BriAnne Addison
@baaddison.bsky.social
Just saying’
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just saying’
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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Makes up for the very cold dunny trip.
What it looks like walking out the door in remote northern Alaska…
May 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Makes up for the very cold dunny trip.
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That first sip of fresh coffee in the morning:
May 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
That first sip of fresh coffee in the morning:
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Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social & Rebecca Robbins Gift link: nyti.ms/4ipOhGf
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article)
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
nyti.ms
April 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social & Rebecca Robbins Gift link: nyti.ms/4ipOhGf
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120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ 🧪
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
nyti.ms
April 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
120 light years from Earth, there's a planet that may be covered in a living ocean. Here's my story on a tantalizing hint of life beyond the Solar System. Gift link: nyti.ms/3GbrEaZ 🧪
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A large study in Sweden found levels of autism *symptoms* were constant over time, even as autism *diagnoses* increased (implying broadening diagnostic criteria rather than real underlying increase) www.bmj.com/content/350/...
Autism phenotype versus registered diagnosis in Swedish children: prevalence trends over 10 years in general population samples
Objective To compare the annual prevalence of the autism symptom phenotype and of registered diagnoses for autism spectrum disorder during a 10 year period in children.
Design Population based study....
www.bmj.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A large study in Sweden found levels of autism *symptoms* were constant over time, even as autism *diagnoses* increased (implying broadening diagnostic criteria rather than real underlying increase) www.bmj.com/content/350/...
Pause for deep thoughts.
April 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Pause for deep thoughts.
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Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
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The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election
Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Love the natural pest control around here.
March 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Love the natural pest control around here.
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Reading an internal NIH guidance memo which basically says since we’re probably going to be shutting down labs with little or no notice just be sure to remember about the whole disposing of biohazard materials the right way thing. ☣️ 😬🤡
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reading an internal NIH guidance memo which basically says since we’re probably going to be shutting down labs with little or no notice just be sure to remember about the whole disposing of biohazard materials the right way thing. ☣️ 😬🤡
I’m doing a lot of looking at huge things lately because it helps make Earth’s problems look pretty small.
March 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m doing a lot of looking at huge things lately because it helps make Earth’s problems look pretty small.
Will the state and councils have the guts to make the investment in public transport and bike corridors? It’s long overdue!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
30kph speed limits, eight extended tram routes in new Victorian vision
Infrastructure Victoria wants reduced speed limits in local areas, extensions to tram, train and bus routes and a big investment in social housing over the next 30 years.
www.abc.net.au
March 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Will the state and councils have the guts to make the investment in public transport and bike corridors? It’s long overdue!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Remember, EuropePMC is actually better than #PubMed because it includes ALL preprints in search results, not just those including NIH-funded research.
europepmc.org
europepmc.org
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
europepmc.org
March 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Remember, EuropePMC is actually better than #PubMed because it includes ALL preprints in search results, not just those including NIH-funded research.
europepmc.org
europepmc.org
Enjoy this picture of a big mob of emus very far away.
February 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Enjoy this picture of a big mob of emus very far away.