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Natalie, PhD
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Probably some kind of doctor
Nurse: wow, it's hard to find a vein for the IV. You're very dehydrated.

Me: ...you gave me specific instructions not to eat or drink several hours before the procedure.

Nurse:
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Capturing tiny jumping spider friend strains the limits of my phone's camera.

#Salticidae #invertebrates #arachnid #photography
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Past me: oh, a bit of plant fell off let me just put it in a tiny pot.

Current me: How did I get this many plants.

#plantSky #succulents #repottingProcrastination
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Can't believe this is relevant for a second week in a row.

#cloud #AWS #outage #maybeAzureThisTime?
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember: ducks must be used in the drama party.
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@beetlemoses.bsky.social has something for this occasion
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The irony of these two juxtaposed headlines...

#shutdown #USDA #food
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@elife.bsky.social has announced Replication studies as a new article type!

#science #reproducibility #Academia
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So there is a wellness brand that is LITERALLY called Unwell and I just have so many questions about who in marketing let this one slip through.

Maybe someone turned a new leaf and decided they needed to start being honest?
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Same issue here
October 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Being a scientist and catching up on books during maternity leave has resulted in baby's first read aloud book being...

The Virus: a history of the concept by Sally Smith Hughes.
September 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
5) Get uBlock Origin extension again. Google has removed uBlock Origin from the Chrome store, but you can go here to get it from the uBlock Origin website: ublockorigin.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
4) Restart your computer, then go to the mini_install.exe file you downloaded (called "Win_x64_1287751_mini_installer.exe" for me, when I downloaded it) and install that instead.

This will launch Chromium - you'll know you have the right thing because now the logo is blue instead of multicolor.
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
2.1) If you're feeling lazy, you can just use the following:

commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-bro...

I can confirm this version works with uBlock Origin - it's from May 2024, before they started removing support for the extension.

You want to download the mini_installer.exe file.
August 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This is for Windows, because that's what I use.

1) Disable Google's automatic updating.

Search "System Configuration" and under "Services" tab, uncheck anything that says "Google Updater" (it may be 2, or it may be 3 services).

Hit apply and close.
August 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
But the second post *DOES* bring up something really interesting - the author tried to get DeepSeek to solve a 10-disk Tower of Hanoi problem and found it resistant to doing so because it would be such a long chain of thought.

Instead it looked for shortcuts.
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This isn't breaking news or anything but if you have a gas stove there is nothing stopping you from roasting corn on it.

Except maybe a lack of corn but it's corn season!!!
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Someone said I work too hard and need more self-care

#startups
June 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The view on the outskirts of Vienna airport.
May 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today in food...novelties? horrors?: the 'brizza', a Bavarian-style "pizza" made from pretzel that you can order at Frankfurt airport.

Default toppings are chopped bacon and raw red onion. And no that's not white sauce, it's just sour cream.

Please nobody tell the Italians.

#food #travel
May 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Spider buddy!!!!!

Member of Salticidae, probably genus Phidippus.

#spiders #arachnids #SFbay
May 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I know bladder cancer is a serious, terrible disease.

But at the same time this J&J slide popped up and I thought: "Would you like a bladder pretzel?"

#drugDev #pharma #ImSorry
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lastly, I found one bug buddy! A yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana).

They can exude hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism.
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Checker lilies (Fritillaria affinis) are still in bloom.
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
...but here is one last Giant Wakerobin flower!
April 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM