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Darren Dunlap

@microdarren.posts.science

Microoooobes iiiiin spaaaaaaaaaace! Complete microbe, space, and hiking nerd, microbiologist at Boeing Huntsville

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Every time I see Starling murmurations, I am amazed.

Last week I tried to walk through a door and faceplanted directly into it, because I had forgotten to actually, you know.... open the door.

I would immediately crash into five of my other starling buddies and get kicked out of Starling Club

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FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medicationβ€”Check Your Cabinets Now Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.

www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

05.11.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1369    πŸ” 1952    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 117

The clam shrimp appreciate you though. Me too

04.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More evidence that Dropout.tv is directly targeted to my brain

03.11.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LUCASARTS PRESENTS
Columbo in:
SCUMM of the Earth
#pixelart

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Opinion | No surprise, Republicans are lying about the cause of the shutdown As Democrats have finally found their spine and stood up for America's working class and poor, Republicans are just flatly lying.

"As Democrats have finally found their spine and stood up for America’s working class and poor, Republicans are just flatly lying."

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Always fun to habe in no clue what's shut down or not at work during government shutdowns. Is the Boeing clean room at MSFC accessible? Who knows!

Shout out to all the government folks dealing with this silliness. You deserve better in so many ways.

01.10.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am studying the master at work. If only I could reach maximum relaxation like this.

Maybe drinking toilet water is part of it

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A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

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An incredible description of a retroactively applied alternate history analysis demonstrating the impact of what medical advancements we would be without with a 40% reduction to the NIHs budget.

26.09.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I am Mars the baby pigmy hippo today

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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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This is absolutely incredible

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Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.

It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

13.09.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6836    πŸ” 1494    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 68

i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is

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..... ah. Good to know. Thank you

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🦜☎️~~~~~~~❀️~~~~~~~~☎️🦜

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Nice work ASM, glad to see the vocal support! 🦠πŸ’ͺ

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Ashanty is my student, and this is her first-ever professional assignment! She’s a ridiculously smart thinker and writer β€” read her on AI in school instead of all the adults pontificating. πŸ€—

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And while I hesitate to call someone out on their birthday, I have to brag about my latest Dog Hack.

If you break up a Beggin Strip into tiny pieces, Maple thinks she is getting TEN TREATS instead of just one.

Please don't tell her, she'd be crushed.

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Photo of a light brown golden doodle sleeping HARD just outside the door of a platform tent.  She is wearing a pink harness and laying on her side, eyes closed.

Photo of a light brown golden doodle sleeping HARD just outside the door of a platform tent. She is wearing a pink harness and laying on her side, eyes closed.

We realized in the middle of our Labor Day weekend camping trip that it was Maple's birthday in the middle of it. So we decided that the trip was officially her birthday vacation. πŸ•πŸŽ‚

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For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.

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Gonna sleep well tonight - worked the polls all day and the moms for liberty wannabe candidate got trounced. It's a good day.

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Fact-Check: What to Know About mRNA Vaccines Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million in research projects to create new mRNA vaccines against respiratory illnesses.

mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemicβ€”and now scientists are using that Nobel Prize-winning technology to try to develop vaccines and treatments against a long list of diseases, including cancer and cystic fibrosis.

buff.ly/f8kS7ZS

22.08.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Okay, listen.... I need to smell this.

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Watching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.

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I bet that rock feels cool

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After some brief research, I think this is a paraditic wasp nicknamed cow killer and red velvet ant.

It's sting is rated 3 out of 4 on the pain index.

I apologize Ms Cow Killer, I did not recognize your game

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