Laura
@sciencecheerleader.bsky.social
Working in online academic journals. Supporting biomed research and advancements. Here to learn, celebrate, and educate! Munsee Lenape land
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
Instacart got caught running real-time price experiments on shoppers — same groceries, different prices.
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
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🧪⚛️ The way NSF is being treated in the current administration is a disgrace.
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🧪⚛️ The way NSF is being treated in the current administration is a disgrace.
My Invisalign was supposed to arrive back in October, but it was shipped to a different office that failed to notify my office. I have a wedding at the end of August that I was hoping I wouldn't have them in for but I guess that won't be the case. (Dentist projected mine to take 9 months)
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My Invisalign was supposed to arrive back in October, but it was shipped to a different office that failed to notify my office. I have a wedding at the end of August that I was hoping I wouldn't have them in for but I guess that won't be the case. (Dentist projected mine to take 9 months)
I got my Invisalign on Saturday. It kinda sucks to get it during the holiday season but at least the pain has tuckered out (until I changed trays in 2 weeks)
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I got my Invisalign on Saturday. It kinda sucks to get it during the holiday season but at least the pain has tuckered out (until I changed trays in 2 weeks)
Work is kicking my tucchus today (but mainly because the office changed the printer system and now I can't get something to print I need in an hour)
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Work is kicking my tucchus today (but mainly because the office changed the printer system and now I can't get something to print I need in an hour)
My dad- *eats a whole container of cookies but leaves 1*
Mom - You ate all the cookies
Dad - No, I left one so you can't say that
Mom - You ate all the cookies
Dad - No, I left one so you can't say that
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My dad- *eats a whole container of cookies but leaves 1*
Mom - You ate all the cookies
Dad - No, I left one so you can't say that
Mom - You ate all the cookies
Dad - No, I left one so you can't say that
I wish I could use FSA on things for my cats
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I wish I could use FSA on things for my cats
Manifesting getting MCR w/ the Used at the Hollywood Bowl tickets for me today. I could use a win
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Manifesting getting MCR w/ the Used at the Hollywood Bowl tickets for me today. I could use a win
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🐈 What's TikTok good for? Examining which arthropods are hunted by cats.
🌍 Social media have become an increasingly useful resource in ecological research.
🪲 We now know that cats kill arthropods from 14 different orders.
🧪 Study:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌍 Social media have become an increasingly useful resource in ecological research.
🪲 We now know that cats kill arthropods from 14 different orders.
🧪 Study:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods
The impact of domestic cats on vertebrate biodiversity is unequivocal; however, we still know little about their effects on arthropods. By analysing over 17,000 photos and videos from social media p...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🐈 What's TikTok good for? Examining which arthropods are hunted by cats.
🌍 Social media have become an increasingly useful resource in ecological research.
🪲 We now know that cats kill arthropods from 14 different orders.
🧪 Study:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🌍 Social media have become an increasingly useful resource in ecological research.
🪲 We now know that cats kill arthropods from 14 different orders.
🧪 Study:
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sansa is a hot dog and Arya is a fish taco. Happy Purroween
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sansa is a hot dog and Arya is a fish taco. Happy Purroween
Another day of my stomach hurting and being mad at the government, amiright folks?
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another day of my stomach hurting and being mad at the government, amiright folks?
So cool - the Nobel Peace Prize Winners in Medicine published about T cells - www.instagram.com/reel/DPetw2A...
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So cool - the Nobel Peace Prize Winners in Medicine published about T cells - www.instagram.com/reel/DPetw2A...
I accidentally stepped on one of my cats and I'm going to spend the rest of the day thinking about what an awful person I am.
(She's fine, she first hid from me and I made amends by giving her and her sister wet food)
(She's fine, she first hid from me and I made amends by giving her and her sister wet food)
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I accidentally stepped on one of my cats and I'm going to spend the rest of the day thinking about what an awful person I am.
(She's fine, she first hid from me and I made amends by giving her and her sister wet food)
(She's fine, she first hid from me and I made amends by giving her and her sister wet food)
Live music is keeping me afloat right now.
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Live music is keeping me afloat right now.
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You NEED to see and hear these cute little barking geckos and I won't let you talk yourself out of it: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/six-...
Mildly Menacing Mating Calls Lead to Discovery of New Gecko Species
Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls
www.scientificamerican.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
You NEED to see and hear these cute little barking geckos and I won't let you talk yourself out of it: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/six-...
I need to publicly apologize for committing a concert cardinal sin last night at Sleep Token in BK. My friends and I cut the line to get in. We didn't mean too. We accidentally pregamed a little too hard. When we realized what we did while waiting in the security line we freaked out at ourselves :(
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I need to publicly apologize for committing a concert cardinal sin last night at Sleep Token in BK. My friends and I cut the line to get in. We didn't mean too. We accidentally pregamed a little too hard. When we realized what we did while waiting in the security line we freaked out at ourselves :(
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This is not how good science works
Conservatives now control federal research funding. The next step: actually manipulating research. A conservative law firm is demanding Brown retract research showing connections between anti-wind groups and the fossil fuel industry. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
August 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is not how good science works
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CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses.
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
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From Chief Editor of Nature Cuteness to Nap Quality Control Officer.
To give our colleagues a break to celebrate #SpringerNature10, we put the #PetsOfSN to work across our teams. All dogs, cats & bunnies were of course generously paid in tasty treats, belly rubs & cuddles.
#PetsOfSN10 🐶 🐱 🐰
To give our colleagues a break to celebrate #SpringerNature10, we put the #PetsOfSN to work across our teams. All dogs, cats & bunnies were of course generously paid in tasty treats, belly rubs & cuddles.
#PetsOfSN10 🐶 🐱 🐰
July 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From Chief Editor of Nature Cuteness to Nap Quality Control Officer.
To give our colleagues a break to celebrate #SpringerNature10, we put the #PetsOfSN to work across our teams. All dogs, cats & bunnies were of course generously paid in tasty treats, belly rubs & cuddles.
#PetsOfSN10 🐶 🐱 🐰
To give our colleagues a break to celebrate #SpringerNature10, we put the #PetsOfSN to work across our teams. All dogs, cats & bunnies were of course generously paid in tasty treats, belly rubs & cuddles.
#PetsOfSN10 🐶 🐱 🐰
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Our article is now also in Portugese
August 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our article is now also in Portugese
Is the @retractionwatch.com database experiencing errors for anyone else?
July 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Is the @retractionwatch.com database experiencing errors for anyone else?
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Every so often, I see people argue that Trump hasn't done anything to attack trans people's rights. This is absolutely wild to me because... well, he has.
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
Trump Accountability Tracker | GLAAD
GLAAD is monitoring Donald Trump’s LGBTQ record and history including executive orders, legislative support, nominations and statements.
glaad.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every so often, I see people argue that Trump hasn't done anything to attack trans people's rights. This is absolutely wild to me because... well, he has.
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵
I'm going to share some examples of things he did in his first 6 months, referencing the @glaad.bsky.social Trump Tracker. 🧵