Neural Development GRC 2026
@neuraldevgrc.bsky.social
Evolution, Development and Aging of the Nervous System
August 2-7, 2026
Salve Regina University, Newport RI USA
https://www.grc.org/neural-development-conference/2026/
Chair: Bassem Hassan, PhD
Vice-Chairs: Corey Harwell, PhD and Julie Siegenthaler, PhD
August 2-7, 2026
Salve Regina University, Newport RI USA
https://www.grc.org/neural-development-conference/2026/
Chair: Bassem Hassan, PhD
Vice-Chairs: Corey Harwell, PhD and Julie Siegenthaler, PhD
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Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social!
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Microglia and CNS macrophages are multifaceted cells!
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
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Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
lnkd.in/egqqUYQT
Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social
Ontogeny and function of microglia and nerve-associated macrophages
Macrophages are essential immune cells that arise early during embryogenesis and persist as tissue-resident cells into adulthood. This chapter explore…
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July 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Microglia and CNS macrophages are multifaceted cells!
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
lnkd.in/egqqUYQT
Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
lnkd.in/egqqUYQT
Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social
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Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.
July 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.
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Issue 13 is complete
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Our cover image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA in magenta, Lgl in blue & mutant clones in yellow. See article by Carvalho et al.
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Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Our cover image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA in magenta, Lgl in blue & mutant clones in yellow. See article by Carvalho et al.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Issue 13 is complete
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Our cover image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA in magenta, Lgl in blue & mutant clones in yellow. See article by Carvalho et al.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Our cover image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA in magenta, Lgl in blue & mutant clones in yellow. See article by Carvalho et al.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Just published: The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program, operating across the CNS, directs binding of specific spatial TFs & hence when/where neurons & glia are born
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
A global temporal chromatin program, operating across the CNS, directs binding of specific spatial TFs & hence when/where neurons & glia are born
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just published: The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube
A global temporal chromatin program, operating across the CNS, directs binding of specific spatial TFs & hence when/where neurons & glia are born
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
A global temporal chromatin program, operating across the CNS, directs binding of specific spatial TFs & hence when/where neurons & glia are born
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Did you know we have a new 'Browse by subject' page?
Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area:
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Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area:
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![Development logo - Browse by subject: Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area. The ad has a black background with three vibrant scientific images: a developing embryo on the left, a green plant-like structure in the center, and a gastruloid (a circular cell with a bright pink center and blue outer ring) on the right. [Blue button: browse content].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:btitwyhiegkb6f62oguxt6m6/bafkreidodsogogxj5buby6i664734er4erkr6bvnx2afc5iyreugc7pcqa@jpeg)
July 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Did you know we have a new 'Browse by subject' page?
Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area:
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Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area:
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Big shout out to 1st author Svitlana Bach who completed these expts while a postdoc in our group, building off of work from her first postdoc building Crispr tools to manipulate the rodent Bdnf locus to investigate function.
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A Neuron-Optimized CRISPR/dCas9 Activation System for Robust and Specific Gene Regulation
CRISPR-based technology has provided new avenues to interrogate gene function, but difficulties in transgene expression in post-mitotic neurons has delayed incorporation of these tools in the central ...
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July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Big shout out to 1st author Svitlana Bach who completed these expts while a postdoc in our group, building off of work from her first postdoc building Crispr tools to manipulate the rodent Bdnf locus to investigate function.
www.eneuro.org/content/6/1/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.eneuro.org/content/6/1/...
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This project started well over a decade ago (I actually did bench work here!) when we noted the presence of these divergent transcripts in the human BDNF locus. Project had a lot of stops and starts, but really excited to finally get to share it 🧠🧪👩🔬
BDNF-DT and BDNF-AS-DT: Novel Genes in the BDNF locus https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.25331311v1
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This project started well over a decade ago (I actually did bench work here!) when we noted the presence of these divergent transcripts in the human BDNF locus. Project had a lot of stops and starts, but really excited to finally get to share it 🧠🧪👩🔬
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Did you know we have a dedicated Jobs Board?
Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board:
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#DevBio #StemCells
Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board:
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/
#DevBio #StemCells
July 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Did you know we have a dedicated Jobs Board?
Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board:
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/
#DevBio #StemCells
Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board:
thenode.biologists.com/jobs/
#DevBio #StemCells
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Mind the pores: studying morphogen gradients
Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Justina Stark, Rohit Krishnan Harish, Ivo Sbalzarini @mosaicgroup.bsky.social and Michael Brand @tudresden.bsky.social:
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Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Justina Stark, Rohit Krishnan Harish, Ivo Sbalzarini @mosaicgroup.bsky.social and Michael Brand @tudresden.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
July 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mind the pores: studying morphogen gradients
Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Justina Stark, Rohit Krishnan Harish, Ivo Sbalzarini @mosaicgroup.bsky.social and Michael Brand @tudresden.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Justina Stark, Rohit Krishnan Harish, Ivo Sbalzarini @mosaicgroup.bsky.social and Michael Brand @tudresden.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Please RT:
#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪
Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...
Apply here 👇
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#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪
Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...
Apply here 👇
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POSTDOC in neurodevelopment - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12840807
Postdoc in the molecular mechanisms and behavioral consequences of normal and abnormal mouse spinal cord development.
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July 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Please RT:
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Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...
Apply here 👇
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#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪
Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...
Apply here 👇
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#MetabolismMondays
Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio
Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio
Currents of Change: Metabolism shaping cell fate and evolution #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Anna-Lena Brigitte Gunda VigilPhD
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July 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#MetabolismMondays
Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio
Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio
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🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)
🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
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Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc!
Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social
Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social
Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 5 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Applications are now open for up to five postdoctoral positions in the area of developmental epigenetics.
lms.mrc.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc!
Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social
Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social
Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
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Sounds super fun - GRC in Neural Dev is one of my favorites and I need to bookmark this for next year!
Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social!
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July 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sounds super fun - GRC in Neural Dev is one of my favorites and I need to bookmark this for next year!
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#DevBio #Postdocs! Abstracts are being accepted for speakers in the 2025-2026 Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series. SDB postdoctoral members are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 1. #SDBPostdocSeminar bit.ly/3x1ptgb
July 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#DevBio #Postdocs! Abstracts are being accepted for speakers in the 2025-2026 Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series. SDB postdoctoral members are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 1. #SDBPostdocSeminar bit.ly/3x1ptgb
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Neuron programming! Pro-neural TFs + 480 morphogen conditions + scRNA-seq --> Diverse iN subtypes of forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord, and PNS. @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social @jasperjanssens.bsky.social and Treutlein Lab! @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NGN2 #ASCL1
July 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Neuron programming! Pro-neural TFs + 480 morphogen conditions + scRNA-seq --> Diverse iN subtypes of forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord, and PNS. @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social @jasperjanssens.bsky.social and Treutlein Lab! @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NGN2 #ASCL1
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12th Dev Brains:
@junyuecao.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social
@cecilecharrier.bsky.social
@trayon.bsky.social
Isabel Espinosa-Medina
Beatriz Rico
Michael Ziller
Dwight Bergles
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@hjerling-leffler.bsky.social
@ulrikakmarklund.bsky.social
@flallemend.bsky.social
@junyuecao.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social
@cecilecharrier.bsky.social
@trayon.bsky.social
Isabel Espinosa-Medina
Beatriz Rico
Michael Ziller
Dwight Bergles
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@hjerling-leffler.bsky.social
@ulrikakmarklund.bsky.social
@flallemend.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
12th Dev Brains:
@junyuecao.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social
@cecilecharrier.bsky.social
@trayon.bsky.social
Isabel Espinosa-Medina
Beatriz Rico
Michael Ziller
Dwight Bergles
news.ki.se/calendar/dev...
@hjerling-leffler.bsky.social
@ulrikakmarklund.bsky.social
@flallemend.bsky.social
@junyuecao.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social
@cecilecharrier.bsky.social
@trayon.bsky.social
Isabel Espinosa-Medina
Beatriz Rico
Michael Ziller
Dwight Bergles
news.ki.se/calendar/dev...
@hjerling-leffler.bsky.social
@ulrikakmarklund.bsky.social
@flallemend.bsky.social
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Deepika Dogra, Karin Tuschl, and I are thrilled to host the Neural Disorders RIG meeting of the @ZDMSociety on July 30, 10:00-11:30 am ET. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers. Register here: zdmsociety.org/2025-zdms-ri....
July 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Deepika Dogra, Karin Tuschl, and I are thrilled to host the Neural Disorders RIG meeting of the @ZDMSociety on July 30, 10:00-11:30 am ET. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers. Register here: zdmsociety.org/2025-zdms-ri....
New work from Mercedes Peredes' group @ UCSF in @natneuro.nature.com led by JaeYeon Kim & Aunoy Poddar - Mercedes WOWED us with this amazing story in progress at GRC Neural Development 2024 in 🇮🇹 - great to see it out!
What amazing new science will we see at Neural Development GRC 2026?!? 👀🧠👀
What amazing new science will we see at Neural Development GRC 2026?!? 👀🧠👀
Neonatal gyrencephalic brains, including humans, harbor an elaborate subventricular zone (the Arc). It contains diverse interneurons from the medial and caudal ganglionic eminences that migrate into the cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An expanded subventricular zone supports postnatal cortical interneuron migration in gyrencephalic brains - Nature Neuroscience
Neonatal gyrated brains harbor an elaborate subventricular zone, termed the Arc, supporting cortical migratory streams of diverse interneurons.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New work from Mercedes Peredes' group @ UCSF in @natneuro.nature.com led by JaeYeon Kim & Aunoy Poddar - Mercedes WOWED us with this amazing story in progress at GRC Neural Development 2024 in 🇮🇹 - great to see it out!
What amazing new science will we see at Neural Development GRC 2026?!? 👀🧠👀
What amazing new science will we see at Neural Development GRC 2026?!? 👀🧠👀
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Another great conversation @storiesofwin.bsky.social 👏🏽😍
This podcast has become one of my main ways to learn about #interesting questions in #neuroscience 🤓. I also really like how most profiles are so different from each other and different people’s journeys are!
#neuroscience
This podcast has become one of my main ways to learn about #interesting questions in #neuroscience 🤓. I also really like how most profiles are so different from each other and different people’s journeys are!
#neuroscience
Our next profile is here! Dr. Melissa Caras studies the neurophysiological mechanisms of auditory perceptual learning. Follow the link to listen and learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#WomenInNeuroscience #StoriesOfWiN
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#WomenInNeuroscience #StoriesOfWiN
Dr. Melissa Caras — Stories of WiN
studies the neurophysiological mechanisms of auditory perceptual learning.
www.storiesofwin.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another great conversation @storiesofwin.bsky.social 👏🏽😍
This podcast has become one of my main ways to learn about #interesting questions in #neuroscience 🤓. I also really like how most profiles are so different from each other and different people’s journeys are!
#neuroscience
This podcast has become one of my main ways to learn about #interesting questions in #neuroscience 🤓. I also really like how most profiles are so different from each other and different people’s journeys are!
#neuroscience
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Molecular Hallmarks of Hydrocephalus @ScienceTranslational Medicine is out today. Grateful to work under leadership of Andy Hale, Ryann Fame, & Kris Kahle with other top-notch collaborators including @labfame.bsky.social members Arjun Rajan and Blake Zhou! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Molecular Hallmarks of Hydrocephalus @ScienceTranslational Medicine is out today. Grateful to work under leadership of Andy Hale, Ryann Fame, & Kris Kahle with other top-notch collaborators including @labfame.bsky.social members Arjun Rajan and Blake Zhou! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
👋🏻 Bluesky!
Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social, Corey Harwell & yours truly are co-chairs for 2026 Neural Development #GRC August 2-7, 2026 in Newport, RI 🇺🇸 - if you are interested in updates on the conference & to hear about our 🤩 line-up of speakers...follow @neuraldevgrc.bsky.social!
🧠🪰🐭🐙🐸🦎🧒🏻🧫🧪🧠
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July 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
👋🏻 Bluesky!