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Discarded cigarette butts as overlooked reservoirs and amplifiers of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens in urban green spaces | PNAS Cigarette butts are widely discarded in urban green spaces, yet their microbial health risks remain poorly understood. In a nationwide survey acros...

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a video game with a high score of 10000 and 950 ALT: a video game with a high score of 10000 and 950

Soooo... Google put up a packman doodle!

Thank you google for this opportunity of intergenerational bonding over the school holidays!

I think that the autistic community would happily co-sign this

Second time round, made it to the bus home running for dear life in an airport terminal!
This time with the young Miss, who is WAY faster than myself!!!

a man in a yellow jersey with the number 216 on his shorts is running in front of a crowd . ALT: a man in a yellow jersey with the number 216 on his shorts is running in front of a crowd .

Is there an Olympics of running in airports?

18 minutes from the plane to the bus including two flights of stairs (with the trolley and 3 bottles) and a hiccup with the passport control machine!

Thank you Julio for helping me!!
I could not have done it without your help!

I have a very bad feeling about this...

An aerial photo shows the White House surrounded by trees, with a large, partially constructed structure beside it resembling the Death Star from Star Wars. The spherical building appears metallic and incomplete, with visible scaffolding and internal framework, giving the humorous impression that the U.S. government is building a real Death Star next to the White House.

Wait a minute...

Excellent! Carlo #Calenda silences not only Jeffrey Sachs, but also Corrado #Formigli, the host.

it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby

Very bad for my cholesterol...

Very good for my mental health!

Sun, friends, and chocolate suizo, what more do you need in life?

Blue sky and a tower hidden in the middle of trees

Out and about in Barcelona... Match is starting in two hours and you can feel it...
How do I miss this feeling!!

YouTube video by Dario Bressanini Date di Scadenza

Un po' di chiarezza sulle date di scadenza. Grazie, Dario Bressanini.
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Una grafica per gli amici sardi 😉🐑

Yes!!!

1983 Giugiaro Marille

1983 Giugiaro Marille

1983 Giugiaro Marille

we don’t talk often enough in our little corner of the universe about the time Giugiaro designed pasta, “lined for maximum sauce and flavour retention…designed to remain well ‘structured’ after boiling, and to be ‘displayed’ in nouvelle cuisine dishes”

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Picture of a page from the journal "Nature", which begins: Scientists need more time to think E-mails and instant messaging are core to research - but also a distraction. Researchers should study their impact on science, and how they can claw back time to concentrate.

Scientists need more time to think and so do I. So do you.

Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.

I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.

Now I wish I could fit a treadmill in my house!
(Never thought I would say this!)
I totally agree that many of these Netflix series would be perfect to watch on a treadmill!
And I would feel much less guilty if I were watching them while treadmilling (or cycletting for what matters)!

😂

Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this is disadvantageous because it...

Do plasmids really move around that much? Well, maybe not always

Thrilled to have contributed to this story with two of my favourite microbiologists: @jrpenades.bsky.social & @sanmillan.bsky.social

This great work was led by Akshay Sabnis & @wfigueroac3.bsky.social

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Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future

For my forever Space Sis: 🎂

💞

Sending you hugs!!!
Good luck to you and to the little one!
🥰

Fantastic!!!
Thanks!!
This is a great start!!
Now I only need a fake nickname!!

Sometimes I wish I had an anonimised account so that I could freely rant on the news!!
😂

ADHD is wild. It impacts different people's lives so differently.

For folks who have a natural interest in academics, ADHD hyperfocus can supercharge learning and achievement.

For folks who don't have this interest, however, ADHD can make academics feel like a challenge to just survive

a row of bowling pins with one that says max Alt: a row of bowling pins with one that says max (scene from big lebowski)

Guys, bowling is amazing!

I thought I was too old and all that, but I had fun!!

(Although the alleys are not what they used to be when I was young: there are bumpers now!!! the dynamics becomes much more fun!!)

“I always use the example: imagine a candle. Now, AI can help you improve the candle. It will be the brightest ever, burn the longest, be very cheap and amazing looking, but it will never develop to the lightbulb,”
Mmm I think this depends on how you ask, really...

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

“It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,”

From this article on the guardian
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Temporal trend and individual and hospital characteristics associated to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infections: a retrospective analysis from the national surveillance syste... Background Several countries have reported an increase in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF), a pathogen classified by the WHO as a high-priority threat due to its role in healthcare-ass...

Remarkable increase in vancomycin resistance among clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates in Italy (from 11.5% in 2015 to 32.4% in 2023).

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