Sara Guenthner
@sguenthnerauthor.bsky.social
Scientist by day moonlighting as a Science Fantasy writer by night. … I expressly prohibit the submission of my writing or art into any AI/machine learning algorithms.
In case you missed it, The Chosen One Con is still on NetGalley!
Tru Skies@trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · last wk.Not sure if you want to commit to a massive ARC of The Chosen One Con? I've added the first chapter to my website! Give it a read and see where the story begins: www.trudieskies.com/lost-in-the-... And if you want to read more, The Chosen One Con is on NetGalley and BookSirens!
Wow. Open source developers are also being overwhelmed with AI code. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it'
At risk of drowning in AI slop code, Godot is firming up its contribution requirements.
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Fermentation, like canning and freezing, is a very cool way to preserve seasonal produce. And, if you’ve never had homemade Korean fermented veggies… you’re missing out. 😋 Traditional fermented German sauerkraut is still on my foods to try list.
Global Issues@globalissues.org · 2mo agoSustainability in food doesn't have to mean less taste, less pleasure. Some chefs are showing how ancient and modern techniques can give you the best of both #SustainableGastronomyDay #SustainableFood #Food
And only 2.9% returned to the sex they were assigned at birth.
Jack Turban MD@turban.bsky.social · 2mo agoA new study of 445 adolescents treated at pediatric gender clinics in Canada found that after a mean 2.4 years, 94.6% still identified as trns. Of the 353 who started hormonal treatments, 1.1% discontinued them. www.jahonline.org/article/S105...
Jane Yolen was a part of my childhood with The Pit Dragon Chronicles
Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoJane Yolen (1939–2026) locusmag.com/2026/06...
Spent the morning making myself a #sustainablescience feed using SkyFeed, because why not? 🤗
Reading up on trap crops. I've always heard about using plants like marigold to repel pests, but this is the idea that you plant pest sensitive crops to either divert pests away from your main crop, or plant the sensitive crop off-season to stop the pests's life cycle. Cool. #sustainablescience
Feeling this right now. I’ve been stuck in an editing loop because I have not necessarily happy endings, and people keep telling me that won’t sell, readers will hate me. Finally really decided (again ;) that it is more important to me to be true to my story right now. Though things change.
Kerry C. Byrne@kercoby.bsky.social · 2mo agoI think one of the greatest personal moments in my writing career so far was realizing I don’t want to write full time. I want as much control as I can get over what I write and the pace at which I write it. Very few people in publishing get that, especially when writing full time.
We’ve seen this trend before but I still find it cool. 😊 Selecting for multicellularity in the yeast S. pombe results mostly the same genes being mutated as when you select for multicellularity in S. cerevisiae. Lots of cell cycle and cell adhesion proteins. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Genetic and environmental determinants of multicellular-like phenotypes in fission yeast
Abstract. Multicellular fungi have repeatedly given rise to primarily unicellular yeast species. Some of these, including the fission yeast Schizosaccharom
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IDK, this one is just freaking cool. Silk. I mean, silk?! Look at how clear that is! Super high pressure though. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cool reminder of how important it is to conserve diversity: finding disease resistant genes in wheat relatives! This review makes me simultaneously glad we have found so many and amazed at how relatively few there are in the grand scheme of things.
Benzoquinones from scorpions and a peptide from habaneros. One of the benzoquinoes has been shown to be effective in mice already against tuberculosis.
Delthia Ricks@dricks.bsky.social · 3mo agoResearchers are developing 3 new antibiotics from scorpion venom and habanero peppers. The medications are in early pipeline development to combat tuberculosis & other drug-resistant pathogens. These unusual drug sources may be key to killing resistant bacteria, scientists say👇
I just want to say, peptide stacks ... the peptide part is basically short for peptide growth hormone. Same for synthetic peptides -- they are synthetic peptide growth hormones. I'm not saying don't take them if the doctor says to... I'm just thinking maybe don't recommend them to high schoolers?
Anyone else working their way through the Hugo packet?
AutomataCon, a biennial convention for automata enthusiasts, returns this weekend to the Morris Museum in New Jersey. It’s organized by Brett King, a well-known #steampunk maker. We’ve posted a preview. steampunk-explorer.com/news/automat...
Automata Enthusiasts to Gather Again in New Jersey for AutomataCon
Robots may be tropes of science fiction, but they have roots in mechanical devices known as automata that date as far back as ancient and medieval times. Next weekend, enthusiasts will celebrate these...
steampunk-explorer.com
They destroy mountains to get limestone for concrete, the second most used building material in the world, so being able to recycle it is amazing news. #sharegoodnewstoo techxplore.com/news/2026-05...
Recycled concrete slabs match or beat traditional builds, even at 100% replacement
Steel and recycled concrete composite slabs with equivalent—and in some cases superior—performances compared to traditional ones: This is the outcome of the SARCOS (Steel And Recycled Concrete Slab) p...
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Looks like the shade from the solar panels helped, but it’s by no means perfect yet. Sounds like the engineering requirements doc needs to be updated to say “and don’t forget the tomato’s”. 🍅
American Society for Horticultural Science@ashs-hort.bsky.social · 3mo agoResearchers evaluated the potential for dry-farmed tomatoes to be produced between solar panels in an energy-centric solar installation. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI19321-26 #plantscience #HortScience
I love biochemistry around fermentation, so this paper was fun for me. They did a Genome Wide Association with 143 plants, 2 species of coffee to look for flavor genes, and the core of their study found that more sugar makes coffee taste better. ❤️❤️❤️
Saw someone express disbelief that people who vote for the Hugos actually did the reading and I'm like my sibling in Christ these are nerds and reading is their actual hyperfocus, they'll complete the whole assignment with weeks to spare
I worked in a lab that looked at using protists for hydrogen production, so this is really cool for me: "hydrogen-producing organelle called the hydrogenobody (HB), ... [with[ a single membrane, distinguishing it from canonical hydrogenosomes [...] which are mitochondrion-derived organelles."
Very interesting move towards off the grid water condensation from the air itself. 🧪 #sharegoodnewstoo
Standard town housing in my villages look a lot like this: “New housing designs that reduce indoor temperatures and improve ventilation can help cut infectious disease and improve health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new Oxford-led research.” www.globalhealth.ox.ac.uk/news/innovat...
Innovative housing design cools homes, saves lives in Africa
New housing designs that reduce indoor temperatures and improve ventilation can help cut infectious disease and improve health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new Oxford-led research.
globalhealth.ox.ac.uk
Chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) T cells are showing promise in treating autoimmune disorders. Basically, the patient's T-cells are genetically modified to attack the disease causing B cells which are attacking the healthy body tissues - 'resetting/calming' the immune system. #sharegoodnewstoo
🧪 #sharegoodnewstoo The number of scientists running for office has tripled in the USA!
