I miss the RiteAid pharmacies with Thrifty ice cream. They used to give out free ice cream scoop coupons with vaccines, which is quite good if you can't locate a friend to get cake with

Maggie Astor@maggieastor.bsky.social · last wk.

If you're someone who, like me, fully appreciates the importance of vaccines but is also needle-phobic, I can't recommend enough finding a likeminded friend who you can get vaxed with and then get baked goods. Because now it's on my schedule not as "needle 😭" but "see my friend and have cake!"

Assignment desk: what happened to the academics who left the United States because of the stem cell research ban?

Anyway I personally think that one thing I want my elected officials to perform is that EVERY TIME they are given the option, they should vote against fascism. Not just some of the time. Every time.

Weird, I shout into the void about 3x as much now

Kensy Cooperrider@kensycoop.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fascinating finding that we're speaking less than we used to. 28% reduction in daily spoken words between 2005 and 2019 (~338 fewer words per year). The authors connect this to a rise in loneliness—plausible, but could also be a shift in "language diet." 1/2 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My husband wrote a book! I am very proud, holy crap that's a lot of work! www.amazon.com/Models-Metho...

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We’re not changing it.

why does he act like the villain in a geography game for children (pc/mac compatible)

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs order directing interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' as Canada trade war persists.

I think its whats done with the system, right? Its the same as computers, the internet, automation, robotics and AI -- its an opportunity to make everyones life better... but in practice, workers quality of life doesnt improve, and the benefits only go to the bosses/billionaires.

Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house

Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house

LOS ANGELES - Following the death of beloved 80-year-old British actor Tim Curry, observers have noted a coterie of anonymous upper crust suspects arriving at his mansion in order to investigate the m...

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I majored in Mechanical Engineering and love my degree and everything it's brought me; the best classes I took in college were the GEs. Not because they were the most "useful" but because they broaden your view of the world outside your chosen field of excellence.

When we hate on these disgusting immoral evil billionaires it’s bc just look at everything Dolly did. They could be doing that. They could just be helping people and every day they choose not to help people. They choose to harm. And when they die, we’ll dance and laugh and be thankful they’re gone.

I just want to build a new society built around a common understanding: If you have more money than you could ever spend and you still want more, you are a fundamentally broken human who needs supportive intervention before you are fit to participate in a healthy, functioning community.

I got my vaccine records from my mother a while back and know for certain that I got an MMR shot in high school, but I'm still going to ask my primary doc about getting a booster because hs was a long time ago. This is sad and preventable abcnews.com/Health/2-peo...

2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania, marking state's first deaths in 35 years

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

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Sorry I missed your talk at #ACSFall2026, I was…

I am indeed a professor. I read ugh, theory. I read a lot of history; articles and books. Its because the stuff I read for work is so dark, and intense that I need something to change the gears. So hell yes, I read absolutely trashy romance novels, and I read smut. We can do it all, I believe.

I am gonna be real: I have zero interest in the 33% still saying they approve. I am not interested in their inner world any more than I am the inner world of people who think the world is flat. They are obstacles to be navigated around. If they wanna come to Jesus, they can start walking without me.

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3w ago

the literal opposite of the point I was trying to make, tbh! I don't give a shit. they can't consolidate power with 33% of this country unless we all give up. fuck those losers, let's fucking go.

Cthulhu is watching

How long before this ends up as an LLM response?

Pretending that you do not have a politicsl ideology is in itself a political ideology

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last mo.

Amazing that there are still university administrators who think that bootlicking will save them. www.vanderbilt.edu/declaration/

I saw fireflies today and got very excited. And then I had to explain to the locals that we don't have fireflies in southern California so I had not seen any for years

What a week! 🦩 Thank you for the ideas, laughter, questions, and conversations that made #BCCE2026 so special. Carry a little Madison (and flamingo spirit!) with you. Safe travels, and see you at UC San Diego, August 6–10, 2028, for #BCCE2028! #chemistryeducation #chemed

All of Star wars is just context for andor

A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

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Alrighty, Chapter 56 — HBIC Lady CdB has shown up for some reason, and she seems a little impatient about something, kinda curt. What did Darcy do. I can only imagine this is his fault.

The TL;DR of the below thread: East Tennessee State University has M.S. Chemistry funding available for domestic US students FOR FALL 2026 SEMESTER. Chemsky, if you know anybody who is chasing after a grad school seat, ETSU would like to hear from you.

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If you're NOT registered to vote but you're eligible, register RIGHT NOW, and share the link below with everyone you know. To hell with these liars. We are going to win. www.vote.org/register-to-...

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The American Diabetes Association appears not to have learned their lesson the first time around (below). Now they've blocked publication of an editorial about this event that was slated for publication in the same journal, Diabetes Care, this week. But here it is. You know what to do.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 3mo ago

From 500 views in the first two months to over 100,000 views in the last few days. The ADA opinion piece that was too scary to be distributed at the ADA meeting has gone full Streisand. Y'all are doing the Lord's work.

I have just discovered that a new Lady Sherlock book is coming in September so if you need me I'll be rereading/listening to all of the previous books until then

Sherry Thomas@sherrythomas.com · 4mo ago

And if you would like a signed and personalized copy of the THE VANISHED SISTER, Lark & Owl Booksellers will also satisfy that desire. www.larkandowlbooksellers.com/products/the... Order deadline: August 28

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!

There is still time to submit your comment and tell the government that you don't want US research to be completely destroyed by politicians meddling in individual grants. You can submit your comments here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...