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afthescientist.bsky.social
AF the Virologist
@afthescientist.bsky.social
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Virologist, PhD, collector of hobbies & plants, 🏳️‍🌈, 🐈‍⬛, currently in career & prof dev for scientists, AuDHD & hypermobile, she/her

Pfp: sassy sketch of me - white woman with a shaved head wearing pearls & cateye glasses by @atlastalos.bsky.social
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The bowl in question.
My hand holding a white bowl with a skull and crossbones on it. There are more skulls and crossbones around the bowl. The top has a black border with oblong white not quite spots that goes all the way around.
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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My wfh supervisor decided he needed a catnip break
Black cat Kimchi sprawled out on his side all stretched out covered in random bits of catnip with a disassociating who me expression on his face
July 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Executive dysfunction Protein Bar
black background white text "Your Kentucky Derby Horse Name Is: a symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate."
July 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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*Sobs* 🌱
Fingers holding the cut off hoya bloom - a half ball of tiny white starburst flowers with fuschia middles in the flowers. Nectar is dripping off the flowers making the room extremely fragrant.
July 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Pupils and teefs
Black cat kimchi laying in between the basement stairs with his paw wrapped around it and his pupils about as big as they can get with just a sliver of color left. His mouth is slightly open with his bottom teeth exposed
July 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Over it.
Kimchi the black cat laying on his cat tree from just his shoulders up with an extra grumpy expression on his face with one eye slightly closed making him appear skeptical on this early caturday
July 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Like the adorable black footed cat that has a 60% hunting success rate! And they’re smaller than most house cats. They weigh 2-5 lbs.
Adorable tiny cat in the desert. It’s doing a biiig stretch and has spots and stripes.
July 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Kimchi was helping me work today.
Kimchi the black cat loafing on my keyboard giving me a side eye while a string of nonsense is on the screen behind him because he’s loafing on the keyboard.
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Excerpt from article - “The settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret,” Paramount specified. The announcement also said that “in the future, ‘60 Minutes’ will release transcripts of interviews with eligible U.S. presidential candidates after such interviews have aired, subject to redactions as required for legal or national security concerns.”
July 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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I seriously like this tracker. It helps determine if people are genuine or trolling.

It’s not always the case, but they’re typically following at least a few of the accounts and yeah nah.
Follow tracker @for.shame.wtf - This account places a badge on the profile of accounts that follow a given account, for informational purposes. Automated. Can be removed by unfollowing said account. Please also visit @singal.shame.wtf
July 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Of course they follow JD Vance.
Screenshot of user “Pug Lover” followed by information that the user is a JD Vance follower
July 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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An hour and a half later, the lasagnas are out of the oven and smell delicious.
A delicious melty homemade lasagna sitting on the counter A second delicious melty homemade lasagna sitting on the counter
June 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I chuckle every time I see my cat on a blanket my late grandma crocheted knowing how little she liked cats and knowing it’s his favorite blanket in the house.
Kimchi the black cat laying in a ball with his head turned almost upside down looking at the camera. He has one front paw stretched out and his toe beans are visible. His other front paw is tucked in. He’s got the most adorable baby doll eyes going. He’s laying cozily on an afghan my late grandmother crocheted for me. It is various shades of blue and white.
June 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Kimchi may have eaten a bit too much home grown catnip.
Kimchi the black cat laying on the top of his cat tree simultaneously curled in a ball and stretched out. His front paw is reaching towards the camera and his other paw is tucked into his chest. His head is laying sideways as he stares at me
June 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Tricks for treats.

(Don’t worry, i gave him a good snack after this).
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Herding cat as a timeline break. He herds to one place only, the kitchen.
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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I wish I could share a smell because they smell delicious.
4 golden subway sandwich loaves cooling down
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Going into the oven
4 subway sandwich rolls in a silicone divider after the second rise puffed up and getting ready to go in the oven
June 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Doubled up
Dough in the mixing bowl doubled in size after first rise step
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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First proof/rise:
Ball of dough in the bottom of the mixing bowl
June 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Dough is on its way
Dough being spun around by the dough hook in the kitchenaid mixer sticking to the bottom and not the sides like the recipe calls for
June 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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My favorite kitchen appliance:
Red kitchenaid mixer with a dough hook whipping around the beginnings of bread dough
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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No, you do not need to get up.
Kimchi cat’s two front black paws on my pant leg holding me back
June 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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He sees you when he’s sleeping…
Kimchi the black cat laying down with just his face barely visible. A little bit of light illuminates his nose, whiskers, and mouth. Some toe beans are just visible by his nose. He was asleep and his eye is barely opened looking back at the camera
June 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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I went to mute them and saw they doubled down with ableism talking about your post so they got a block from me.
User Punk Rock history skeeted: Such stupid statements are one of the reasons why growth on Bluesky has stalled and X is seeing a significant increase in old followers. This complacent and authoritarian behavior isn't moving the platform forward. Quite the opposite.
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM