Darren Dunlap
@microdarren.posts.science
Microoooobes iiiiin spaaaaaaaaaace! Complete microbe, space, and hiking nerd, microbiologist at Boeing Huntsville
And I'm proud of them. 💳🐠
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
And I'm proud of them. 💳🐠
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oh great. ended up in neverland and now I have to decide if it’s worse to be the only adult hanging out with a gang of children, or working for the guy who’s trying to kill them
June 3, 2024 at 1:40 AM
oh great. ended up in neverland and now I have to decide if it’s worse to be the only adult hanging out with a gang of children, or working for the guy who’s trying to kill them
Every time I see Starling murmurations, I am amazed.
Last week I tried to walk through a door and faceplanted directly into it, because I had forgotten to actually, you know.... open the door.
I would immediately crash into five of my other starling buddies and get kicked out of Starling Club
Last week I tried to walk through a door and faceplanted directly into it, because I had forgotten to actually, you know.... open the door.
I would immediately crash into five of my other starling buddies and get kicked out of Starling Club
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Every time I see Starling murmurations, I am amazed.
Last week I tried to walk through a door and faceplanted directly into it, because I had forgotten to actually, you know.... open the door.
I would immediately crash into five of my other starling buddies and get kicked out of Starling Club
Last week I tried to walk through a door and faceplanted directly into it, because I had forgotten to actually, you know.... open the door.
I would immediately crash into five of my other starling buddies and get kicked out of Starling Club
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As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.
www.health.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
More evidence that Dropout.tv is directly targeted to my brain
It's a number that goes on and on... and on... and on...
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
More evidence that Dropout.tv is directly targeted to my brain
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October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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"As Democrats have finally found their spine and stood up for America’s working class and poor, Republicans are just flatly lying."
Opinion | No surprise, Republicans are lying about the cause of the shutdown
As Democrats have finally found their spine and stood up for America's working class and poor, Republicans are just flatly lying.
www.alreporter.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"As Democrats have finally found their spine and stood up for America’s working class and poor, Republicans are just flatly lying."
Always fun to habe in no clue what's shut down or not at work during government shutdowns. Is the Boeing clean room at MSFC accessible? Who knows!
Shout out to all the government folks dealing with this silliness. You deserve better in so many ways.
Shout out to all the government folks dealing with this silliness. You deserve better in so many ways.
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Always fun to habe in no clue what's shut down or not at work during government shutdowns. Is the Boeing clean room at MSFC accessible? Who knows!
Shout out to all the government folks dealing with this silliness. You deserve better in so many ways.
Shout out to all the government folks dealing with this silliness. You deserve better in so many ways.
I am studying the master at work. If only I could reach maximum relaxation like this.
Maybe drinking toilet water is part of it
Maybe drinking toilet water is part of it
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I am studying the master at work. If only I could reach maximum relaxation like this.
Maybe drinking toilet water is part of it
Maybe drinking toilet water is part of it
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A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️
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An incredible description of a retroactively applied alternate history analysis demonstrating the impact of what medical advancements we would be without with a 40% reduction to the NIHs budget.
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
An incredible description of a retroactively applied alternate history analysis demonstrating the impact of what medical advancements we would be without with a 40% reduction to the NIHs budget.
I am Mars the baby pigmy hippo today
Mars the baby pygmy hippo said it’s a no bones day
September 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am Mars the baby pigmy hippo today
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
This is absolutely incredible
Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is absolutely incredible
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is
September 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is
..... ah. Good to know. Thank you
The piss tank on the ISS is now 47% full.
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
..... ah. Good to know. Thank you
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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on.ft.com/3K05vhS
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Nice work ASM, glad to see the vocal support! 🦠💪
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Nice work ASM, glad to see the vocal support! 🦠💪
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Ashanty is my student, and this is her first-ever professional assignment! She’s a ridiculously smart thinker and writer — read her on AI in school instead of all the adults pontificating. 🤗
Excited to present this great essay by Ashanty Rosario, a talented young journalist who attends Newtown High School in Queens, about how she's experienced the arrival of AI in the classroom.
"These programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students."
"These programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students."
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom
www.theatlantic.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ashanty is my student, and this is her first-ever professional assignment! She’s a ridiculously smart thinker and writer — read her on AI in school instead of all the adults pontificating. 🤗
We realized in the middle of our Labor Day weekend camping trip that it was Maple's birthday in the middle of it. So we decided that the trip was officially her birthday vacation. 🐕🎂
September 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We realized in the middle of our Labor Day weekend camping trip that it was Maple's birthday in the middle of it. So we decided that the trip was officially her birthday vacation. 🐕🎂
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August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Are you thinking about or planning to run for or seek appointment to your local library board? For The People is currently inviting you to join our 2026 cohort. We've offered two cohorts in 2024 & 2025. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - ALSO SAVE THE DATE 10/9 for an event you'll want to join.
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For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
Gonna sleep well tonight - worked the polls all day and the moms for liberty wannabe candidate got trounced. It's a good day.
August 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Gonna sleep well tonight - worked the polls all day and the moms for liberty wannabe candidate got trounced. It's a good day.