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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 2d

Novavax has been available in the US since 2022. How are pharmacists still not familiar with it? #GetBoosted #CovidIsntOver

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 10d

This is an oldie that I found on my camera roll but still find it so calming. #nature #leaves

A dark green leaf with serrated margins that have yellowed, on a blurred background

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 11d

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 12d

Online recipes used to be fun. Now half of them are AI garbage missing major steps and written awkwardly. If it’s from 2025, I’m skipping it. #CookingFail

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 12d

Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!

We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.

A purple and red octopus talk to each other on the tin can telephone. Purple octopus says “want to connect your students with real
Scientists?” Then red octopus says “Skype a scientist matches groups with scientists for virtual q&as. It’s free!” And then an orange flapjack octopus says “get a match at skypeascientist.com”

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 12d

When my in-laws came to visit us in New Mexico for the first time they asked if it was safe to drink the water. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 13d

I didn’t know cormorants did that. Cool!

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 13d

It would fit right in!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17d

This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!

Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!

Sales will fund our '26 Native 🌱 Project

Order before 10/1 to get a free plant sticker!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

two cuttlefish hover over a reef where the female has laid eggs with tiny little baby cuttlefish in them. It's the month of December

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 20d

Lots of mushrooms popping up after all the rain.

Picture of a tan colored mushroom taken from below, looking up at the gills, in afternoon sunlight. Blue skies in the background.

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 22d

I think the ectotherm crew is pranking the bird and mammal crew because I keep hearing/finding live crickets in the office but we don’t use live crickets in the bird and mammal diets. #animalkeeper #zoos

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Silver Spring Progressive Action @sspaction1.bsky.social · 23d

Today is the 1st day of early voting in VA. Let’s do some flipping and make VA bluer. Let’s elect @abigailspanberger.com for Gov., give her a bluer house of delegates, elect Ghazala Hashmi for Lt Gov, & Jay Jones for AG. Make a plan to vote & go to iwillvote.com?state=VA to find your polling place!

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 27d

I kind of started a list a couple months ago:
• Article I, Section 8
• First Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth & Fourteenth
• Sixth Amendment
• Eighth Amendment
• Tenth Amendment
• Emoluments Clause
• 14th Amendment

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 27d

The coloration is amazing! On both mom and kids.

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 28d

A new species for me- a short-tailed shrew, i think. It could be either the N. or S. species. Rare for mammals it has a venomous bite. Carnivorous. I found it scavenging around in seed the birds dropped, probably looking for worms and insects. It uses ultrasonic clicks to help it navigate. #mammals

Nighttime trail-cam image of a Short-tailed shrew. It's on the ground amongst sparsely leafed shrubs and grasses. There is a red circle around it for ease of visibility.

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 28d

How many species have been rediscovered? Which were surprising? What are the prospects for finding the remaining lost species? Learn more in a free webinar from @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social on Sept. 18 @ noon ET: birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/sea.... #birds 🌎

Birds of the World - BOW Seminar: Lost & Found - The Race to Rediscover Lost Birds

Lost & Found – The Race to Rediscover Lost Birds Date/Time: 18 September 2025 – 12:00 pm ET Speakers: John Mittermeier (Search for Lost Birds Director) and Alex Berryman (Sr. Red List Officer, Birdlif...

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · 29d

My teen is researching cryptid creatures of Ecuador/South America through books and articles for a high school psychology class, but we’re curious 🧐 Are there any local tales or stories they might be missing? Any insights would be amazing #Cryptozoology #Anthropology #FolkloreStudies #Ethnobiology

Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Sep 11

These labels are the only amusing things on my feed right now. I somehow die by ‘pie’.

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 31

It’s finally happened. One of my kid’s childhood friends (who they are still friends with) is a student in the class I teach at the university. I hadn’t seen them since elementary school about 8 years ago but I immediately recognized them. #worldscollide #adjunct

Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 27

If you go to the thread it also lists what counts as "high risk"

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 27

It's official: Updated COVID vaccines have been approved by the FDA, but with restrictions.

Moderna: 6 months and up if high risk

Pfizer: 5 years and up if high risk

Novavax: 12 years and up if high risk

Anyone 65 years and up is eligible for updated COVID vaccines regardless of risk status.

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 27

Highlight of my day was relocating several hundred (thousand?) teeny tadpoles from a concrete watering hole to the wild. Swim free and grow strong legs little ones! #amphibians

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Any idea if this will be just for 65+age group?

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Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 26

I could see that.

Shauna @shaunahaymond.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good question. I don’t know.