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Abraham Samma🔬🔭👨‍💻
@abesamma.bsky.social
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Doctor, researcher, data wrangler, coder, open source dev & knowledge tool enthusiast.

Current day job: working on healthcare software ⚕️

You can also find me over @ the fediverse: https://toolsforthought.social/@abesamma
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abesamma.bsky.social
I'll be damned! #science

Pterosaur died with belly full of plants—a fossil first | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
This fossil of the pterosaur Sinopterus atavismus preserves the creature’s stomach, which contains hundreds of mineral deposits associated with plant matter—suggesting it died with a belly full of plants. Shunxing Jiang
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
He wants a fucking triumphal arch for himself 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 this is turning into an ultranationalist fanfic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7e8lv176go
Trump holding a model of a triumphal arch while looking very proud of himself.
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
This data visualization of Obamacare purchases across the States as a share of population in congressional districts is quite a revelation, and illustrates why #Trump will lose this fight. #data #obamacare #us #health
Title: Share of population in congressional districts enrolled in a marketplace plan (2025 ACA Marketplace enrollment data) Source: KFF Description: A map of the United States shows the percentage of the population enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace health insurance plans, divided by congressional districts. The color gradient represents enrollment share: Very dark brown: less than 4% Dark brown: 4–6% Medium pinkish brown: 6–8% Bright pink: 8–10% Light pink: 10% or more Key patterns: The highest enrollment rates (≥10%), shown in light pink, are concentrated in the Southern U.S., especially in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana. Moderately high enrollment (8–10%) occurs in parts of the South and Mountain West, including areas of Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Montana. Most of the Midwest, Northeast, and Pacific Coast regions are shaded in dark brown or very dark brown, indicating low enrollment rates (under 6%). Some Western states, like Nevada and Arizona, show a mix of moderate to high enrollment. Overall interpretation: Marketplace enrollment is significantly higher across much of the South and parts of the rural West, while lower in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific states.
October 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
I ask you at this point, is there any difference between the PRC and the US government? #surveillance
ICE is planning to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team to target people for deportation.
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
The racist loons of Aussie sure are self projecting with this one. Ethnic cleansing indeed. #aussie

www.reddit.com/r/sydney/s/T...
A printed note delivered to a student's mailbox saying overseas students get out of Australia! They are invaders and ethnic cleansers, economic competitors and a national security problem! Australia first!
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Africa is a pretty vast continent, and by 2075, one out of three people on earth will be an African. You can fit the world's two superpowers into it plus most of Europe, the Middleast and India. #Africa #geograpy
The continent of Africa covers 11.7 million mi² (30.4 million km²), roughly equal to the size of 30 countries. These 30 include some of the world’s largest countries like the (contiguous) U.S., China, and India.
September 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
You know that fancy Sahara solar panel project the EU loves so much? Aussie could easily do that with its vast interior arid region and become net zero very quickly. No gas or coal required, if it wants to. #climatechange #energy #netzero
A full disc color view of the Earth with the sun burnt interior of Australia hinting at all that wonderful solar energy going to waste.
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
In another time, another age, this pic alone would have been enough to get Trump out of the WH. Immigrants are not the real degenerates. The ones who justify or ignore this are. You cannot wash and reuse a pot tainted with toxic waste. You dispose it. #uspol
Epstein and Trump in 1997 - the pair were friendly for years, but Trump says they fell out in the early 2000s
September 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
CW: Trump's obscenity and America the obscene

American culture has regressed so badly you've got people trying to justify/spin this "gift" from Trump to Epstein. And they dare call immigrants degenerate! 💩 #uspol
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the image of the Epstein 'birthday book' on Monday, after the committee received it from the Epstein estate. The White House said "President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it"
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Methane raindrops hitting phospholipid layers on Titan's lakes can possibly create phospholipid bilayer vesicles at the moon. It would be exciting to see the beginning of life in action there. #space #astronomy #science #saturn
An artist’s concept of the proposed mechanism for vesicle formation on Titan. (1) Methane lakes and seas on Titan’s surface become coated with a film of amphiphiles. (2) Methane raindrops splash the lake surface. (3) Splashes create a mist of droplets coated in the same film. (4) Droplets settle back onto the lake and sink, becoming coated in a bilayer which becomes a vesicle. Christian Mayer (Universität Duisburg-Essen) and Conor Nixon (NASA Goddard)
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Spreadsheets have been with us forever. The pic shows an Egyptian monthly accounts from the archive of a temple, similar to a modern spreadsheet in analysis. From the Louvre's collection. #spreadsheets #excel
Egyptian monthly accounts from the archive of a temple, similar to a modern spreadsheet in analysis. From the Louvre's collection.
July 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
I think we can safely declare these to be the money shots 📸. Extraordinary creatures. Port Macquarie was a blast #australia #whales
A humpback whale leaping clean out of the water. A humpback whale doing an impression from The Little Mermaid, with a magnificent back arc half out of the water.
July 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Went whale watching last weekend at Port Macquarie. Amazing experience 🐋🐳 #whales #ocean #Australia
The dorsal fins of two humpback whales sticking out in the azure blue waters of the Pacific ocean. The tail of a humpback whale diving back into the depths.
July 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Worst Terminator spinoff ever. (I'm stealing this for future talks).
A social media post by user "jbillinson" with a verified badge, posted 3 hours ago, reads: "This is what’s happening on the other website today." Below the text is a meme screenshot from the movie Terminator 2, showing Arnold Schwarzenegger driving with a young John Connor in the passenger seat. The caption over the image says: "Grok becomes antisemitic at a geometric rate."
July 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Crazy stuff. It seems they've extended their beliefs to it being able to control the weather. It's absurd.
Screenshot of a tweet from the verified MAHA PAC account (@MAHA\_PAC), posted 4 hours ago. The tweet reads: “MAHA, we are one step closer to banning chemtrails and taking back our skies! Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is introducing a bill to ban chemtrails and shut down dangerous geoengineering programs. The bill will make it a felony to release chemicals into the sky to alter weather.” Below the tweet is a photo featuring former President Donald Trump, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, RFK Jr, and other individuals smiling and standing together at the Oval office.
July 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
Finally seeing the Pacific coast brings a tear to my nerdy eyes 🤓 #aussie
The landscape photograph captures a serene sunset over the ocean. The setting sun, a warm orange, dips towards the horizon on the left, partially hidden by soft clouds that diffuse its light across the sky. Gentle waves ripple across the vast expanse of the ocean, which occupies the middle ground of the image. On the right, the foreground features a cluster of green, leafy plants, possibly tall grasses or reeds, their silhouettes partially framing the ocean view. To the left, a dark landmass or cliff juts into the water, completing the coastal scene.
June 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
The Australian under-16 social media ban initiative is funny to say the least. Especially when you consider that it completely removes parental accountability from the equation. I'm not a parent yet but I would say it's pretty easy for parents to get their kids a dumb phone and get them to do some
Tech giants will face fines of up to $50 million if they fail to take "reasonable steps" to keep children and teens off their platforms. There are no penalties for parents of young people who subvert the ban.
June 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
This is such a British thing. 😂 #uk
A screenshot of a BBC news article about a man vowing to retrieve his 20ft elephant slide after the council confiscated it out of safety concerns.
June 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
We can finally put a face to the Denisovans. The first skull identified as such has been found. http://archive.today/bAYCf #paleontology #fossils
The "Dragon Man" skull was discovered in Harbin, China in 1933 by a local laborer, but remained hidden away until 2018. A new analysis now finds its very likely to be a Denisovan.
June 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
CW: Events in the ME

Dude, don't ever tell me Star Wars is an unrealistic depiction of warfare.
A screenshot of an article from the times of Israel offering an in-depth assessment of Israel's recent attacks the Iranian regime. The highlighted section states: The Times report revealed private text messages exchanged between senior Iranian officials in which they angrily asked one another, “Where is our air defense?” and “HM attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
If you want to understand what's driving JFK Jr and the whole wellness grift space, you must first attempt to wrap your head around the wholesale rejection of germ theory. #health #science #regression #uspol
A screenshot of a prototypical expression of belief in the non-validity of germ theory in the cesspool that is X. The user here called @DrewScottOne3 says "Germs do not cause disease".
May 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
abesamma.bsky.social
I do miss lovely, whimsical Brighton sometimes. #brighton #uk #memories
The image shows the AIDS Memorial Sculpture, titled "Tay," by Romany Mark Bruce, located in New Steine Gardens, Brighton, England. The bronze sculpture, unveiled in 2009, depicts two intertwined figures reaching skyward, one male and the other androgynous, symbolizing that HIV/AIDS affects everyone. When the sun is at a certain angle, the sculpture casts a shadow in the shape of the red ribbon, the international symbol for HIV/AIDS awareness. The memorial serves as a public space for reflection and remembrance for those affected by HIV/AIDS. It is situated in a garden setting with flowers in the foreground and the blue English channel in the distant across the street, offering a serene backdrop for the sculpture.
May 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
My old friend. We still miss you and your sister. #mars #space #spaceflight
Standing with a model of the old Mars exploration rover in Mars sandbox. A closeup of the MER rover life size model.
May 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
Anyone know #FORTRAN ? #Retrocompting
A photo of a vintage 1970s-style mini computer system on display in a museum. The setup includes two tall metal cabinets. The left cabinet houses various components such as switches, circuit boards, and a control panel with orange toggle switches and indicator lights. A sign at the top describes it as a "Mini Computer System – 1970s style," noting its use in atomic research. The right cabinet contains large reel-to-reel magnetic tape drives used for data storage, with visible cables and connectors at the bottom. Both units represent early computing technology.
May 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
abesamma.bsky.social
A blast from the past! Found this hidden gem from 1989. Old school stuff that died from lack of standardization amongst ultra-competitive vendors, but you can definitely see the seeds of modern DevOps, IDEs and SDLC practices in every page. Lots of relevant lessons to be gleaned from CASE is
A book lying on its side in a wooden book shelf titled CASE is software automation. CASE is to software development as CAD is to hardware development.
May 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM