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Me: you’re so cute!
Cat:
Me: let’s take a cute picture
Cat:

I’m a kiwi living in the US and I find the looks of horror I get when I go barefoot in the summer absolutely hilarious…

If you wear jandals, you’ll never get your summer feet - which are tough, like a wombat’s butt. Summer feet are a right of passage.

Bees make me feel (momentarily) better about the world.

They have their bee lab, I have my pollinator garden. We can all do something help the bees 🐝🐝🐝

Cracker Barrel as a “fixture of American Culture” low key explains a lot about why we are where we are

Promotional image for a AAAS webinar titled 'Deep Dive into the FAIR Model for Indirect Costs' scheduled for August 13, 2025, featuring a portrait of a smiling individual with glasses.

AAAS Town Hall: Aug. 13, 4–5:30 pm ET with Kelvin Droegemeier on JAG’s proposed FAIR Model for indirect costs. We invite our research community to join us to learn more, dive deep and ask your questions about the model. Register: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

But seriously, I’m sorry. That sucks and feels very pedantic.

A lotl (sorry, couldn’t resist!)

Okay, right-brained people, let’s sum up how the left-brained folks are really feeling (hint: it’s not good, that’s for sure)

You should offer BOGO - folks would love that.

Today we mark 61 years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In the face of efforts to reverse this progress and erase our histories, this anniversary is a reminder that the fight for equality requires a constant, active effort.

Someone tattooed a tardigrade and now I know what I want to be when I grow up.

My colleague laying it plain.

Thanks @senangusking.bsky.social

*chortle*

S.O.S

Save Our Science

Also, they like fruit and so do I

People study fruit flies — especially #Drosophilamelanogaster — because they are an incredibly powerful model organism for understanding #genetics, development, and disease. Learn why they’re so useful in Basic Research!

#standwithscience #researchmatters 🧪 🤝

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snaffled cheese > normal cheese

Blimey, if this isn’t the cutest little birb I ever did see

Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals.

Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD

This is how I walk when I go outside barefoot for the first time since winter…

I feel you on the sheets - it’s the bane of my existence! I am a FUSSY sleeper.

Angela’s Ashes - Frank McCourt
Fools Rush In - Bill Carter

#3: TFW you don’t quite stick the landing

I sincerely hope that it’s sung with a distinctive Australian accent!

Because with all *wildly waves hands about* this going on, baby manatees help.

Even in this unfinished stage, I could look at this all day

MDI Bio Lab President Testifies to U.S. Senate Committee on At-Risk Research Funding

MDI Bio Lab President Hermann Haller, M.D., testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the importance of sustained federal support for biomedical discovery & the global bioscience economy.

🧪 🤝 #standwithscience