(((Eddie)))
@abracadocious.bsky.social
Mostly harmless. Tikkun olamnik.
Okay, I am going to tell a little story. It's one I have saved for the last couple years, almost nobody knows about it. But it lives in my heart. I don't know how others will feel about it, maybe something, maybe nothing. It's about the Uncanny X-Men. 1/
The immigrant union troops who defended their adopted country from slaver traitors are in fact, proof of concept of American higher ideals having nothing to do with “blood” or “heritage” or whatever cowardly euphemism is in vogue among these pathetic losers
This story about a college bio lab fuckup is fucking wild from start to finish arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.
arstechnica.com
as scholars we sometimes forget that the average person can only recite 2 or 3 Greek epics
This story really hurt my heart, a bunch of grownups decided it’s OK to experiment on a little girl, because she’s falling behind at school. She had the mild form of a cognitive genetic disorder and likely would’ve had a normal life expectancy. She was six.
Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public
Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals
science.org
prussian artillerists would core the baguettes with a bayonet, and charge the hollow with butter wrapped in a delivery cylinder of speck. when heated by flame, the butter melted this improvised fuse traveled with Missouri germans to the Army of the West; hence the saying, "send vicksburg a blücher"
Historian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.
I'm not posting Odyssey memes because one must be wary of GIFs bearing Greeks.
Murder muppet Ambush bug, just hanging around on a daisy for no reason at all and definitely not planning bug crimes
Cats hearing the name of the movie
Cats Catitude: Wide-Eyed Tabby Cat Stares
ALT: Cats Catitude: Wide-Eyed Tabby Cat Stares
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 3w agoI am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
A native fish species is eating some of the most damaging invasive species in the Great Lakes…AND making a significant impact! Freshwater Drum: The overlooked native fish that has been crushing trillions of Zebra & Quagga Mussels in Lake Erie www.canr.msu.edu/news/freshwa...
the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
notus.org
This video clip of a swan landing on a lake is best enjoyed with AUDIO ON. Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are among the heaviest flying birds & require a long runway, which means we get the majestic approach, a few furious moments of webbed feet slapping on water, then the majestic splashdown.
This is a really useful post about what you need to know about Cyclospora. I learned things. You will too
Explosive foodborne outbreak
It's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
My condolences to his family and to those who loved him, if any exist.
I was looking through old photos and found this Accidental Renaissance Painting of the cats
Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.
Every time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years"
19thnews@19thnews.org · 4w agoTrials found that Carevix — a portmanteau of “care” and “cervix" — reduced pain during IUD insertion by up to 73 percent and bleeding by 78 percent, compared to the tenaculum.
To his credit, Jamelle Bouie was right that the most obvious - and troubling - attribute of Platner was that he was a liar. And the fact that so many people in the Dirtbag Caucus were willing to willfully ignore Planter's transparent mendacity was worse.
Who is to blame for Graham Platner?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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