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Does Art Sometimes | MCD Biologist | Nature | Be Kind to Eachother | Definitely Not a Werewolf | Cytogenetics Technologist | *Angry Scientist Noises* 90s/00s kid (Cover/profilepic by me) Support me on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/k_sciencearts

New official work: Kubo and the Two Strings 10th Anniversary for Laika Studios. Made at Empire Design. I'm thrilled to share this piece which was a joy to design and create. It pushed the boundaries of what I thought I was capable of but it ended up being my most favourite piece I've ever designed.

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Steller's Jay is mad impressed! Most they can do is ~11 shelled peanuts! #birds #becurious

photo of a steller's jay with a mouth and gular sac full of shelled peanuts. they are directly facing the camera with their beak open so you can see at least two peanuts.
Great Basin Bird Observatory@greatbasinbirds.bsky.social · 7h ago

Pinyon Jays can carry 50+ pine nuts at a time in their crop & fly long distances to cache them across the landscape. As scatter-hoarders, #PinyonJays may hide millions of seeds over their lives. While they recover many, some are forgotten, giving new pinyon pines the chance to grow. #ForestFriday

Pinyon jay flying with nut. Photo by Bobby Wilcox.

Also will fully admit I imagine the outlook on Americans up there right now ain’t great. Little nervous we might run into some salt, but also I think because I expect it and frankly commiserate I’m not as worried as I would once have been. Just gunna try to be kind and happy to exist there

K | Science Nature & Art (and weirdness)@ksciencearts.bsky.social · 16h ago

Really excited to get to go to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls in a couple weeks. If anyone has suggestions on must see or eat, please let me know. Bucket list item and excited to experience more of Canada Only ever got to drive through

A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB #ShareGoodNewsToo

Fridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reach

Unreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that.

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"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

Linuxiac@linuxiac.bsky.social · 3d ago

LibreOffice 26.8 is now available with a new Paragraph Composer in Writer, native OpenType variable font support, Calc improvements, and better document compatibility. linuxiac.com/libreoffice-... #OpenSource #OfficeSuite