Exactly what happened in Nashville. One blue seat turned into three red seats (although one of those might go to @aftynbehn.bsky.social if we're lucky!)

Gotta stop the Overton window from shifting left

Thoughts and prayers. My partner works in the child health policy space and there's just so much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth going on. Likely going to be more of an Alpaca situation in the future.

yuuuuup. if the fine isn't disruptive then it's just another cost of doing business.

They were advertising a foam party, apparently

Did this on my honeymoon in Budapest.

The Roman emperor Caligula

Never limit yourself!

I work in Biosafety/biosecurity and can't agree more. Unfortunately that original article causing the stir seems to be at the crossroads of scientific illiteracy and journalists just taking a sheriff's statement at their word. Macaques do pose an inherent infection risk, just not the one described

Oh for sure! I was referencing their last lab leak incident.

burkholderia pseudomallei anyone?

Rhesus monkeys (especially those used in research) are endemic carriers of Herpes B, which can be transmitted through bites and scratches, and is fatal in humans. Section V-III-E page 253. SF__19_308133-A_BMBL6_00-BOOK-WEB-final-3.pdf share.google/QUeespCNyDUa...

You put some RESPECT on the giant squid aka Soviet attack dog of the sea

There is little room in Tupolev's heart for anyone but Tupolev