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Dr. Sara Thomas

@practicingscience.bsky.social

Scientist, educator, mother of boys and dogs https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JqQGlJcAAAAJ&hl=en www.PracticingScienceTogether.com

106 Followers  |  302 Following  |  74 Posts  |  Joined: 09.06.2024  |  1.563

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Bubble Power Some animals do things with bubbles that will blow you away! ...

This is something we all should know. rangerrick.org/ranger_rick/...

26.11.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a little reminder that if we believed women, we wouldn’t need the #EpsteinFiles

21.10.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work in Peripheral Immune Tolerance Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize on Monday.

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on immune systems.

06.10.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 9
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Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino | PNAS The Caribbean was one of the last parts of the Americas to be settled by humans, but how and when the islands were first occupied remains a matter ...

Puerto Ricans are super, incredibly American. #BadBunny #HispanicHeritageMonth

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

05.10.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Reveals Substantial Native American Ancestry in Puerto Rico To estimate the maternal contribution of Native Americans to the human gene pool of Puerto Ricansβ€”a population of mixed African, European, and Amerindian ancestryβ€”the mtDNAs of two sample sets were sc...

Annual reminder that Puerto Ricans are indigenous. #BadBunnyIsAmerican #AmericaPreColumbus #Indigenous #HispanicHistoryMonth

digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol7...

05.10.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How are we so good at ignoring everything in our religious texts that's about us and finding everything that's about gatekeeping?

27.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't get how the Bible literalist can read all of Leviticus and not get anything about restitution, atonement, or dare I say reparations! How has anyone mined all of the gay stuff from the Bible and missed all of the parts about personal responsibility?

27.07.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
AND I DON'T BLAB ANY DRAB GAB-I
CHATTER HEP PATTER

AND I DON'T BLAB ANY DRAB GAB-I CHATTER HEP PATTER

I CHATTER HEP PATTER

07.06.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 12
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Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people - Nature Human Behaviour In this Registered Report, Crompton et al. examine how information is shared by autistic and non-autistic people and find that both perform comparably well. However, rapport is higher with others of t...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.06.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Choose Your Own Evolution:’ A Book Review 'Choose Your Own Evolution' offers an irresistible journey of natural selection. A multi-pathway book where YOU make the decisions and find out what sort of creature you've become!

Another new review today! "Choose Your Own Evolution" by @juleshoward.bsky.social and @gordywright.bsky.social. β€ͺβ€ͺAn amazing and engaging book about evolution. Become a T-Rex, Penguin or maybe even a human! geekdad.com/2025/06/choo...
Out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social
#booksky

06.06.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Urban Rewilding Makes Cities More Biodiverse And Better For Our Health From parrots in Wellington to beavers in London, efforts to re-wild global cities are gaining traction. And the benefits of such programs go beyond improving biodiversity

Shamelessly resharing my latest @forbes.com article because I'd love to get some eyes on it. If you live in a city and/or are interested in nature, you might enjoy it 😊πŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

06.06.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
FRITZI RITZ BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 

NANCY NOTICES PEOPLE STARING  AT THEM .

PEOPLE ARE STILL STARING, MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF NANCY 

FOR GOODNESS SAKE!
DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER SEE A STRIPED BATHING SUIT BEFORE?

FRITZI RITZ BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NANCY NOTICES PEOPLE STARING AT THEM . PEOPLE ARE STILL STARING, MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF NANCY FOR GOODNESS SAKE! DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER SEE A STRIPED BATHING SUIT BEFORE?

Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller
August 11,1938

06.06.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1828    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 10

Some of you are discussing politics with people who are discussing liberation. It's not a debate, it's two separate conversations.

04.06.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 569    πŸ” 205    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 19

People keep being surprised by things Native folks told them about because they are committing testimonial injustice against Native folks

06.06.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

"Prove you matter"= eugenics.

06.06.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

So, for the record: My 2024 prediction was, β€œWe cannot defeat them, they will have to defeat themselves.” I’ll assemble a BINGO card for the next few years, but a Felon- Elon (bird app) beef was essentially the FREE space.

06.06.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

πŸ”—: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

28.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2784    πŸ” 1537    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 1056

we're behaving as though

our oppressors have a right

to terrorize our lives

and destroy our planet

30.05.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Big advantage to thrifting mim jeans: pocket trucks!

30.05.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species

Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves

www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

08.04.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1351    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 64

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

09.04.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7444    πŸ” 1667    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 105

Every time you normalize the death of a person with comorbidities, you normalize ableism and eugenics. We’re all vulnerable to disability and health issues. Normalizing the deaths of high risk people is ignoring your own mortality. You can’t β€˜other’ someone without β€˜othering’ yourself.

08.04.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice Kathryn Yusoff sparked a culture war with her latest book, suggesting slavery and white supremacy informed the work of geology’s founding fathers. Here, she and other experts suggest that attitudes ha...

"β€œGeologic Life argues that a shift is necessary in the discourse around race from ideology and identity politics into discussion about material relations between people and environments,” she says."

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

16.03.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

15.03.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 26783    πŸ” 10784    πŸ’¬ 719    πŸ“Œ 808

Science friends! I’m crowdsourcing recs.

I’ve been inspired by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social to make a little science library on my street.

What zines/pamphlets/other things should I put in it?

Free/low cost ideas preferred! Especially appreciative of links to zines I can print out.

#scicomm

16.03.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to make aging into a love song to yourself: A multi-part skeet.

Smile because someone or something makes you laugh, not because it makes you look approachable or whatever.

#Aging

16.03.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to make aging into a love song to yourself: A multi-part bleet.

3. Finally stop criticizing yourself and just be. Be with people you love and do things you love. With the best people. In all the best places.

#Aging

16.03.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How to make aging into a love song to yourself: A multi-part bleet.

2. Remember who you have always been as well as who you have become. Forgive all those yous. Then celebrate them.
#Aging

16.03.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to make aging into a love song to yourself: A multi-part bleet (or skeet?)

1. Remember that your age gives you gravitas, so you can so some crazy stylings and still be taken seriously.

16.03.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My hair color inspo is a My Little Pony doll I found on a gas pump and a baby Enderdragon my son printed on his Bambu.

16.03.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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