Trista Robichaud
@hunterpyanfar.bsky.social
PhD Science staff mom of 1 8yo and 1 research lab. I like bioscience, art, cooking & cats. Usually tired. Perimenopausal. Critical patriot bisexual. She/her. Mostly harmless.
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Cayenne is getting better about my desire to repeatedly kiss his little face.
But I mean, look at this little derpy face. Look at it!
But I mean, look at this little derpy face. Look at it!
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Cayenne is getting better about my desire to repeatedly kiss his little face.
But I mean, look at this little derpy face. Look at it!
But I mean, look at this little derpy face. Look at it!
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Leopard cats! So cute.
Ancient DNA reveals China’s first 'pet' cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
www.sciencenews.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Leopard cats! So cute.
Today’s Houston weather can be summed up with a rhyme. “Nippy and drippy.” 😆😜
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Today’s Houston weather can be summed up with a rhyme. “Nippy and drippy.” 😆😜
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When I went out my front door to wait for the supermoon to rise, I spooked a pair of Adelaide rosellas. They flew up into the neighbour's jacaranda tree.
One of those moments when I just happened to have my camera in my hand at the right time 🙂
One of those moments when I just happened to have my camera in my hand at the right time 🙂
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
When I went out my front door to wait for the supermoon to rise, I spooked a pair of Adelaide rosellas. They flew up into the neighbour's jacaranda tree.
One of those moments when I just happened to have my camera in my hand at the right time 🙂
One of those moments when I just happened to have my camera in my hand at the right time 🙂
/whine why is it that whenever I find a new route home to avoid Houston construction projects, they follow me to the new one?
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
/whine why is it that whenever I find a new route home to avoid Houston construction projects, they follow me to the new one?
Today I learned that this is a phrase in Dutch for when the body decides you’re napping, Right Now. I love it :D
A random dude with a hammer just showed up at my place and hit me, so rude
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today I learned that this is a phrase in Dutch for when the body decides you’re napping, Right Now. I love it :D
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[Burt Lancaster voice] "I love this dirty town."
He is CLEARLY thinking about it
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
[Burt Lancaster voice] "I love this dirty town."
Good morning!
I haven’t been baiting the cat trap since the weather has been a bit wet and cold. We’ll see what this evening brings.
The good news is that Mr GOAT is back! Poor dude has his nuts shaved in the 40 degree nights but otherwise looks like he’s recovering nicely.
I haven’t been baiting the cat trap since the weather has been a bit wet and cold. We’ll see what this evening brings.
The good news is that Mr GOAT is back! Poor dude has his nuts shaved in the 40 degree nights but otherwise looks like he’s recovering nicely.
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good morning!
I haven’t been baiting the cat trap since the weather has been a bit wet and cold. We’ll see what this evening brings.
The good news is that Mr GOAT is back! Poor dude has his nuts shaved in the 40 degree nights but otherwise looks like he’s recovering nicely.
I haven’t been baiting the cat trap since the weather has been a bit wet and cold. We’ll see what this evening brings.
The good news is that Mr GOAT is back! Poor dude has his nuts shaved in the 40 degree nights but otherwise looks like he’s recovering nicely.
The dog lives, and I still wept at the end. Great camera work, strong movie. <3
A dog tries to protect his master from supernatural forces in the wonderfully effective and heartbreaking flick, GOOD BOY @shudder.com consideringstories.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/w...
We Don’t Deserve Our Pets: Good Boy (2025)
Dealing with a chronic health issue, Todd (Shane Jensen) has decided to leave the big city and head out to his grandfather’s place. He and his best friend, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever name…
consideringstories.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The dog lives, and I still wept at the end. Great camera work, strong movie. <3
Any #scientists or #histologists recognize these cabinets? I think they were designed to store microscope slides, but not sure. Saw them in the metal recycling area this morning. #science
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Any #scientists or #histologists recognize these cabinets? I think they were designed to store microscope slides, but not sure. Saw them in the metal recycling area this morning. #science
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Pinned so I don’t lose it. I do enterovirus stuff at work.
1/ 🚀 Exciting news: we’ve just released the first Nextclade dataset for Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), developed in collaboration with the European Non-Polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN).
👉🏻 Check out the dataset on Nextclade! clades.nextstrain.org?dataset-name...
#EVD68 #Enterovirus #OpenData
👉🏻 Check out the dataset on Nextclade! clades.nextstrain.org?dataset-name...
#EVD68 #Enterovirus #OpenData
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pinned so I don’t lose it. I do enterovirus stuff at work.
Mom’s Christmas present this year. A queen size pillowcase.
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Mom’s Christmas present this year. A queen size pillowcase.
A Christmas miracle has occurred! My kiddo’s school has reduced the number of Holiday Dress Up Days from 15+… to FIVE. That we own stuff for already!
HALLELUJAH!!!
HALLELUJAH!!!
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A Christmas miracle has occurred! My kiddo’s school has reduced the number of Holiday Dress Up Days from 15+… to FIVE. That we own stuff for already!
HALLELUJAH!!!
HALLELUJAH!!!
NGL: I did this to see my Pusheen. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
NGL: I did this to see my Pusheen. ❤️
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Rattlesnake (s)
Herd of white tailed deer
Alligator (large)
Bobcats
Lots and lots of feral cats, too 😆
Humpback whale
Rattlesnake (s)
Herd of white tailed deer
Alligator (large)
Bobcats
Lots and lots of feral cats, too 😆
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Grizzly
Moose
Bison
Osprey
Wolf
Grizzly
Moose
Bison
Osprey
Wolf
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Squirrel
Sea lions
Bald Eagle
Great Egret
Moose
Squirrel
Sea lions
Bald Eagle
Great Egret
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Rattlesnake (s)
Herd of white tailed deer
Alligator (large)
Bobcats
Lots and lots of feral cats, too 😆
Humpback whale
Rattlesnake (s)
Herd of white tailed deer
Alligator (large)
Bobcats
Lots and lots of feral cats, too 😆
@danielrobichaud.bsky.social watched “Good Boy” with me, a dog POV scary movie. I was weeping silently at the end.
It still staggers me the way animals can love. 💕
It still staggers me the way animals can love. 💕
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
@danielrobichaud.bsky.social watched “Good Boy” with me, a dog POV scary movie. I was weeping silently at the end.
It still staggers me the way animals can love. 💕
It still staggers me the way animals can love. 💕
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You must read the replies to this. It will brighten your whole month.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You must read the replies to this. It will brighten your whole month.
Thunderstorms in Houston mean a pause on the Dipshit Awards. Maybe tonight will be clear. ;)
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Thunderstorms in Houston mean a pause on the Dipshit Awards. Maybe tonight will be clear. ;)
This early film of Lee Marvin’s is cool. Also, Lee Marvin, the heavy in so many Westerns … is ADORABLE in this scene.
A greasy spoon is a hot bed of stolen secrets in the gritty (and surprisingly humorous) late entry noir, SHACK OUT ON 101. #LeeMarvin is pretty great in this early role. @kinolorber.com #Noirvember consideringstories.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/s...
One Spicy Tomato Amongst Spies Galore: Shack Out on 101 (1955)
Kotty (Terry Moore) was used to fending off the advances of handsy men. It went with the trade of working as a waitress at George’s (Keenan Wynn) Shack out on 101. But she never had to deal with a …
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This early film of Lee Marvin’s is cool. Also, Lee Marvin, the heavy in so many Westerns … is ADORABLE in this scene.
My daughter, a Girl Scout Brownie, is at the Girl Scouts Friendsgiving.
Kiddo to her BFF:
My Mom brought brownies! So we can become CANNIBALS!
Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter. 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️
Kiddo to her BFF:
My Mom brought brownies! So we can become CANNIBALS!
Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter. 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My daughter, a Girl Scout Brownie, is at the Girl Scouts Friendsgiving.
Kiddo to her BFF:
My Mom brought brownies! So we can become CANNIBALS!
Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter. 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️
Kiddo to her BFF:
My Mom brought brownies! So we can become CANNIBALS!
Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter. 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️
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Ok, explain this headline to someone from 2006, in one paragraph.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ok, explain this headline to someone from 2006, in one paragraph.
No Dipshit Award today, as I was rather tired after kiddo’s karate upgrade exam. She’s one test away from a red belt now in Tang Soo Do. I’m so proud.
I did see Snowball this morning, of course. This shy kitty face is the pregnant female. She has vibrant white around dark gray spots, &
I did see Snowball this morning, of course. This shy kitty face is the pregnant female. She has vibrant white around dark gray spots, &
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
No Dipshit Award today, as I was rather tired after kiddo’s karate upgrade exam. She’s one test away from a red belt now in Tang Soo Do. I’m so proud.
I did see Snowball this morning, of course. This shy kitty face is the pregnant female. She has vibrant white around dark gray spots, &
I did see Snowball this morning, of course. This shy kitty face is the pregnant female. She has vibrant white around dark gray spots, &
Yay, vaccine research! :)
“early but encouraging evidence that mRNA flu vaccines may offer a real step forward especially against notoriously slippery A strains like H3N2. We’re not talking about a universal flu vaccine yet, but the platform gives us tools we simply didn’t have before.
The paper is worth read.”
The paper is worth read.”
A new NEJM paper just dropped evaluating a quadrivalent modified mRNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine in a phase 3 trial. This is the largest test yet of whether the mRNA platform that transformed COVID-19 vaccination can improve our fight against flu.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yay, vaccine research! :)
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