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Microbiologist working as a freelance proofreader/editor until I can find a salaried position. Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/sodalitejatholo Run #STEM networking panels at fur cons https://linktr.ee/scifurs #furry #microbiology #science

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · Nov 11

Introduction post:

Hello new followers!

The following thread of posts will try to explain who I am and some of what's happening here.

This account will contain a mix of "furry", gardening/plants, and science content, spiced with politics.

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 23h

Cat ended up needing perineal urethrostomy (PU) sugery by the end of the week after a 2nd blockage. Dietary changes alone were NOT going to fix the issue. The only other option they (emergency vet, reg vet, and surgery vet) gave my mom was to have the cat put down.

Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 1d

Saw one of those last week when driving back from the emergency vet at 1 in the morning. Was almost as tall as the house it was next too

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 2d

On the small chance that some more well connected accounts may see this, please give a boost to the quoted post?

@joabaldwin.com @georgetakei.bsky.social @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com @gtconway.bsky.social @kim.senate.gov @repherbconaway.bsky.social

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3d

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 5d

Your secret chocolate

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*that* Heather Hudson @artofheatherhudson.bsky.social · 5d

Consumer Reports explainer for turning off AI

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 5d

Hmm the smaller red leafed bromeliad might be some strain of Tillandsia capitata

Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 5d

Mom got chrysanthemums and gourds.

I bought a couple bromeliads. Don't know what the smaller red-pink one is. No tag. The larger one (Subaru crosstrek for scale) was $25. Need to split it since all of that is in a tiny 3.5"/9cm pot

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 5d

Took mom to Ott's Exotic Plants to meet up with my godparents. Annual tradition to see the "Mum Mountain" with all of the chrysanthemums planted over it

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J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social · 6d

who were not aware of B5Books, this month will be your last opportunity to get any of these books.

The many fans who interacted with Jaclyn over the decades can give her a proper sendoff here, or more privately via b5books.com.

Thanks, Captain.

JMS

Babylon 5 Books is Closing Forever

Last chance ever to order B5 Books. Worldwide flat rate shipping for unlimited books is $45; USA is $9. We now offer ebooks and hardcovers.

B5Books.com

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Runtt @runtt.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone interested in buying some used records? I have a small stack I'd like to sell. Many are originals, and some are audiophile represses. Doors, Etta James, Lee Morgan, Sabbath, Television, Iggy and the Stooges....

Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 6d

*hug*

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Werewolf Kisser Extraordinaire @wolvesmaw.bsky.social · 7d

New oc sketches

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Science Furs @scifurs.bsky.social · 7d

Characterization of exoplanets in the James Webb Space Telescope era | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Characterization of exoplanets in the James Webb Space Telescope era | PNAS

Characterization of exoplanets in the James Webb Space Telescope era

www.pnas.org

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Science Furs @scifurs.bsky.social · 7d

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 8d

I saw one at Walmart on Tuesday

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 8d

Would your family be able to afford a 50% or higher payment on your healthcare?

Because that's what Republicans are proposing as they take vacation and run out the clock.

Write to me at [email protected] to share your story and I'll continue uplifting the real harm this will cause.

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats!

Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 8d

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Science Furs @scifurs.bsky.social · 8d

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Link to original research article in next post

Scientists found a 650-year-old shoe in a vulture nest. That’s just the start of it.

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.yahoo.com

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 9d

Here is a link of EVERY Governor & their phone contact information. Tell your Governor to join Governor Pritzker's call for invoking the 25th Amendment. MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD FOR OUR DEMOCRACY!

www.nga.org/governors/

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9d

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.

She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.

(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 9d

RIP Renato Casaro, an Italian artist known for his film posters.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.

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Sodalite 🔜 ? #FurriesInSTEM @sodalitejatholo.bsky.social · 9d

Morning sun

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SteelPhoenix78 @steelphoenix78.bsky.social · 10d

Absolutely.

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said.

We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

Ira Byock"

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Hans, Faffing 🐺🐕‍🦺 @hansfaffing.bsky.social · 10d

Opening up emergency commissions!!! Will create an emergency for any budget!!!
Do you need a fire? I’ll bring matches over EZ!! Need to be confronted at your office for a lie you told?? Just cover the leather jacket!! Earthquake?? I can shake your chair out of zoom call view for 20 bucks!

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