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Alzheimer’s disease researcher, educator, science writer, cat lover, and guinea pig superfan

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Does NIGMS have a permanent director to replace Jon Lorsch since he left for the office of extramural research?

12.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Best of luck, man - we need more scientists in congress!

04.02.2026 03:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'm trying to work, but when Lynn goes out, Needy Velcro Cat zeroes in on me

29.01.2026 16:36 — 👍 826    🔁 21    💬 59    📌 0

What none of you seem to comprehend is that while you’re all arguing about stupid shit online, I am running THOUSANDS of complex calculations in my head, and ALL of them are wrong as hell.

11.12.2025 11:39 — 👍 1594    🔁 244    💬 7    📌 8
Brown and white guinea pig gazing menacingly at the camera

Brown and white guinea pig gazing menacingly at the camera

Strider, delivering his most threatening look. #GuineaPigs

10.01.2026 22:14 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Little gray tabby peering out from inside Christmas tree.

Little gray tabby peering out from inside Christmas tree.

Before the decorations come down, Rosie is wishing you a happy holidays and/or laying in ambush. #cats

06.01.2026 17:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

While I was cleaning up some broken glass on the floor, a can of lemon pledge fell off a high shelf, broke, and sprayed into my eyes.

05.01.2026 21:20 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Amazingly cute picture of a brown and white guinea pig with his snout right n your face

Amazingly cute picture of a brown and white guinea pig with his snout right n your face

Eggo wishing everyone a Happy 2026! #GuineaPigs

05.01.2026 03:06 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A cat dressed like a wizard with the caption, "Sorry for acting weird. I am weird and it will absolutely happen again."

A cat dressed like a wizard with the caption, "Sorry for acting weird. I am weird and it will absolutely happen again."

Good morning
Me heading into 2026

02.01.2026 16:32 — 👍 478    🔁 132    💬 3    📌 2
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Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here

24.10.2025 12:44 — 👍 2068    🔁 658    💬 31    📌 122

Never has their been a clearer expression of legal reasoning

16.12.2025 13:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yup!

10.12.2025 03:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope he gets a bigger role in Pluribus now

10.12.2025 03:29 — 👍 57    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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1993 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia

Canadian elections in 1993 effectively eliminated the dominant progressive Conservative Party, which previously had a majority and was basically no longer a federal party afterwards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Ca...

04.12.2025 17:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
An orange awkwardly lounging on his back on a couch. His butt is perched on a human’s shoulder.

An orange awkwardly lounging on his back on a couch. His butt is perched on a human’s shoulder.

Ivan says “it’s our way.”

02.12.2025 23:42 — 👍 32    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
A cat is gripping the steering wheel of a car, looking in the direction of an unseen passenger and appearing to speak.

A cat is gripping the steering wheel of a car, looking in the direction of an unseen passenger and appearing to speak.

"Get in!"
"But-"
"NOW."
"Okay..."
"Were you followed?"
"What?"
"WERE YOU FOLLOWED?"
"I don't think so."
"You have your passport?"
"I'm not sure."
"Never mind, open the glovebox."
"Alright. Hey, wha-"
"You know how to use that?"
"Frank, what-?"
"Better get used to calling me Jim."

22.11.2025 14:36 — 👍 499    🔁 106    💬 11    📌 4
Rosie, a grey tabby cat, licks the inside of an empty can of wet cat food.

Rosie, a grey tabby cat, licks the inside of an empty can of wet cat food.

Like a kid licking an empty bowl of cake batter 😂❤️ #Cats

16.11.2025 14:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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just....enjoy this

03.11.2025 21:17 — 👍 3747    🔁 1086    💬 178    📌 482
Strider the Guinea pig wearing his snazzy Oogie Boogie costume.

Strider the Guinea pig wearing his snazzy Oogie Boogie costume.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 #GuineaPigs

01.11.2025 03:52 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
A very small kitten, tabby and white, shouting while I hold her up in the air with one hand. If you look closely you can see that both she, and my hand, are covered in dirt. The plant in question is blurry in the background.

A very small kitten, tabby and white, shouting while I hold her up in the air with one hand. If you look closely you can see that both she, and my hand, are covered in dirt. The plant in question is blurry in the background.

Tiny criminal, photographed this morning.

She jumped in the plant and promptly got digging zoomies.

22.10.2025 06:34 — 👍 4287    🔁 661    💬 183    📌 97

This video has lived rent free in my head for over a decade 😂 a forever fave

22.10.2025 00:37 — 👍 156    🔁 23    💬 16    📌 1
A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

12.10.2025 20:02 — 👍 5007    🔁 780    💬 147    📌 196

PS2 mutation still giving lots of amyloid as expected, but the tau link is broken. Could potentially lead to the unknown mechanism connecting plaques and tangles.

09.10.2025 15:19 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Plump guinea pig chowing down on a chunk of celery

Plump guinea pig chowing down on a chunk of celery

Strider exercising his super power: inhaling celery 🤣 #GuineaPigs

27.09.2025 23:08 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
bun

bun

@thebunsquad.bsky.social

16.09.2025 21:59 — 👍 337    🔁 59    💬 2    📌 3
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Nailed the dismount

12.09.2025 19:11 — 👍 144    🔁 33    💬 5    📌 0
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Unburden American science Science is one of the greatest engines of health, prosperity, and security across the world. Yet, in the United States, the enterprise is now under tremendous stress from an array of pressures, includ...

From my former graduate student, Alex Helman, in this week’s issue of Science.

12.09.2025 19:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank god AI has finally solved the problem of there not being enough podcasts

10.09.2025 03:03 — 👍 2892    🔁 343    💬 15    📌 7

As a long suffering journal editor in a different discipline, can confirm the pain is real

18.08.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Chonky gray cat perched on two boxes of goldfish crackers

Chonky gray cat perched on two boxes of goldfish crackers

Rivet, Goldfish Guardian 🐈‍⬛ 🐟 #cats

17.08.2025 20:55 — 👍 191    🔁 8    💬 4    📌 0

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