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Mandy Little

@mandybikes.bsky.social

Botany prof

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Cultures lol

18.02.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

28.01.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 101517    πŸ” 23997    πŸ’¬ 3216    πŸ“Œ 2737
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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months’ pay in effort to shrink size of government WASHINGTON (AP) β€” The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would begin subjecting all federal employees to β€œenhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and warned of future downsizing,…

Holy crap. Even some physicians who work for the VA received these letters. How does encouraging resignations when you already have a VA physician shortage help improve the VA?! www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politic...

29.01.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m buying my groceries exclusively from Costco now, by the way. I might end up with more food than I need, but my values aren’t compromised.

25.01.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19935    πŸ” 1689    πŸ’¬ 931    πŸ“Œ 116

Those are my bike tracks!

26.01.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They look like ballerinas

26.01.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of our rural VA clinics has been short a physician for 3 years, but they finally had a candidate who was slated to start in the next few weeks. Now the offer has been rescinded due to the hiring freeze. #ThanksTrump for worsening rural healthcare access for veterans.

23.01.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Wikipedia? Sorry I can’t be more help. Now plants…

23.01.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good one!!

11.01.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œNow there’s nothing stopping me from changing my status to β€˜In a Relationship.’”

Tim Carabine, Iguana Breeder

β€œNow there’s nothing stopping me from changing my status to β€˜In a Relationship.’” Tim Carabine, Iguana Breeder

Meta To End Fact-Checking
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09.01.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1988    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4
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Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

08.01.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 39861    πŸ” 14770    πŸ’¬ 1231    πŸ“Œ 657
A colorful orange sunset reflects in the partially frozen surface of the Mississippi River with tall arches of a bridge over the river in the background. Steam from a powerplant rises in the distance as well.

A colorful orange sunset reflects in the partially frozen surface of the Mississippi River with tall arches of a bridge over the river in the background. Steam from a powerplant rises in the distance as well.

A little bike ride sunset view palate cleanse. Cars streamed by next to me, none of them able to take a moment and soak up this view. I passed several other cyclists after this sitting and doing the same thing - taking in the peace and calm of a beautiful sunset.

08.01.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Biden’s parting gift to Northern California: A new national monument in the remains of an ancient volcano The SΓ‘ttΓ­tla Highlands National Monument is a striking volcanic landscape that includes Medicine Lake, Glass Mountain Obsidian Flow and countless lava beds.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... This is marvelous (and unexpected) good news. I've been taking my geology students on field trips at Medicine Lake and Lava Beds for three decades.

08.01.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Either challenger or mt st Helen whichever came first

18.12.2024 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great video! Reminds me of my own adventures. Thanks for sharing.

10.12.2024 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies Objective To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts. Design Prospective cohort studies. ...

🍫 Science says we should eat more (dark) chocolate!

A new @bmj.com study shows that eating dark chocolate (5+ servings/week) is linked to a 21% lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

As good an excuse as ever as Christmas draws near...

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...

#SciComm πŸ§ͺ 🍎 #Health #AcademicSky

05.12.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted with her new partner and egg at a Pacific Ocean refuge.

‼️This is not a drill!‼️

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross & the world’s oldest known wild bird, has laid an egg, at ~74 years old!πŸ§ͺ

Proud of you, Wisdom. To many more eggs in your future

05.12.2024 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1


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30.11.2024 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m wrong

30.11.2024 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s that time again.

29.11.2024 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a few minutes ago from #NautilusLive at 440m deep south of Palau. After successful #urchin collection a large #shark 🦈 visited #ROVHercules surprising everyone aboard & on shore

27.11.2024 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Watch Ethiopian wolves drink flower nectar, a first for a large carnivore Pollen coating their muzzles suggests the endangered canids may act as furry pollinators

Ethiopian wolves drink nectar and are potential pollinators of red hot pokers. And as usual with species doing weird things unexpectedly, they’re critically endangered due to human encroachment.

www.science.org/content/arti...

23.11.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gettin in on the ground floor of something?

16.11.2024 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0