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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 5h

“Despite women making up 51% of the global population, only about 19% of biographies on English language Wikipedia are about women. And that’s not just women scientists. That’s women in all professional areas. That’s anyone that the Internet has deemed notable.”

Wade getting shit done 💪

Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 10h

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5h

Where Have You Been? Backtracking #Microplastic to Its Source Using the Biomolecular Composition of the Ecocorona

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Where Have You Been? Backtracking Microplastic to Its Source Using the Biomolecular Composition of the Ecocorona

Microplastics are a diffuse contaminant with various global sources, pathways, and sinks. This study aimed to backtrack microplastics across environments using metaproteomic and eDNA metabarcoding inf...

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Fall-ah 🍂🍁🎃 @fallah.bsky.social · 1d

This is haunting. I did a very brief stint as a rural EMT

Lots of cases we would take to the little local hospital 10 min away. But the trauma center was 45 minutes away.

Imagine every ambulance call taking 45 minutes or more 😬 trying to keep people alive, doing CPR

are we great again yet

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 1d

First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures. Rural hospitals are vanishing, and Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
abcnews.go.com/US/loss-life...

'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

💚That deep sadness you feel, the irritability, anger, and numbness. It’s grief. Grief for who we were. Grief for who we could have been. Grief for the loss of CDC as we knew it and all that means for so many.

Be kind to yourself. Be patient. It’s ok to grieve. 💚

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Brian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 16h

One of the first MAD Magazines I ever bought.
Found it in a used book store in the D.C. area today.
Funny then - Funny and sad now.

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Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 17h

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 1d

oooh new version of Positron just released and it has (1) github copilot chat and (2) automatic {dplyr} code generation based on filtering/sorting/etc that you do in the data viewer #rstats

Me saying "hey it's github copilot chat in my positron"

Automatically generated dplyr code that matches the filtering and arranging that I did by clicking on columns in the data viewer

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 1d

One of the greatest treats nature delivers this time of year are glimpses of the delightful red squirrels as they prepare for winter.

I saw 11 red squirrels on my evening stroll, not unusual at this time of year, each one a treat, and all now logged on this interactive map #RedSquirrels #Scotland

Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels @scotsquirrels.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve rounded up some of our top tips for seeing red squirrels this #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey, and some of our favourite places to see them. Check out the blog and plan your squirrel spotting adventure! buff.ly/HwyFqkK

A screenshot of a map showing most of mainland Scotland, with red squirrel pins scattered across the country indicating good places to spot red squirrels.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED

Screenshot from link that reads: The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

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Maps&Music @georab.bsky.social · 2d

This meme is never, ever not going to be useful in this era of obvious double-dealing.

a group of doctors are holding signs that say duh

Alt: a group of doctors are holding signs that say duh - its from the venerable TV show scrubs. And it accurately captures our collective reaction to the inevitable reveal of the blatant criming our current government is participating in.

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freeCodeCamp.org @freecodecamp.bsky.social · 2d

Many AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT live in your browser or editor. But the open source tool OpenCode brings an AI assistant right to your terminal. In this tutorial, Manish explains how OpenCode works, its benefits, and how to install it.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/integra...

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 2d

Quarto has a way to collapse code, but what if you want to collapse code OUTPUT?

The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!

Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...

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Maps&Music @georab.bsky.social · 2d

Huh. Saying the name no longer guarantees entrance to the club. I wonder about Stefanik. Any regrets noted there? Probably not. Will not be holding my breath.

Maps&Music @georab.bsky.social · 2d

I have never hoped for security footage more in my life. Real life comedy. Cannot make this stuff up.

Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 2d

I uttered “what the actual fuck” after nearly every paragraph of this insanity www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 2d

A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Dozens of personal belongings from the Rosebud Sioux tribe find their way home after spending decades in the Smithsonian collections

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Maps&Music @georab.bsky.social · 2d

Religious freedom for me*, tyranny for thee.

New Republican motto. Probably.

*Let's be real tho, their religious freedom includes the rights to deny rights. So yeah - just authoritarianism all the way around.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

My man

commonfence.bsky.social @commonfence.bsky.social · 2d

The case is settled! The Boss said it is 'Authoritarianism.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZHW...

Land of Hope and Dreams

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

www.youtube.com

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Bumblebee making the most of everything that's still flowering, including the welsh poppies 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Flowers #Bloomscrolling

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Maps&Music @georab.bsky.social · 2d

Go Jets Go!

Lets Go Winnipeg!

#nhl

a jets logo on a blue background

ALT: a jets logo on a blue background

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 4d

Bookshop.org (the best Amazon alternative) is having an anti-prime sale today. Free shipping on books including mine :P bookshop.org/a/88357/9781...

The Anti-Prime Sale at bookshop.org. 17 more hours.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 3d

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 4d

New from me at The Dispatch: DHS says it's illegal to videotape ICE agents. That's not what the courts say. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 4d

77 years ago today 🖤

In memory of John William Cummings aka Johnny Ramone, American songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Ramones, born on this day in 1948, Forest Hills

📸 Adrian Boot

#punk #punkrock #ramones #johnnyramone #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”

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The Emerging Shape of American Politics

Dynamism v. Reaction / Open v. Closed

open.substack.com

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