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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 6h

that's purring like a satisfied cat

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 18h

Lol at sad CDJ in the corner

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 22h

🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty thirsty to have not just a DUMP 61 HERE shirt, but to have a DUMP 62 HERE shirt on under. I wonder how deep that stack of shirts is, and how skinny the man underneath is.

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 1d

a man says but you are not serious people in a dark room

Alt: a man says but you are not serious people in a dark room

media.tenor.com

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 1d

Oh jeepers here I was thinking this was a post about Aotearoa New Zealand

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

It truly is the government of landlords and used car dealers because anyone familiar with either of these occupations knows that they are the last bastions of men who, for no reason but their own sloven incompetence, seek out imagined excuse to violate basic contract law and routine regulations.

Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 1d

Not to discount the enormous damage they have done, and still can do, but this really might be one of the dumbest governments in the history of the world.

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 1d

When ideology trumps reality. Looking tough with mean gestures to give the impression they will increase employment, but in fact incentivizing less work.

MORONS

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

This government are fools, absolute fools #NZPol

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Susan Edmunds Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent
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File pictureNew rules limit benefits for teenagers to those whose parents who earn less than $65,000 a year. Photo: 123rf.com
New rules that limit benefits for teenagers to those whose parents who earn less than $65,000 a year will create perverse disincentives to low-income families taking on more work, commentators say.

The government announced at the weekend that parents need to earn less than $65,529 for 18- and 19-year-olds to qualify for Jobseeker benefits.

The income limit would be set at the cut-out point for a couple with children receiving the Supported Living Payment and would be adjusted annually.

Craig Renney, policy director at the Council of Trade Unions - who is also on Labour's policy council and a former adviser to then-Finance Minister Grant Robertson - said that amount was equal to two parents working 27 hours a week at minimum wage.

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"That's around three days at work per week each. If the parents earn one dollar above the cap, then their child gets nothing. But if one parent works one hour less - giving up $23.50 a week, then their child now gets $261 a week. The household is much better off if the parents work less.

"In fact, the parents can work 11 hours a week less and the household would still be better off. With secondary benefits kicking in, such as Accommodation Supplement or Working for Families (WFF) - assuming they have other children - then this might even stretch further."

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 1d

L-R: brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccolini

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 3d

Such simpletons, looking at all that and thinking the solution is to crack down on the homeless, like it's a choice that people will reverse when they realise other people dont like them.

Nary a mention of the causes of homelessness. I wonder how many of the complainers voted for this government?

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 4d

Julio

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 4d

Bow down!

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 4d

Bow down?

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 4d

When you see a 777, consider that the engines hanging off those wings have the same diameter as the whole fuselage of a 737.

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 5d

It's a gorgeous piece of writing, a monument of English psychedelia in its own right

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 7d

Free Cascadia!

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 9d

Wait till Americans hear about Test Cricket where occasionally there are Ties, but much more commonly there are Draws, and those are two completely different ways of neither team winning a game they've played for five days straight.

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 10d

I'm waiting for a team to hire an assistant OC from a rugby club

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 11d

Great poster!

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 13d

I've got chills

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 14d

Me too. I ripped them all before getting rid of them, but in crappy low-res mp3 format ;(

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 14d

Don't forget the ongoing revenue stream for residential landlords - why stimulate agriculture or commercial property development, when we can stuff an even larger proportion of our economy into the literal basement!

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Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 14d

Great job, thank you for your service!

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 14d

B A L L C L U B

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 15d

Man, he really hit the gas between his own 15 and 30 yd lines. Could see his stride effort shoot up when he saw the gap. Afterburners!

Michael Lakeman @suitedscience.bsky.social · 17d

On a beach in Vanuatu following on ESPN game cast. Memorable.

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