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scientist all views my own
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Janie Haddad Tompkins❌👑
1 day ago
Shouldn’t late stage capitalism be cheaper than this?????
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Benny Feldman
11 days ago
Nominative Determinism would be a beautiful name for a baby, depending on how their life plays out
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Metro
13 days ago
Red Line customers 🔴🚇: Tonight after 10 p.m. and each night through Thursday, trains will single track between Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC stations. This allows our team to fix any tunnel leaks in this part of the system. Learn more:
wmata.com/weekday
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Lily Sullivan
14 days ago
he’s thinking about kissing his son
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Also DC BOE has this nifty interactive ranked choice voting simulator where you rank your favorite ice cream flavors that is an ACE explanation.
www.dcboe.org/rcv
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21 days ago
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Claire Battle
28 days ago
Friendly reminder to join us May 28 for Sounds Like Chicago! Not only will you hear Jim Derogatis, Rebecca Makkai, Sherman "Dilla" Thomas and Natalie Moore in conversation, you will support Chicago's independent community radio station
@chirpradio.org
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark
about 1 month ago
My name is Jasmine Clark. I’m a lifelong Georgian, mom, PhD microbiologist, college professor, and state representative who flipped a Republican seat. I’ve been a voice of accountability in Georgia, and now I’m running to bring a science voice to Congress.
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Rob Patro
about 1 month ago
Apparently Craig Venter has passed away. At first I couldn't find verification (his Wikipedia page hasn't been updates), but found other sources :
www.synbiobeta.com/read/a-synth...
. I'm surprised I've not seen more coverage of this!
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A Synthetic Biology Pioneer Has Left Us: Remembering J. Craig Venter (1946-2026)
The synthetic biology community lost one of its founding giants today. Craig Venter - scientist, provocateur, and relentless force of nature - has passed away.
https://www.synbiobeta.com/read/a-synthetic-biology-pioneer-has-left-us-remembering-j.-craig-venter-(1946-2026)
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Pupperpotamus
about 1 month ago
I love gaslighting Americans that US fast food chains change their names to sell in Europe. "Did you know that in Italy Popeyes Chicken is trying to gain a foothold so it's actually called 'Pope? Yes!' over there? It's the same Reason why Papa Johns is called Father Jonathans..."
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nice!
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about 2 months ago
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I'm glad I didn't chicken out of going to this show. it felt so good to be in a room of nice people (as only
@joshgondelman.bsky.social
fans can be) listening to these jokes!!
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about 2 months ago
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ES/IODE
about 2 months ago
📃Scientific paper: Identification of volatile metabolites produced from levodopa metabolism by different bacteria strains of the gut microbiome Ref.: BioMed Central, 2024 ➡️ Continued on
ES/IODE
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I have to share this truly unhinged PSA from the department of health of the state of washington:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFy...
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It might be Long COVID (English, captioned)
YouTube video by Washington State Department of Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFyQB-_hBY
about 2 months ago
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Same, girl, same. 🦟
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2 months ago
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Taylor Lorenz
3 months 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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3 months ago
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This finish from the LA marathon 💕💕
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
3 months ago
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Wild!
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3 months ago
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Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀)
3 months 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 “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).
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PearTree — Phylogenetic Tree Viewer
http://artic-network.github.io/peartree
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James Ferguson
3 months 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. 🧬🖥️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
3 months ago
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I solved the daily
#CluesBySam
, Jan 12th 2026 (Easy), in 05:05 🟩🟩🟡🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
https://cluesbysam.com
5 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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7 months ago
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Woke Not Broke 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
7 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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7 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! 🆒
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7 months ago
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To my mighty few followers.
7 months ago
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John Bull
8 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 Side®.
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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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
8 months ago
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SFM Microbial Pathogenesis
8 months ago
Turns out even kings had ordinary mouths. A new study of King Richard III’s dental calculus shows his oral microbiome wasn’t so different from the common folk’s, 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
8 months ago
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The 51st
9 months ago
“We all kind of came together randomly, but we were the perfect random people to work together on this.”
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 District’s 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
9 months ago
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Brett Morris
12 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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about 1 year 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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about 1 year 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
about 1 year ago
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‘One of the darkest days’: 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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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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bort
about 1 year ago
this just played on tv with no audio and almost killed me
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Phew! It's 2020 again. Remember this? Wordle 1,350 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
over 1 year ago
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Peter Dalgaard
over 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)
over 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! 💪🏾
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
over 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
over 1 year ago
Does legacy media include America’s Test Kitchen?
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🐷🏗️ I built a tower 🔺6.62m high! Rating: 🐽🐽➖➖➖
vole.wtf/styscraper/
This is a good time waster.
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Styscraper 🐷🏗️ porcine physics game
Build a tower of junk and rise high above the muck!
https://vole.wtf/styscraper/
over 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 Challenges—And Their Triumphs
https://www.vogue.com/article/independent-designers-launching-brands
over 1 year ago
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