Alan Dreams of Snow & Turkey
@alans9.bsky.social
Immunologist/professor interested in viral and mycobacterial lung infectious diseases. Woke Medical Demon. Cookie Ninja. Loves long bicycle rides, storms, rocks, trains, and my kids. My opinions are Mine.
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
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People have snow and i am not one of them 😭😭😭😭
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
People have snow and i am not one of them 😭😭😭😭
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My queen
#tbt 30 years ago this month: PJ Harvey photographed by Craig McDean for ‘i-D’ (an issue that also featured an article about “the Iphone”)
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
My queen
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I'm getting glared at pretty hard for the crime of giving him dinner 🦀
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I'm getting glared at pretty hard for the crime of giving him dinner 🦀
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Former US Atty for Colorado Troy Eid (appointed by GW Bush) says "there's a real question of competency" with Lindsey Halligan, formerly of Colorado.
Eid blasted the politicized prosecution of James Comey. "This is not acceptable," Eid said. "We cannot allow this to go on."
Eid blasted the politicized prosecution of James Comey. "This is not acceptable," Eid said. "We cannot allow this to go on."
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Former US Atty for Colorado Troy Eid (appointed by GW Bush) says "there's a real question of competency" with Lindsey Halligan, formerly of Colorado.
Eid blasted the politicized prosecution of James Comey. "This is not acceptable," Eid said. "We cannot allow this to go on."
Eid blasted the politicized prosecution of James Comey. "This is not acceptable," Eid said. "We cannot allow this to go on."
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Weird, I dont see an "embarrassed a mod" option...
v1.110 is live!
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Weird, I dont see an "embarrassed a mod" option...
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My nomination for the Most English Thing Ever: Richard Dawson caught bubonic plague in Cheshire in 1625. Realizing that he was about to die, and that his nephew and servant were not strong enough to carry his body, he dug his own grave, and laid down in it in a bed of straw, waiting to die. #IDSky
![Richard Dawson being sick of the plague, and perceiving he must die at that time, arose out of his bed, and made his grave, and caused his nephew, John Dawson, to cast straw into the grave, which was not far from the house, and went and laid him down in the said grave, and caused clothes to be laid upon, and so departed out of this world. This he did, because he was a strong man, and heavier than his said nephew and another wench were able to bury ... [parish register of Malpas, Cheshire, 1625]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mcjqqipgnvdzsxgtqw6upxfh/bafkreigq4yedsnquwaul6gwc2muaeiidpz6gh7pega5tcv6janj5krdrxi@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My nomination for the Most English Thing Ever: Richard Dawson caught bubonic plague in Cheshire in 1625. Realizing that he was about to die, and that his nephew and servant were not strong enough to carry his body, he dug his own grave, and laid down in it in a bed of straw, waiting to die. #IDSky
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Let me tell you bout my BEST FRIEND
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Let me tell you bout my BEST FRIEND
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Pliny the magnificent in her new office
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pliny the magnificent in her new office
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Score one for the #InfiniteMonkeyTheorem
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Score one for the #InfiniteMonkeyTheorem
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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This man is why it's called 'algebra' & 'algorithm' & why it's the "Arabic" number system, in spite of it originating in India.
His name is Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. He lived in Bagdad in the 9th century AD, under the Abbasid Caliphate.
He was an astronomer, mathematician & geographer.
His name is Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. He lived in Bagdad in the 9th century AD, under the Abbasid Caliphate.
He was an astronomer, mathematician & geographer.
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This man is why it's called 'algebra' & 'algorithm' & why it's the "Arabic" number system, in spite of it originating in India.
His name is Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. He lived in Bagdad in the 9th century AD, under the Abbasid Caliphate.
He was an astronomer, mathematician & geographer.
His name is Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. He lived in Bagdad in the 9th century AD, under the Abbasid Caliphate.
He was an astronomer, mathematician & geographer.
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It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and this year I had the honor to re-imagine and doodle the antibiotics in the antibiotic personality quiz 😇🖍️
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and this year I had the honor to re-imagine and doodle the antibiotics in the antibiotic personality quiz 😇🖍️
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
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wake up babe new phil trans cover just dropped.
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
wake up babe new phil trans cover just dropped.
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It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Guillotine, Shrapnel, Algorithm, Leotard, Saxophone, Jacuzzi, Sandwich, Cardigan, Nacho...
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
In 1784, British Lt. Henry Shrapnel of Royal Artillery invented a 'spherical case' cannon shell that exploded in mid-air, raining down lead shot on infantry.
It was replaced in 1803 with a modified design that came to be known as the 'Shrapnel shell' & the name came to refer to the projectiles.
It was replaced in 1803 with a modified design that came to be known as the 'Shrapnel shell' & the name came to refer to the projectiles.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Guillotine, Shrapnel, Algorithm, Leotard, Saxophone, Jacuzzi, Sandwich, Cardigan, Nacho...
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
All common words that are just the name of their inventors.
And I think I have threads on most of them? 😧
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Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Remembering Linda D. Scott, A UW–Madison School of Nursing tribute: nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
Remembering Linda D. Scott
Dean Emerit Linda D. Scott, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN FNAP, FAAN, who served as the eighth dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and was a nationally recognized leader in nursing ...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remembering Linda D. Scott, A UW–Madison School of Nursing tribute: nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...