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Sarah Faber
@sciencebanshee.bsky.social
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The internet's friendliest banshee, PhD.
The Werner Herzog of dynamic systems neuroscience.
Occasional Gàidhlig, constant shouting.
Researching how the brain adapts to neurodegeneration using music.
She/her.
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*looks at eight open tabs of Pain Suisse recipes*

well this already tracks
A screenshot of the word "yeasty" from the Merriam-Webster "Your 2026 Word" gif-divination-thing
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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It's time
for the teens
to do that hockey
A photo of me (a lady with long hair and glasses) wearing a Finnish hockey jersey with the finest crest in the entire league: a lion wearing a crown and stabbing itself in the face with a sword
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The hardest part was having to get the writing out from underneath the splodges of ingredients 😂

They were and continue to be well-loved
A photo of a framed tea towel with a hand-written recipe for strawberry squares on it. In the foreground is my sister's arm/hand holding up a pan of strawberry squares
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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At the antler dome under his all-seeing gaze
A giant moose head with glowing red eyes and smoke coming out of the nostrils
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I am, of course, joking. This is Denise and she is my favourite coworker
A photo of a woman (me) with glasses and long hair grinning with a bear head over my left shoulder. The bear (Denise) also seems to be grinning. We're having a great time
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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EVERY time this comes up
A tweet from @shantique on July 26, 2018 that reads, "Please y'all. Stop using Cohen's "Hallelujah" at candle light vigils unless it is a vigil for a once beautiful and innately sexual relationship dying a slow death. If it is...carry on."
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Well, lads, I've done the sums and you're not going to believe this but
A chart I have made showing my ability to cope with stressors over my proximity to a Vietnamese restaurant. The line describes a perfect 45 degree slope up. The x axis (Proximity to a Vietnamese restaurant) labels read: Seated inside, Nearby, a pleasant walk away, an annoying bus ride away, very far indeed The y axis (Ability to cope with stressors) labels read: Does stress even exist?, well, decent, *nervous fake laughter, someone is getting stabbed
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Time for the thrilling reveal!

We have made KARJALANPIIRAKAT!

VOI JOOOOOOOO!
My hand holding a Karjalanpiiraka (a Karelian hand pie, a rich rice pudding inside an unleavened crimped rye crust) before it's baked. A whole tray of delicious, delicious Karjalanpiirakat fresh out of the oven. The crimped edges and the tops of the filling are nicely browned and there's a bowl of melted butter here for brushing over them Two Karjalanpiirakat on a plate (topped with egg butter) on a placemat with a cup of tea in the background. The mug is a Marimekko cityscape design and the building facing the camera reminds me of my old apartment in Helsinki.
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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But for real this time
The same tableau as the previous photo, but now I have the outside sides of the dough folded over the filling Here, I'm crimping the outside edges of the dough around the filling
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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One more hint...
A wooden cuttng board with a knife, a bowl of flour, and a rolling pin. In the background is a tea towel-covered baking sheet and a pot of the white substance from the first photo. It's lumpy! My hands are in the shot holding a disc of dough. There is a blob of filling in the middle of it
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Anyone want to guys what we're making today?
A pot on a stove with a thick white substance in it (in the photo, the substance is supporting a wooden spoon standing straight up out of the pot) A small ball of dough on a wooden cutting board with a bowl of flour in the background
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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An illustration of an insect in a bed (I assume it's from The Metamorphoses - either this is a man-sized bug, or a bug-sized bed) with the text "Oh Hell Yes. Oh Fuck Yes."
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Ten minutes to close and we're down to mussels and scallops
Two trays of mini chocolate bars sitting on ice sorted by type with parsley between them. Between the trays is an empty tea mug and a scale. The Rankins is playing at an absolutely ear-shattering volume in the background
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Lord dyin', it's Halloween!
Adam in our apartment entryway decorated to look like a fish market. We have scallops, clans, lobster... Drop down! Me in the apartment entryway decorated up like a fish market. There's fresh halibut, mackerel, crab, and mussels by the pound!
November 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Back on my BS (bellowing, statistical)
A slide showing a bunch of illustrated brains arranged in two circles with a bunch of lines connecting the different brains. It's very messy-looking and there is zalgo text over the plot that reads "Be not afraid". I think it will be reassuring!
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK THEEEEEEEEEESE GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS
A llama standing in a grassy clearing screaming in a very human, very "WHAT THE FUCKKKK" way
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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It's time for another episode of SARAH YELLS ABOUT BOOKS!

This time, we're in the non-fiction section with this GEM of a book from Victoria Finlay. I have been wanging on about this book to ANYONE who will listen, MANY who will not, and now it's YOUR TURN.

READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT.
Cover of the book Colour: A natural history of the palette by Victoria Finlay
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Important update in the coping-sphere
A photo of me looking enterprisingly at a cookie the size of my face. I'm holding it close to my face for scale and it's absolutely lousy with milk and dark chocolate chunks and bits of coarse sugar and sea salt. I am pleased to report it tastes exactly how it looks
October 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Llamas for all! I also have this guy
An image of a bird repeated three times, beak open in what could be rage, excitement, or despair with "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" repeated across the entire background
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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UNBELIEVABLE.
An image of Thomas the Tank Engine with a frowny face and the caption "Thomas has never seen such bullshit before"
October 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Is this what LinkedIn is for?

Maybe I should get a LinkedIn
A cat wearing a shirt and jacket sitting at a table with a cup of tea and a newspaper looking up as though to say "I should buy a boat"
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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!!!!!
An extremely niche meme/joke. Bear with me. From Know Your Meme: "Brazil Mentioned refers to a series of reaction images, usually featuring the character Yui Hirasawa from K-ON! or other anime girls celebrating, which are captioned with a celebratory text that a certain country got mentioned. Online, the images are often posted as a reply to posts mentioning various countries, especially when they are mentioned in a negative context" Here, I've hastily added a photo of my brother-in-law's cat, replaced the background with a Terraforming mars board, and added glasses. I've also coloured in the character's hoodie to be red and written "tea" on a bottle they are holding. The text is "SCOTT MENTIONED" for said brother-in-law
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Twinssssssssssss
A partially-knitted sweater in green yarn (Yarnadelic worsted)
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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God, to the Mooseheads:
Image of a lightening bolt striking one window in a large tower block with the caption "Fuck you in particular"
September 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM