Rachel Lance
@underwaterlance.bsky.social
Author, PhD biomedical engineer, bomb nerd, prof of extreme environmental physiology. Lover of all pastries and dogs.
I asked ChatGPT to write a limerick about my scientific work!
(it's not great)
There once was a sub called Hunley, so small,
That launched its black‑powder torpedo against a war’s wall.
Though no bullet or breach
Marred the hull—yet the screech
Of the blast wave inside proved fatal for all.
(it's not great)
There once was a sub called Hunley, so small,
That launched its black‑powder torpedo against a war’s wall.
Though no bullet or breach
Marred the hull—yet the screech
Of the blast wave inside proved fatal for all.
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I asked ChatGPT to write a limerick about my scientific work!
(it's not great)
There once was a sub called Hunley, so small,
That launched its black‑powder torpedo against a war’s wall.
Though no bullet or breach
Marred the hull—yet the screech
Of the blast wave inside proved fatal for all.
(it's not great)
There once was a sub called Hunley, so small,
That launched its black‑powder torpedo against a war’s wall.
Though no bullet or breach
Marred the hull—yet the screech
Of the blast wave inside proved fatal for all.
Everything you think you know about O2 and diving may be wrong... and it's definitely stolen!
Today's episode of The Great Dive Podcast wraps up their series on how the body uses (and gets abused by) O2 when diving.
It also corrects a decades-old theft
Listen: www.thegreatdivepodcast.com/podcasts
Today's episode of The Great Dive Podcast wraps up their series on how the body uses (and gets abused by) O2 when diving.
It also corrects a decades-old theft
Listen: www.thegreatdivepodcast.com/podcasts
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Everything you think you know about O2 and diving may be wrong... and it's definitely stolen!
Today's episode of The Great Dive Podcast wraps up their series on how the body uses (and gets abused by) O2 when diving.
It also corrects a decades-old theft
Listen: www.thegreatdivepodcast.com/podcasts
Today's episode of The Great Dive Podcast wraps up their series on how the body uses (and gets abused by) O2 when diving.
It also corrects a decades-old theft
Listen: www.thegreatdivepodcast.com/podcasts
I worked 9 years as a federal civil servant, through a couple shutdowns.
They suck. Imagine an unplanned 20% pay cut, with no known end date. I was forced to work through furlough hours anyway, unpaid.
There is a chance this is part of the plan to make civil servants quit.
#Shutdown #CivilService
They suck. Imagine an unplanned 20% pay cut, with no known end date. I was forced to work through furlough hours anyway, unpaid.
There is a chance this is part of the plan to make civil servants quit.
#Shutdown #CivilService
October 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I worked 9 years as a federal civil servant, through a couple shutdowns.
They suck. Imagine an unplanned 20% pay cut, with no known end date. I was forced to work through furlough hours anyway, unpaid.
There is a chance this is part of the plan to make civil servants quit.
#Shutdown #CivilService
They suck. Imagine an unplanned 20% pay cut, with no known end date. I was forced to work through furlough hours anyway, unpaid.
There is a chance this is part of the plan to make civil servants quit.
#Shutdown #CivilService
Trying to decide if I should write about how hyperbaric chamber fires start?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Family of boy killed in hyperbaric oxygen chamber fire files suit alleging son paid ‘ultimate price’ for ‘corporate greed’
Thomas Cooper, 5, died on Jan. 31 while receiving treatment at an alternative medicine facility in a Detroit suburb.
www.nbcnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Trying to decide if I should write about how hyperbaric chamber fires start?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reminder: mRNA vaccines have been in safe use in humans since 2013, starting with trials to develop cheaper rabies vaccines.
Most have not come to market because they weren't effective enough YET, not because of safety concerns.
by @bethmariem.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Most have not come to market because they weren't effective enough YET, not because of safety concerns.
by @bethmariem.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook
He clearly has no idea what antigenic shift means.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reminder: mRNA vaccines have been in safe use in humans since 2013, starting with trials to develop cheaper rabies vaccines.
Most have not come to market because they weren't effective enough YET, not because of safety concerns.
by @bethmariem.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Most have not come to market because they weren't effective enough YET, not because of safety concerns.
by @bethmariem.bsky.social
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
I have reviewed the Titan report from @uscg-official.bsky.social and I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS about the boat design, outside of the obvious hull issues that I and others have discussed to death.
I've pitched my analysis of the breathing gas supply as an article, stay tuned.
#Titan #TitanReport
I've pitched my analysis of the breathing gas supply as an article, stay tuned.
#Titan #TitanReport
OceanGate CEO was warned repeatedly how dangerous the vessel was but threatened anyone who raised concerns, report says
Titan submersible implosion final report critical of CEO's inadequate oversight
Stockton Rush, who was killed in the implosion, is strongly criticized.
www.yahoo.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have reviewed the Titan report from @uscg-official.bsky.social and I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS about the boat design, outside of the obvious hull issues that I and others have discussed to death.
I've pitched my analysis of the breathing gas supply as an article, stay tuned.
#Titan #TitanReport
I've pitched my analysis of the breathing gas supply as an article, stay tuned.
#Titan #TitanReport
No matter what, documentarians make the truth known in the long run.
Look out for the silent library types.
www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Look out for the silent library types.
www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
A trove of forgotten Nazi documents is found in Argentina's Supreme Court basement
Inside boxes found in the basement were documents "intended to consolidate and propagate Adolf Hitler's ideology in Argentina," the court said. Supreme Court president Horacio Rosatti has ordered a re...
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No matter what, documentarians make the truth known in the long run.
Look out for the silent library types.
www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Look out for the silent library types.
www.npr.org/2025/05/12/n...
Sandy Rendel, everyone, offspring of Jim & Joan Rendel from CHAMBER DIVERS!
Geneticist Jim Rendel volunteered his body in a WWII experiment to stop the Nazis. It ruptured his lung, which collapsed on occasion for the rest of his life.
It was an honor getting to talk to family members like Sandy!
Geneticist Jim Rendel volunteered his body in a WWII experiment to stop the Nazis. It ruptured his lung, which collapsed on occasion for the rest of his life.
It was an honor getting to talk to family members like Sandy!
Nice to find you here @underwaterlance.bsky.social , I hope you stay safe in that country of yours.
May 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sandy Rendel, everyone, offspring of Jim & Joan Rendel from CHAMBER DIVERS!
Geneticist Jim Rendel volunteered his body in a WWII experiment to stop the Nazis. It ruptured his lung, which collapsed on occasion for the rest of his life.
It was an honor getting to talk to family members like Sandy!
Geneticist Jim Rendel volunteered his body in a WWII experiment to stop the Nazis. It ruptured his lung, which collapsed on occasion for the rest of his life.
It was an honor getting to talk to family members like Sandy!
I think I'm over paying to see movies where women exist only to get kidnapped, raped, and murdered to motivate the menfolk.
#TheAmateur
#AWorkingMan
#TheEqualizer
#Taken
#Reacher
#CarryOn
#JohnWick
#MonkeyMan
#Nobody
#Carter
#SoManyActionMovies
#TheAmateur
#AWorkingMan
#TheEqualizer
#Taken
#Reacher
#CarryOn
#JohnWick
#MonkeyMan
#Nobody
#Carter
#SoManyActionMovies
April 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I think I'm over paying to see movies where women exist only to get kidnapped, raped, and murdered to motivate the menfolk.
#TheAmateur
#AWorkingMan
#TheEqualizer
#Taken
#Reacher
#CarryOn
#JohnWick
#MonkeyMan
#Nobody
#Carter
#SoManyActionMovies
#TheAmateur
#AWorkingMan
#TheEqualizer
#Taken
#Reacher
#CarryOn
#JohnWick
#MonkeyMan
#Nobody
#Carter
#SoManyActionMovies
In 1911 an accidental massive explosion occurred at a railyard in NJ, about 500 feet from Ellis Island. The island was damaged. People were hurt.
But maintaining bad practices for explosives was profitable for NJ, so they told NY to f off
Just a note about the point of federal government.
#history
But maintaining bad practices for explosives was profitable for NJ, so they told NY to f off
Just a note about the point of federal government.
#history
April 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In 1911 an accidental massive explosion occurred at a railyard in NJ, about 500 feet from Ellis Island. The island was damaged. People were hurt.
But maintaining bad practices for explosives was profitable for NJ, so they told NY to f off
Just a note about the point of federal government.
#history
But maintaining bad practices for explosives was profitable for NJ, so they told NY to f off
Just a note about the point of federal government.
#history
Today I stumbled on the US Military's classified files monitoring W.E.B. DuBois
#BeAnAgitator #BlackHistory
catalog.archives.gov/id/118057367...
#BeAnAgitator #BlackHistory
catalog.archives.gov/id/118057367...
The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.
catalog.archives.gov
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today I stumbled on the US Military's classified files monitoring W.E.B. DuBois
#BeAnAgitator #BlackHistory
catalog.archives.gov/id/118057367...
#BeAnAgitator #BlackHistory
catalog.archives.gov/id/118057367...
Ever have one of those days where you feel like you're dropping all the balls??
March 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ever have one of those days where you feel like you're dropping all the balls??
Durham Library is screening the new @pbs.org #IndependentLens film FREE FOR ALL Mar 20th at 7 pm!
I'm not able to go (medical reasons), but am excited about this documentary about public libraries and "the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen."
www.eventbrite.com/e/pbs-ncs-in...
I'm not able to go (medical reasons), but am excited about this documentary about public libraries and "the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen."
www.eventbrite.com/e/pbs-ncs-in...
PBS NC's Indie Lens Pop-Up Screening of Free for All: The Public Library
Join us in person to discuss how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.
www.eventbrite.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Durham Library is screening the new @pbs.org #IndependentLens film FREE FOR ALL Mar 20th at 7 pm!
I'm not able to go (medical reasons), but am excited about this documentary about public libraries and "the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen."
www.eventbrite.com/e/pbs-ncs-in...
I'm not able to go (medical reasons), but am excited about this documentary about public libraries and "the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen."
www.eventbrite.com/e/pbs-ncs-in...
"Nessel said the defendants unscrupulously put children’s bodies at risk through unaccredited and debunked treatments, simply because it brought cash through the door."
Hyperbaric therapy has been studied and shown NO effect for autism, ADHD, TBI, or PTSD.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hyperbaric therapy has been studied and shown NO effect for autism, ADHD, TBI, or PTSD.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Four charged in death of US boy, 5, ‘incinerated’ in hyperbaric chamber
Thomas Cooper was inside an oxygen chamber in a Detroit area medical facility when it exploded on 31 January
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Nessel said the defendants unscrupulously put children’s bodies at risk through unaccredited and debunked treatments, simply because it brought cash through the door."
Hyperbaric therapy has been studied and shown NO effect for autism, ADHD, TBI, or PTSD.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hyperbaric therapy has been studied and shown NO effect for autism, ADHD, TBI, or PTSD.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Well, it's official, Twitter broke me. Find me and all my history fun facts here and on Instagram (same handle) from now on.
#HelloWorldTake2
#HelloWorldTake2
March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well, it's official, Twitter broke me. Find me and all my history fun facts here and on Instagram (same handle) from now on.
#HelloWorldTake2
#HelloWorldTake2
Can't get enough #DDay #history? Bananas for underwater science, diving, or mini-subs? Like free stuff?
Enter the Goodreads galley giveaway to win a free advance copy of CHAMBER DIVERS, open now through Nov 27.
Enter the Goodreads galley giveaway to win a free advance copy of CHAMBER DIVERS, open now through Nov 27.
Book giveaway for Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Opera...
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 06-Nov 27, 2023. We're giving away 10 galleys of the untold story of one group of s...
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November 7, 2023 at 3:51 PM