Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV. This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.

one difference is that blocking ppl on bluesky is like nuking them. on bluesky, people die when they are killed. you block someone and it's like their avatar is erased from existence. you will never see them on your feed ever again. in exchange for stricter moderation if you block someone they die

HOW TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR NEWS FEED a guide in photos

i think making my blog into a sort of scicomm blog would be more worthwhile in balancing career and personal interests, while still separating my personal life from the cyberspace

first full day no sugar my tummy is jopping but thats unrelated

im a 127zen thru and thru

such a cutie patootie song

his best feature

When I say diversity is a nonsense word this image is what I mean…

This sucks. I have really relied on Firefox the last few years as all the browsers became so shitty. Guess that’s over. Sigh.

when i was a kid like 6-15 years old i always thought grown-up talk about mundane things were so boring and lame and it's only when you're older you gotta be proud as fuck to only have to worry about the most mundane of things.... stable mundanity keeps us sane

starting my no-sugar hard launch with a nicer coffee brew but only milk... the cravings have already started

when is the lonely release @taeyong

I LOVE YOU LIKE THIS BEAT DROP

This is such a fun mv god I love the way he’s into vintage computing visuals+aesthetics it’s like his mvs are straight from my mind. THIS IS REALLY FAVE FCK EVERYBODYYYY

longlegs was so lame in terms of plot but AMAZING visually. combine that with the production of weapons (stellar film all around) i just know hokum is gonna be dreary as hell

SEATED !!

why am i. a nerd. like actually a nerd

bro ok that pilates class yesterday actually nerfed my knees. turns out i've been standing wrong my whole life.

can you hear the silence? can you feel the dark? can you fix the broken?

Wow, this ancient Egyptian linen shirt is the world’s oldest known complex woven garment. Known as the Tarkhan Dress, it was cut and tailored to fit some 5,000 years ago! 📷 Petrie Museum. : antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/ste... #Archaeology

wanna kno what happened industrially in the 70s to push the midcentury vibe out of the common culture and suddenly all electronics look lame. until the 90s.

1973 Sanyo RPT-1200 Phonosphere

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

The more my wife and I do science communication and try to take it seriously, the more this is extremely obviously true. People just ARE in those other spaces and want to consume content in these modalities.

taeyong-core

unbelievably audaciously hard

1969 Panasonic RF-60

The US National Science Foundation is relaxing some of its requirements for the review of grant proposals in an effort to cope with a backlog of applications and reduced staff numbers go.nature.com/3MF8aPm

if there's any mkhk stans following me i am so sorry i find mark relatively boring as a soloist

I'm so glad to see the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) come back this year after being canceled last year! It's usually one of the largest biomedical research internship programs in the country! It was also one of my first research experiences and convinced me to pursue a career in science.

this guitar in talented is NYASTY

in disbelief they had mark drop his first full album before haechan and mark's was so sonically and vocally boring compared to this nighttime cityscape soundtrack

wait i didn't even look at the tracklist i'm soooo glad he brought back the classic intermissions

wait this intro is so cunty ?

girl i only listen to the occasional twice single for jihyo i can't believe we only have a single EP from her let her stay solo forever 😭😭😭

not enough love for this one

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

this scooters oreo cakepop is amazing i am sooo sad my one new years resolution is to drastically reduce my sugar intake

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

truly truly debating whether to move to youtube music just to have ytTV or soundcloud so i can listen to rose and dark clouds on the same playlists as my usual music yk

it's no lonely, dark clouds, or rose, but i'm so glad we're getting the uniquely TY indie sentimental songs again. loved the visuals and the rotoscope of (possibly bada?) dancing with IRLyong. very clever! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PScu...

Just published a paper on the lithics from Kabwe. We argue that they're indicative of MSA technology, although they can't be definitevely associated with the fossils. Might help better understand the origins of the MSA and its complex pattern across the continent. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I stole this image

PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you. Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings: For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages. For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody

Utah has repealed a law that barred public unions from negotiating on behalf of their members. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox approved the rollback of one of the most anti-union laws in the country after thousands of union members rallied outside his office for a week. apnews.com/article/utah...

how today's pilates class had me