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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Me, justifying my expensive little snack purchases: Um actually supporting small, local businesses is like incredibly crucial right now??? Sorry for being A PATRIOT????!?

My favourite horror director just bought my favourite local theatre 👀

If you have 3 minutes to spare this weekend, please take a moment to write council in support of Clr Maloney's Halloween block party motion! Click the link below, it's super easy.

A brown fox curled asleep up in front of fall foliage

🍂 Fall Fox 🍂

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

A happy green snail with a red shell sits on grass in front of green foliage with red and lilac flowers

Summer snail 🐌🌻

Layout of template pieces for armour on a white background

Yet again, Hallowe’en approaches and I have lofty ideas above my station.

Living in Vancouver is fun because you’ll just be getting ice cream and turn to the person behind you to say, go ahead we’re still deciding, and then that person will be Kate Siegel from like, all of my favourite horror series. Neat!

You are super talented! I love seeing your work, and it is always 🔥 🔥 🔥

Art time:

Me: Wow, what did you draw?

Kid: These shapes represent people, and they’re all different shapes because people are different shapes, and different colours because we’re all different colours, like a rainbow crosswalk… What did YOU draw?

Me: …I uh, drew a caterpillar who’s a cowboy.

does anyone else have the problem where this is just the default way you sit at your desk

They 100% will, don’t even worry. I’ve been excused before, so has Dan. Our friend emailed them to ask a clarifying question re: hours so they could arrange childcare and they just wrote back and said “you’re excused.”

When it happens, you're probably not even going to learn about it directly before you feel it in the air. You'll just hear car horns and cheering in the streets. You'll feel confused, annoyed. You'll check your phone. Huh, 41 new texts.

You know how sometimes you really enjoy a book but then you feel like you can’t recommend it to anyone because the plot is extremely yikes? Anyhoo, just finished The People in the Trees.

there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3

Thanks so much!!

Maria, by Blondie. God I wish I had the range.

@raincitycomicon.bsky.social I bought the cutest stickers from a vendor named Yuyus and I can’t find their social media anywheeeeeere… help?

I want to try it!!

My son listening to A Tribe Called Quest: “You already asked that! He said yes! You CAN kick it! Well, I mean I guess they just want permission to kick it. That’s okay.”

“There’s no pride in a version of sport that doesn’t make space for all who love it.” 👏🏼

Very heated household debate this morning about whether or not Bowser is a war criminal.

Me, reading this, tired: Yes of course. Full Canada was too powerful, they had to split us into Pacific Canada and Atlantic Canada to make it fair.

I just waited 45 minutes to vote in a municipal BY-ELECTION that won’t even change the balance of council. Pretty happy to see this level of engagement! Go Vancouver!

Controversial opinion incoming: magnolia trees > cherry blossoms

Tweet from Pierre Poilievre: Could we even build the Canadian Pacific Railway today? Conservatives will honour the legacy of [genocidal] Sir John A Macdonald & unite our country with a [previously announced Liberal policy] Canada First National Energy Corridor. So we can stand on our own two feet - for a change.

Yes, we could. But rallying the base around that project and genocidal historical figure is a choice.

17,000 labourers were brought from China and assigned the most dangerous terrain. They were underpaid, 4,000 of them died, and the rest were abandoned in Canada, destitute. #CdnPoli

Taps 🎺

I know this is just fluff that doesn’t speak to policy or anything of substance, but damnit the world is hard these days and we’re all tired and this is just fun and nice and it feels very refreshing and what can I say? They got me. I’m charmed.