ScienceKitty
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scientist, artist & inventor who works at a research lab and lives in Northern California. Awed by the wonder of the natural world, I often go on long hikes and stop to inspect an insect or flower for longer than is sensible. #science #kitty #orchids
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My Saturday morning coffee
I must be the most trustworthy scientist ever, since I say fuck very frequently 🤣
I must be the most trustworthy scientist ever, since I say fuck very frequently 🤣
March 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My Saturday morning coffee
I must be the most trustworthy scientist ever, since I say fuck very frequently 🤣
I must be the most trustworthy scientist ever, since I say fuck very frequently 🤣
How bird-brained! (actually my apologies to birds as they are much more intelligent than these people.) www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How bird-brained! (actually my apologies to birds as they are much more intelligent than these people.) www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
The cuts to grant funding and attacks on US Universities will continue and are by design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
J.D. Vance | The Universities are the Enemy | National Conservatism Conference II
YouTube video by National Conservatism
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February 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The cuts to grant funding and attacks on US Universities will continue and are by design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
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This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
February 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
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NASA scientists have found the basic building blocks of life in a pristine sample from asteroid Bennu, including 14 amino acids used by living things and all five genetic code components. https://buff.ly/40HkVw0
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients - NASA
Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Why is Trump trying to bankrupt universities and dissolve the Department of Education? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYP...
How America Keeps Its Citizens Uneducated
YouTube video by ashley viola
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February 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Why is Trump trying to bankrupt universities and dissolve the Department of Education? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYP...
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Hell continues in #LosAngeles with the #LAfires. I live next to #Altadena, which is pretty much destroyed. My power finally came on after three cold nights. So many have lost their homes, and danger not over since big winds are coming back starting tomorrow. Views at my house Wednesday early am.
January 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hell continues in #LosAngeles with the #LAfires. I live next to #Altadena, which is pretty much destroyed. My power finally came on after three cold nights. So many have lost their homes, and danger not over since big winds are coming back starting tomorrow. Views at my house Wednesday early am.
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 29, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Saw these today in SF Bay Area #mushrooms
December 29, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Saw these today in SF Bay Area #mushrooms
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Make a donation to change a life: fistulafoundation.org www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/o...
#hope #giving
#hope #giving
December 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Make a donation to change a life: fistulafoundation.org www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/o...
#hope #giving
#hope #giving
Why is Becton, Dickinson and Company, estimated to hold the largest market share in ventilator production, considered among the best income stocks to buy right now? Feeling oddly concerned about losing Mitch's leadership.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader and a polio survivor, issued a statement in support of the polio vaccine, hours after The New York Times reported that the lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned regulators to withdraw the vaccine from the market. nyti.ms/4iwSCbV
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.
“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Why is Becton, Dickinson and Company, estimated to hold the largest market share in ventilator production, considered among the best income stocks to buy right now? Feeling oddly concerned about losing Mitch's leadership.