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Richard A. Kirk @richardakirk.bsky.social · 14h

This piece and many other available in my shop. Check it out! If you’ve purchased from me in the past please consider leaving a review. Thanks! richardakirk.bigcartel.com

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise.

What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 14h

I'm always interested in any science success that could help my wife's cancer.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14h

MIT and Harvard researchers have re-engineered the immune system’s first responders so they can hunt tumours. In mouse models, they wiped out most lymphoma cells within weeks and avoided the dangerous immune storms that plague some CAR-T therapies. buff.ly/e587uzZ
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Engineered “natural killer” cells could help fight cancer

Researchers found a way to engineer CAR-NK immune cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the patient’s immune system, a common drawback of this type of cancer immunotherapy.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14h

MIT and Harvard researchers have re-engineered the immune system’s first responders so they can hunt tumours. In mouse models, they wiped out most lymphoma cells within weeks and avoided the dangerous immune storms that plague some CAR-T therapies. buff.ly/e587uzZ
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Engineered “natural killer” cells could help fight cancer

Researchers found a way to engineer CAR-NK immune cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the patient’s immune system, a common drawback of this type of cancer immunotherapy.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, time for today's #FakeBookTitleFriday and turning it into a thread so I can find mine easier in the future!

Old noir novel cover showing a woman in a nightgown on the floor, looking over her should at a man standing behind her.

My fake title: Help Me Find My Contact, You Asshole

lede above the title: Jesus Phil you are fucking useless

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

PS I enjoy saying that I "literally wrote the book on invisibility" because I literally wrote the book on invisibility! bookshop.org/a/112494/978...

Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen

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Palaeo @palaeosinensis.com · 2d

This is probably the largest art I've made in a long time; it's 16x48 inches at 300dpi. All of the animals are inspired by petroglyphs and cave art from around the world on top of the shapes found within the animals themselves. #art #caveart #petroglyph #deer #wolves #ravens #raven #wolf #elk

The artwork is made up of many different petroglyph-inspired animal figures. The animals are all moving to the left. In the foreground you see three wolves and four ravens chasing after two bull elk and one doe in fairly dark lines. In the background are similar style elk that use smaller artwork and lighter lines to represent being further away. All the foreground animals have gold foil circles into their design around their heart's location and airway location. The entire piece has been given a distressed treatment.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn't help that, despite my overworrying about it all, I have had several times where dinner was one of those meat sticks, a Kind bar, and a package of those peanuts in the photo.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 1d

I've said this before, as a diabetic packing for a week's vacation worth of snacks and emergency possibilities is like adding the whole pantry to the suitcase.

Photo of kitchen island and so many snacks.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again asking for your support...

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

We're thrilled to announce that preorders for Violet Lichen's first novella are LIVE! Welcome to the world of @ivygrimes.bsky.social folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR 🔮🪆🌌

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The ARC cover of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR: A Folk Horror Novella by Ivy Grimes: a forest of dark pines, silhouetted against a sky full of auroras.

"A playfully dark, coming-of-age folk horror inspired by the Russian fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful," set beneath a blazing sky of endless auroras."

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Olga Tokarczuk, Kelly Link, Karen Russell, Barbara Comyns, Ottessa Moshfegh, Leonora Carrington

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t pay to get published. Pay-to-play publishing is awful, predatory, and will do nothing for your career.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

Microbial DNA suggests troops suffered from paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, among other diseases.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 1d

That's also over six bags of this granola. I'm hungry for a snack and all, but

Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 1d

My food tracking app will sometimes change my granola from 60 grams to 60 half cup servings. I'm pretty sure 1990 carbs in one shot would kill this old diabetic.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 1d

I'm off work today mostly to get packed for next week's trip to Seattle. But I'm also hoping to hurdle the depths of imposter syndrome to write and sculpt things.

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John HORROR Jacobs @johnhornor.bsky.social · 1d

Allow me to present to you THE BLACKWATCH, a 137' Tahitian ketch which is the setting of THE NIGHT THAT FINDS US ALL. I made this linocut a couplathree years ago during the writing of the book and boy howdy, waves are hard to draw. Any way...

BUY MY BOOK

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768056...

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't get as much beading done tonight as I wanted but this Bard neck makes me happy.

A necklace with Shakespeare's face and black, gold, and ivory Czech glass.

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The Ugly Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.social · 2d

Some evenings you just delve into Merovingian period Frankish carving patterns and wreck your heavy winter skirt with wood shavings

A hand carved axe haft with vines and leaves on a woodchip covered lap

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

I'm working on a Saturday Night Live painting commission, focused on the original cast.

Here are some preliminaries.

#caricature #art

Caricature sketch of SNL cast member John Belushi.

Caricature sketch of SNL cast member Bill Murray.

Caricature sketch of SNL cast member Chevy Chase.

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This Day in Miami History Podcast @thisdaymiamipod.com · 1d

NEW: On this day 20 years ago, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in South Florida, providing the final punch in a fight of a hurricane season. We spoke with @bmcnoldy.bsky.social about the 2005 hurricane season and the storm that walloped Miami. #Wilma20
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October 24, 2005: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall, rocks Miami-Dade County (with Brian McNoldy)

Podcast Episode · This Day in Miami History Podcast · 10/24/2025 · 34m

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like it belongs in something by Terry Pratchett.

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

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Russell Dickerson @rdickerson.bsky.social · 2d

What's it like inside your head

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

What’s it like inside your head

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David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com · 2d

It's been a back and forth, now, then, early next year... and now.. I can formally announce that the "publish" button has been pushed on my new collection from Lefthand Press (whose beautiful website will be live soon) and it may be available to buy by tomorrow... Vincent Chong cover!

A book cover. A tree rises up against a yellow, brownish sky to thick green leaves. The roots stretch down into the bottom, showing the earth beneath. A skeleton is sleeping, buried in the roots, surrounded by stones and curling roots. The titlle is "Hickory Nuts and Bones - and Other Uncomfortable Tales"

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2d

The Life of Every Creative Person

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t make a living writing any type of media but the people who can’t afford to pay me to write the media can still make billions a year selling the media they can’t afford to pay me to write.

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