Dungeon Biologist

Endocardium, cells lining the heart chambers, in the beating heart of a two-day-old transgenic #zebrafish. Credit to @anjaliesch.bsky.social & Nikon Small World Competition. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Join @ass.golf @choochoobear.bsky.social @twospirittrickster.bsky.social @rockpapercynic.bsky.social and @alinapete.bsky.social as we crawl through magical dungeons!

Join @rockpapercynic.bsky.social @alinapete.bsky.social @twospirittrickster.bsky.social @choochoobear.bsky.social @jephhh.bsky.social for a good ol' dungeon crawl!

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

weregeekcomics - Twitch Trash Heroes

Almost time for Trash Heroes D&D with my webcomic friends: www.twitch.tv/weregeekcomics

Comics TED talk!!

Using comics and storytelling to engage memory and bring fun back to learning with Alina Pete | TEDxRRU

youtu.be/MNeqk_XehEk...

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Baby teddy bear crab♥

It's supposed to cool off somewhat tomorrow, thank the gods. Setup has been brutal.

I will be at SDCC next week and Kory is the best for putting together this rad map because I totally forgot to!

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!

You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

Cool colors, cooler vibes.
Blue sea slug chillin’ in a petri dish.𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

Frontal view of a 4 days post fertilization transgenic zebrafish larvae that has its cell membranes marked in red. What looks like eye holes above the mouth are actually nostrils.

Developing face of a 4-day-old #zebrafish larva. Credit to
@intheor.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Come watch @alinapete.bsky.social @ass.golf @rockpapercynic.bsky.social @choochoobear.bsky.social and @twospirittrickster.bsky.social stage a daring Loxodon rescue, with special guest @muskratjohn.bsky.social !

Come watch @alinapete.bsky.social @ass.golf @rockpapercynic.bsky.social @choochoobear.bsky.social and @twospirittrickster.bsky.social stage a daring Loxodon rescue, with special guest @muskratjohn.bsky.social !

Voice of America's prospects appear grim after appeals court order A federal appeals court said it would not intervene — at least for now — to thwart the Trump administration's plans for the near-total dismantlement of Voice of America.

Trump's plans to gut VOA get boost from appeals court

My story for NPR:

www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

Confocal micrograph showing the connections of the visual system in a four-day-old zebrafish embryo. Staining of the neurons, glia and optic nerve illustrate the connections between the retina and the brain. The retina is a multi-layered structure of retinal neurons that processes light information in the eye. The ganglion cell layer is closest to the bulb of the eye moving out towards the layer that contains the light sensitive cells - the rods and cones - towards the back of the retina. Both the retinal ganglion cell layers and photoreceptor cell layers are shown in cyan. The glial cells are shown in purple. The optic nerve (cyan) transmits information from the eye to the brain. The point at which the optic nerves meet is known as the optic chiasm.

Want more Star Wars content? Enjoy this zebrafish optic chiasm turned podracer, which is sure to leave your competitors in the depths. Credit to @kara-cerveny.bsky.social & @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Image of a 5 days post fertilization zebrafish larva expressing HuC:GCamp6s;GFAP:jRGECO. It is colour-coded according to depth, where lighter colours indicate dorsal location. It looks like an N-1 star fighter from the Star Wars movies

Star Wars Day falls on #ZebrafishZunday and we are doing our best to celebrate the day with this Naboo N-1 Starfighter-themed zebrafish larva! Credit to Dr. Ahmed Jamali of @emreyaksi.bsky.social Lab. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou 🧪

Join @alinapete.bsky.social @ass.golf @rockpapercynic.bsky.social @twospirittrickster.bsky.social as they try to save the world with a committee meeting!

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Watch as we inject morpholinos into zebrafish embryos to knockdown gene expression! 🦓🐟😍
#ZebrafishRock #GeneticResearch #Knockdown #ScienceInAction @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

Personally I think our top universities, which are the envy of the world, should not be destroyed for idiotic and bigoted reasons

I greatly value your reporting and discussion, even if I sometimes disagree with you on specific analysis. I generally don't see value in shouting about it. Rando scolding and whining is not constructive and adds nothing to your content; this is definitely the right move.

YouTube video by Justin Trudeau Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?

WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP.

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A leaked report shows that Vancouver's mayor wants to make Vancouver a 'sunset community' where Native people aren't welcome. He has a plan to deport Indigenous residents of the city to their "home communities". www.bcafn.ca/news/regiona...

If it makes you feel better, dolphins ARE technically whales.

Wooo Trash Time!

Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine.
@socdevbio.bsky.social