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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 1d

I made a thing for a thing you probably haven't heard about that properly won't make sense if you haven't youtu.be/h6rILPawn_k

Medjedic: A Language Associated with Two or More Fish | CCC4

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 6d

"Create SOPs" vs "Polish my emails" really says a lot

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jul 31

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work

Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 11d

"Yea, so we weren't able to complete the sale of the house due to the buyer having a cold sore"

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 12d

I am the gar
I long and thin
I have a jaw
things fit within

Yet sometimes shapes
are wrong for head
so do my best
& lik the bread

Eel-AIEEEE (Eli, he/they) @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 12d

Oh my god, it's him! The gar that licked the bread!

A text post from cattycattitude on tumblr. It reads "You're telling me a gar* licked this bread?
*a North American freshwater fish of the family Lepisostieidae"
The poster replies to their own post with a picture that's labelled "A helpful visual" and contains a gar (A long thin fish) licking a loaf of bread. An arrow then points to a small pile of garlic bread.

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 13d

a man in a green car with the words takes one to know one

ALT: a man in a green car with the words takes one to know one

media.tenor.com

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 13d

My first impression of Hades II after a couple of hours with it is that I'm impressed by how much it improves on the first one, which was already a pretty darn good game!

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 14d

Look what we have here then.

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 14d

You will be seeing more and more stories like this. Our ability to manipulate and fix our own cells has increased massively over the last few decades thanks to advances in our understanding of things like miRNA.
There is more truly amazing shit just over the horizon!

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14d

GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 15d

Don't forget being partially responsible for cell death.
The mitochondrion giveth and taketh away

∇ @dy-dx.bsky.social · 15d

Expectation: Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

Reality: Has its own DNA but partially. Is its own organism but partially. Responsible for TCA cycle but partially and only in eukaryotes. Responsible for all energy but only half the time in plants.

Mitochondria's grey area has grey area.

Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 15d

You know what? Fuck it. I can’t be bothered anymore. I’m just going to make videos about mitochondria and ribosomes from now on

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Slay Bones @clayjones.bsky.social · 16d

Unmanaged maternal pain and severe stress during pregnancy, perhaps being terrified that you will give your kid autism, has well recognized and potentially severe complications that can harm mom and baby.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 5

Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 16d

If RFK Jr. and co had anything to actually show to back up their claims, there would be a paper in a medical journal, not an announcement about a press conference.
Of course, actually knowing things about stuff was never the point

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 19d

I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22d

“New Sickos Yes…hahaha…yes” just dropped

Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social · 22d

Beano #720, May 5, 1956

Biffo hangs a placard on his wall that reads "Learn to Mind Your Own Business" while Buster sickos through the window doing exactly the opposite.
BUSTER: Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26d

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS

When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks.
"We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges.
"When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 26d

My hips might not lie, but they do slide

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26d

Three bones in the os coxae (ischium, ilium, pubis) form the acetabulum (Latin: "little vinegar cup"), which articulates with the head of the femur.

In other words, your 'hip socket'.

And it works very well (in young people, anyway).

The two surfaces are close to frictionless.

From the "Physio Lounge Blog", a figure showing the acetabulum (hip joint) articulating with the femur.

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 27d

Checks out

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 27d

Biology Department

xkcd.com/3140/

Comic. [Building with large sign in front of it[ SIGN: Welcome to the *Biology Department* It has been [changeable sign: 3] days since we discovered something existentially horrifying about bugs that makes you question your whole reality

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · 28d

You would think the person at the US patent office who looks at video game patents would have played at least one, but apparently they gave that task to someone's grandma who still calls all consoles "Nintendos"

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 28d

Nintendo has successfully acquired a US patent covering the ability to summon characters in a game and make them battle for you.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...

Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC

The new patent theoretically covers an action that is present in numerous non-Nintendo games…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 28d

I worked on a study in ~2003 that analyzed the genetic basis for Type 2 diabetes in the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC).

Rates of diabetes were ~35% or higher, the highest rates in the world. The goal was to understand the disease & help the people of the GRIC.

We couldn't have done it today.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29d

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.

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A word cloud with dominant words "equity", "disparity", "diverse", and similar words.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Sep 7

You know that antibiotic use can exert pressure on bacterial populations to evolve resistance.

So are vaccines exerting similar pressure on viruses?

Let's talk about how vaccines MIGHT make viruses evolve to be LESS harmful over time.

Warning: I'm speaking broadly here & biology loves exceptions.

Woman receiving rubella vaccination, School of Public Health of the State of Minas Gerais (ESP-MG), Brazil.
CREDIT: Sandra Rugio, ESP-MG, via Wikimedia.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · Sep 6

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Correcting the Veratasium Glyphosate - Monsanto Episode. Have a listen:

Correcting the Veratasium Glyphosate - Monsanto Episode

Listener Request! The YouTube channel Veritasium has been recognized by...

share.transistor.fm

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artibartfast @artie.gay · Sep 6

*Sigh* More unrealistic beauty standards in the media

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Sep 6

Behold the Gloriously Weird Spotted Ratfish. It Has Teeth on Its Forehead for Sex

Researchers have finally traced the origin of the spotted ratfish’s bizarre forehead teeth, which are used for mating

www.scientificamerican.com

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · Sep 4

Infinity+1 type behaviour

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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Great Old Ones - this is something already existed in my mind when illustrating the previous cephalopods piece; and so glad I’ve completed it so now I can display them side by side💙 Never stop missing prehistoric cephalopods! Thinking about making this one a silver foiled print as well!

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MicroBlogganism @cellsareneat.bsky.social · Sep 4

It will never not be funny to me that the Danish version of Survivor, a game about trying to stay on an island, is called The Robinson Expedition after a story about wanting to get off an island

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