Congrats!! 🫎

The solicitation is finally up! Good luck to everybody applying this year (and those with mentees applying) - it's an extremely tight turnaround but very glad to see this. 🧪🌎

Today, I went to a CVS to get my COVID shot & was told that despite the WA Dept of Health’s Standing Order, they are following ACIP’s guidance to only vax folks 65+ or w/ underlying conditions. I filed a complaint w/ DOH. You can too! 💉⚕️😷🤷🏻‍♀️ [email protected]

doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh...

The public has until September 19 to weigh in on the proposed rescission of the 2001 roadless rule on Forest Service land, a move that experts have said will harm the health and biodiversity of ecosystems.

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And just like that, I’ve started saving for an Icelandic vacation… 🇮🇸🐧 newatlas.com/biology/baby...

If I go anywhere other than Kaiser I have to pay out of pocket

I live in Washington State and this is the message I get when I try to schedule my COVID vaccine… I don’t want to start over! I just want my shot 😭💉😷🩻⚕️

Dr. Judy Stone has written yet *another* great piece, this time about measles and what the public should know about it.

Measles continues to spread throughout the U.S., and we have the highest number of cases since it was declared eliminated in 2000.

Echo 👆 Also keep an eye out for latrines… they’ll often poo on deck furniture, wood piles and other things people touch on the regular. They carry worms that other mammals can get, including cats, dogs and people. If kitties go outside be sure to deworm them! cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/disease/racc...

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system.

But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes out the other end. How does that happen?

A doctor who treats digestive problems explains how 💩 is made:

If it’s a good title I’d stick to my guns on that one… thank you for this observation, we believe the title is clear and informative to the reader. Let the handling editor make the final call!

That phrasing is so gross it makes me want to take a shower

Would they rather it be in the form of a question? Or perhaps a punny pop culture reference?

Love this so much!

I came down to LA this weekend to visit fam… we saw our fav Lucha Libre & I taught my nephew (an avid angler) to can fish! Only those who get me know a 23L pressure canner is a normal carry-on The TSA machine didn’t think so 😭 It destroyed my canner & I’m now convinced octopuses screen our bags🥫🎣🇲🇽🤼‍♂️🐙

If you need something hopeful and inspiring to listen to, I highly recommend this three-part @npr.org podcast series The Network about the women who transformed abortion support in South America - and how it changed the world.

www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1...

Me, in a Lyft the other day, driver arguing w/ talk radio, host going off about the new logo.
Host: outrage! wokeness! they removed the white character from the logo!
Driver: hold up, you mad b/c they took the cracker out of Cracker Barrel?!
Me: hit tip so hard between crying snort laughs

Looks like someone is fixin to get a stern kick for getting too close to the youngster!

What about a truckers hitch? youtu.be/TUHgGK-tImY?...

👋 nice work! I was one of those scientists!

Hard to go wrong with a good cheese infographic! 🦠🧫🧀🪤🙌✋

Hard to go wrong with a good cheese infographic!

There is no joy greater than finding a box turtle in the yard! 🐢❤️🎉