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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 7d

@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social I find Everything Everywhere All At Once to be quite romantic!

Everyone Everywhere Needs Waymond Wang (and Ke Huy Quan)

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10d

an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously

when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint

the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

Far Side cartoon with a female chimpanzee grooming a male chimpanzee

“Well, well - another blond hair. … Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”

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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 10d

🥺🦍

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

www.nbcnews.com

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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 11d

It's a rough time. Take care of yourself. When, and if, you get back to physics videos, we'll be here.

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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 11d

Let me guess, NYT?

Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 11d

"'If you would seek war, prepare for war.'"
"I believe, my lord, the saying is 'If you would seek peace, prepare for war,'" Leonard ventured.
Vetinari put his head on one side and his lips moved as he repeated the phrase to himself. Finally he said, "No, no. I just don’t see that one at all."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Hegseth to military leaders: "Good morning and welcome to the War Department. Because the era of the Department of Defense is over. You see, the motto of my first platoon was 'those who long for peace must prepare for war.'"

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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 12d

Pi o'clock!

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 13d

So exhausting..

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Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · 12d

But will we get a new version of Deluxe Paint? #iamold

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13d

White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.

Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.

Abigail Jackson saying: Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences.

Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high

And posting a graph from Axios that shows WAY WAY WAY more right wing terrorism, and showing a very slight increase in left wing terrorism this year that would still have it lower than basically every other year of right wing terrorism.

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Corey Watson @cdubsig.bsky.social · Jun 2

Turns out...just like in the antibody heavy chain repertoire, germline variants in the immunoglobulin lambda and kappa loci influence the composition of light chain B cell receptors!
Way to go Eric @e-engelbrecht1.bsky.social !!!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...