An incredible article by an incredible science communicator. Thank you, Lena Hargrove, wherever you are - please teach.
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 5d agoThe COVID brain fog explained. The COVID-19 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. Dopamine producing neurons are rich in the ACE2 receptor. The virus causes disruption in the dopamine network in the brain. 🧪 tech-paper.com/scientists-f...
We had Cigna when I was a kid and it’s the reason I give Kaiser so much slack.
ProPublica@propublica.org · last wk.Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Day 210 of #365DaysOfMaps. July 29th is International Tiger Day. Here's a map not to lose your stripes over. Tiger Habitat Range (210/365) mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/07/inte...
horse girls, historical reenactors, train guys, trauma nurses...i'm NOT saying you should collect neurodivergent friends on purpose btw. i'm saying you're a writer so your friends are already neurodivergent
The ex-ballet-dancer problem: trying to keep yourself from rolling up to demipoint out of habit because now your old ankle bones tend to slip forward, over the arch, blocking a flexed foot when you finally want to put your heel on the ground. #relatable
"I’ve lived in the same house in the Elm Heights neighborhood for the past twenty years, and I just love everything about this town except for the problems that my politics have directly created."
Every NIMBY’s Speech at a Public Hearing
“Friends, neighbors, it’s good to see all of you. I know you, you know me, and just seeing all of your faces at this city council meeting reminds me why I l...
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Harriet Walter stan, here. That lady elevates everything she’s in AND kept Lord Peter Wimsey in line in the 1920’s.
As a final FU, my Incompetent Internet Carrier got bought by another company which immediately got bought by LARGE COMPANY and now I am suddenly in collections over something (?) and have no one left to call about it. What is happeningggggggg.
Cool paper looks at how renewable energy mix and siting can help minimize risk of outages in future climate Qiu @mhowland.bsky.social
Climate change reshapes resource adequacy risks and optimal renewable energy siting in wind and solar energy systems - Nature Energy
Decarbonized grids may face rising resource adequacy risks as weather-driven renewable variability and climate change jointly affect supply and demand. A high-resolution model shows that these risks s...
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WORK OF ART
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2w agoThis wax model of a human head from the 19th century shows the internal structure of the brain, complete with its protective covering, the meninges, the eye, cheek, neck and jaw. Wax models were used for teaching anatomy to medical students or as part of popular anatomy shows. #medicalhistory
Michelle Pfeiffer, if you can believe she could be hotter. Like, I was confused by how magnetic she was - I felt physically threatened by her poise. How can someone so short be SO powerful. I learned something that day (she’s a witch, obv)
Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 2w agoRandom question: what celebrity have you met in real life who was dramatically better looking than ypu thought they were based on on screen appearance?
When a federal administration strips support for long-term data collection, they not only interrupt key longitudinal data sets but also put at risk any physical collections associated with them. That is a destruction of scientific resources that we have already paid for and belong to us all.
