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Mark Frey

@squeakyanimal.bsky.social

Tummy ache scientist, rock & roll keyboardist, Dad joke aficionado. EiC of AJP-GIL. ADHD cancer survivor. d20 roller, SFF nerd. He/him.

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A brown dog lounging on a beanbag. That’s on top of another beanbag. That’s on top of a couch.

A brown dog lounging on a beanbag. That’s on top of another beanbag. That’s on top of a couch.

Send help. Freddie’s need to sit on top of things is getting out of control (this is why she loves it when we vacuum the front room)

16.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
a black t shirt that says Biology is Bigger Than Binaries, with a bee, lily, and clownfish in a white and pink design

a black t shirt that says Biology is Bigger Than Binaries, with a bee, lily, and clownfish in a white and pink design

Sarah's wearing a black t-shirt that says "Plant Native Plants" with a lady surrounded by flowers in a stained glass window

Sarah's wearing a black t-shirt that says "Plant Native Plants" with a lady surrounded by flowers in a stained glass window

There's a market tomorrow, so it's time for my pre-market ritual...

My plea for you to buy a t-shirt right here & now so my box of t-shirts isn't as heavy tomorrow!

THAT'S right! I want this box to be a manageable weight!

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net!

Currently trying to fund a biodiversity mural 😘

13.02.2026 22:27 — 👍 127    🔁 47    💬 4    📌 3

I'm a white GenX dude from Indiana. I know <20 Spanish words. I never heard Bad Bunny's music before watching his 1/2time show today.

I'm bawling my eyes out. THIS is what, as a kid, I was taught my country stands for. The right to be who you are. Love of life and of difference and of neighbor.

10.02.2026 05:47 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yeah. When I review, my last step (every time) before submitting is to read the review and imagine what I'd think as an author if I received it. Then I modify if needed. It's not foolproof but if more people did this I think it would be a big improvement.

03.02.2026 23:23 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haha that would be playing on a high difficulty setting for sure!

01.02.2026 22:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah if Morgan wants to take apart a bass I’ll buy them a cheap one of their own to disassemble. 😬

01.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My Yamaha RBX-1000 still gets a lot of use even though I have a very nice P-bass that I thought was gonna completely supplant it. The P-bass is great and I use it a lot but there’s a growl that I get out of the Yamaha that’s hard to replicate. Really underrated line of instruments.

01.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Total classic album!!!

23.01.2026 23:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’ll be the jalapeño cheddar loaf, I’m guessing?

23.01.2026 18:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He really missed an opportunity by not starting his own signature line of breads.

23.01.2026 17:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Gorbber’s alive (…live…live…)

23.01.2026 02:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of the marquee at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles, advertising their Late Shows and Matinees in 35mm: "Flash Gordon" and "Son of Flubber."

A photo of the marquee at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles, advertising their Late Shows and Matinees in 35mm: "Flash Gordon" and "Son of Flubber."

I HAVE QUESTIONS.

22.01.2026 20:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Slightly diminish a band:

Maybe

10.01.2026 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. 12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony

Q: Would you be surprised if President Trump directs DOJ to indict you?

Jack Smith: “No.”

That answer should alarm anyone who cares about independent justice.

www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...

02.01.2026 14:40 — 👍 2098    🔁 738    💬 68    📌 30

When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.

I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!

03.01.2026 01:14 — 👍 502    🔁 123    💬 10    📌 7

I mean, I get it. Sometimes it's really tough to cut a song down to less than...oh wait, what?

03.01.2026 02:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
White disposable coffee cup with a brown cardboard sleeve on a wooden table against a dark blurred background.

White disposable coffee cup with a brown cardboard sleeve on a wooden table against a dark blurred background.

January's "best of the best" from APS Publications is here and free to read!
➡️High caffeine intake may blunt exercise adaptation.
➡️Men and women process brain salt signals differently.
➡️Binge drinking worsens arrhythmias.
Read more: https://ow.ly/nrBS50XL4Be #APSselect 🧪
📷: iStock

02.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A gorgeous honey-brown dog who has frankly had enough of this NYE silliness and just wants to go to bed. She sits atop a blue suede beanbag and is struggling to keep her eyes open.

A gorgeous honey-brown dog who has frankly had enough of this NYE silliness and just wants to go to bed. She sits atop a blue suede beanbag and is struggling to keep her eyes open.

Freddie says Happy New Year but also what is this midnight bullcrap can we go to bed now?

01.01.2026 08:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

28.11.2025 15:07 — 👍 12388    🔁 2023    💬 212    📌 303

Congrats on a big step forward! Having been diagnosed as a child but never treated until after 50 (long story), I can attest that meds can completely change your life even as a fully-formed adult. In my first week on them I remember thinking "Holy $^&% is THIS what life is supposed to feel like?"

27.11.2025 23:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s just auto-complete gone wild. Nothing more, nothing less.

27.11.2025 09:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You do not go to an improv show to watch them reenact scenes from Dumb & Dumber

23.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Doctor in a white coat standing confidently with arms crossed inside a modern hospital lobby with curved green ceiling and round lights.

Doctor in a white coat standing confidently with arms crossed inside a modern hospital lobby with curved green ceiling and round lights.

When standard tools won’t work for tiny patients, innovation takes over. Read how APS member Fong Lam and his team are reshaping pediatric care: https://ow.ly/fe5s50XqcVl #TPhysMag 🧪

17.11.2025 17:01 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Dangit. Another day, another artist I stumbled upon whose music I liked...but then I read about them. Sorry, not gonna add to even the miniscule revenue from streaming for someone who discourages fans from getting vaccinated.

15.11.2025 05:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A count of vampires?

13.11.2025 15:53 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Quoting the father (and calling him a great New Yorker) a couple minutes after saying "but let tonight be the final time I utter his name" about the son is some A+ grade trolling!!! The whole speech was just so well-crafted.

05.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dignity, thy name is Pippin

04.11.2025 15:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Amazing lab and mentor! Great postdoc opportunity.

03.11.2025 02:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh, he understands…he just doesn’t care!

29.10.2025 20:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Aww thanks Dan!!!

17.10.2025 00:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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