Margaret Eldridge
@margeditor.bsky.social
Book lover, sailing enthusiast, baker. I 💗 cats, so bring on the pics.
National Hispanic Heritage Month starts today, September 15. YGBFKM has a story about Juan Seguín to mark the occasion. Link in comments. #HispanicHeritage #history #texas #ygbfkm
Something weird that isn't a political headline: A microbe grows young inside (yeah, like it's pregnant), and then *explodes* to release them. Doom scrolling alternatives found every day at YGBFKM. #science #nature #microbes #ygbfkm
This Microbe Grows Its Young Inside Itself. Then It Explodes.
A newly discovered microbe doesn't split in two like ordinary cells. It grows its young inside itself, then bursts open to release them, and what's happening inside before that happens is stranger tha...
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My fav YGBFKM story of the week is about the music in your head. It's fun and amazing, but also science (so like mind vitamins). www.gottabekidding.me/the-song-stu...
The Song Stuck in Your Head Leaves a Readable Trace in Your Brain
Ten people imagined familiar melodies without making a sound. What their neural activity revealed was detailed enough for researchers to reconstruct the actual notes.
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Two marsupial species died out thousands of years ago, or did they? Local Indigenous communities never stopped saying otherwise. In this instance, deep-time oral history beat modern science. Link in comments. #science #nature #paleontology #ygbkm
Not really in the mood for, well, anything, but here's a truly interesting story about the Dunning-Kruger effect. That's the pattern where people who don't know much are overconfident. www.gottabekidding.me/the-dunning-... #science #medicine #health #psychology #ygbfkm
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Has It Backwards
Everyone assumed the loudest person in the room was proof. Turns out the math was lying, and the most skilled people may be the most deluded about their limits.
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The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷
Cells carrying mom's DNA set up permanent residence in your brain. One dataset found maternal cells in the brain of a man in his 90s. YGBFKM has the details: www.gottabekidding.me/your-mothers... #ygbfkm #medicine #health #science #neuroscience
Your Mother's Cells Are Living Inside Your Brain
Your brain contains cells that aren't yours, and may never have been. What exactly your mother's DNA is doing in there remains, somehow, an open question.
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Today on YGBFKM, find out what tricks the Naked Mole-Rat Queen is up to: www.gottabekidding.me/the-naked-mo... Hint: It's something she borrowed from the insect world #science #nature #ygbfkm
The Naked Mole-Rat Queen Doesn't Rule With an Iron Fist. She Rules With a Smell.
One airborne compound keeps every other female in a colony infertile, and it doesn't require anyone to be in the room to work. What else are we missing?
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I was feeling sick, losing my mind Heard about these treatments from a good friend of mine here.... #ramones #shocktreatment
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · last mo.Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is back, now for anti-aging. Read more at YGBFKM: www.gottabekidding.me/shocking-way... #medicine #health #aging #brain #science #YGBFKM
Sleepy sickness. Loyal sharks. Ancient amphibians. A star that dies and possibly gives birth to a whole universe. Yeah, we went there. 🎙️ EP-003 is out now. → rss.com/podcasts/got... #podcast #science #history #til
Forgotten Plague. Secret Romance. Baby Universe. | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
What do a pandemic that erased itself from memory, bull sharks with a decade-long romance, a dime-sized fossil mislabeled for decades, and a dying star that might be giving birth to a new universe hav...
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Describe your music taste with only three artists. No genres allowed! 1. Billy Bragg 2. Stevie Wonder 3. Elizabeth Cotten
The Medicine & Health beat is getting a lot of interest lately. An ovaries story was the second most popular in July. Here's another wait, what post about bodies, this time: skin.
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoNeurons fire electrical signals. Skin cells stay quiet, or so scientists thought. YGBFKM breaks down the new science: www.gottabekidding.me/your-skin-ce... #medicine #health #skin #science #ygbfkm
My favorite beat is Nature. Everyone else's favorite is Aliens. With the 4 UAP drops on war.gov/uap, I can see why.
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YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoYGBFKM holds the Aliens beat to a paper trail: declassified transcripts, sensor tapes the government itself calls unresolved, officials attaching their names to specific claims. Read the Roswell series & see the evidence for yourself. www.gottabekidding.me/what-roswell... #UAP #UFO #aliens #ygbfkm
Voting is closed on our Best Hot Take poll. Flatulent lakes, a jawbone under a bathroom floor, a galaxy with a metal band name: all of it was on the ballot. The astronomy entries pulled ahead of the pack. www.gottabekidding.me/vote-best-ho... #astronomy #science #ygbfkm #hottake
Results: Best Hot Take from YGBFKM
Ten hot takes. One vote. Science journalism has never been more democratically absurd.
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Sign up today (free, no ads) & in the morning you'll see the weekly YGBFKM newsletter in your inbox. This week: Osage oil murders, a gene-stealing plant, and sharks getting weirdly loud, loyal, and warm-blooded. www.gottabekidding.me/membership/ #science #nature #ygbfkm
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Tired of regular, old doomscrolling? We've got what you need! Sign up today for a free membership and get: * Weekly Roundup. We see a lot of weird stories here each week. Maybe too many. You don'...
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A directive freeing whistleblowers from their NDAs reads like disclosure is finally moving. But check where they are actually allowed to talk: two agencies, the same two that already had jurisdiction. Not Congress. Not the public. www.gottabekidding.me/ufo-whistleb... #aliens #uap #ygbfkm
UFO Whistleblowers Are Free to Speak. Just Not to You.
New oversight panels and a whistleblower memo raise the stakes, but a still-unreleased helicopter encounter report leaves the biggest question untouched.
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My new favorite YGBFKM hot take: The rainforest's hottest dance club exists because one bird optimized for snacks. It's from a story that will be published next week. If you like hot takes, vote. Your input will help me make hot takes funnier. www.gottabekidding.me/vote-best-ho...
Vote: Best Hot Take from YGBFKM
Ten hot takes. One vote. Science journalism has never been more democratically absurd.
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This Medicine & Health story was the second-most-viewed post for July: www.gottabekidding.me/the-ovary-cl... #medicine #health #science #menopause #women #ygbfkm
The Ovary Clocked Out. Then It Picked Up a Second Shift.
The ovary stops making eggs and medicine calls it done. New research suggests it just switched departments. What is it actually doing?
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Today for Shark Week, are bull sharks in love? www.gottabekidding.me/bull-sharks-... #sharks #sharkweek #nature #science #biology #ygbfkm
Bull Sharks in Fiji Keep Finding the Same Mates. Every Year. For a Decade.
The DNA said the same two sharks had pups together years apart. Bull sharks were supposed to be solitary. What else have we gotten wrong?
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Here's the thing: I really do want to know which hot take you like best. Please vote. Just 4 days remain.
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo ago4 days left to vote for your favorite hot take. Voting ends July 31.
Get your shark fix for Shark Week at YGBFKM 🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoNine shark stories, all in one place. A shark the length of two school buses. A shark with a 400 year old heart that's still beating. A shark the color of a traffic cone. Shark Week is a good excuse to catch up. tinyurl.com/weirdsharks #sharkweek #science #nature #ygbfkm
♥️ 🦈 Happy Shark Week!
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoShark Week is here and we're ready with stories. Read about a solid orange nurse shark turned with white, irisless eyes and a rarely seen adult great white surfacing beside divers hauling gear off a shipwreck. tinyurl.com/sharkwk #SharkWeek #nature #ygbfkm
Eastland disaster, 111 years ago today.
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo ago111 years ago today, America's deadliest maritime disaster happened in a Chicago river, in calm water, before the ship left the dock. The SS Eastland disaster killed 844 people: more than the Titanic, more than the Lusitania. tinyurl.com/eastland-111 #history #ygbfkm
The violence of the universe is astounding
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoA galaxy called RAD-BAARG is plowing into a cluster at supersonic speed. The collision carved a glowing arc 1.8 million light-years across. A grad student in the Himalayas found it. tinyurl.com/supersonic-g... #astronomy #science #ygbfkm
This story feels like a symbolic mirror: an eagle weakened by underlying issues, attacked while vulnerable, and fought for by people who believe she is worth saving. www.usatoday.com/story/pets-a... Funny though, it didn't make me cry, it gave me hope.
Jackie the beloved bald eagle remains in critical condition
Big Bear's bald eagle Jackie is still in critical condition after her rescue, though she's alert, eating and "fighting" in rehab
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You know I'm all for whatever cats have planned. 😼
YGBFKM@shockandscroll.bsky.social · 2mo agoMedieval courts tried, convicted, and sometimes executed pigs, rats, and weevils for crimes against humans. The condemned were sometimes dressed in human clothing before execution. Cats remained essentially untouchable. tinyurl.com/cats-for-the... #history #ygbfkm