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revpoppop.bsky.social
“Why are they upset about the frog?”

Because the frog has power. As silly as it sounds. The frog is not just a good idea. It’s our greatest weapon.

And I’m going to explain why…

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October 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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markoraassina.bsky.social
Hang in there, struggling artists
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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roxiqt.com
Donate to mutual funds. Take a first aid course. Offer to help others with yard work or errands. Check in on your friends, family & vulnerable community members. Contact your senator. Help out at a food bank. Do not give up. The road is long & small positive actions ripple outward.
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 18
The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.

Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.

And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.

Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
September 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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hannahartwork.bsky.social
Hollow Knight costume design
A digital illustration of a figure wearing a long, tatty grey cloak over black plated armour. Based on the Knight in the game, Hollow Knight.
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
I woke up this morning with a map thought in my head, and here it is:
Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor. The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. A key shows the names of each colored line: Red: Western Lands Line Green: Mountains and Forests Line Blue: Barrel Line Yellow: Gandalf Express Orange: Iron Hills Business Line Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!

Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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leachaillaud-art.bsky.social
Critter of the week ! 🧡
I went all regional on you and painted our cute Mediterranean gecko, Tarentola Mauritanica. She's probably on her way to make a nice cicada ratatouille to celebrate Bastille Day or something 🍅
#art #illustration #watercolorpainting #gouache #fantasy #gecko #reptiles
Watercolor painting of a gecko with a lavender walking stick carrying tomatoes on its back.
July 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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leachaillaud-art.bsky.social
Just a couple of best buddies who like asparagus 🐍💚🐸
#art #watercolor #gouache #snake #frog #fantasyart
June 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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clementsui.bsky.social
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/airborn...
Airborne fungal spores may help predict COVID-19 & flu surges
Monitoring fungal spores in the outdoor air can predict surges in flu and COVID-19 infections, especially during the fall, according to a new study
www.the-microbiologist.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!!

#IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤
A picture of various formline stickers piled on top of each other. In bold red gradient text reads "Indigenous People's Day Art Share".
June 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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prasad.bsky.social
these concerns are 100% valid but also heartbreaking

we (the United States) were once a beacon of hope, freedom, opportunity, and discovery

now the global community of scientists has to work around our abdication
June 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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aximeck.bsky.social
Just gonna say this once, since some weirdos decided to try and be "funny":
A celebration doesn't have to be specifically for you in order for it to be worth celebrating.
You're not the only one on this rock with a past, present and future
June 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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gcrox.bsky.social
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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soundoftheforest.bsky.social
I am so excited to do my first solo art show with The Tiny Art Show in Prove Utah. Yes I arranged cicadas and beetles to come see my show.
The poster advertising a tiny art show called wandering in the forest by Nicole Parish. A male and female pair of Hercules beetles stare at a small painting of a bee. An adult cicada pushes a yellow stroller made out of toothpicks, clay and buttons, holding the shed skin of a cicada nymph
May 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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heiman.bsky.social
This tops everything.

Is there a short history anywhere of why everyone chose their allele/strain designations?
senguptalab.bsky.social Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · May 8
Each worm lab selects a 2-3 letter allele designation. I was coming to Brandeis so I picked 'oy'. I finally have a worm colleague in my Dept - Josh Meisel - who is fabulous btw. I just convinced him to pick 'vey'. Now we need to make a double mutant. (Yes - I am very pleased with myself).
May 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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surojitsural.bsky.social
Pathogen infection induces sickness behaviors through neuromodulators linked to stress and satiety in C. elegans

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pathogen infection induces sickness behaviors through neuromodulators linked to stress and satiety in C. elegans - Nature Communications
Pradhan et el report that neuromodulatory systems linked to stress and satiety are recruited to induce sickness behaviours during chronic infection of Caenorhabditis elegans with Pseudomonas aeruginos...
www.nature.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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plantophagy.bsky.social
“To me, slashing funding and people from science in the United States is like burning your seed corn. It’s not even eating your seed corn. It’s just destroying it,”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize
Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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erininthemorning.com
7. Allowing youth to transition is not child abuse. Transgender youth see much lower suicide and depression rates when they are affirmed and accepted for who they are in loving families. A Cornell review of determined that trans care significantly improves the mental health of transgender people.
What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being? | What We Know
Overview We conducted a systematic literature review of all peer-reviewed articles published in English between 1991 and June 2017 that assess the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being...
whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu
April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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erininthemorning.com
6. This year, two states—Texas and Montana—have advanced efforts to classify transgender youth care as child abuse. While Texas bill has gone nowhere, Montana is very close to passing it - it is slated for a full floor vote on the House and has passed the Senate.

legiscan.com/MT/text/SB16...
Montana SB164 | 2025 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2025-03-27) Revise offense of endangering the welfare of children [(H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended (H) Judiciary]
legiscan.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared allowing transgender youth to transition "child abuse."

He then called for swift punishment of "abuse," with transgender care being his main example.

This is the latest escalation in attacks on trans youth.

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Trump Declares Trans Youth "Child Abuse," Pledges "Punishment"
The declaration was made in Trump's designation of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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maxkozlov.bsky.social
🚨 BIG week for lawsuits against the NIH.

Now 16 states have sued NIH and HHS for "engag[ing] in a concerted, and multi-pronged effort to disrupt NIH’s grants."

"The result of these disruptions has been, in a word, devastating," they write.

ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Cutting Funding for Medical Research
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 15 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its
ag.ny.gov
April 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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cellclub.bsky.social
Polycystins recruit cargo to distinct ciliary extracellular vesicle subtypes in C. elegans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Polycystins recruit cargo to distinct ciliary extracellular vesicle subtypes in C. elegans - Nature Communications
Decoding the content of extracellular vesicles (EVs) is key to understanding cell communication. Nikonorova et al. used targeted proximity labeling to uncover polycystin EV cargo and cargo-loading mec...
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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javierapfeld.bsky.social
We're halfway there with 54 sign-ups for the C. elegans Mentor Match Program. Help us hit 💯!

Please share this slide with your lab—help us get more mentees & peer groups participants on board

Mentoring = Stronger worm community
Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program!
Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! sign up for mentors sign up for mentees and to join peer-mentoring groups https://forms.gle/DpGTWRMrNGL96wHy8 https://forms.gle/pVBD5DYGXyLT4waLA
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April 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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benjaminjriley.bsky.social
A quick-and-dirty AI-created "map" of the 60 universities targeted by the Trump Administration make clear what their agenda is: Hollowing out institutions of higher education in blue states. The anti-semitism pretext is bullshit, don't be fooled.
Claude-created "map" of the 60 universities that received a harassment letter from the Trump Adminstration making various demands aimed at weakening them
April 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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nachampion.bsky.social
At first I thought this couldn’t be a real bill in Iowa but here it is. Unbelievable! #ProudBlue #DemVoice1
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...

#BanRepublicansNotVaccines
March 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM