Stephen Atkinson
@myxomars.bsky.social
Scientist (Biology:Myxozoa), Artist (Dabbler-in-many-media), Space fan
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I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
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It is genuinely insane how bright and distracting car lights are now
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It is genuinely insane how bright and distracting car lights are now
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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Gift article- no paywall
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Gift article- no paywall
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I don't want AI. I want to stop filling out my entire medical history every time I go to the same doctor
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I don't want AI. I want to stop filling out my entire medical history every time I go to the same doctor
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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Vultures cool themselves down by urinating on their own feet. Big Cat intern Geoff did the same thing when he began cleaning what he thought was an empty cage.
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Vultures cool themselves down by urinating on their own feet. Big Cat intern Geoff did the same thing when he began cleaning what he thought was an empty cage.
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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I do not like that man Ted Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like his lying whine
I do not like his jelly spine
I do not like him, not one bit
A craven, phony hypocrite
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like his lying whine
I do not like his jelly spine
I do not like him, not one bit
A craven, phony hypocrite
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I do not like that man Ted Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like his lying whine
I do not like his jelly spine
I do not like him, not one bit
A craven, phony hypocrite
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like his lying whine
I do not like his jelly spine
I do not like him, not one bit
A craven, phony hypocrite
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White privilege is when white men in their 20's and 30's are 'kids', and 12-year-old black boys are a 'threat'.
October 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
White privilege is when white men in their 20's and 30's are 'kids', and 12-year-old black boys are a 'threat'.
Last of the summer Marigolds (and pollinators still at it!)
October 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Last of the summer Marigolds (and pollinators still at it!)
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Live cell imaging of Ca. Nha. antarcticus and Hrr. lacusprofundi using agarose pads. Protocol now live!
www.archaea.bio/protocols/li...
www.archaea.bio/protocols/li...
Live Cell Imaging of Ca. Nha. antarcticus and Hrr. lacusprofundi using agarose pads
This protocol is an adapted form of the protocol developed for imaging haloarchaea (Liao et al., 2021) and subsequently applied to co-cultures containing nanohaloarchaea and haloarchaea (Hamm et al., ...
www.archaea.bio
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Live cell imaging of Ca. Nha. antarcticus and Hrr. lacusprofundi using agarose pads. Protocol now live!
www.archaea.bio/protocols/li...
www.archaea.bio/protocols/li...
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This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This sums up their lying perfectly www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
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if you count cows instead of sheep to try and fall asleep it’s probably pasture bedtime (i’m so sorry)
October 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
if you count cows instead of sheep to try and fall asleep it’s probably pasture bedtime (i’m so sorry)
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This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
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One of my earliest memories is splitting from 32,768 to 65,536 cells.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One of my earliest memories is splitting from 32,768 to 65,536 cells.
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This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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The best part about the 'Dumb Ways to Die' public safety announcement isn't that it went viral and got hundreds of millions of views, or that it turned into a whole media franchise.
It's that it actually reduced the number of near misses on railroad tracks by 30%. 👀👏
youtu.be/IJNR2EpS0jw?...
It's that it actually reduced the number of near misses on railroad tracks by 30%. 👀👏
youtu.be/IJNR2EpS0jw?...
Dumb Ways to Die
YouTube video by Dumb Ways to Die
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The best part about the 'Dumb Ways to Die' public safety announcement isn't that it went viral and got hundreds of millions of views, or that it turned into a whole media franchise.
It's that it actually reduced the number of near misses on railroad tracks by 30%. 👀👏
youtu.be/IJNR2EpS0jw?...
It's that it actually reduced the number of near misses on railroad tracks by 30%. 👀👏
youtu.be/IJNR2EpS0jw?...