness I’m glad we had/have.

This is fabulous. Grabbing to use in my classes.

To read

I will say that how people choose their mentors & letter writers says a lot about their professional acuity a lot of the time, but often enough in current professional conditions people can also get trapped having to ask certain professors/colleagues because of various reasons outside their control.

No kidding

Came from a meeting where I learned random things—for example: Kindle Unlimited pays by pages read. So if you are a user of Kindle Unlimited—for the sake of the authors—read/skim the pages of the book. It works out to just over $2 if all pages read in 450 page book.

Once again, hat in hand, asking everyone if anyone knows of any freelance copywriting or editing or research or social media work for ole ryan

To read.

Terrible news. Terrible loss.

Stations have to make "tough decisions" after Congress voted to cut funding. Some may not survive.

Oh yeah! bsky.app/profile/mugr...

19th c./Victorian history folks: I'm trying to track down a song called "The Cause That is True," which was sung at at least one major antivaccine demonstration in the UK in the 1880s. Anyone able to point me to lyrics and/or the sheet music? My weak google-fu has come up empty. Thanks.

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Feel good today and read this thread. I concur—this is what internet/social media should always be for.

This is GREAT. We (i.e., faculty and students at state public universities) should hold a "Knowledge Fair" in every state capitol building.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳