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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 2h

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 3h

Wes Anderson’s The Crow.

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 3h

Paul Schrader's Madagascar

'Gory the A'ight @gregoryaight.bsky.social · 1d

Darren Aronofsky's Happy Gilmore.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 4h

I got a set of four recently that are on ~11.5x17” paper, and it’s *just* white space, and I won’t lie, I’m getting an itchy paper-cutter-finger thinking about it.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 5h

Artist: this is an 11x17” print!

11x17” frame: NOPE!

Me: what is this. what the fuck.

vampire girlfriend 🩸✨ @mourningdoves.bsky.social · 5h

buying prints: so fun woop woop

buying frames for the prints: what is this. what the fuck

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 5h

Okay, I admit my handwriting is idiosyncratic, but that’s IMPRESSIVE.

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Zornitza Stark @zornitza.bsky.social · 5d

🤗 Out now @naturemedicine.bsky.social results of our genomic NBS study BabyScreen+ 👶🧬

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1,000 babies
WGS using existing cards
600+ conditions
13 day TAT
16 diagnoses (vs 1 in std NBS)
High clinical impact
High parental acceptability

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 12h

Sincerely great study, sarcastically great results.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 13h

This is great. Great, great, great.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 14h

Snell HVAC can eat my fucking shorts.

These fucking fucks, I swear to fuck.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 16h

My periodic reminder - The Battle of Hastings did not happen in Hastings. It happened in Battle.

If you don't believe me, look at a map

History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 1d

959 years ago, on the 14th of October 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place. Harold Godwinson (king of England for 282 days) died in the battle that would turn William from Bastard to Conqueror. Battle Abbey's high altar is said to be in the exact location of Harold II's death. #otd #history 🗃️

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting an English soldier in combat with Norman cavalry during the Battle of Hastings, wool on linen, 11th-century; in the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, France.
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 18h

Morning.

A white coffee mug, on a desk, full of coffee. Red text on it reads “fresh bullshit served daily” in curling text with a banner and a rising sun

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: More than half of the roughly 1,300 layoffs notices at @CDCgov have been rescinded. But analysts with top-secret clearance working on biodefense preparedness at another health agency have lost their jobs, per sources. Our story 1/4
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Pam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 1d

Remarkable recovery of the Klamath River salmon. Many thanks to the agencies, Tribes, and NGOs who came together to remove dams and monitor the recovery of the Klamath River salmon. And kudos, too, to the indigenous youth who paddled source to sea on the newly freed river

Colorful kayaks in a circle on the water

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d

I feel all the parts of this picture. *sympathy fistbump*

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d

USS Final_final_REALLYFINAL_thisone2

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d

The trade paperback is killing scifi and fantasy.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d

May I suggest both of these books, but especially “Don’t Sleep With the Dead”?

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

However you’d classify Don’t Sleep with the Dead, it’s wonderfully haunted by the books that came before it.

strangehorizons.com

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d

May I suggest both of these books, but especially “Don’t Sleep With the Dead”?

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

However you’d classify Don’t Sleep with the Dead, it’s wonderfully haunted by the books that came before it.

strangehorizons.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay.
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...