Xylotheca
@xylotheca.bsky.social
Childless cat and pony lady. Plantaholic. Works in TB/HIV research. AnkSpond spoonie.
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"our grant number is [XYZ]; please acknowledge the grant in the funding section of your paper"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
"our grant number is [XYZ]; please acknowledge the grant in the funding section of your paper"
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My extreme sport is typing without glasses
February 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
My extreme sport is typing without glasses
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this is basically who you are asking to make a slide deck
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
this is basically who you are asking to make a slide deck
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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"Ultimately, the project secured funding from the South African Medical Research Council and the Gates Foundation. It's about a twentieth of the original USAID grant and none of it is from the U.S. government."
The near death -- and last-minute reprieve -- of a trial for an HIV vaccine
A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 AM
"Ultimately, the project secured funding from the South African Medical Research Council and the Gates Foundation. It's about a twentieth of the original USAID grant and none of it is from the U.S. government."
My assimilation into Cape Town society is nearly complete: my car now has a CAA reg and today I bought a wearable duvet (knee length K-Way puffer jacket)
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
My assimilation into Cape Town society is nearly complete: my car now has a CAA reg and today I bought a wearable duvet (knee length K-Way puffer jacket)
Can confirm this effect holds even for this 1/8th Irish person, 2 generations distant from the last ancestor born in Ireland ✊🏻
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Can confirm this effect holds even for this 1/8th Irish person, 2 generations distant from the last ancestor born in Ireland ✊🏻
Steers BBQ sauce FTW
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Steers BBQ sauce FTW
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December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Them: So I'm taking ivermectin...
Me: well you won't have scabies, I guess
(Biologist working in infectious disease area)
Me: well you won't have scabies, I guess
(Biologist working in infectious disease area)
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Them: So I'm taking ivermectin...
Me: well you won't have scabies, I guess
(Biologist working in infectious disease area)
Me: well you won't have scabies, I guess
(Biologist working in infectious disease area)
Bat-eared fox
Cape cobra
Secretary bird
Blue crane
Rhino
Cape cobra
Secretary bird
Blue crane
Rhino
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Spotted salamander
Eastern newt
Red-backed salamander
Jefferson salamander
Two-lined salamander
Spotted salamander
Eastern newt
Red-backed salamander
Jefferson salamander
Two-lined salamander
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray wolf
Black bear
Albino deer
Canadian lynx
Beaver
Gray wolf
Black bear
Albino deer
Canadian lynx
Beaver
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bat-eared fox
Cape cobra
Secretary bird
Blue crane
Rhino
Cape cobra
Secretary bird
Blue crane
Rhino
👀... Except that the cat has dealt with all carelessly placed bits of ceramic
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
👀... Except that the cat has dealt with all carelessly placed bits of ceramic
High School biology teacher brought a pig's head in for us to dissect
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
High School biology teacher brought a pig's head in for us to dissect
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this, all day right now
(unmute, it’s a bop)
(unmute, it’s a bop)
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this, all day right now
(unmute, it’s a bop)
(unmute, it’s a bop)
Being bullied at work so I'm eating pizza about it 🍕
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Being bullied at work so I'm eating pizza about it 🍕
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Without fair regulation, most Cape Town residents will edge ever further away from a home in the city, argue the authors.
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Gabbi le Roux, Adam Narain and Jonty Cogger
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Gabbi le Roux, Adam Narain and Jonty Cogger
Cape Town needs rent control. Here are six ways we could do it
Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households
groundup.org.za
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Without fair regulation, most Cape Town residents will edge ever further away from a home in the city, argue the authors.
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Gabbi le Roux, Adam Narain and Jonty Cogger
Read groundup.org.za/article/cape... by Gabbi le Roux, Adam Narain and Jonty Cogger
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Think I'm gonna have samoosas for lunch with a delicious side order of "the worst people you know are enraged and scared". Yum.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Think I'm gonna have samoosas for lunch with a delicious side order of "the worst people you know are enraged and scared". Yum.
Currently sporting a black eye courtesy of a hock to my temple this weekend, and pleased to report that this post came via my Following feed
AVERAGE BLUESKY USER: I just got kicked in the head by a horse. I think I’ll go check the Discover Feed and reply to strangers’ posts there
October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Currently sporting a black eye courtesy of a hock to my temple this weekend, and pleased to report that this post came via my Following feed
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So often you see some dingy, overpriced, dirty-looking house advertised to rent, with "SORRY NO PETS" firmly stipulated in the details. Get a grip. My pets have got a lot of self-respect and wouldn't want to live in your shit house.
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
So often you see some dingy, overpriced, dirty-looking house advertised to rent, with "SORRY NO PETS" firmly stipulated in the details. Get a grip. My pets have got a lot of self-respect and wouldn't want to live in your shit house.
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I don't get up to investigate strange noises. They're all coming from my body.
October 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I don't get up to investigate strange noises. They're all coming from my body.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"
Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."
— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025
#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪