Palm66
@brothernervosa.bsky.social
Writer living in San Francisco. Author of Brother Nervosa (Kirkus Reviews, Top 100 Books of 2024, Starred Review) Available at Barrow Street Press and Amazon
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Palm66
@brothernervosa.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Brother Nervosa picked as a top 100 Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews, starred Kirkus Indie
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I was thinking yesterday I was surprised I hadn’t seen a shark (or, if you will, a Left Shark) yet.
October 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was thinking yesterday I was surprised I hadn’t seen a shark (or, if you will, a Left Shark) yet.
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He's a dangerous lunatic.
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
He's a dangerous lunatic.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
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War ravaged Portland: the plushies are battling it out with the inflatables. Take shelter immediately!
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
War ravaged Portland: the plushies are battling it out with the inflatables. Take shelter immediately!
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Connecting different “neighborhoods” of a genome has many benefits. For one, it can allow a gene to be regulated by multiple sources, increasing the possibility for more complexity.
Loops of DNA Equipped Ancient Life To Become Complex | Quanta Magazine
New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary development.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Connecting different “neighborhoods” of a genome has many benefits. For one, it can allow a gene to be regulated by multiple sources, increasing the possibility for more complexity.
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“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...
Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians
“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...
www.americamagazine.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...
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Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*. https://scim.ag/3L1rbKU
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*
scim.ag
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*. https://scim.ag/3L1rbKU
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Scissors were invented in Egypt in 1500 BC
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Scissors were invented in Egypt in 1500 BC
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"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.
We are made of starstuff."
— Carl Sagan. Cosmos (1980).
Image source➡️ imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/10sep08...
🔭 🧪 #science
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We are made of starstuff."
— Carl Sagan. Cosmos (1980).
Image source➡️ imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/10sep08...
🔭 🧪 #science
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October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.
We are made of starstuff."
— Carl Sagan. Cosmos (1980).
Image source➡️ imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/10sep08...
🔭 🧪 #science
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We are made of starstuff."
— Carl Sagan. Cosmos (1980).
Image source➡️ imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/10sep08...
🔭 🧪 #science
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Scientists have developed a unique nanoparticle vaccine that prevented the development of multiple forms of cancer in mice.
🔗 www.404media.co/a-new-nanopa...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-new-nanopa...
A New 'Nanoparticle Vaccine' Prevented Cancer In Mice, Study Says
The vast majority of mice that received the vaccine warded off repeated exposure to cancer cells, but the applications for humans are still not known.
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Scientists have developed a unique nanoparticle vaccine that prevented the development of multiple forms of cancer in mice.
🔗 www.404media.co/a-new-nanopa...
🔗 www.404media.co/a-new-nanopa...
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Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
László Krasznahorkai | The Booker Prizes
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter
thebookerprizes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wonderful news to see Lászlo Krasznahorkai, International Booker Prize 2015 winner, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Find out more about the author and his work: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Greta Gerwig: "Whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow, just grinding out another play. You strike out a lot. This, for me, is very helpful to have in my mind while writing.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Greta Gerwig: "Whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow, just grinding out another play. You strike out a lot. This, for me, is very helpful to have in my mind while writing.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
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Great gift. Looking forward to seeing these -- especially the Egon Schiele paintings and drawings.
LACMA gifted $60-million-plus of Austrian Expressionist art, including first Klimt and Schiele
LACMA is being gifted more than 100 works of Austrian Expressionism, including its first paintings by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, by the family of the legendary Viennese art dealer Otto Kallir.
www.latimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Great gift. Looking forward to seeing these -- especially the Egon Schiele paintings and drawings.
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Frank Herbert (1920-86) While writing an article about Oregon sand dunes he became enthralled by his research. He abandoned the article and wrote 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒆, which was rejected by 23 publishers before a small press known mainly for its auto-repair manuals took a chance
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
October 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Frank Herbert (1920-86) While writing an article about Oregon sand dunes he became enthralled by his research. He abandoned the article and wrote 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒆, which was rejected by 23 publishers before a small press known mainly for its auto-repair manuals took a chance
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
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Remembering Mark Norell, the palaeontologist whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs.
go.nature.com/433ddyk
go.nature.com/433ddyk
Mark Norell obituary: palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds
Through fieldwork and innovative research, he transformed how scientists and the public perceive the prehistoric world.
go.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Remembering Mark Norell, the palaeontologist whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs.
go.nature.com/433ddyk
go.nature.com/433ddyk
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Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
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The Chemistry Nobel was awarded to the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks that can trap molecules — our reporters dive into the science
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Chemistry Nobel was awarded to the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks that can trap molecules — our reporters dive into the science
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A remote wind...
"Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*", the Milky Way’s central black hole.
🧪 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10615
"Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*", the Milky Way’s central black hole.
🧪 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10615
October 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A remote wind...
"Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*", the Milky Way’s central black hole.
🧪 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10615
"Astronomers may have glimpsed a long-predicted wind of gas blowing out from Sagittarius A*", the Milky Way’s central black hole.
🧪 #Science #Astronomy #Space
Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10615
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#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
Credit: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
Credit: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
Credit: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
Credit: Nevenka Blagovic Horvat & Miroslav Horvat
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🧪🔭
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A study of 500,000 medical records linked viruses with Alzheimer's again and again
"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"
www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...
"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"
www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...
A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again
A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and ...
www.sciencealert.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A study of 500,000 medical records linked viruses with Alzheimer's again and again
"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"
www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...
"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"
www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...
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Neurons in the mouse brain bypass synapses by communicating with one another via tiny nanotubes. https://scim.ag/4pOH6fL
Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds
Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease
scim.ag
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Neurons in the mouse brain bypass synapses by communicating with one another via tiny nanotubes. https://scim.ag/4pOH6fL
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Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons during the process.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons during the process.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I struggle quite a lot with #misophonia, and I quietly follow the research. It's still kind of all over the map, but there's something about this recent study that rings true neurosciencenews.com/misophonia-c...
Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder - Neuroscience News
A new study shows that misophonia, strong negative reactions to certain sounds, is closely linked to cognitive and emotional inflexibility.
neurosciencenews.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I struggle quite a lot with #misophonia, and I quietly follow the research. It's still kind of all over the map, but there's something about this recent study that rings true neurosciencenews.com/misophonia-c...