Witch Doctor
@witchdoctor.bsky.social
Socialist. Scientist.
Professional drug expert.
Amateur macabre medical historian.
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Nothing I do on here represents or is on behalf of my employer.
Professional drug expert.
Amateur macabre medical historian.
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Header image by George Wylesol.
Nothing I do on here represents or is on behalf of my employer.
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a staircase for frogs or other small fellows
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
a staircase for frogs or other small fellows
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Part 224 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Egyptian faience beaded dress dating from The Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of King Khufu, ce 2551-2528 BC
Egyptian faience beaded dress dating from The Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of King Khufu, ce 2551-2528 BC
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Part 224 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Egyptian faience beaded dress dating from The Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of King Khufu, ce 2551-2528 BC
Egyptian faience beaded dress dating from The Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of King Khufu, ce 2551-2528 BC
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There isn't a straight up fried potato crab to symbolize latkes, but Aethra edentata is sometimes called the potato chip crab, and you can see why from its shape. It's a not too distant relative of Calappa
3/3?
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
3/3?
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There isn't a straight up fried potato crab to symbolize latkes, but Aethra edentata is sometimes called the potato chip crab, and you can see why from its shape. It's a not too distant relative of Calappa
3/3?
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3/3?
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
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Liberty & Co. evening cloak, cotton velvet lined with silk, embroidered with silk & beads, early 1910s. Via The John Bright Collection, full description & images here: www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/cloa...
November 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Liberty & Co. evening cloak, cotton velvet lined with silk, embroidered with silk & beads, early 1910s. Via The John Bright Collection, full description & images here: www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/cloa...
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12.
’Woodland Visit’... water colour, ink and digital art.
’Woodland Visit’... water colour, ink and digital art.
December 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12.
’Woodland Visit’... water colour, ink and digital art.
’Woodland Visit’... water colour, ink and digital art.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Robert Wun, 2025
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Robert Wun, 2025
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Fearless frogs feast on deadly hornets [via Kobe Uni] 🧪🥼🐸🦟😋
"Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the black-spotted pond frog seems to be unharmed and undaunted by #venomous stings from hornets such as the Asian giant #hornet"
www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/arti...
#frog #immunity
"Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the black-spotted pond frog seems to be unharmed and undaunted by #venomous stings from hornets such as the Asian giant #hornet"
www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/arti...
#frog #immunity
Fearless frogs feast on deadly hornets | Kobe University News site
A remarkable resistance to venom has been discovered in a frog that feasts on hornets despite their deadly stingers. This frog could potentially serve as a model organism for studies on mechanisms und...
www.kobe-u.ac.jp
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Fearless frogs feast on deadly hornets [via Kobe Uni] 🧪🥼🐸🦟😋
"Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the black-spotted pond frog seems to be unharmed and undaunted by #venomous stings from hornets such as the Asian giant #hornet"
www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/arti...
#frog #immunity
"Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the black-spotted pond frog seems to be unharmed and undaunted by #venomous stings from hornets such as the Asian giant #hornet"
www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/arti...
#frog #immunity
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“Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
🧪
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
🧪
Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It
If you want to stand out at your next metal gig, don't settle for a spot of color in a sea of black – go ultrablack instead.
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
🧪
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
🧪
I desperately want to have another baby, but they’re creating a world in which I cannot bring myself to do it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I desperately want to have another baby, but they’re creating a world in which I cannot bring myself to do it.
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Anyone interested in history, politics, gender or theory should be aware that Pluto Books has 80% off for ebooks for 48h. I’m trying to decide which ones. Click here: www.plutobooks.com
Home Page - Pluto Press
An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
www.plutobooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Anyone interested in history, politics, gender or theory should be aware that Pluto Books has 80% off for ebooks for 48h. I’m trying to decide which ones. Click here: www.plutobooks.com
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Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters, died circa 310 AD, beheaded by a hatchet. She was transferred from the Roman catacombs in 1675 and put on display in Munich, her bones encased in a bejeweled shroud, her hands clasping a glass container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters, died circa 310 AD, beheaded by a hatchet. She was transferred from the Roman catacombs in 1675 and put on display in Munich, her bones encased in a bejeweled shroud, her hands clasping a glass container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
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Olms (Proteus anguinus) look like you took an axolotl & stretched them out. 'Dachshund axolotls', if you will.
They're a cave-dwelling salamander that live deep under the Alps of Central Europe. When floods flushed them out to streams, they were described as 'baby dragons'.
And they lack eyes...
They're a cave-dwelling salamander that live deep under the Alps of Central Europe. When floods flushed them out to streams, they were described as 'baby dragons'.
And they lack eyes...
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Olms (Proteus anguinus) look like you took an axolotl & stretched them out. 'Dachshund axolotls', if you will.
They're a cave-dwelling salamander that live deep under the Alps of Central Europe. When floods flushed them out to streams, they were described as 'baby dragons'.
And they lack eyes...
They're a cave-dwelling salamander that live deep under the Alps of Central Europe. When floods flushed them out to streams, they were described as 'baby dragons'.
And they lack eyes...
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Share a smile.
Cross-section from Ascaris lumbricoides, the most common parasitic worm in humans.
(🔬: Massimo Brizzi)
Cross-section from Ascaris lumbricoides, the most common parasitic worm in humans.
(🔬: Massimo Brizzi)
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Share a smile.
Cross-section from Ascaris lumbricoides, the most common parasitic worm in humans.
(🔬: Massimo Brizzi)
Cross-section from Ascaris lumbricoides, the most common parasitic worm in humans.
(🔬: Massimo Brizzi)
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Just a murderous fungus having taken over a wasp and compelled it to die in a place advantageous to finding more victims. With its tiny spores floating off through the air in hopes of just one landing on an exoskeleton.. nothing in the rainforest wants anything to do with this little scene here…
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just a murderous fungus having taken over a wasp and compelled it to die in a place advantageous to finding more victims. With its tiny spores floating off through the air in hopes of just one landing on an exoskeleton.. nothing in the rainforest wants anything to do with this little scene here…
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#MementoMoriMonday mood
17th century carved boxwood Death holding a dart.
Fetzentödlein [small death in tatters]
Exhibited at TEFAF by Kunstkammer Georg Laue
17th century carved boxwood Death holding a dart.
Fetzentödlein [small death in tatters]
Exhibited at TEFAF by Kunstkammer Georg Laue
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#MementoMoriMonday mood
17th century carved boxwood Death holding a dart.
Fetzentödlein [small death in tatters]
Exhibited at TEFAF by Kunstkammer Georg Laue
17th century carved boxwood Death holding a dart.
Fetzentödlein [small death in tatters]
Exhibited at TEFAF by Kunstkammer Georg Laue
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New from me: We have entered an age of polio denialism. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New from me: We have entered an age of polio denialism. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Tonight, I got it off the needles, and I wove in all the ends, but I still need to wash it and block the ever loving bejesus out of it. But it's almost 10 pm so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tonight, I got it off the needles, and I wove in all the ends, but I still need to wash it and block the ever loving bejesus out of it. But it's almost 10 pm so it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #yarn #🧶 #handknitting #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025
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This is a hip joint prosthesis. It has been specifically designed to withstand compression stress.
#TriviaTuesday
#TriviaTuesday
For #TriviaTuesday this week we have this object from the 1970s. It is 11 cm long. Do you know what it is?
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is a hip joint prosthesis. It has been specifically designed to withstand compression stress.
#TriviaTuesday
#TriviaTuesday
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The sexually transmitted disease #gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The sexually transmitted disease #gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
Countries need to
🛡️ Strengthen surveillance
🔬 Improve diagnostic capacity
💊 Ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections
https://bit.ly/3XAo8we
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Another little Mycena species emerging from lichen - the local peat bog is now alive with smaller fungi fruiting bodies #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom #mushrooms
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another little Mycena species emerging from lichen - the local peat bog is now alive with smaller fungi fruiting bodies #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom #mushrooms