Lisa Buckley

Trace fossils FTW again! Earliest known (300+ mya) evidence from Germany of scaled skin in reptiles from body impressions with tracks, includes imprint of a cloacal vent (probably SFW because it's a trace fossil). 🧪🐾🦎 #ichnology

Podiatry Typo of the Day:
Patient presents in supportive snakers. 🐍

BRING US YOUR TIRED
YOUR THIRSTY
YOUR NERDS YEARNING TO SHOW US WEIRD BUGS

SWIFT BRICKS! 🐦 🪶
www.swift-conservation.org/swift_bricks...

Pen and watercolour illustrations of waders/shorebirds from the Hartlepool/Teesmouth area of northeast England

A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England).
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#birdingNortheast

One on left is a black dog and above it the words “Reality”. Below it is “I chased a squirrel” One the right is a black dog and above it says “LinkedIn”. Below it says, Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions. Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders. This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.

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Head and shoulders view of an owl perched among a network of twigs.

February is pretty much the Bird Doldrums around here, but every once in a while there is an unexpected highlight. In Feb 2022, this was mine. Great Grey Owl #birds

(The best part was that it wasn’t even looking at me. Undisturbed owl FTW!)

Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...

February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

Some of us have been screaming this for years

www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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Ten Black Scientists That Science Teachers Should Know About Help your students see the possibilities of careers in STEM fields by providing them with diverse role models.

STEM Black History Fact 9/28

Dr. Jane Cooke Wright pioneered chemotherapy techniques and helped establish personalized cancer treatment as a scientific discipline.

Walls, not Wakefield.
FFS, AUTOCARROT!

First Song Sparrow of the year for me (heard in the backyard through the super thin Wakefield of my second storey home office)!

🏺 #SuperbOwl 🧪

Since Life has been *waves hands at everything* I'm resharing my Short-eared Owl #SuperbOwl #BirdGlamour!

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Gunk, muck, sludge, Shoggoths.

🫂 It's sure making the rounds lately.

Thanks. It's more long time wear and tear issues than anything else.

Top down view of a black kitty curled up on a beige pillow with eggs and birds and script pattern, sleeping tunes sleep of not view caring that my lap has been cruelly abandoned.

Me putting down a feather pillow on my spot on the couch to sit on for knee reasons (don't get me started).
Ash abandoning my lap and stealing half of the couch.

That's the scrubbing pipe cleaner I used to scrub out the part of the drain that ruins from the inside of the fridge to the drain hose. It was a wee bit gunky!

The makeshift drip tray I had going was really starting to frost my follicles.

I would if I were nearby!

Gee, why was the fridge not draining properly?
It's a mystery!

I AM STILL THE GREATEST ARTIFICER IN THE LAND!

That's a good link!
I did check the freezer part which looks fine. The ish starts at the little drain port in the fridge: the water from the freezer defrost cycle doesn't drain from the catch cup, so there's something obstructing the drain distal to that.

They get more orange depending on the light. He may have some Bombay in his background.

The Most Serious.

THE SMOOSHY FACE

Big reason is: it's not my house.

Yeah, it's annoying. Thankfully I just have to remove and snake the drain hose, but it's conveniently located behind the coils.

Oh, tub ones are THE WORST.

Extreme close up of a black kitty face sitting on a white couch with blue flowers.

Sass Panther Security is always vigilant (for Churu).