jessacp.bsky.social
@jessacp.bsky.social
Usually coffee and science (virology), with plants, running, bicycles, music, picturing, food, and toddler antics. All opinions are my own. she/her
TX to WI to ATL, back to TX
What the heck, right?
🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When I was a college freshman, my 3 years-younger brother, both of us innocent unsuspecting rural youth, visited me at college for a weekend. I dragged us to a "live" version of this because everyone raved about it. I'm still not sure he's forgiven me for the culture shock? #WeCanLaughNow
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 26
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
I remember doing the Time Warp: The 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
n.pr
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hey hey! Excited to see this!
Novel oral polio vaccines, now in type 1 and type 3 “flavors”!
New Research:

Safety and immunogenicity of novel live attenuated type 1 and type 3 oral poliomyelitis vaccines in healthy adults in the USA: a first-in-human, observer-masked, multicentre, phase 1 randomised controlled trial

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In which my brother and I spend 51 minutes texting back and forth to figure out which audio book to download for my dad for a long flight #MondernFamilies #AdultChildrenDuties #TheAnswerIsStevenPressfield #PrettyMuchAnyStevenPressfield
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Ann’s humble description of her work as simply “taking viruses apart and putting them back together” fails to capture her scientific brilliance, influence on the field, and unrivaled support of junior faculty and women in science." Exactly this.
Biographical Feature: Diane E. Griffin and Ann Palmenberg—luminaries in RNA virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
As a person whose hometown minor league baseball team occasionally renames itself "The Flying Chanclas", I appreciated this article: apnews.com/article/john...
John Oliver's Erie Moon Mammoths debut in front of a record crowd
John Oliver brought his quirky humor to minor league baseball with the debut of the Erie Moon Mammoths.
apnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In a garden this past weekend, I smelled some boxwoods before I saw them (a deeply engrained childhood scent from my g-ma's garden) and described it to a friend who was unfamiliar with the scent as "pungent", not "cat urine", but apparently that's a thing #TIL
www.housedigest.com/1648062/why-...
Why Do Your Bushes Smell Like Cat Pee, And Should You Be Concerned? - House Digest
Does your garden smell like cat pee? Don't blame the local felines for the smell - it might be your bushes to blame for the urine-like odor.
www.housedigest.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#RoseWednesday with bonus zinnia/butterfly
July 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Turns out, I am a parent who shops Prime Day for Christmas gifts 6 months in advance, and my SO is decidedly not. #ModernParenting #DealsThough
July 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Shaking my head as I, owner of a mature pear tree, was purchasing pears this morning at the end on June in Texas. #MyKidsFave #PearSeasonButThereWasADamagingLateFrost
June 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Somehow turned into a person who pulls MSDS sheets for their hobbies? #Resin #SeriouslyThough
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We're apparently at the point in my toddler's development where I can recognize Bluey episodes within the first 5 seconds, including the episode name? #WeirdMomQuirks #OneHourOfScreenTimeADay
June 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Resisting the urge to post angsty pop on Bluesky like the Millennial teen I was, circa AIM 2003-ish, but not the urge to post about the struggle apparently
#InMyFeels #SaidGoodnightAndTurnedOffTheCellCultureIncubatorsToday #ForNow
May 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Fun article about one of the most memorable theme songs ever #Woohoo
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...
The Story of the DuckTales Theme, History’s Catchiest Single Minute of Music
A woo-hoo heard around the world.
www.vanityfair.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Finally got the RNAseq data sorted, and on closer look, one of the (okay, 100s of) genes downregulated is called "I'm not dead yet", as apparently per the Monty Python quote #OfCourseDrosophilaFolksNamedIt #ItDidCatchMyEyeThough
May 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My kid treats our Silicon muffin tray like a giant pop-it toy #WhenItGoesMissingSheUsuallyKnowsWhereItIs
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
TFW you think you have your RNAseq issues sorted only to discover error codes in half the .csv files 🫠
#ScientistLife
May 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
spamming the sibs chat about the upcoming Murderbot shows, based on the book series I enjoyed.
"That's not how Murderbot looks in my head"
May 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
TFW you wake up from designing an experiment in your dreams and take a minute to think whether you have the reagents... #ScientistLife
May 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wow. So fast!
habemus Papam | Latin phrase | we have a Pope —used to announce the election of a Pope by the College of Cardinals
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Holey moley; "end of an era" feels too flimsy.
Wishing him a terrific retirement
It is the end of an era in San Antonio.⁠

Gregg Popovich, who for nearly three decades as the Spurs’ coach had shaped the franchise in his steadfast and at times irascible image, is planning to retire from coaching.⁠ bit.ly/42Z1Lmy
May 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Breakfast of champions? #WhileInWI #AVersionOfHome
May 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Rereading Pratchett's City Watch books, and came back across one of my fave literary quotes in Thud!; "Tak wrote the World and the Laws, and then He left us. He does not require that we think of Him, only that we think.” #SomethingToThinkAbout
April 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Well, the kid has the concept down.
April 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A colleague's been fighting issues with work email dual authentication. "Well, at least your email is so safe not even YOU can access it?"
April 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM