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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re thinking of a Halloween skeleton costume this year, may I present to you…

Also don't forget how essential eyeglasses were to the scholarly medical uniform used when examining a flask of urine while a worm-sprouting skeleton dances to a funky musical beat in front of you: digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/touch/totent... (from the Heidelberger Totentanz, ca. 1488) #HistMed

Woodcut from the Heidelberg "Dance of Death" -- a scholar with a cap and prominent eyeglasses stares intently at a flask of urine, while a dancing skeleton rattles some kind of musical shaker (?) as worm sprout out of its eyeholes and belly.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 3d

Bingo!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Nikki Dettmar @eagledawg.bsky.social · 4d

I've got plenty of other stuff to say, but this is a priority eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/10/snap...

SNAP Back Against Hunger

Fall vegetarian potluck scene at work last week Since Food benefits set to expire for 41 million people as US shutdown continues , take a...

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 5d

Today in boba milk tea art…🐡

The top view of a boba drink with a red topper, white cream foam and dazzling matcha powder art of what I think is a jubilant puckered up gold fish

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 5d

A week ago, I went to our main campus on a Friday. Didn't realize the library and most units closed early. Campus police stopped next to my car to check on the building I was parked next to. They turned on their lights and I started getting short of breath - it never elicits a calm feeling.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 5d

My neighborhood has less lights and decorations than years before, the mood is just not the same.

It’s not just families going out door to door it’s also, families not wanting to have people show up at their door.

The fear this #Halloween is def not within the realm of fantasy 😔

a man walking down a set of stairs with the words awesomegifs written on the bottom

Alt: a sad young man walking down past a set of stairs with a red dog house in the background.

media.tenor.com

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 5d

Op Ed, editorial, blog post, tv interview, list goes on….

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 5d

That Rob Schneider comment should segway into a great opportunity to highlight the history of children’s #hospitals and how they played a pivotal role in medical innovations (ie. Iron Lung) and children’s life expectancy. Just sayin. #histmed

a man wearing sunglasses with the words you got your shot right now

Alt: a man wearing sunglasses with the words “you got your shot right now” captioned at the bottom of the image.

media.tenor.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 5d

Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature

mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

www.nature.com

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting guess as I could see this too, but no this is for a Wolters Kluwer product, Acland Anatomy.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 6d

And to clarify there is a gallery it’s just not automatically shown on the their home page.

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 6d

You have to select from a drop down menu or search to see images 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 6d

Beta testing an anatomy resource that DOES NOT have an image gallery. Just a search box on a white page…ummm. #medlibs

a pixelated image of a man making a face

Alt: An image of actor Nathan Fillion utterly confused while waving his hands until they rest on the side of his face in pure defeat.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for sharing!

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 7d

Oh this timeline... 🦟

www.npr.org/2025/10/22/n...

Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms

The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed this week by the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, which said the mosquitoes likely arrived by freight.

www.npr.org

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 12d

As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 12d

🐈‍⬛ 🐈 🐈‍⬛

Protestor holding a green sign that reads, “I should be hanging with my cats, but instead I’m protesting fascism.”

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 12d

Frog sighting - Las Vegas #NoKings

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 13d

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.

This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 13d

There was a poster here, it’s gone now.

anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 13d

Signs of the government shutdown from @geneticssociety.bsky.social conference

Printed out paper with ASHG header, reading “due to the ongoing government closure, this poster could not be presented as planned. Ashg remains committed to sharing this important work through alternative channels at the earliest opportunity”

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 15d

We carry legos in our library to help as a de-stressor for our students and would love to have one of these to raise awareness of how play theory and legos can help lower anxiety in pediatric patients #medlibs

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 16d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 16d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 15d

To be found again, 16 years later #librarybooks #searchingthestacks

A book opened to reveal a title page and a library date slip with due dates stamps for August 27, 2010, February 16, 2010, and January 23, 2026.

Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 16d

The message is lovely, but I wish the artist chose a different way of representing “without color” that didn’t make the patient go from dark skin to light. I’m sure that’s not the intention. Greyed out to color would have worked too.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 20d

Is that a sapo concho reference I see? 🐸

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 20d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Aidy @itsaidy.bsky.social · 20d

NBD, just exploiting the island’s sacred resources. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Let’s All Agree to Stop Stealing Hawaii’s Lava Rocks

No matter if the curse of Pele is real or not, tourists should leave volcanic stones where they belong

www.outsideonline.com