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scientist all views my own
Same, girl, same. ๐ฆ
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Taylor Lorenz
15 days ago
77% of women over age 50 no longer worry about what others think of them.
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Women over 50 become more confident and empowered as they age, research shows
Research shows the majority of women aged 50 and above no longer worry about others' opinions - feeling more confident and empowered as a result.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/women-confident-empowered-health-tendendo-33610407
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whoa!
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This finish from the LA marathon ๐๐
youtu.be/PQ2v6QOaKtQ
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American Nathan Martin wins Los Angeles Marathon by fraction of a second
YouTube video by NBC News
https://youtu.be/PQ2v6QOaKtQ
18 days ago
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Wild!
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about 1 month ago
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Andrew Rambaut (๐๐)
about 1 month ago
So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here:
artic-network.github.io/peartree
(click the โExample...โ button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).
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PearTree โ Phylogenetic Tree Viewer
http://artic-network.github.io/peartree
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James Ferguson
about 1 month ago
Introducing kuva: A scientific plotting library in rust, along with cli binary with the option to plot directly into the terminal. Feel free to drop me some feedback as an issue on the repo
github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
crates.io/crates/kuva/...
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New paper out!
#Virosky
#genomics
#HPV
Important work on an underserved population. Proud to contribute alongside these scientists, physicians, and community health workers. ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
about 1 month ago
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I solved the daily
#CluesBySam
, Jan 12th 2026 (Easy), in 05:05 ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฉ ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ก๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
https://cluesbysam.com
3 months ago
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i don't have any words. but please share and amplify my friend's story.
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5 months ago
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Woke Not Broke ๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
5 months ago
Genomics Help Uncover Mysteries of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
#Science
#Animals
#Wildlife
#Fish
#Research
#Genomics
#Tuna
#AtlanticBluefinTuna
#BluefinTuna
#Biology
#NOAA
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Genomics Help Uncover Mysteries of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
NOAA scientists are using new methods to try to solve the 40-year-old mystery of Atlantic bluefin tuna stock structure and spawning.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/genomics-help-uncover-mysteries-atlantic-bluefin-tuna
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5 months ago
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Huh. I saw one of these in my neighborhood. didn't know they were sponsored by the city or that they were working! ๐
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5 months ago
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To my mighty few followers.
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John Bull
6 months ago
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Sideยฎ.
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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โค๏ธ๐ฅฐ story
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
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This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member
This 66-year-old tuba player just became LSU Tiger Band's oldest member. Read about how he did it.
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/kent-broussard-lsu-tiger-band/article_68be78ef-1bdf-4a9d-8bb0-6d96f41cf6b1.html
6 months ago
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SFM Microbial Pathogenesis
6 months ago
Turns out even kings had ordinary mouths. A new study of King Richard IIIโs dental calculus shows his oral microbiome wasnโt so different from the common folkโs, despite a royal diet and lifestyle.
#AncientDNA
#Microbiome
#MicroSky
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YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfi9JpgMc2U
6 months ago
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The 51st
7 months ago
โWe all kind of came together randomly, but we were the perfect random people to work together on this.โ
51st.news/dc-authors-2...
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These local authors walk you through D.C. history
"22 Walks in Washington That You Must Not Miss" highlights hidden and not-so-hidden secrets across the Districtโs neighborhoods.
https://51st.news/dc-authors-22-walks-in-washington-that-you-must-not-miss/
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Really excited to announce v3.0 of our
#microbiome
analysis app Nephele!
nephele.niaid.nih.gov
We released it in May, and this week presented it at the NIH Research Fest! We constantly update the pipelines, but this was a significant upgrade in the infrastructure and workflow.
#microbiomesky
7 months ago
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Brett Morris
10 months ago
In 1967 a human not only wrote this song, but played it alone at a piano and sang it like this. Was never really the same after I heard this solo demo version. The composition is like a summary of classical music from the 13th century to Gershwin, it's just crazy. Surf's Up
youtu.be/gcw1lfANmrc?...
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Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version/The Smile Sessions Version)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
https://youtu.be/gcw1lfANmrc?si=qW9SurV69snHQJZV
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Hey
#microbiomesky
please check out our paper on a multi-omics investigation of RAG1 mutation "boy in the bubble" syndrome. With nice analysis comparing mouse gut microbiome and intervention with human as well as IgA-seq immune signature of a leaky gut!
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11 months ago
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#microbiomesky
Also, if anyone is
#hiring
for a microbiome researcher with experience in leading a scientific software team, let me know. I love doing this so much!
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12 months ago
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Our paper on
#bacteriophages
in the infant gut
#microbiome
came out earlier this year. This work was a long time coming, and I'm super proud to be first author alongside Suchi Hourigan and Hector Romero Soto of the Clinical Microbiome Unit at NIAID.
doi.org/10.1080/2993...
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Delivery Mode Impacts Gut Bacteriophage Colonization During Infancy
Cesarean section delivery is associated with altered early-life bacterial colonization and later adverse inflammatory outcomes. Although gut bacteriophages can alter the gut microbiome and host res...
https://doi.org/10.1080/29933935.2025.2464631
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โOne of the darkest daysโ: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01016-z
about 1 year ago
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Travis comma bitch
about 1 year ago
*Jesus' wife throwing a picture down on the kitchen table and asking whose footprints those are*
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about 1 year ago
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wapo.st/43mwOdO
about 1 year ago
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have to check this one out...
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about 1 year ago
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Phew! It's 2020 again. Remember this? Wordle 1,350 6/6 ๐ฉโฌโฌโฌโฌ ๐ฉโฌ๐จโฌโฌ ๐ฉ๐ฉโฌโฌ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉโฌโฌ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉโฌโฌ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
about 1 year ago
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Peter Dalgaard
about 1 year ago
R version 4.4.3 "Trophy Case" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.) This coincides with as-close-as-we-can-get-to 25 years since the release of R 1.0.0.
#rstats
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Jinn, Insistent Witch (she/they)
about 1 year ago
"In Texas, the student-led policy organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) championed additional temporary injunctions on a Texas law barring freedom of speech for minors." Don't underestimate a single victory. We'll come out bloodied, but we will win! ๐ช๐พ
glaad.org/good-news-lg...
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GOOD NEWS: LGBTQ Youth Activists in Texas Curb Censorship and New Jersey Law Protects Transgender Students from Discrimination | GLAAD
Major legal victories break through the anti-LGBTQ fury of the current administration and anti-LGBTQ politicians against youth and teen populations across the country. In Texas, the student-led policy...
https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/
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April Richardson
about 1 year ago
Weirdly, I'm actually stoked my all-time favorite band will never properly get back together. I think it's cool as shit. There's a magic in just letting things be. I love the way they broke up & how they just fuck around as pals every so often like this. It's so great
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOg...
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All 4 members of REM performing with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy
YouTube video by lastipe1460
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOgPcnTbZ8
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Gay Dad
about 1 year ago
Does legacy media include Americaโs Test Kitchen?
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๐ท๐๏ธ I built a tower ๐บ6.62m high! Rating: ๐ฝ๐ฝโโโ
vole.wtf/styscraper/
This is a good time waster.
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Styscraper ๐ท๐๏ธ porcine physics game
Build a tower of junk and rise high above the muck!
https://vole.wtf/styscraper/
about 1 year ago
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Great interview and article by Nicole Phelps at Vogue:
www.vogue.com/article/inde...
Accompanying podcast here:
www.vogue.com/podcast/the-...
(it took me a while to become a fan of nicole on the podcast, but she really is an amazing interviewer who highlights
#diverse
voices in art and commerce)
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Three Independent Designers Talk Frankly About Their Processes, Their ChallengesโAnd Their Triumphs
https://www.vogue.com/article/independent-designers-launching-brands
about 1 year ago
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Dave Levitan
about 1 year ago
From inside NIH -- earlier today apparently staff received guidance from HHS that they should in fact respond to the inane five bullets email, but then NIH leadership told them not to, and then hours later HHS leadership told them they'll let everyone know by noon on Monday. Things are going great.
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But what do they do with the all the other halves?
#dadjokes
#singlenoncatladyjokes
about 1 year ago
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Beautiful indeed! ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
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about 1 year ago
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Bacteria is the only culture some people have. ๐ฐ
about 1 year ago
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HOW HEAVY IS THE AURORA BOREALIS? Pretty light
about 1 year ago
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Here's the original paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
also, i wonder if these ๐๐ฝ layman's articles/summaries written by AI. they're pretty good.
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about 1 year ago
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dad joke ๐งต is a joy:
bsky.app/profile/mtog...
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Jennifer Goff, PhD
about 1 year ago
Okay some fresh morning brain thoughts on the
@asm.org
statement:
#MicroSky
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@blackinmicro.bsky.social
did SO MUCH to lead this push for ASM to reaffirm their support for diversity and inclusivity in the profession. Please consider donating to this organization:
blackinmicrobiology.org/donate/
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#Florida
special elections up for grabs:
ballotpedia.org/Florida_stat...
Not much hope, but as a part-time Floridian, I hope at least my friends and family will vote to save our country. Even if we lose, your dissent is registered!
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Florida state legislative special elections, 2025
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_state_legislative_special_elections,_2025
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Aw, this post and the comments are so beautiful. >Plus, the beauty of science is that itโs evidence of a shared reality. It doesnโt stop being true because of propaganda.
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about 1 year ago
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Ou paper on gut
#microbiome
and
#metabolome
biomarkers of CTLA-4 deficiency is out!
doi.org/10.1186/s401...
#microbiomesky
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The intestinal microbiome and metabolome discern disease severity in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 deficiency - Microbiome
Background Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 deficiency (CTLA4-D) is an inborn error of immunity (IEI) caused by heterozygous mutations, and characterized by immune cell infiltration into th...
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02028-7
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If you miss local news (DCist) like me ๐๐ฝ
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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D.
about 1 year ago
๐งช Bioinformaticians have integrated over 160,000 publicly available human gut
#microbiome
samples and discovered significant variations in microbiome composition due to geographic and technical differences. In
@cp-cell.bsky.social
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#bioinformatics
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Integration of 168,000 samples reveals global patterns of the human gut microbiome
The Human Microbiome Compendium is a unified database of publicly available human gut microbiome 16S samples, built with the integrated data from hundreds of independent projects. The compendium is us...
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01430-2
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