Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬

Sure I'll just get in contact with my nearest non-Academic practitioner of Theoretical Population Biology.

New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia - Nature Hominin fossils from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area, Ethiopia, suggest that early Homo and Australopithecus species co-existed in the region more than 2.5 million years ago.

New fossil Australopithecus spp. discovery brings the total lineage of hominins living in eastern Africa 2.5 - 3.0 MYA to 4.

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

A judge ordered the sale of Alex Jones Infowars today, clearing the way for The Onion to renew its attempt to buy the notorious conspiracy-fueled empire. "We’re working on it," @bencollins.bsky.social tells @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

(Image courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy)

(Image courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy)

(Image courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy)

(Image courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy)

...and USGS Mission Area programs like the Bird Banding Lab and Breeding Bird Survey (1% decrease after proposed 99.7% budget reduction). There's more work to do, but know that when we speak up in large numbers, our representatives listen. THANK YOU! #birds 🌎

So it’s a good year to finally start my farm? I need to see the summer version first maybe, all red/orange “Hot & Dry”.

firecracker like jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

Wavy tentacles from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

red jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

Orange jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

The lost jellyfish art of Ilona Richter, from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea...
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Once abundant in California waters, the sunflower sea star was nearly wiped out by sea star wasting disease. The cause wasn't clear at first, but one culprit has been identified—a bacterium named Vibrio pectenicida. This finding may help scientists understand and control this disease.

artwork depicting an ancient bird, that looks like a blue jay, with an iridescent feathered crest on its head

A 125-million-year-old fossil feather may have shimmered with iridescent colour, possibly for courtship.

The study presents ‘fundamental’ findings, but reviewers note the evidence isn’t yet conclusive. Read the reviews and author responses: buff.ly/hwQ2P1D
#EvoBio

This is figure 1, which shows early detection of infectious avatars by the PPS system.

A paper in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the brain detects when a potential source of infection enters the immediate surroundings and prepares the body’s immune defenses. This may occur even before physical contact is made, in a virtual reality environment. go.nature.com/45cCSF7 #medsky 🧪

China tackles chikungunya virus outbreak with wide range of measures as thousands fall ill An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures. The government is using mosquito nets and disinfection, threatening fines for people who fail to disperse and deploying drones to hunt down down insect breeding grounds.

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures.
More than 7,000 cases of the disease have been reported as of Wednesday.

It’s the turd you couldn’t flush. The one that got away. Golden. Ephemeral. Fleeting and everlasting at the same time. The world will never be the same, and yet, it remains unchanged. We persist, but only in a state not unlike before. To boldly go, or not. Preferably not.

Senate intel briefing on 2016 Russian election interference.

And Marco Rubio masterminded the whole thing. Crazy.

Jobs data 8/1/2025

Y’all got any more of them jobs?

It’s only gold when exposed to air. When it goes back in your body it returns to its normal purple color.

Artistotle’s first name Aristotle

Who to believe? We need a 3rd AI to break the tie.

Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair' On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

The coolest #SciComm!
Researchers' hold a 'science fair' for projects cut by the Trump administration
www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...

I mean it’s like living through the 2016 election and thinking I’m a conspiracy theorist then the house intel committee confirms Twitter and Facebook ads were bought in Russian rubles. Present day me is “oh yea you were right”

Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park are now Billionaires - Forbes

*Real billionaires

1. The pediatric death toll from #flu for 2024-25 continues to climb, with #CDC informed of 5 more deaths last week. That brings the season's total so far to 266, which is only 22 fewer than during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic! Of kids eligible for vax & for whom vax status is known, 90% weren't vaxed.

Yes the drone automatically ejects pee and poo in a concentrated format similar uric acid (birds & reptiles). This is how you know the pop is booming (“lit” as they say). 🔥🔥🔥

Baby drones. Make 'em look like storks and call it the "Stork Express". With the knowledge that we can readily shuffle around babies with such ease, Millennials & Gen Z will start contributing to the population for the first time. Population crisis solved.

EPSTEIN LATEST: In light of what we released last week from my staff's investigation, I'm handing Trump's DOJ a ready-made case with seven different lines of investigation for them to follow the money on Jeffrey Epstein.

It’s bad. REALLY bad.

Spicy Neptune

A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become a megafire.

A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become a megafire.

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders My thoughts on the Epstein files | Sen. Bernie Sanders

My thoughts on the Epstein files:

Failed to make a functioning product as they claim, having a "PhD" in everything. So they are on to the next best thing - waifu bots.

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.