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“Want a chair?” a spectator asks. “No..chairs are for finishers,” John replies. In the howling wind and rain, John Kelly completes a “Fun Run” at the 2025 Barkley Marathons in 39 hours and 50 minutes. Afterward, he takes the ceremonial bugle and plays his own taps.

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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

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I have accidentally fired the workers that were combating bird flu and which you were probably saving to keep people alive forgive me it was delicious so sweet and so cold

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Thanks again to Soliloquies Anthology for publishing "playthings" in their latest issue. Got my copy earlier this week ❤️

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Reminder that there's another spectacular CANGlia trainee webinar this Thursday at noon (Eastern) 🧠

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We're back next week with another exciting CANGlia webinar! Join us February 13th at 12pm to hear about some more Canadian glial research - zoom link in bio! 🧠 🧠 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

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Many thanks to Soliloquies Anthology @concordiau.bsky.social for publishing my piece "playthings" in their latest issue (29.1). You can find it online here: soliloquies.org/29-1/

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Excited to see this preprint up from Laura Lopez-Cruz and co! Some cool stuff coming up on its heels too... Stay tuned ;) @timbussey.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social @tcnlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Once again, someone else says it: "Aβ accumulation affecting brain vessel function could be a very early pathology leading to neurodegenerative disease." doi.org/10.1186/s131... #cerebrovascular

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I present to you the third installment of our annual Christmas album! This year is more unhinged, more adult, and more... betterer! navigatorblackandtheindighost.bandcamp.com/album/yule-l...

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Putting the picture of this covid test through all the photo filters at once to see if I'm still positive like it's a western blot I'm trying to publish in Nature

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I present to you the third installment of our annual Christmas album! This year is more unhinged, more adult, and more... betterer! navigatorblackandtheindighost.bandcamp.com/album/yule-l...

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i was looking for a job, and then i found a job, and heaven knows i'm miserable now

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A friend of mine asked for the source of the protein in his "CORE POWER" protein shake, so I looked. It's milk. Ultra filtered milk. I am deeply amused that companies are selling dudes "protein shakes" that are just like "chocolate milk but let's make it for MEN"

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📜 It's in the pipeline, but we've put up this @tcnlab.bsky.social paper, led by first-author-superstars Leila Dzinic and Olivia Ghosh-Swaby, as a preprint so folks can start using this technique for their #TouchscreenCognition research! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

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My first 3 pieces of published poetry are available in the latest issue of The /tƐmz/ Review! Check out these playful and experimental works and all the other great work in the issue. https://www.thetemzreview.com/issue-twenty-nine.html

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My first 3 pieces of published poetry are available in the latest issue of The /tƐmz/ Review! Check out these playful and experimental works and all the other great work in the issue. https://www.thetemzreview.com/issue-twenty-nine.html

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BREAKING: Blueberries are where it's at

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There's a bigger picture to food prices being so high and it's bad at basically every level. I support The Hatchet by @arshy.bsky.social and @notquitecorn.bsky.social and so should you! hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/first-came...

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The 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology will be held in Vancouver, Canada, July 13 - July 16, 2025. Please submit proposals for symposia to shape the meeting! whova.com/call_for_spe...

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This #bandcampfriday treat yourself to the entire Working Title catalog for like $30 CAD. Christmas comes early! workingtitle.bandcamp.com

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Seems incredibly reckless to me that @westernu.bsky.social waited until 8:53am to close campus today. How many students, staff, and visitors were already on campus on en route to campus? Stay safe and stay warm, everyone!

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The fabulous Jeff Dong and I are recruiting a PDF to work on our CIHR funded neuroscience projects at the University of Saskatchewan. Details here: can-acn.org/postdoctoral...

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