T. Michael Redmond
@tmr65.bsky.social
Irish-born 🇮🇪. Vocation: vision scientist; avocation: traveling natural history/landscapes/art and architecture photographer. Most images I post are mine; others not, properly attributed. Dogfather. Times New Roman no longer default. All opinions personal.
This weather station provided the crucial reports that set D-Day in motion over 80 years ago.
The salute at Blacksod, West coast of Ireland. September, 2017. From favorite photos.
February 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This weather station provided the crucial reports that set D-Day in motion over 80 years ago.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
For my birthday I was offered a choice between the Melania movie and a colonoscopy. I chose the colonoscopy and it turned out better! Honestly!
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
For my birthday I was offered a choice between the Melania movie and a colonoscopy. I chose the colonoscopy and it turned out better! Honestly!
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Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
::taps mic::
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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Awful news about the sublime Catherine O Hara passing away. RIP. What a legend ❤️
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Awful news about the sublime Catherine O Hara passing away. RIP. What a legend ❤️
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Sóla’s Thursday AM walk: 7/67%/5MPHWNW. Dogs:4; Winter Wren:2. Teachers’ parking lot was plowed o/n. Parents will be happy for school tomorrow. Want to get out of town, cabin fever is bad right now. TG for streaming for the distraction it provides. #Dogsofbluesky
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Sóla’s Thursday AM walk: 7/67%/5MPHWNW. Dogs:4; Winter Wren:2. Teachers’ parking lot was plowed o/n. Parents will be happy for school tomorrow. Want to get out of town, cabin fever is bad right now. TG for streaming for the distraction it provides. #Dogsofbluesky
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A few suggestions @wcratcliff.bsky.social. I know which kind of snowflake yeast I’m most excited for.
![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A few suggestions @wcratcliff.bsky.social. I know which kind of snowflake yeast I’m most excited for.
We can leave the street now that the county plow came! Prolly could have done it earlier in the 4runner but as predicted had to dig an exit through the ice for the Rav4 to get to the plowed lane!
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We can leave the street now that the county plow came! Prolly could have done it earlier in the 4runner but as predicted had to dig an exit through the ice for the Rav4 to get to the plowed lane!
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If you’re 50+ get your Shingrix shot!
The connection between viral infection and other apparently unrelated diseases — HPV ➡️ cervical cancer; Epstein-Barr Virus (mono) ➡️ multiple sclerosis (MS); and increasingly looking like herpes zoster (shingles) ➡️ dementia — is probably the most paradigm-shifting medical discovery of my lifetime. 🧪
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you’re 50+ get your Shingrix shot!
Part of a large group of American White Pelicans we saw last weekend at Blackwater NWR (Dorchester Co., MD). I counted >100, with many more hidden, others constantly flying in. More and more pelicans have become an annual winter occurrence at Blackwater.
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Part of a large group of American White Pelicans we saw last weekend at Blackwater NWR (Dorchester Co., MD). I counted >100, with many more hidden, others constantly flying in. More and more pelicans have become an annual winter occurrence at Blackwater.
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After Greenland, #Iceland next? Billy Long, the nominee for US ambassador to Iceland “joked” during his confirmation hearing in US Senate that Iceland would be the 52nd US state with him as governor. Icelanders are not happy. This is never the affect of any ambassador to anywhere!
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
After Greenland, #Iceland next? Billy Long, the nominee for US ambassador to Iceland “joked” during his confirmation hearing in US Senate that Iceland would be the 52nd US state with him as governor. Icelanders are not happy. This is never the affect of any ambassador to anywhere!
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There has been at least 7,400 deaths from the flu, this season alone according to CDC data: www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Get yer vaccines. They are not perfect, but this is carnage.
2025 was the worst flu season so far in a decade in many communities in America.
Get yer vaccines. They are not perfect, but this is carnage.
2025 was the worst flu season so far in a decade in many communities in America.
Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 53, ending January 3, 2026
Seasonal influenza activity is low.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
There has been at least 7,400 deaths from the flu, this season alone according to CDC data: www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
Get yer vaccines. They are not perfect, but this is carnage.
2025 was the worst flu season so far in a decade in many communities in America.
Get yer vaccines. They are not perfect, but this is carnage.
2025 was the worst flu season so far in a decade in many communities in America.
Play “Count the Eagles”! There are ~15 Bald Eagles in this frame. 62 counted on this island, on this side alone! We saw >80 eagles on a visit to Blackwater NWR (Dorchester Co., MD). Attracted by a cold snap fish kill and here to breed. Blackwater hosts the most eagles on E coast between ME and FL.
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Play “Count the Eagles”! There are ~15 Bald Eagles in this frame. 62 counted on this island, on this side alone! We saw >80 eagles on a visit to Blackwater NWR (Dorchester Co., MD). Attracted by a cold snap fish kill and here to breed. Blackwater hosts the most eagles on E coast between ME and FL.
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🧬 Major breakthrough: IOB researchers identify new genetic cause of inherited blindness in overlooked RNA genes. The discovery solves decades-old diagnostic mystery and opens new pathways for many patients worldwide.
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AcademicBlueSky #Genetics #VisionResearch #IRDs
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AcademicBlueSky #Genetics #VisionResearch #IRDs
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
🧬 Major breakthrough: IOB researchers identify new genetic cause of inherited blindness in overlooked RNA genes. The discovery solves decades-old diagnostic mystery and opens new pathways for many patients worldwide.
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AcademicBlueSky #Genetics #VisionResearch #IRDs
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AcademicBlueSky #Genetics #VisionResearch #IRDs
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, near Cambridge, MD. The eagles are “he-ing and she-ing” or attending an East Coast speed dating service for Eagles right now.
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, near Cambridge, MD. The eagles are “he-ing and she-ing” or attending an East Coast speed dating service for Eagles right now.
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Eagles chatting to one another at BNWR, near Cambridge, MD.
January 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Eagles chatting to one another at BNWR, near Cambridge, MD.
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What’s up loon? You aren’t the crazy one out here.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
What’s up loon? You aren’t the crazy one out here.
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Sanderling doing his/her thing on the OC beach to Evanescence.
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Sanderling doing his/her thing on the OC beach to Evanescence.
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Short-eared owl, Maple Dam Rd, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD. Best view of these owls we have ever had. Photo courtesy of M.
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Short-eared owl, Maple Dam Rd, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD. Best view of these owls we have ever had. Photo courtesy of M.
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Black Scoters whistling out in the Chesapeake Bay, Middle Hoopers Island, MD. We also saw: Common loons; long tailed ducks; Buffleheads here on the island.
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Black Scoters whistling out in the Chesapeake Bay, Middle Hoopers Island, MD. We also saw: Common loons; long tailed ducks; Buffleheads here on the island.
First daughter’s first first-author paper on her graduate studies has dropped! Yay!!
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Keratin 15 promotes a progenitor cell state in basal keratinocytes of skin epidermis | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press
The type I intermediate filament keratin 15 (K15) exhibits preferential expression in a subset of skin keratinocytes with stem-like properties. We report t
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January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
First daughter’s first first-author paper on her graduate studies has dropped! Yay!!
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
rupress.org/jcb/article/...