A.F.

Sometimes the stress of wearing my cgm is such that it messes with my blood sugars, and the moment I remove it, it's as if my body relaxes, and immediately my numbers come back into range.

Sigh.

#t1dprobs #type1diabetes

SWOT Sharpens Seafloor Focus A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years.

🌊 A study led by Scripps postdoctoral researcher Yao Yu shows how NASA’s SWOT satellite is transforming our view of the deep ocean. In just one year, NASA’s SWOT satellite has mapped the seafloor in greater detail than similar systems achieved in 3 decades.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...

🌿 🌊 Kelp forests are vital habitats that support marine life, buffer our coasts, and keep our oceans healthy, and Scripps Oceanography scientists are dedicated to protecting them!

🌏 This #WorldHabitatDay, thank #KelpForests for all they do for our planet.

“Even when cancer tethered her to her couch, she didn’t want anyone tethered with her.”
-from “On the Manly Art of Quilting,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Eric K. Taylor
Read the rest: riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

Goals for the next 5 days:

- survive all Drs appointments
- sleep
- move bedroom around, including personal library
- submit writing pieces

Aldo, coffee. Actually finishing a cup of coffee before it cools as I walk around my classroom.

How soon until we get conference attendees not asking a question, not offering a "comment" but standing up - after an expert's 50 minute lecture describing years of research in their field - to say,

"interesting talk. I asked chat gpt and it said......"

💀💀💀💀

a woman wrapped in a blanket is laying on a bed ALT: a woman wrapped in a blanket is laying on a bed

Fall break has officially started.

I am *ready*.

#edusky #teachertired

The rattail glide 💥
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Rattails, or macrourids, are common throughout the world’s ocean. Big blue eyes give the rattail an edge at finding food in deep, dark waters. Their keen eyesight reveals prey, like fishes and squid, darting just above the seafloor.

I haven't fully implemented opengraph tags for my photo website, but I did recently add my #Andromeda Galaxy #astronomy photo to it. My website serves up high resolution images like a google map so you can zoom and pan around! #astrophotography
photos.amomentaryglimpse.com/imagemap.php...

A group of scientists huddle excitedly around a monitor. One says: "The program has detected a signal sent from another galaxy, but we need to upgrade to a paid version before we can reply." The screen reads "Choose a plan To unlock replies: 1. Student 2. Basic 3. Pro 4. Expert "

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Did you know the federal government runs a waterfowl art contest? SciFri’s Emma Gometz attended this year’s event to report on the duck drama.

Folks, if your job has to create a "morale committee"...it's not a good sign.

Nudibranches, whale sharks, and giant isopods! 😍🤩

Two drawings of jugs in the bottom margin under manuscript text.

Is it coffee time yet? MSS R.9.17
See the whole manuscript here: mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R...
#marginaliaMonday

The WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th. September 29th - bear; September 30 - paw; October 1st - river; October 2nd - salmon; October 3rd - hibernate; October 4th - hunt; October 5th - store

I know that Fat Bear Week 2025 is almost over, but in honor of all the lovely, pudgy bears, the #WIPSnips words for September 29th through October 5th are inspired by Fat Bear Week.

And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll link it in the comments :D

Go enjoy some cute bears.

#WriteSky

It's game day for the #charity stream on #twitch! Who all am I seeing today? Come donate and be able to send crazy effects to mess us up! #RocketLeague #ChatBites #bakkesmod
twitch.tv/ninjagloppy at 3pm EST.

It's the same with my school's Gmail situation 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

A herd of sheep move across a marshy bridge.

yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)

Come on, guys, vote for Bear 901! Chunk is great and all, but 901 is perfectly plump!! #fatbearweek2025

Oh good, standardized testing day and I was only up twice in the middle of the night with low blood sugars.

Two books sit on comfortable chairs on a stage in front of an audience of books. The interviewer book says to the other "Decades unfinished in your author's drawer. Years untouched in a publisher's slush pile. Months on an indecisive editor's desk. And now, top of the bestseller charts! It's what we all dream of: tell us all about your incredible journey!"

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
p.s. My new book of science cartoons is here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Nature Biomedical Engineering is hiring again! This time we're hoping to add an editor with machine learning expertise to the team (although we are open to those with other relevant expertise!) Deadline is Oct 20. Please RT! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Bear 901 all the way this year!

Today I got to introduce my high school English classes to Fat Bear Week, and my rural South Carolina students were absolutely in awe and tickled at the bears. I love this time of year so much.

It’s heating up for Fat Bear Week 🐻 Today's second matchup is Biggie (128’s cub) vs 609. One’s a fresh face and the other’s bringing experience, but only your votes will decide who’s moving on.

Head to fatbearweek.org and cast your vote before the clock runs out.

Black in Natural History Museums in now open! See it on Floor 3 in the Museum's Gilder Center. Details: bit.ly/3KfbzTS

In Intriguing Furniture news: yesterday I visited Lichfield Cathedral and found a new 13 metre long table made from a 5000-year-old oak log discovered perfectly preserved in a peat bog in 2016. The cut planks took 9 months to dry out, losing 2 tonnes of weight in the process. Definitely haunted...