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There might be another one tonight. Feel better! bsky.app/profile/auro...

Aww, no, you’re cool. Always dig fellow scientists. Don’t dig: “Magic-Education_Stars.com who is totally going to make my students up-vote me on Instagram” 🤷🏻‍♀️

Genuine question: how often has this come up? It just feels really strange; have none of them ever looked at a map of Siberia before? Even the Nile flows north

I love that I saw this post right after yours:
bsky.app/profile/thef...

And…. I’m done here too

Feel like @jortsthecat.bsky.social might appreciate this one lol

First fireflies of the year tonight 🥰

Photograph of a building named Iowa Geological Survey on it. Nearby is a box that says “Free Rocks!”

Nice! Think you would appreciate this (and yes, I took some 🙂):

I am in Iowa City actually. Getting my PhD in the geography department, though we just merged with geology

Photograph of my cat Platina, a tortoiseshell tabby, with her face planted in a bowl of canned tuna.

Photograph of my cat Pesca, a cream-colored longhair, with her face planted in a bowl of canned tuna.

Photograph of my cat Ariel, a Bengal, with her face planted in a bowl of canned tuna.

Happy Gotcha Day to my two wonderful ladies!

16 years and going strong 🥰
Enjoy your special canned tuna, Pesca and Platina!
(Even little Ariel got to enjoy the festivities 😊)

lol same! I even mapped out the entire tunnel system in the Selenitic age

Screenshot from linked article that says "What Is the Function of Cat Fur? Cat fur serves many purposes. Yes, it helps keep cats warm, but it also protects the skin from injuries, is used in communication (think of an angry cat with her hackles raised), provides sensory input and helps keep cats dry. When temperatures get very hot, cat fur actually helps keep cats cool—the layer of air trapped within the coat can act as a buffer against extreme environmental heat."

Someone just scolded me that I should shave Francie in the summer and I want to address that briefly for educational purposes. First of all, our vets do not recommend summer shaving and as far as I know no other vets do, either. 🌟THREAD🌟 www.petmd.com/cat/shaving-...

Awesome!!! I literally saw my first one last week going to town on the suet 🙂

Huzzah! I love the “dying duck” sound

on left, pregnancy and sars cov2 infection, leads to cytokine storm in fetus. This affects brain development at age 6 and age 24 months.

Children exposed to COVID in utero had developmental delays at age 24 months:
🧠36% cognitive delays
🗣️64% communication delays
🏃57% had motor delays

🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9

#Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷

This is heartbreaking 😢

It seems I need to update my pinned tweet again:

Do Not Follow me unless I know you. BlueSky does not allow for a way to politely remove followers, so I am going to block any unknown entity/person.

DM me if you want to follow and I don’t directly know you.

Random follows are unwelcome.

Product: Recalled brown cage free eggs and brown certified organic eggs were sold under multiple different brand names at restaurants and retailers. These eggs should no longer be available for sale. Recalled brown cage free eggs and brown certified organic eggs were supplied by August Egg Company, Hilmar, CA. The recalled eggs have a printed Julian Date between “32” and “126” followed by a plant code number “P-6562” or “CA-5330” on the egg carton or package. The recalled eggs sold at retail stores are packed in fiber or plastic cartons, with the above codes printed on one side of the carton. Brands the recalled eggs were sold under include: Clover, First Street, Nulaid, O Organics, Marketside, Raleys, Simple Truth, Sun Harvest, and Sunnyside.

Stores Affected Recalled brown cage free eggs and brown certified organic eggs were distributed from February 3, 2025, through May 15, 2025, with sell by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 4, 2025, in California and Nevada to retail locations including Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raleys, Food 4 Less, and Ralphs. The eggs were also distributed from February 3, 2025, through May 6, 2025, with sell by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025, to Walmart locations in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana, and Illinois. FDA is working with the firm to determine if eggs were distributed elsewhere and will update the advisory as information becomes available.

Just in case folks have reposts from me turned off.

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Eggs (June 2025)

Affecting restaurants and retailers in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana, and Illinois.

www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...

Saving this for Fall classes. Undergrads need this info so badly.

I mask every time I teach, and you should too

Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible!

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

Photograph of my cat Ariel. She is curled up into a tiny circle on top of my couch. She is completely passed out asleep. She looks very cute and small.

Ariel is too darn adorable 🥰
#CatsOfSTEM

Thank you!

Thank you!

Screenshot of my BlueSky profile. The words “PhD Candidate” are highlighted. For context, it previously said “student” and is an indication that I passed my oral and written exams. There is also the party hat celebration emoji pasted on it.

Someone just leveled up 😁🎉

I passed.

Oh, I forgot to mention: I’m defending my dissertation proposal tomorrow. If any of you are interested and want to come, it’s Monday at 10:00am CDT

Please message me, and I’ll send you the Zoom link

(Also very nervous but also “fuck it; I did (I did enough, right?) my prep work” mental level 😬)

Nerdehumor™️

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 I literally just did a lab in class asking students to look at this database