Weston Anderson
@weston-writes.bsky.social
Science communicator | Helping researchers tell stories that matter | Demystifying science by day, rolling crits by night 🎲✨
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🧪 You've probably heard that the risk of getting breast cancer is related to age and genetics. Did you know that childbirth also plays an important role in breast cancer risk? Scientists are uncovering why, and the reason has to do with how the body changes during pregnancy and lactation 🧵
#currentlywatching House (1977) directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. #filmsky
PS This might be my favorite movie poster of all time.
PS This might be my favorite movie poster of all time.
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#currentlywatching House (1977) directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. #filmsky
PS This might be my favorite movie poster of all time.
PS This might be my favorite movie poster of all time.
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If you want to understand why 3 scientists got the Nobel Prize in Medicine today for discovering what keeps our immune systems from running amok--and how that keeps you healthy-- read this @laurenjyoung.bsky.social story:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪
This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you want to understand why 3 scientists got the Nobel Prize in Medicine today for discovering what keeps our immune systems from running amok--and how that keeps you healthy-- read this @laurenjyoung.bsky.social story:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪
#currentlywatching Tonight's #spooktober movie, What we do in the Shadows (2014) directed by Jamaine Clement and Taika Waititi. #filmsky
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#currentlywatching Tonight's #spooktober movie, What we do in the Shadows (2014) directed by Jamaine Clement and Taika Waititi. #filmsky
📽 Tonight's #spooktober movie is Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by Georges Franju.
October 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
📽 Tonight's #spooktober movie is Eyes Without a Face (1960) directed by Georges Franju.
🧪 You've probably heard that the risk of getting breast cancer is related to age and genetics. Did you know that childbirth also plays an important role in breast cancer risk? Scientists are uncovering why, and the reason has to do with how the body changes during pregnancy and lactation 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧪 You've probably heard that the risk of getting breast cancer is related to age and genetics. Did you know that childbirth also plays an important role in breast cancer risk? Scientists are uncovering why, and the reason has to do with how the body changes during pregnancy and lactation 🧵
Day 2 of my #Spooktober watch list brings A Nightmare on Elm Street Three: Dream Warriors (1987) directed by Chuck Russell. I've seen the first two in this series. Excited for the return of Heather Langenkamp as the resourceful and formidable Nancy Thompson. #Filmsky
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Day 2 of my #Spooktober watch list brings A Nightmare on Elm Street Three: Dream Warriors (1987) directed by Chuck Russell. I've seen the first two in this series. Excited for the return of Heather Langenkamp as the resourceful and formidable Nancy Thompson. #Filmsky
Since October is #breastcancer awareness month, I'll be doing a science thread about everything I learned working in a breast cancer research lab for ~5 years. Stay tuned!
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Since October is #breastcancer awareness month, I'll be doing a science thread about everything I learned working in a breast cancer research lab for ~5 years. Stay tuned!
Trents are super fun enemies to begin with, but this is on another level. The trick or treat table is delightful!
Get ready for spooky season with this fun #homebrew #dnd creature!
#dndhomebrew #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #digitalart #art #asrachnid #halloween
#dndhomebrew #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #digitalart #art #asrachnid #halloween
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trents are super fun enemies to begin with, but this is on another level. The trick or treat table is delightful!
Tonight's Spooktober movie is I Saw What You Did Last Summer (1997) directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
Watch with us? 🍿😨
Watch with us? 🍿😨
October 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Tonight's Spooktober movie is I Saw What You Did Last Summer (1997) directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
Watch with us? 🍿😨
Watch with us? 🍿😨
Farewell to an amazing scientist, someone who taught us to see the world in a new way.
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Farewell to an amazing scientist, someone who taught us to see the world in a new way.
Happy Spooktober! In my house, we celebrate with a spooky movie watch list 🦇🔪 My partner and I have been working on this for weeks and I am so excited to dive in. Let's go! #Halloween #Filmsky
October 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Happy Spooktober! In my house, we celebrate with a spooky movie watch list 🦇🔪 My partner and I have been working on this for weeks and I am so excited to dive in. Let's go! #Halloween #Filmsky
Reposted by Weston Anderson
I applied for a grant to get tons of revised core D&D books, and they finally arrived! 😆
I’m soooooooo glad to provide this much more inclusive, diverse material to introduce the next generation of gamers to one of my club’s popular games. 👨🏫
I’m soooooooo glad to provide this much more inclusive, diverse material to introduce the next generation of gamers to one of my club’s popular games. 👨🏫
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I applied for a grant to get tons of revised core D&D books, and they finally arrived! 😆
I’m soooooooo glad to provide this much more inclusive, diverse material to introduce the next generation of gamers to one of my club’s popular games. 👨🏫
I’m soooooooo glad to provide this much more inclusive, diverse material to introduce the next generation of gamers to one of my club’s popular games. 👨🏫
Hi Bluesky! I'm Weston. I'm a #SciComm nerd currently working at the Providence #Neuroscience Institute in Portland, OR. I also love #storytelling, #DND, and #gardening.
September 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hi Bluesky! I'm Weston. I'm a #SciComm nerd currently working at the Providence #Neuroscience Institute in Portland, OR. I also love #storytelling, #DND, and #gardening.