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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 8h

Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations

Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.

www.nature.com

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 6h

📰Published📰Unpredictable conditions shape growth in young amphibians🐸

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Unpredictable conditions shape growth in young amphibians

Lumír Gvoždík, Monika Šugerková, Ľudovít Ďureje, David S. Boukal This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. The natural world is full of surp…

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5h

Today is the deadline for proposing for observations with JWST. Across the globe, scientists are furiously putting the finishing touches on ideas spanning the nearest planets and stars to the most distant galaxies. Only ~10% of proposals will be accepted, and the science will be amazing. 🧪☄️

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Mike Shanahan @mikeshanahan.bsky.social · 5h

I came across this wondrous image of a giant strangler fig on the Samoan island of Upolu — drawn in 1841 by Alfred T. Agate. Look how small the people are in comparison. If strangler figs entice you, check out Planet Ficus for stories about these mind-bending plants. planetficus.substack.com 🧪🌏

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 5h

🧠 Pollution and child brain development

A Finnish study found that prenatal exposure to PFAS chemicals was linked to subtle brain changes in 5-year-olds, including regions for movement and vision.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PFAS #SciComm 🧪

Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous persistent organic pollutants associated with adverse health outcomes in humans. A…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 5h

#WomenInStem 🧪

Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 8h

Six Pasteur scientists win 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents! 🌟 Yolène: Caribbean plants vs dengue mozzies; Leah: gastruloid biophysics; Marion: cancer immunotherapy; Eulalie: menstruation genetics; Sabrina: fixing hearing nerve; Marie: TB & sarcoid immunity. #WomenInScience

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Jacob Lab @jacob-lab.bsky.social · 4h

A big push for #BCI and #neurotechnology in Europe! We implanted our second microelectrode array #BCI @tum.de. Huge thanks to our pioneer and to fantastic colleagues in #Neurosurgery and #Robotics #Machine #Intelligence 🧠🦾🧪 #neuroskyence @neuroengineering.bsky.social
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Brain-computer interface for a patient with quadriplegia

A team at the Technical University of Munich’s TUM University Hospital has implanted a brain-computer interface in a patient paralyzed from the neck down.

www.tum.de

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ESO @eso.org · 4h

The water you're drinking could be older than the Sun! 🚰

New ALMA observations show that water molecules carry the same chemical fingerprint all the way from star-forming clouds to planet-forming discs and comets, meaning these molecules remain unaltered.

Learn more: www.eso.org/public/blog/...
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ESOblog: How old is our water?

How old is our water?

www.eso.org

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 2h

The Crab Nebula (Messier 1) captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Credits: Data obtained using the CFH12K camera on the CFHT; Image by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum); © 2025 CFHT

www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStar... 🔭🧪

The Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in constellation Taurus.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 18h

Gruesome video shows masked fighters, some wearing green Hamas headbands, killing 8 blindfolded people in a square in Gaza City while crowds are watching, a sign of the brutality Hamas is using to reassert itself as the security force.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...

Masked fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as Hamas fights with rival groups | CNN

Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situ...

www.cnn.com

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 1h

The Middle East is such a complicated place. (Not that the U.S. isn't as well.)

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 17h

Hamas won elections in Gaza in 2006. No elections have been permitted since then.

Inside Gaza, criticizing Hamas has long been treated by the organization as a form of betrayal. In a time of constant siege and Families learned to keep quiet

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 18h

Stirring, thoughtful essay by Mohammed Mhawish. "Our pain is romanticized, and our survival treated as the whole story—when it is only the beginning." www.newyorker.com/news/essay/g...

Gaza’s Broken Politics

Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.

www.newyorker.com

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 17h

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 1h

... and Portland Frogs, Unicorns, Dinos, .... dancing in the streets to tunes like, YMCA, Macho Macho Man, Stayin' Alive, Ghost Busters. October 18th NO KINGS DAY!!

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 3h

Its awful that we need to protect ourselves from our own government , but here we are
Check this guide- stuff to bring, stuff to not bring, how to respond if taken - be prepared. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
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This One Matters: A "No Kings" Protest Guide

For Oct 18 and beyond ...

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 2h

Antifa is an anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement to stand against fascist ideology, neo-Nazis and white supremacists thru nonviolent methods- poster campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing.
I guess it used to be called ‘American’🇺🇸

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 2h

My dad ( Royal Canadian Navy- WW2). and my brother (a marine who died at 19) . They were absolutely anti fascist therefore i they would have been antifa 🇺🇸

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 1h

Decade after decade, still waiting for all that wealth to "trickle down."

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greatauntsheila.bsky.social @greatauntsheila.bsky.social · 1h

Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 2h

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 2h

THIS is what we need. State and Local Officials holding ICE agents to the rule of law!!

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 4h

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Al Olmsted @alolmsted.bsky.social · 2h

Seen somewhere online ....

"We had better all ribbit together, or we'll all end up croaking."

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Deborah Weeks @deborah-10.bsky.social · 2h

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Steve The Enraged Apostate 🌊🇺🇸 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @enragedapostate.bsky.social · 1d

Puppy Killer Noem violating federal law (the Hatch Act) by playing political messages as part of their federal duties

There will be a reckoning when the American Nuremberg tribunal is held

Life without parole (or worse) for the lot of them

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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