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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

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China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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Erich Luepke @erichluepke.bsky.social · 24m

It is extremely precarious that so much of the functioning of our government relies on this man. A tiny group of Republicans could join with Democrats and unseat him at any time, at which point Congress would grind to a halt, perhaps without any recourse.

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2h

“The House speaker is losing control of his party”

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown - The New Republic

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Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown — The New Republic

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 2h

“The House speaker is losing control of his party”

Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown - The New Republic

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Three More GOP Reps Split From Mike Johnson Over Shutdown — The New Republic

The House speaker is losing control of his party.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 24m

On Twitter, Sky News' account put quotation marks around the word 'dies'. It did not do so here though. Wonder why.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6h

Palestinian girl, 12, dies after suffering from malnutrition for months

Huda Abu al Naja, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl who suffered from malnutrition for months, has died in Nasser Hospital in Gaza, according to The Times of Israel.

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 2h

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

Not gonna link the troll but Bari Weiss clearly represents “thought police” more than 100,000 Bluesky leftists scolding you for writing a defense of Weiss ever will, and ignoring that reality is clearly designed to curry the favor of thought police. You’re not a free thinker, you’re the boot licker.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 55m

There’s more Botox in the Trump cabinet than in a dented can of beans.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 59m

Dasha Burns said she talked with Trump on the phone 4 days ago. But now he doesn’t know who she is 🤔

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Nancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social · 3d

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A.Better.World @skyladsy.bsky.social · 9h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 53m

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 53m

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conure 🐦 @conure.cc · 1d

the cost of denying another's humanity is paid with one's own

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LANana-Nuestra Señora de la Muerte del Pan 😪 @lanana421.bsky.social · 1h

New meme! 💥

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 53m

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 56m

He's got the Grim Reaper looking over one shoulder and the Ghost of Epstein Past looking over the other

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3h

This is the right answer. I will never stop standing up for my trans brothers and sisters. And if you want to be mean, you'd better not do it around me! 💯

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

With a hearty promise to return, he walked off like the end of a Chaplin movie.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

And he’s a dancing machine. Passersby are either delighted or just move on like they see dancing frogs on Clark Street every day.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Poster selfie with guy in inflatable frog outfit.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2d

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 2d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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