So, if yinz remember, I bashed the shit out of my leg and it’s a huge abrasion and gross in the ways those are gross, well I’m no better at dressing it lol I just feel gross all the time and wish I didn’t also have to do brain-work while feeling it continue to ooze I need it to staaaahp

Starting to lose feeling in my hand lol and it’s the best place to be

It’s so hard to fight sleep (and what… be productive I guess?) when there’s a very cozy feline overlord attached to my hip

Last night, Seth Moulton became the latest anti-trans Democrat to fall. There is good evidence that his anti-trans positions directly impacted the election - 67% of voters said those positions made them less likely to vote for him. Markey wins in a landslide. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Seth Moulton Abandoned Trans People, And It Cost Him Everything: Ed Markey Crushes Him In MA Senate Primary

Moulton is the latest Democrat to lose his job after staking out anti-trans positions.

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She defended her cheese with data

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 23h ago

When will authorities realise you don’t mess with nuns? The dictionary needs a new word to capture the level of tenacity of a nun — there’s no rush when you’ve got centuries of tradition coursing through you. #nuntastic will do for now. Anyway: cheese 🧀 + PhD + history + nuns = 👌👌👌

Mister Rogers never misses

IMPORTANT @thewillardyears.bsky.social (Am I currently considering making a Bad Decision? I might be)

RUSH adds Pittsburgh stop to 'Fifty Something' tour at PPG Paints Arena

RUSH is coming to Pittsburgh. The legendary rock band added a PPG Paints Arena stop to its tour celebrating 50+ years of music and Neil Peart.

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If you have tips about the US Postal Service's effort to regulate mail voting in the midterms, please reach out. You can reach me securely on Signal at jenafifield.01 or contact our tip line at 917-512-0201.

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · 2d ago

1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇

Just look at this little cherub

“If that counts as sexual assault then almost every woman has been sexually assaulted”. Yes. Bingo. Almost every woman HAS been sexually assaulted. Many of us have had it happen more than once. The problem isn’t the definition, it’s rape culture.

A subgenome-resolved and chromosome-scale reference genome assembly of allotetraploid wheat wild relative Aegilops peregrina https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.28.747929v1

I tripped and fell yesterday and it’s pretty gnarly. I thought I just scraped my shin but when I checked it out I realized it had actually scraped a chunk of skin off? And I don’t have the right supplies to bandage it up nice. I’m meeting parents for a visit soon so we’ll see how that goes

So I had this task that's been eating at me all week. I had to write up methods for a project I did 1-2 years ago and remember none of. But I was able to figure it out. I didn't want to engage with it bc of not wanting to work, but I did today, and its done

I don’t see how I’m supposed to get work done with this happening. Brb my hearts growing 3 sizes nbd

Made some awesome Aldi bean dip: Refried beans + hot sauce + chili powder (nuked a little) Pico de gallo, medium Sour cream Avocado verde salsa/guac I built it in the order of how I used to enjoy my chipotle burrito bowls. Enjoyed with tortilla chips

Going back to work after vacation is always rough. Because you get to experience what not-having-to-work-to-live and its awesome and you know you won't get to be there in any long-term way (that's if social security/retirement will even exist in 20 years).

PIXSBURGH POTTY

Jacob Bacharach@jacobbacharach.bsky.social · last wk.

This image represents Pittsburgh in roughly the synechdochic manner as the Eiffel Tower represents Paris.

🏰The Queer Medieval Jam is approaching! 🏰 They are queer, and they are here. Namely, in a setting inspired by medieval times. Submit old works, or create something brand-new! From September 1st to December 1st. ⚔️ itch.io/jam/the-quee... [shares are greatly appreciated!]

they see me kirbin

Yayyyy! Jigglypuff is the best Pokemon!

Stefscribbles@stefscribbles.bsky.social · 2w ago

here's what's gonna happen

30 gd years ago, there was a storyline on ER where an unvaccinated kid died of measles. The young doctors had not actually ever SEEN measles in person. This was in the bag, y'all, and we've dropped it.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports

“HOW TO LIVE IN THE AGE OF A.I.” ALLLLLL This. 100%!!! 😊❤️

Nature abhors the spelling of vacuum.

Serena was concerned last week when I was on vacation bc I wasn’t at my desk. Today I’m back at my desk and she doesn’t approve of that either lol. She sure is cute though

Naturally arising de novo open reading frames as potential zinc chelators in Drosophila melanogaster https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.19.745823v1

May be it only works for me but I have been using blebbing cells as calming patterns :)

Its something that we probably all know on here but it always deserves saying: The people who are suddenly 'concerned' about academic freedom only have those concerns when someone loses their job for being a bigot. Never when a leftist, feminist, or BIPOC professor loses their job after bullshit.

AI is going to die under its own weight. every day, planned data centers are falling through because, to fund them, they need actual returns on investment which they are NOT getting- because nobody wants to pay $20 per shrimp jesus waifu. College kids don't want to pay that for an essay. etc

"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist." -Winona LaDuke, activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer

Entanglement-based continuum conformational landscape of proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.17.745258v1