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Before it's taken offline, I want you to know about the NASA website where you can learn about the stratospheric ozone hole and check on how it's doing. It has cool movies like this one, showing the growth of the ozone hole during the Austral spring last year. ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/SH.html

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The world is really dark but sometimes tiny things make it a little brighter. Like this bacterium, Photorhabdus luminescens. It glows blue! P. luminescens saved the lives of countless American soldiers during the Civil War by colonizing wounds, preventing infections w/ the antibiotics it produces.

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If there's one thing you know about bacteria, it's that they're too small to see with the unaided eye, right? Wrong. Buried in the sediments around Caribbean mangroves is the largest known bacteria, Thiomargarita magnifica. It's the size of a human eyelash (~1 cm). (📷: Tomas Tyml)

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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Seems pretty dangerous to turn a lot of angry, unemployed, highly-skilled scientists out on the streets. Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.

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Trump’s favourite paper giving him what-for.

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I advocate for the importance of #science and #scienceliteracy! secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote...

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Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

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#ScienceSky

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Cue circus music

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#GoodMorning! #HappyFriday I have my #phlebotomy course this morning and I’m just trying to maintain positive #mentalhealth amongst this #dumpsterfire. Trying to put my daughter and schooling first. But it’s hard. How is everyone coping?

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I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

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#GoodAfternoon #HappyFridayEve I’ve been avoiding social media for a while - but still keeping abreast of current events. How is everyone feeling? Unfortunately I think it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

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They have added things to doge.gov now after getting creamed for posting nothing. There is no way to verify the claims that they are cutting fraud since there is no documentation. They are simply copying tweets.

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Elon Musk’s staffers have taken an additional $7.4 million this week in expenses, bringing the total to $14.4 million.

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Where’s the justice in America?

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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵

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Hey, here’s some of what @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social did today 👋🏽

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After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

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Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

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No words. But, I’m not surprised. I am a military veteran. I’m a former congressman. I cannot in good conscience follow or support this administration. Anyone voting for her is complicit in the downfall of this country. Tulsi Gabbard is an abomination. apple.news/A01S4jqQSSK-...

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Ted Cruz released a spreadsheet of NSF grants found to be "questionable projects that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda." There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here? www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

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⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.

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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! You can try to silence or erase us, but we aren’t going anywhere. We will keep fighting and being awesome 😤

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choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

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Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

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Musk has received $13B in government contracts over the last 5 yrs. With all his fuss about the $9B/yr in overhead to the more than 2,500 universities conducting lifesaving research, I am curious when he is going to turn DOGE on his own contracts and ‘efficiencies’. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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'Safety first' when sacking Rome.

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"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders." Charles Darwin, who had a pretty bad day every now and then, was born #OTD in 1809. 🧪 The letter to Charles Lyell with the quote above: www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId...

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The AMS joins over 230 organizations and 2,600 individuals in submitting the following letter to Congress, expressing concern and strong opposition to the selective removal of public data from federal websites: bit.ly/42RqXwR

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I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe. She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today. RIP Elisa.

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Struck by this www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Can someone give this some attention? #Protest #March @aoc.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov

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In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.

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Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

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"Persons who make private determinations of the law and refuse to obey an order generally risk criminal contempt even if the order is ultimately ruled incorrect." --SCOTUS (1975)

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There is going to come a time in the very near future where the only way to resolve this is for every non-MAGA media company to band together and simply refuse to walk into the presser or attend the event. Because he wants the coverage more than anything else. Divided you fall.

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This needs to be taken to the courts

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#GoodMorning BlueSky… How is everyone feeling? Can’t decide if I feel despair or determined.

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#OnThisDay in 1941 the first patient, Albert Alexander, was treated with Penicillin. This event marked the success of antibiotics and their application in medicine. His story serves as a testament to inspire researchers to develop new life-saving antibiotics in an effort against AMR #KnockingOutAMR

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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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