Pestilence
@pestilence4all.bsky.social
Purveyor of microorganisms
Immunologist
Vaccines save lives
Facts are facts, whether you believe them or not
Buckle up, climate change is upon us, and things are about to get real hot
Novice photographer, Expert microscopist
Immunologist
Vaccines save lives
Facts are facts, whether you believe them or not
Buckle up, climate change is upon us, and things are about to get real hot
Novice photographer, Expert microscopist
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In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. Buddha
November #SkySunday #Stunday
Bluff Country, MN 📷
November #SkySunday #Stunday
Bluff Country, MN 📷
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. Buddha
November #SkySunday #Stunday
Bluff Country, MN 📷
November #SkySunday #Stunday
Bluff Country, MN 📷
What movie have you seen so many times that you can quote as you watch it?
Mine is Fargo.
Mine is Fargo.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What movie have you seen so many times that you can quote as you watch it?
Mine is Fargo.
Mine is Fargo.
It’s been a great Science Sunday. Actually went into the lab and got some work done before taking the pup out on a run. I hope you all enjoyed this beautiful day. Tomorrow may be Monday, but Friday is only 4 days henceforth, and there’s a holiday in there. Short week!!
#Photography
#Photography
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It’s been a great Science Sunday. Actually went into the lab and got some work done before taking the pup out on a run. I hope you all enjoyed this beautiful day. Tomorrow may be Monday, but Friday is only 4 days henceforth, and there’s a holiday in there. Short week!!
#Photography
#Photography
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Here’s a little something crazy for #ScienceSunday
‘Hey! Is that a banana in your pocket?’
‘No. Just my pocket-sized spicy-sensing tongue. You can never be too careful.’
‘Hey! Is that a banana in your pocket?’
‘No. Just my pocket-sized spicy-sensing tongue. You can never be too careful.’
Synthetic tongue rates chillies’ heat — and spares human tasters
Gel-based device inspired by the cooling powers of milk assesses peppers whose burn ranges from mild to dangerous.
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here’s a little something crazy for #ScienceSunday
‘Hey! Is that a banana in your pocket?’
‘No. Just my pocket-sized spicy-sensing tongue. You can never be too careful.’
‘Hey! Is that a banana in your pocket?’
‘No. Just my pocket-sized spicy-sensing tongue. You can never be too careful.’
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#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
Good morning and Happy Science Sunday to all who worship. 😉
Looks as if some clouds are blowing in with storms predicted for the next several days. It would be great to get some rain before the ground freezes solid.
Looks as if some clouds are blowing in with storms predicted for the next several days. It would be great to get some rain before the ground freezes solid.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Good morning and Happy Science Sunday to all who worship. 😉
Looks as if some clouds are blowing in with storms predicted for the next several days. It would be great to get some rain before the ground freezes solid.
Looks as if some clouds are blowing in with storms predicted for the next several days. It would be great to get some rain before the ground freezes solid.
Celebrated a birthday lunch with the eldest today at one of our favorite places in Big Bad Minneapolis. 😉 Those in the area know how great this place is, and it’s why we keep going back. I usually get the Ukranian meatball with mashed potatoes and a tomato cream sauce but today I got the Grinder.
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Celebrated a birthday lunch with the eldest today at one of our favorite places in Big Bad Minneapolis. 😉 Those in the area know how great this place is, and it’s why we keep going back. I usually get the Ukranian meatball with mashed potatoes and a tomato cream sauce but today I got the Grinder.
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The Washington state resident who was confirmed with a case of a novel form of #birdflu has died from complications of the infection. The strain known as H5N5 was identified as the cause. While health authorities say there’s no threat to the public, no one knows how the victim was infected👇
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: Nov. 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident who w...
doh.wa.gov
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Washington state resident who was confirmed with a case of a novel form of #birdflu has died from complications of the infection. The strain known as H5N5 was identified as the cause. While health authorities say there’s no threat to the public, no one knows how the victim was infected👇
Don’t. Give up!
Punctuation is everything.
Punctuation is everything.
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Don’t. Give up!
Punctuation is everything.
Punctuation is everything.
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If Starlink were even remotely structured as public infrastructure, I’d be more comfortable with it. But giving that much power over global communications to a single private company, and effectively one CEO, is incredibly unbalanced. No democratic system should hinge on one person’s whims.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If Starlink were even remotely structured as public infrastructure, I’d be more comfortable with it. But giving that much power over global communications to a single private company, and effectively one CEO, is incredibly unbalanced. No democratic system should hinge on one person’s whims.
Get more sleep. Take supplements. Eat roadkill. Transfuse yourself with the blood of the young. Just some of the things to make you healthy and live longer.
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Get more sleep. Take supplements. Eat roadkill. Transfuse yourself with the blood of the young. Just some of the things to make you healthy and live longer.
Impact scores on grants will be only one of several factors that will determine whether an NIH grant is funded or not. Would grants be left unfunded if the proposed work flies in the face of the government’s current stance? Who am I kidding? Of course it would, it already has.
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Impact scores on grants will be only one of several factors that will determine whether an NIH grant is funded or not. Would grants be left unfunded if the proposed work flies in the face of the government’s current stance? Who am I kidding? Of course it would, it already has.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Light pollution from that jerk.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Light pollution from that jerk.
Yeah. They will be so low it will be like, WTAF? Nutlick is an idiot. Ineptatist extraordinaire.
Lutnick: "You are going to see jobs numbers in the second half of next year that are gonna blow you away"
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Yeah. They will be so low it will be like, WTAF? Nutlick is an idiot. Ineptatist extraordinaire.
You are, what’s in your gut. Who knew the toxic waste pipeline that runs through that amusement park, you call your body, is dictating so much of your health? Well, we do now.
Waste not: how researchers harness pee and poo for science
It might seem gross, but these materials are treasure troves for research.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You are, what’s in your gut. Who knew the toxic waste pipeline that runs through that amusement park, you call your body, is dictating so much of your health? Well, we do now.
A watched pot never boils, but let me tell ya, a pot full of potatoes will boil over the moment you take your eyes off it.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A watched pot never boils, but let me tell ya, a pot full of potatoes will boil over the moment you take your eyes off it.
Someone got a trim and is looking pretty dapper for the upcoming holiday season.
#dogsofbsky
#dogsofbsky
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Someone got a trim and is looking pretty dapper for the upcoming holiday season.
#dogsofbsky
#dogsofbsky
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Scattered leaves
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scattered leaves
I have watched some of this dudes videos (you can find them on YouTube), and I think your brains need to suffer like I have. He’s worth $1.2 billion. For christs sake folks. We are surrounded by smooth brains!
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have watched some of this dudes videos (you can find them on YouTube), and I think your brains need to suffer like I have. He’s worth $1.2 billion. For christs sake folks. We are surrounded by smooth brains!
I’m here to provide you with some culture. Now if that happens to be art, or a flask of amoebic dysentery, is totally up to you.😉
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m here to provide you with some culture. Now if that happens to be art, or a flask of amoebic dysentery, is totally up to you.😉
Dr. bOZo alert!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Dr. bOZo alert!!
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Fondling bear carcasses causes allergies in the fondler’s offspring pass it on
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Fondling bear carcasses causes allergies in the fondler’s offspring pass it on
Canada has already lost ‘elimination status’. The US is next. Thanks to Brainworm Booby Jr and a whole host of anti-vaccine mis and disinformation.
The CDC has linked measles outbreaks in multiple states for the 1st time. If the outbreaks can't be extinguished by January, marking the 1-year anniversary of the 1st measles cases in Texas, the U.S. will lose what's known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization👇
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Canada has already lost ‘elimination status’. The US is next. Thanks to Brainworm Booby Jr and a whole host of anti-vaccine mis and disinformation.