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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 14h

Ah. Young.

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public universal mutual @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The author of this norwegian knitting pattern was sadly attacked by a werewolf in the middle of writing the gauge instructions

STRIKKEFASTHET
22 m x 29 omg glattstrikk, 27 omg mønster = 10 x 10 cm

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 3d

They’re electing a prime minister, yet the main headline is still her gender, not her ideas or what she stands for 😤 www.bbc.com/news/live/cy...

Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, who calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher, stitched up a late night deal to bring her within two votes of the PM chair.

www.bbc.com

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 3d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive.

We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 3d

A leaf-surface fungus mediates interactions between leafcutter bees and the plants they cut to line their nests

-in Ecology

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A leaf‐surface fungus mediates interactions between leafcutter bees and the plants they cut to line their nests

Many insects damage leaves, a phenomenon that is foundational to their impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Leaf traits, including chemistry, shape these interactions. In turn, leaf-surface (phylloplan....

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 3d

Isn’t it amazing that plants have transcription factors that literally move from one cell to another to shape development? As a non-developmental biologist, I find this mind-blowing 🤯 genesdev.cshlp.org/content/25/1...

WUSCHEL protein movement mediates stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis shoot apex

A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields

genesdev.cshlp.org

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 4d

Then fix it.

Screenshot from BBC: Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy.

Rachel Reeves made the comment about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 4d

Yaaaaawwwn!

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 4d

#RatOfTheWeek - we just collected two new ratties who were in need of a new forever home. He's one of them, Cyril. Settling well into his new life.
#rats #pets #petrats #fancyrats #skyrats #ratsofbluesky #ratsky

A roan top eared rat in a fluffy tunnel; just his face shows.

Now he's taking and stretching out one paw towards us.

Here he's having a cuddle and eating a treat

And here, he's observing and exploring his new home - sitting up in an alert posture, whiskers forward.

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 8d

Did you know food-derived natural products may reveal how antimicrobial resistance plasmids spread in Enterobacterales? Celebrate World Food Day by reflecting on how our diet affects the world. Read more in Microbiology: doi.org/10.1099/mic.... #MicrobioJ #WorldFoodDay

Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global public health. Notably, resistance to carbapenem and extended-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria is a major…

doi.org

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 8d

Excuse me but, what the f*** is the point of targets to build homes that only the wealthy can afford? How does it help anyone who is not a property developer? And why does Labour care more about property developers than families? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target

A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 26d

#RatOfTheWeek - one of our past boys who deserves to be remembered - Grindle! He had the softest fur and the softest brain - such a daft, sweet, cuddly soul. And very very cute with it!
#rats #pets #petrats #fancyrats #skyrats #RatsOfBluesky

Grindle. A dark grey rat with a crooked white blaze running at an angle from the left side of his pink nose up to the center of his forehead. He had pink dumbo ears and white whiskers and he's looking at the camera with his shiny black eyes

Here he's sitting up in a hand. His back feet are sticking out towards the camera and he's holding a piece of cucumber like it's a steering wheel for an invisible go kart.

Here he's snuggled into his human's cardigan for a cuddle.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27d

The "no-one talks about immigration" line is so obviously nonsense. Not only is it one of the single most reported on issues in the media, it is also one of the most talked about in politics, with "immigration" alone referenced more than 1,700 times in the last 12 months in House of Commons. 1/

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 28d

Maybe. I kind of think ChatGPT would do better, to be honest.

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · 28d

Quality science reporting from the Mirror here 🤣🤦😭

Virus or fungus? At least pick one!
#science #ScienceCommunication #misinformation #embarrassing

"Cases of the Candidozyma auris virus have been increasing and spreading in hospitals. This dangerous fungus, once limited to a small number of isolated cases, has now spread to every continent, except Antarctica."

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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · Sep 21

Ed Davey MP, Lib Dem Leader on Elon Musk

Hard, serious, uncompromising words 👇

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 22

Ed Davey, "Nigel Farage helped cause the small boat problems, because before Brexit we had 27 return agreements with the EU"

- maybe call them Brexit boats?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 22

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 22

I have defended the BBC again and again.

No more.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Sep 22

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · Sep 20

#RatOfTheWeek - Ace again! Seen here taking his medicine (in chocolate spread) like a trooper! We thought he might be off to the rainbow bridge but once again the vet has done magic! Long life and good health, Acey boy! 🥰 (& same to his vet 😃).
#pets #rats #petrats #fancyrats #skyrats #ratsofbluesky

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Sep 16

RNA-binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

RNA‐binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in plant immunity by controlling the form, function and fate of RNA and are directly targeted by pathogens to promote susceptibility. This review exami...

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · Sep 16

Huge congratulations!
Exciting times :)

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Helen Fones @quietscientist.bsky.social · Sep 14

#RatOfTheWeek - Pingu! This is not just bliss, this is chocolate spread bliss... Daddy's fingers aren't quite clean so they must be licked - it would be a sin to leave a single molecule unlicked! Too busy & happy to care if he looks ridiculous🤣
#rats #pets #petrats #fancyrats #skyrats #RatsOfBluesky

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