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a woman with long black hair is holding a cup of coffee . ALT: a woman with long black hair is holding a cup of coffee .

Incidentally, I'm on a ton of meds for chronic health conditions and drink buckets of coffee daily and my liver values remain A+.
Anecdotal evidence and all, but...

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

2 light brown flowers, with a vase-like base and umbrella top and 3 long vertical appendages.

In November 2023, a naturalist was exploring a local nature reserve near Kuala Lumpur. It's the last place you would expect to find a new #plant species. Yet, there it was, growing against the odds. The rare new plant is a type of fairy lantern.
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📸 Gim Siew Tan/ Pensoft Publishers.

a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box

'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez

Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel Iceland's public broadcaster RÚV has confirmed it will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, becoming the latest country to withdraw in protest at Israel's participation.

Yes Iceland! Can't stop the tide. Apartheid Israel is a toxic brand, the artwashing of the genocide of Palestinians will not stand. #BoycottEurovision
Iceland joins Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israel
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

IRELAND: Great to see recent recognition by politicos of need for viable trans healthcare, after lobbying by trans, Queer & feminist advocates. This publication, funded by IHREC*, & written by Irish Council for Civic Liberties, TENI & ShoutOut on key legal protection/supports is another great step.

Screenshot of a hospital green paint colour by Farrow and Ball next to a photo of a cell from the Eastern state Penitentiary in Philadelphia, showing the same colour on the wall.

Picking wall colour for my art studio, like a completely normal person 😅

(Shoutout to the most photogenic ruin in Philly and its dedicated caretaker team @easternstate.bsky.social - the work they do for social justice and prison reform is vital!)

One Dose of HPV Vaccine Just as Effective as Two, Trial Finds Results support WHO recommendation for single-dose vaccination to achieve higher coverage

One dose of a bivalent or nonavalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was protective against HPV16 and HPV18 infections, and showed noninferiority to two doses, the randomized ESCUDDO trial found.

Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/cervicalcancer/118816?trw=no

Never thought I'd be studying for exams at 42, but here we are. Thankfully, my study buddy is ever so helpful...
#PhDLife #Caturday

And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.

Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.

Very thoughtful of @realgdt.bsky.social to make a movie just for me 🥰
(and most of my #histmed nerd friends)

The top half of a pine board with the human nervous system laid out

It was lovely to see homage to the Hunterian Museum’s Evelyn Tables in @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein. These four tables were made in Padua, taking arteries, veins and nerves dissected in Padua’s famous anatomical theatre, pasting them to boards and varnishing them to protect and preserve

400-Year-Old Displays Of Human Tissue Live On In ‘Frankenstein’ The 17th century Evelyn Tables show real human nerves and veins, dried on wooden boards. Designers on the new Netflix film took note.

Heard of the Evelyn Tables? Displays of real human nerves & blood vessels in their positions in the body. Love that @realgdt.bsky.social included these 17th century science artifacts in #Frankenstein.

Love this article by @emmalgometz.bsky.social, too! www.sciencefriday.com/articles/fra...

#payitforward @royalhistsoc.org this Christmas as helping others to begin or keep on #doinghistory, like history itself, always matters. #skystorins @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social

Erasing History In the United States, democracy is under attack by an authoritarian movement that has found fertile ground among the country’s conservative politicians and voters, but similar movements have found hom...

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Happy thanksgiving!

Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture

Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Keep Talking About Gaza at Your Thanksgiving Table Why we need to keep pushing for the end of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, even if that means an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner.

The so-called ceasefire might seem like a good excuse to bury the hatchet and enjoy a quieter family dinner, but it’s not.

The Algorithmic Presidency Just as 20th-century fascists deployed radio and film, today’s ideological descendants use memes, social media, and above all, artificial intelligence.

AI slop demonstrates not just the technological flexibility of Trump’s fascist aesthetics — it is the ultimate example of it, the culmination of the hateful dream of eliminating the human entirely.

Another week of no debate on government's housing plan.

We all know why...

They've removed annual targets to scrap accountability, and continue to funnel money into the pockets of wealthy developers and corporate landlords.

The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.

The Anti-Trans Playbook: The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Ooohhh 🤓

That nearly completes my corvids of Ireland bingo card, choughs still missing. birdwatchireland.ie/app/uploads/...

In less ranty news, I had my first sighting of eurasian jays at @ucddublin.bsky.social campus of all places. I didn't expect them to be so big! Almost magpie-sized. #birdwatching

I'm not a doctor, but are we sure that wasn't Guinness?

I really love getting emails about climate action and sustainability targets from both unis I'm now associated with, in the same hour as emails about adopting AI tools... 🙃

Incidentally, I've yet to see any eco-related emails mention curbing AI use, even though it's the most obvious measure...

Incidentally, one of my top 5 favourite movies.
If you haven't already, go watch "Blood for Dracula" & "Flesh for Frankenstein." They're both delightfully campy and irreverent.

a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " blood for dracula " above him

Raising a glass of weeeergin blood to the late and great Udo Kier 🍷

In Ireland, there are 122 landlords with 101+ tenancies. A further 130 with 50-101 tenancies. There is quite literally no need for anyone to own that much property.

I quite literally will never understand this take. I know that we always need *some* rental property available but the vast majority of people in Ireland want to own and we can't because of *drumroll please* landlords buying multiple properties to rent. Them leaving the market is what we want.