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They had a year of chocolate subscription a couple of years ago, which I got as a gift. That was a fantastic chocolate year. They sent everything from chocolate bars to new confections they were testing out.

11.11.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And they’re actually reusable as ornaments.

11.11.2025 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Advent Calendar Preorder Our most cherished tradition is back. The Dandelion Chocolate Advent Calendar sells out long before the holiday season, so don’t wait. Join us for a moonlit celebration of artistry, craft chocolate, a...

Dandelion Chocolate makes my favorite chocolate advent calendar. Not only do you get excellent chocolate, but each year they pick a different astronomy theme (this year is the moon) and include fun facts and beautiful art. www.dandelionchocolate.com/products/adv...

11.11.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats on the new job! And I loved that book. It was a fast, fun read for me.

27.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The @bluemarblespace.bsky.social Young Scientist Program is one of the best opportunities on the planet for early career scholars to participate in research and training in #scicomm and ethics. Check out our project to make videos with Sciworthy!

Applications are now open!

bmsis.org/ysp/projects/

04.03.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Download Yours, Wickedly: A Story in Thirteen Letters Looking for your next favorite read? Find it here on BookFunnel, available only until February 15th.

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a gift for you: a free ebook copy of my rom-com short story Yours, Wickedly! dl.bookfunnel.com/xeidyqvll3

The link is good for the rest of today. :)

14.02.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Small bag of loose-leaf hibiscus tea.

Small bag of loose-leaf hibiscus tea.

Glass pot brewing hibiscus tea.

Glass pot brewing hibiscus tea.

Small glass cup of delightfully red and warm hibiscus tea. Perfectly sour.

Small glass cup of delightfully red and warm hibiscus tea. Perfectly sour.

I was pleasantly surprised to find this lovely hibiscus tea in my mailbox today. I had completely forgotten about winning it in a give-away from @courtneymilan.com and it was the perfect antidote to a dark and gloomy day. Thank you!

07.02.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sectorβ€”even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only tempor...

Im quoted in this @wired.com story about the effects of the NIH mess, written by a journalist using a pseudonym for their own safety πŸ’”#AcademicSky πŸ§ͺ

www.wired.com/story/life-s...

01.02.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 8
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

30.01.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1465    πŸ” 1021    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 115
A many-trunked tree growing in some temple ruins in Thailand.

A many-trunked tree growing in some temple ruins in Thailand.

Some trees I saw growing at a ruined temple in Thailand.

20.01.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to share our pre-print on 1st Federated Learning model deployed between Earth & @Space_Station πŸš€ Huge thanks to HPE (SpaceBorne Computer), Intel (OpenFL), & NASA via the NASA Open Science Data Repository. Let’s build & move the ball forward! πŸŒ…
πŸ”— doi.org/10.1101/2025...

19.01.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deep Space Network operations have moved to backup control center at Goldstone. This is first and only time in the history of the DSN that has occurred. It has been in 24/7/365 operation at JPL since 1964. DSN talks to spacecraft beyond Earth orbit, including the Voyagers and Mars rovers. #eatonfire

08.01.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Caltech is advising all students to seek alternate housing arrangements and has cancelled anything non-essential tomorrow.

08.01.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Software engineer or bioinformatician?

3 positions via Bastion Technologies, Rothe Enterprises, @bluemarblespace.bsky.social working for NASA Open Science Data Repository/GeneLab

πŸ”— bastiontechnologies.applicantpro.com/jobs/3589766
πŸ”— rothe-enterprises.com/careers/
πŸ”— easyapply.co/m/apply/0347...

17.12.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View jobs at Blue Marble Space We are a US-based international non-profit that promotes cooperative exploration of space, examines life as a planetary process, and enables a sustainable...

NASA GeneLab is looking for a Bioinformatics Program Developer to join the Data Processing team. In this role, you'll work with cutting-edge -omics data from space biology experiments, develop workflows, and analyze critical data that supports human space exploration.

bluemarblespace.easyapply.co

18.12.2024 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are a bunch of economists on BlueSky. Perhaps someone is interested? #econsky

09.11.2024 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sell your used Mac, Macbook pro, Mac Pro, iMac and Apple products - SellYourMac.com Sell your Apple products for top dollar at SellYourMac.com - Fast, Safe and Easy. We will buy your used Apple devices including iPhone, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, iPa...

If any of them are MacBooks, I’ve had success with www.sellyourmac.com. Process was easy and payment was swift.

11.10.2024 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just finished β€œThe Stars Too Fondly” by Emily Hamilton, which was great and I’ve been wanting to recommend to people. Now reading β€œSomeone You Can Build a Nest In” by John Wiswell, which is also great so far.

20.07.2024 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That sucks!

27.06.2024 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah. Must be team specific. All the people I know at Apple got the Binax tests.

16.05.2024 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think Apple handed out the Binax tests, actually.

14.05.2024 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a company working on that: newatlas.com/biology/mamm...

10.04.2024 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bride - Ali Hazelwood A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1Β New York TimesΒ bestselling author ofΒ Lo...

Recently read the new vampire/shifter romance by Ali Hazelwood and enjoyed it: alihazelwood.com/bride/

12.03.2024 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My guess was also going to be rat mites. We had that problem in a rental once. Thought it was bedbugs at first. As soon as we exterminated the rats and fumigated the house for termites (both of which were definitely present), the bites went away.

29.12.2023 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Big Nate books by Lincoln Pierce (also his Max and the Midknights books). My 10yo is currently going through the Max Einstein series by James Patterson. You can't go wrong with graphic novels for that age group. Ham Helsing, Monster Hunter was one she liked. Also Wings of Fire.

14.12.2023 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Otherland by Tad Williams

10.12.2023 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thundervoicehatco.com I found them during the pandemic when I was looking for cool masks and have always loved the hats. They sell all sorts of things these days including hat bands.

29.09.2023 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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