MicroBlogganism
@cellsareneat.bsky.social
Superellipsoid of goo with ADHD and an MSc in cell biology, amateur necro-alectryomancer, 'biology autocorrect', and maker of (very) bad niche jokes. He/Him
I suspect that you would actually die faster than the video suggests. One key difference between radiation poisoning, which is used as a proxy, and all your DNA simply disappearing, is that in the latter your also suddenly release all the proteins bound to the DNA.
How long would you survive with no DNA?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oL...
How long would you survive with no DNA?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I suspect that you would actually die faster than the video suggests. One key difference between radiation poisoning, which is used as a proxy, and all your DNA simply disappearing, is that in the latter your also suddenly release all the proteins bound to the DNA.
I swear, these guys would benefit so much from being made to sit on a bench in a busy city center and count the number men, who look just like them, walk by with with women they are clearly in relationships with
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I swear, these guys would benefit so much from being made to sit on a bench in a busy city center and count the number men, who look just like them, walk by with with women they are clearly in relationships with
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
We tested this already! We looked into it and found nothing, because it didn't make sense to begin because it's physically impossible for radio waves to give you cancer!
I'm so tired boss..
I'm so tired boss..
What an absolute waste of money.
It’s far more important to investigate connections between space lasers and which brands of tin foil offer the greatest protection.
It’s far more important to investigate connections between space lasers and which brands of tin foil offer the greatest protection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:51 PM
We tested this already! We looked into it and found nothing, because it didn't make sense to begin because it's physically impossible for radio waves to give you cancer!
I'm so tired boss..
I'm so tired boss..
Sleep is old and even creatures without a brain does it, but why evolve a period of being vulnerable? This study suggests the answer might be that it lets the nerve cells have a coordinated period where they can focus on fixing damage to their DNA - a things that still happen when we sleep. Neat!
1/3 Jellyfish and anemones also sleep, despite not having a brain
Not only do they sleep, but their behavior is affected if they lack sleep; they become clumsier and need to catch up on lost sleep. Interestingly, they sleep 8 hours a day, just like us.
(paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Not only do they sleep, but their behavior is affected if they lack sleep; they become clumsier and need to catch up on lost sleep. Interestingly, they sleep 8 hours a day, just like us.
(paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Sleep is old and even creatures without a brain does it, but why evolve a period of being vulnerable? This study suggests the answer might be that it lets the nerve cells have a coordinated period where they can focus on fixing damage to their DNA - a things that still happen when we sleep. Neat!
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
Do dogs really understand words or are they just responding to inflection & body language?
This 2018 study using fMRI brain-mapping says they *DO* understand our words.
I'll explain, but first, let's acknowledge the adorable participants, 12 dogs who were trained at home to retrieve two objects.
This 2018 study using fMRI brain-mapping says they *DO* understand our words.
I'll explain, but first, let's acknowledge the adorable participants, 12 dogs who were trained at home to retrieve two objects.
July 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Do dogs really understand words or are they just responding to inflection & body language?
This 2018 study using fMRI brain-mapping says they *DO* understand our words.
I'll explain, but first, let's acknowledge the adorable participants, 12 dogs who were trained at home to retrieve two objects.
This 2018 study using fMRI brain-mapping says they *DO* understand our words.
I'll explain, but first, let's acknowledge the adorable participants, 12 dogs who were trained at home to retrieve two objects.
Them: "One of us always tells the truth, the other always lies"
Me: "Is this a false sentence?"
Me: "Is this a false sentence?"
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Them: "One of us always tells the truth, the other always lies"
Me: "Is this a false sentence?"
Me: "Is this a false sentence?"
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
Go free and be whatever it is you need to be today! ❤️
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Go free and be whatever it is you need to be today! ❤️
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
Hi, I'm a brick dropped from ~4 meters that thankfully hit the part of my face that doesn't have my brain behind it
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm toothpaste.
Hi, I'm toothpaste.
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Hi, I'm a brick dropped from ~4 meters that thankfully hit the part of my face that doesn't have my brain behind it
I love that we have just agreed that explosives are legal as long as they are festive
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I love that we have just agreed that explosives are legal as long as they are festive
Despite what it feels like, the sensation of drinking something carbonated isn't from the tiny bubbles popping. It's actually tiny blips of sourness from one of your own enzymes turning the CO2 into bicarbonate and H+
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Despite what it feels like, the sensation of drinking something carbonated isn't from the tiny bubbles popping. It's actually tiny blips of sourness from one of your own enzymes turning the CO2 into bicarbonate and H+
One day, hopefully soon, we can all just accept that it's fucking random and also doesn't matter and move on as a species..
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One day, hopefully soon, we can all just accept that it's fucking random and also doesn't matter and move on as a species..
Ignoring that measles absolutely kills and is way more than a rash, why the fuck would you want people to get a rash? Why must a disease be the worst thing ever before these fuckers think we should maybe do something about it??
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ignoring that measles absolutely kills and is way more than a rash, why the fuck would you want people to get a rash? Why must a disease be the worst thing ever before these fuckers think we should maybe do something about it??
So in 2002 Swedish public television broadcast a mockumentary about a fake group of adherents of a fake conspiracy theory that the 1958 soccer world cup in Sweden didn't happen, and it is amazingly spot on in its depiction of conspiracy theorists think
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjvW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjvW...
Konspiration 58 (SUB-ENG) Part 1
YouTube video by HOLSC1001
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So in 2002 Swedish public television broadcast a mockumentary about a fake group of adherents of a fake conspiracy theory that the 1958 soccer world cup in Sweden didn't happen, and it is amazingly spot on in its depiction of conspiracy theorists think
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjvW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjvW...
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
These parents killed their child and we need to say it
“The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust,” said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died of measles. In March, Tom Bartlett wrote about his visit with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
These parents killed their child and we need to say it
My family are all too boring to have one.. But mine is the bonnethead and my spouse's is the swell shark, specifically because they helped raise one named Burrito
As you’re gathering with your families today, do me a favor.
Ask them what their favorite shark is and why, and report back here!
Ask them what their favorite shark is and why, and report back here!
December 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My family are all too boring to have one.. But mine is the bonnethead and my spouse's is the swell shark, specifically because they helped raise one named Burrito
I love the humbling feeling of being reminded that other organisms experience parts of the world that we don't. But not as much as I love the fact that this suggests that it might be possible to create an optical illusion for birds using the right set-up of magnets
We know that birds can sense magnetic fields for navigation. But how does that work?
Do they have little magnets wired up to their brains?
The most likely answer is 1000X times weirder than that, and involves quantum spin.
Let's talk about 'cryptochromes' & magnetic sensing.🧪
Do they have little magnets wired up to their brains?
The most likely answer is 1000X times weirder than that, and involves quantum spin.
Let's talk about 'cryptochromes' & magnetic sensing.🧪
![A blue and red feathered parakeet? with a simple bar magnet illustration overlayed on it, and yellow lines of force radiating out from the head. It also has the word "yes*" underneath it.
I stole this from a cover photo for a video on the topic from YouTuber "Learn with Kay" with title "Birds navigte with Magnets in their heads ??" [sic]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r643qxafn6b3pxfffiodojbn/bafkreigvdthlwkzkkbjl63ykyyssyqbuhj4jxxkbxos6cfpanbfi7pwdv4@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I love the humbling feeling of being reminded that other organisms experience parts of the world that we don't. But not as much as I love the fact that this suggests that it might be possible to create an optical illusion for birds using the right set-up of magnets
Pasta has worked very hard on making a cool thing!
my Becoming a Knight Workbook is up on etsy! there’s both a full color and a coloring book version. check it out if you’re looking to level up from a squire to a knight! 🖤⚔️
www.etsy.com/shop/TheAwkw...
www.etsy.com/shop/TheAwkw...
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pasta has worked very hard on making a cool thing!
I can't believe that there is an entire town in New Jersey were all the tourist attractions are systematic errors that make distantly related lineages incorrectly appear to be closely related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Br...
Long Branch, New Jersey - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I can't believe that there is an entire town in New Jersey were all the tourist attractions are systematic errors that make distantly related lineages incorrectly appear to be closely related en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Br...
pH diet nonsense like this just never dies, and my arm charge hypothesis as to why, is that pH is the kind of common knowledge that still feels like it's very advanced and scientific. It's the perfect Dunning-Kruger topic.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
pH diet nonsense like this just never dies, and my arm charge hypothesis as to why, is that pH is the kind of common knowledge that still feels like it's very advanced and scientific. It's the perfect Dunning-Kruger topic.
Behold, the real-life inspiration for Clodsire
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Behold, the real-life inspiration for Clodsire
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
American Academy of Pediatrics has consistently pushed back against RFK Jr's anti-vax policies & this is payback for their unwillingness to "lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health.” #IllnessPolitics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
American Academy of Pediatrics has consistently pushed back against RFK Jr's anti-vax policies & this is payback for their unwillingness to "lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health.” #IllnessPolitics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by MicroBlogganism
Happy Hollidays to all the DNA Nerds out there.
December 20, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Happy Hollidays to all the DNA Nerds out there.