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Dad, writer, musician, learning designer, cancer doer, dork. Find my science books for young readers at matthewbrendenwood.com or your local library. He/him. "Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do? Release the dogs? Or the bees?"
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Amtrak, I choo-choo-choose you

Such a nice, calming contrast to all the explode-y rocket footage we've been getting recently

"Rubin will chart the depths of the entire southern sky every three nights for the next 10 years" Hard to understand just how absolutely insane this telescope will be, and we're about to get first images. #excite 🎁🔗⬇️

it’s no secret i am a weepy, sentimental girl. a feeler. a tremendous sap. but i defy you to watch these beautiful kids vibing and just absolutely murdering “everything in its right place” and not feel feelings.

I am "is this arm pain a heart attack or a pinched nerve" old

HOT - and I cannot stress this enough - DAMN

Tonight In What Could Possibli Go Wrong:

Sorry I can't get this out of my head

NIH has suspended/terminated “gain of function” research, in response to an earlier EO. It’s poorly written and could be used to ban vaccine development, cloning, you name it. It adds to the slashing of US leadership in science. I wrote about the issue here: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...

George Clue-knee

This is making me ill and not in a Beastie Boys communication kind of way

Man, it's a hot one

Who remembers the smell of a freshly baked CD-R?

Oh hey look all my favorite public lands are for sale THIS IS INSANELY FUCKED

Nothing says "I love you" like a 60 year old fighter jet made by a country that no longer exists

Seeing my friends and family out on the streets today makes me feel just the tiniest bit more hopeful for the future

Very proud of folks I know who are hopping between small town NK events today despite so many challenges 💕

Ok this is very good

It's times like these that make me thankful for the bsky birbfeed 🐦

Make it so they can't look away - this piece by @jeanguerre.bsky.social 🔥 🎁🔗⬇️

The time has (almost) come

Friday Morning Quiz! Who do you suppose lives in this nest? Answer later today… 🪶☀️🌵 (SE Arizona)

I could really use some hopeful sci-fi recommendations right now, it's getting really hard to read dystopian nightmares when you're watching one line on the world wide web 📚

Starlink sucks Alf hog and is ruining astronomy 🔭

LA is a soft-launch of a bigger program they've already got in motion