Michael Tikasingh

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Pathogen discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth In the late Neolithic and Bronze Ages, sheep were apparently involved in the spread of an early form of the plague.

So intriguing! Researchers have isolated the genetic material of a prehistoric #plague pathogen from a 4,000-year-old sheep tooth, marking the first detection outside human remains & reshaping our view of early disease spread. www.mpg.de/25157082/080... @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social #yersiniapestis

New Yorker joker!

Me: This escape room is really hard. Friend: This is a bookstore.

#reading #books #bookstore #escaperoom

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

Hard to Disagree with Mr. De Niro !

I would love that, but clearly educational institutions don't seem to have that in the job description. And I don't think that I paid a heck of a lot of money to be experimented on in college.

He clearly didn't have to put up with the teachers and lectures that I did.🤣

Poster of R2D2 and C-3PO working with the U.S. government. Text reads: PARENTS OF EARTH ARE YOUR CHILDREN FULLY IMMUNIZED? DO YOUR RECORDS SHOW IT? CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.

We used to be a proper country with proper governmental and pop cultural crossover ads for the betterment of all.

Excellent! I wouldn't have wanted to leave that spot.

What was the temperature like?

Two of the strangest structures in the galaxy just got even stranger. Image of fermi bubbles

Hell yeah they did www.space.com/astronomy/ic...

I understand the sentiment, and I like the artwork, but over the last half century I have come across teachers and professors who really could have benefited from the use of ChatGPT when it comes to effective communication.

@jesszafarris.bsky.social @robwords.bsky.social
A thread that the two of you will certainly like.

More a joke than a phrase but my dad was fond of this one: "When I was growing up we were so poor we'd all sit round a candle on winter evenings. And if it got REALLY cold, then we'd light it"

Norma Shearer in the film "The Demi-Bride" - BOTD

“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”

— L. Frank Baum

I used to think the same thing. But over the last 30 years, I have come across several people who developed dementia earlier in life than normal. Acquire the knowledge and skills that make you happy. Make use of them while you can.

Letter from a young reader today who was “forced” to read a book by his teacher and “forced” to write a letter to the author, but who’s going to buy the book (More Than This) over the summer to finish it, “which is a big deal if you know me”. Honestly, best compliment a writer can get.

During the Great Depression, 48% of young adults aged 19-29 lived with their parents

Today 52% of young adults 18-29 live with their parents.

Life was more affordable during the Great Depression

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

ジェームズ・ローレンス・パウエル『2084年報告書』（国書刊行会）は、地質学者がＳＦ小説という体裁で地球温暖化によって頻発する自然災害について、リアリティ溢れる筆致で描き、警鐘を鳴らす。ここ数年の異常気象の恒常化が進行しつつある中、干ばつや森林火災、水不足などが深刻化し、自国ファーストの傾向が如実になり、ファシズムが台頭するという暗い未来が描かれる。本当地球温暖化問題が深刻なんだよ！ということを専門家へのインタビュー形式で確認していく体裁なので、とても生々しい。

日本の夏も35度が当たり前になってきていて、自分が幼少のころよりも５，６度最高気温の平均が上昇している状況を考えると、深刻である。

“You never hear the words 'Epstein victim' or 'Epstein survivor' out of this White House."

- Epstein victim Jess Michaels

#EpsteinFiles

How much room is left in Alligator Alcatraz or the prison in El Salvador?

Exactly the same for me.
I look forward to telling people that I am retired. I think it's a rather good euphemism for, "please go away I have no patience left."