@chloro-blast.bsky.social
Until I think of a more engaging description: I’m a lady who likes microbiology, genetics, epigenetics, horror movies, and skincare. Hi :)
So…an aunt?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
So…an aunt?
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got an email asking if we could ID the beetles attached to some Victorian-era "scarab" stickpins. Still waiting for the photos, but I started looking around in the meantime and SOMEBODY was doing an incredible trade in cassidines (cc @cschaboo.bsky.social)
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
got an email asking if we could ID the beetles attached to some Victorian-era "scarab" stickpins. Still waiting for the photos, but I started looking around in the meantime and SOMEBODY was doing an incredible trade in cassidines (cc @cschaboo.bsky.social)
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Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz.
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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i make the exact same face when I'm drawing up my glowing serum
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
i make the exact same face when I'm drawing up my glowing serum
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If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
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I did also start a GoFundMe to offset the costs of materials. I swear to god I will make this remain a money-losing venture no matter how much cash you throw at me. gofund.me/7bfbc1ea0
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I did also start a GoFundMe to offset the costs of materials. I swear to god I will make this remain a money-losing venture no matter how much cash you throw at me. gofund.me/7bfbc1ea0
A remarkable idea
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A remarkable idea
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🚨 ALERT 🚨 It is now officially babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods season. Please be on the lookout for babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods at all times.
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🚨 ALERT 🚨 It is now officially babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods season. Please be on the lookout for babies in tiny jackets with ears on the hoods at all times.
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If I ask you how your little one is getting on, it's because I am genuinely interested, I just can't remember their name. Sorry.
October 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If I ask you how your little one is getting on, it's because I am genuinely interested, I just can't remember their name. Sorry.
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wow, okay, unfollowing now. was a huge fan of his cereal. didn’t realize he was a really scary vampire
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
wow, okay, unfollowing now. was a huge fan of his cereal. didn’t realize he was a really scary vampire
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It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.
a sign that says v is for vaccinated
ALT: a sign that says v is for vaccinated
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.
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Scientists confirm the universe is expanding to avoid eye contact.
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Scientists confirm the universe is expanding to avoid eye contact.
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Excuse me: bb turtles
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Excuse me: bb turtles
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Whipped up a D&D character for a friend 🐸
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Whipped up a D&D character for a friend 🐸
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Spooooky display of blood-feeding insects. Everyone loves Epomis, see @wizentrop.bsky.social’s excellent paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Spooooky display of blood-feeding insects. Everyone loves Epomis, see @wizentrop.bsky.social’s excellent paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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1 in 30 infants who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 50 children under 1 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 100 children under 12 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 50 children under 1 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 100 children under 12 who get whooping cough die from it.
October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1 in 30 infants who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 50 children under 1 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 100 children under 12 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 50 children under 1 who get whooping cough die from it.
1 in 100 children under 12 who get whooping cough die from it.
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
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Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...
How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment
Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.
www.cnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...
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I used to have a lot of hopes and dreams and now all I want is an upright freezer for all my winter soups and stews
October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I used to have a lot of hopes and dreams and now all I want is an upright freezer for all my winter soups and stews
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Sad to hear Drew Struzan passed away. His posters were often better than the movies they were for, but The Thing is head and shoulders my favorite of his work.
www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...
www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...
October 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sad to hear Drew Struzan passed away. His posters were often better than the movies they were for, but The Thing is head and shoulders my favorite of his work.
www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...
www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...
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Aaah Spirit Halloween, the hermit crab of businesses
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Aaah Spirit Halloween, the hermit crab of businesses
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
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Regular reminder that you can support Spanish language churches just by going to services! People are thrilled to have new people, white English speaking citizens can sit by the door and help warn, and we can all give money to churches who are doing mutual aid work themselves!
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Regular reminder that you can support Spanish language churches just by going to services! People are thrilled to have new people, white English speaking citizens can sit by the door and help warn, and we can all give money to churches who are doing mutual aid work themselves!
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Current view outside the Broadview, around 50 or so people with lawn chairs, yoga mats sitting a listening to speeches from Jane Goodall.
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Current view outside the Broadview, around 50 or so people with lawn chairs, yoga mats sitting a listening to speeches from Jane Goodall.