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Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Ozymandias

Just finished coding my first little coding project. Please welcome my little bot that posts smiling friends content - @smilingframes.bsky.social
I still need to get it into a db because it’s running on my pc but heeey it’s a good first step in the right direction!

They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.

They single-handedly destroyed decades worth of research not just in the US but also all across the world. They took funding from grad programs. Now we’ll have less STEM grad students, innovative minds, pushing humanity forward. GG

AI in vaccine research? AI in treatment of cancer patients? ChatGPT can barely distinguish between Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I don’t think it’s a good idea. 🫢

#research #microbiology #immunology

Again, the World Health Organization is the single most important global entity in preventing, tracking and controlling outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics and is especially important as climate change and deforestation allow pathogens to mutate, become more infectious and spread to new regions

You are loved. You are seen. Please remember that.

Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?' Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.

The greedy psychopaths!
Goldman Sachs: cures could be bad for business in the long run.

“Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” GS analysts ask in an April 10 report entitled “The Genome Revolution.”

www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...

Tolkien Birthday Toast 2025 To celebrate Tolkien's 133rd birthday on 3 January 2025, the Tolkien Society invites all Tolkien fans to raise a toast to the Professor. The Toast After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birt...

Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 133rd birthday!

As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

There is ZERO connection between vaccines and autism!

NONE!

Hundreds of vials of deadly viruses missing after lab breach Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a freezer broke.

Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a freezer broke.

Mysterious Disease X Kills Scores In Democratic Republic Of The Congo Scores of people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Researchers from the WHO are investigating the cause of this mysterious Disease X.

I really hope this doesn’t turn into another global pandemic. Hopefully WHO can identify & contain the cause. If we have learned anything from COVID it should be that early action can make a huge difference. RFK, Oz, and other health nominees give me way less hope 😬

www.forbes.com/sites/davewe...

Interstellar’s Most Enduring Quality Is What People Used to Hate About It Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi spectacle is fascinating precisely because of what so many pegged as its fatal flaw in 2014: its unabashed emotionality.

i think INTERSTELLAR is a bona fide masterpiece — maybe nolan's greatest film — and i'm not at all ashamed to say that i weep every time i watch it.

Researchers in N.S. develop family of antibiotics to combat superbugs

Excessive use of antibiotics has resulted in some medicines becoming ineffective in treating infections #NovaScotia #nspoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...

When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...

Exciting news! 🚀 We're launching #ARCTECH, the first EU-funded MSCA Doctoral Network focused on #archaea —a fascinating and resilient domain of life with great #biotech potential.

By addressing key gaps in archaeal research, we aim to unlock the vast potential of these #microorganisms. 🦠🔬

A photo of a large bird perching on a tree trunk. It has its wings expanded and its head forwards and slightly upwards. It has a grey body and wings, a black and white crown and white at the base of the face. Its beak is orange.

Here’s a throwback to an early winter’s morning at my local park and one of my favourite photos of this Grey Heron. They are just so very beautiful 🩶🩶

#birds #ukwildlife #naturephotography

Polio Vaccine Recommendations Find routine recommendations, accelerated schedules, other considerations for polio vaccine.

Polio has been detected in wastewater in NY for some time - so it’s out there and probably elsewhere too. For those of us on the older side who were vaccinated against polio decades ago, the CDC recommends a booster. Check with your healthcare provider to see if you should get one.

A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease CAR-T therapy is generating excitement for lupus, scleroderma, and other conditions as clinical trials expand

Treating lupus by depleting B cells with CAR T cells has been shown successful

A breakthrough cancer immunotherapy is now taking aim at autoimmune disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Going to do an interactive post here to try and cheer people up.
Ask me any question you have about any aspect of biology and I will try to answer it. No question is “dumb” or “silly”, so ask away.
#interaction #STEM #askme

Today we awaken.

Want to learn more about potential pathogenicity factors in Archaea? Here’s another piece of research I have found. A rare gem from MIT. Go give it a read! :)

www.mit.edu/~shiffman/pd...

#STEM #microbiology #biology #archaea

These microbes were using grappling hooks in naval combat long before any sailor. The way they hunt “resembles a pirate raid on another ship,” the authors say. That and more of the best from Science and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Here’s a friendly reminder to get the latest flu shot. Better keep yourself safe than be sick at home.
If you’re feeling unwell, please stay home and don’t spread the disease. Can’t emphasize this enough as someone with a compromised immune system.
Take care of yourself and others!
#vaccine

how it feels being on bluesky with no bots with blue verified checkmarks clogging up the replies all the time

I’m a firm believer that archaea’s do have pathogenicity. It’s never been researched that thoroughly and most likely confused with bacterial infections. If we determine one disease caused by Archaea, it will change our perception of infections with no determined bacterial origin.

The thing that fascinates me the most about this paper is how our immune system seems to combat and modulate the archaea microbiome without us knowing what it exactly does. It’s similar to an unknown animal protecting our crops from being destroyed.

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This is how we look like migrating.

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#aftereffects #animation

Today I share my appreciation for Archaea. We need to study these guys more!
Understanding them is crucial for our approach to their interactions with our microbiota. And they might be harbingers of chaos and disease oooooh!
#STEM #biology #microbiology