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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 1d

today’s Nobel honored three physicists who discovered two properties of quantum mechanics, the laws that rule the subatomic realm, could be observed in a system large enough to be seen with the naked eye:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Vernon Smith @vernondraws.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the LAST DAY to preorder #StarTrek #LowerDecks issue 13! This issue starts an all new story arc featuring your favorite Lower Deckers, Easter Eggs galore and quite a few cameos from legacy characters. In stores Nov. 12 from @idwpublishing.com

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't ever had a heart attack & in all my time dealing with my heart this has never come up. I have no idea what to hope for going forward. Either this is entirely new & growing fast, or I've had it since birth & it's been growing slowly.

Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 3d

So, something happened today. I went into my cardiologist appointment hoping to be told that I can have surgery to fix my heart issue (& I can, thankfully) but I was also told I have a ventricular aneurysm that I didn't know about. I am very unprepared to deal with that right now.

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 6d

Frankly, this makes me the most angry.

Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

Epic 🔥

Jimmy Kimmel And Stephen Colbert Unload On Trump In Rare Crossover Event As Guests On Each Other's Shows

www.comicsands.com

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 8d

galaxy class starship reset bios

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 7d

Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.

Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’

The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.

www.politico.eu

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David Blue @davidblue.bsky.social · 8d

Pete Hegseth demonstrated - in real time - what it would look like if a drunken toddler stumbled into the wrong classroom, grade, city and country, to give an unassigned book report on a subject they had only ever vaguely heard about via mismatched articles on paper mache.

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 9d

Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.

(Was meant to see It Takes Two, the Mary-Kate & Ashley movie, but the session times were wrong so saw this instead. Think I got the better deal in retrospect.)

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10d

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

Local News
Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 12d

which galaxy was star wars in

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 12d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) any science fiction TV show made in the 90s and early 2000s
2) the Kennet government and its destruction of Victoria (with a particular bent to schools since I lived it)
3) protein crystal structures

X626 @x626.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) The Golden Gate bridge
2) Turn of the 20th century American Industrialism
3) 90s/00s teen movies and TV shows

Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) Muppets, Jim Henson, his life, and many many specific Henson Co productions
2) Oz (the original 14 books, many screen/stage adaptations including the MGM film, Return to Oz, The Wiz, Wicked, L Frank Baum's life, etc)
3) Stephen Sondheim

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan https://theonion.com/fritolaysia-cuts-off-chiplomatic-relations-with-snakist-1819568143/

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 14d

Aw shit, it's my Hudson peeps being awesome!! 😍 I miss working there, was such a collaborative environment.

Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 14d

So anyway, turns out plasma in menstrual blood can completely heal wounds in 24 hours.

hudson.org.au/news/womb-to...

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 15d

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

www.bbc.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 15d

One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 15d

You aren't the only one ❤️❤️❤️ Cannot wait!

Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 15d

THIS!!!

Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 16d

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol.
Not because of vaccines.
Not because of some headline.
I’m autistic because that’s how
my brain works. Stop treating us
like a problem. Start listening to us.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15d

In hindsight, all the problems started when we moved away from hand-written library catalog cards.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16d

Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 16d

*clears throat* Ahm! READ THIS PLEASE. That is all.

turntap @ngoobles.bsky.social · 17d

John Rich & The Big Picture is serialized online m/m romcom novel that begins updating NEXT WEEK. ✨🎉

1. Tell all of your friends. ✏️
2. Read it here: www.okjohnrich.site ✏️
3. Or read it here: www.tumblr.com/okjohnrich ✏️

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Kay 🦄🏳️‍🌈 @lilkay2024.bsky.social · 16d

OH THANK FUCK

Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 16d

Hark! I bring good news!

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 16d

This is a post about Tylenol and autism. By @azmatthews.

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