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A mosquito was heard to complain That a chemist had poisoned his brain. The cause of his sorrow Was paradichloro Diphenyltrichloroethane.

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This is the coolest thing I've read this week. www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-k...

submitted 7 days ago • 31 comments

My co-author, @FancyNahyan.bsky.social, and I are happy to announce that, after an 8-month delay, our essay “Plague History, Mongol History, and the Processes of Focalisation Leading Up to the Black Death” has finally been published. It’s open-access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #histmed 🧪

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Mobile genetic elements exhibit increased sequence diversity with increasing host range within the gut microbiome of the Western Honey bee https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635958v1

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Checkout Alexander’s thread describing his exciting new paper that demonstrates the combination of machine learning with large directed evolution data sets to accurately predict phenotype from genotype. Congratulations to Alexander on leading this work. We are lucky to have him on the team.

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Hey uhhhh quick question. Do you know what a click beetle is? Don't look it up. I mean, go ahead and look it up if you want to, but BEFORE you do, did you know what a click beetle was?

submitted 34 days ago • 177 comments

Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82. With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

submitted 50 days ago • 329 comments

I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less. Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.

submitted 34 days ago • 973 comments

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

submitted 34 days ago • 82 comments

Let's talk a bit about the geology of the Gulf of Mexico--something vastly bigger than the body of water separating the U.S., Mexico & Cuba. Its geology goes into Arkansas, much of Florida, & well into Texas & coastal Mexico. (Figs from Snedden & Galloway's "The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin")

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Nice update on this. Smart people here with mad skills were generous with their time and tracked down the owner of the docs — a third generation descendent. Turned out my friend, whose yard it below into, knows them - they are more than a mile away. Owners reunited with heirloom docs. Thanks all.

submitted 35 days ago • 21 comments

Baumol’s cost disease, defined in the 1960s, explains why costs rise faster in less efficient industries like teaching, childcare, and healthcare. As productive sectors like tech boost wages, these industries must follow, even without matching productivity. It’s as fundamental as supply and demand

submitted 36 days ago • 11 comments

I know that my boy Marcus hangs out with a bad crowd these days but he was cookin with this one.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Who was Mrs. Fred J. Martin — likely named Carol? Who still loved or even remembered her, 90 years after this condolence telegram that blew from a fire-ravaged neighborhood in Altadena into a distant yard? A neighbor found this in her yard and posted it on Facebook. /1

submitted 37 days ago • 18 comments

Extraordinary white moose was spotted taking a dip in a pool in Sweden's Varmland County

submitted 39 days ago • 74 comments

It's no exaggeration to say today brought a truly historical weather event to the Gulf Coast - lots of places all the way down to the water got over 6-8 inches of snow, shattering records going as far back as 1895 in some places. Let's review what caused this historic event 🧵

submitted 40 days ago • 19 comments

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail 16 Apr 1963 "My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.

submitted 41 days ago • 10 comments

ACT UP, 1990

submitted 41 days ago • 53 comments

It’s been inspiring to see everyone come together for LA,,, but there’s one community I need to highlight. Not enough is being done for the black families after the LA fires. Ive partnered up with GoFundMe and the BMAC to create ONE main GoFundMe campaign to immediately help those in need. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

submitted 41 days ago • 252 comments

Happy MLK Day.

submitted 41 days ago • 426 comments

Replies to this post are split into 2 categories - from people who know who dril is, and those who don't. And it's hilarious.

submitted 42 days ago • 54 comments

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

submitted 42 days ago • 2144 comments

Holy Shiitake! It only gets weirder .... www.realtor.com/news/unique-...

submitted 43 days ago • 41 comments

Bluesky should have private lists.

submitted 43 days ago • 10 comments

Georgia suspends all poultry sales and activities after highly pathogenic avian influenza detected on a commercial farm in Elbert County. Georgia is the nation’s second largest producer of poultry and eggs. Statement for Georgia Ag Dept: https://agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenz…

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■ The Unforgettable Lesson I Learned from a Bedouin in the Desert (Libya), 1906 [Ottoman Officer Cami Bey, appointed as the governor of Ghat town in the Fezzan region of Libya at 28, shares a memory from his difficult Sahara journey to reach his post.] [History, Tripolitania, Tripoli, 1900s]

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People who can read English cursive, does the US National Archive have a fun opportunity for you! apple.news/A51AaXZQZTXK...

submitted 49 days ago • 37 comments

I’m the daughter of a fighter pilot and even I’m in awe of these pilots because JAYSUS

submitted 50 days ago • 868 comments

Sam Moore, who recorded timeless hits “Soul Man,” “Hold On, I’m Comin'” and “I Thank You” with Sam & Dave, has died at 89

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Thys ys Major Tom to Ground Control Ich steppe now thurgh the door And Ich floate now yn a most merveilous waye And the starres looke verye different todaye

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I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes. querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...

submitted 51 days ago • 27 comments

A bald eagle dying of bird flu is an apt symbol for the state of the US in 2025.

submitted 54 days ago • 68 comments

Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD🧵 From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed.

submitted 56 days ago • 11 comments