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Mad Laboratorian. Writer. Multiple Mom. Feminist. Neurospicy. Evidence-based (til proven otherwise). Opinions are mine. ALL MINE. I stand for science and justice. Guns suck. She/her

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found two little foam play broadswords at the thrift store and i was like "whatever" but the lads immediately yelled "DEATH TO TYRANTS" like the bunny in robin hood when they snatched them up so we obviously now own two little foam play broadswords

06.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Volunteers got to shop tonight ahead of tomorrow's sale and I scored some LEGO sets (hopefully complete but they were cheap enough it's NBD if not), and some super cute tees for the kids. When the clothes are like $2 a piece it's hard to resist.

07.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just spent the evening with a bunch of people, getting things set up for a fundraising consignment sale and my feet hurt but my heart is happy.

07.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Your job is to pick the worst possible actor to play James Bond. Go!

06.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

My real hot take on this is that both editors and readers need to become reacquainted with the kind of writing that doesn’t *immediately* answer all your questions.

06.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Might be.

The bag was pretty full and I was ready to dump it out and start the matching party. I'm very cranky.

06.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections? Constant loss of smell, facial pain and a blocked nose are a reality for the 10 per cent of people living with chronic rhinosinusitis, a disease long-neglected by research. Targeting the nasal microbi...

I was today years old when I found out you can get a "snort transplant" to treat chronic nasal congestion.
Transplant of nasal microbiota may improve symptoms of chronic rhino-sinusitis.
Because I know this, you must now know this too 😊.
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...

06.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 5

the hot dog will be a dollar fifty until the heat death of the universe

05.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1188 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6

I've got a canvas grocery bag that I use to hold odd socks when I'm doing laundry. And it has DISAPPEARED. I've searched the entire house. Every room. Every closet. Under every couch. I've checked the garage. I've checked the car.

Sock rapture? What gives?

06.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

Two satellite proposals threaten the night sky β€” Submit a comment to the FCC

(deadlines today and 9th March)

darksky.org/news/two-sat...

#astronomy #lightpollution

Via @darkskyintl.bsky.social

05.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

Ah, there's a *restaurant* called "French Laundry." That headline makes much more sense to me now.

06.03.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

05.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 7293 πŸ” 2010 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 88

THIS THIS THIS.

Every single pervert abuser asshole needs to GO. I don't care who they are, how popular they are, how load-bearing their roles are. Let it all come down and we'll fucking rebuild.

06.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

someone was saying they thought maple syrup just came out of the tree, and it’s funny because we have a story about this in ojibwe

like, the syrup used to come out that way but people got lazy and fat so the creator thinned it out into sap so we wouldn’t take it for granted

05.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 481 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

I love that!

06.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Friends from outside Minnesota have asked me if there are celebrations in the street over Noem being fired. To anyone not in MN: no. people are still buying neighbors groceries and collecting for their rent and patrolling. If ice is abolished or trump dies, then mpls will celebrate

05.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 642 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 13

Hey #scicomm folks!

I am looking for a diverse crew to represent their fields with their head shot and a fun fact they like from their field of study, but SPECIFICALLY:

-a geologist/volcanist or gemologist
-a zoologist
-astronomer
-a paleontologist
-a structural engineer

05.03.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

HEY BLUESKY!

You know how all those folks printed out and shipped a LITERAL MILLION whistles for folks protecting each other from ICE?

Bree is one of those people! Her stuff is adorbs! You might very well find a lil somethin' to give a beloved, or, I dare say, yourself!

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

05.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Human rights mean everybody, even the people you hate.

For instance:

I would like to see this genuinely and unrepentantly evil man tried and sentenced for his evil. And not any of the other things that might come unbidden to my mind when he has fully enraged me. Like right now.

05.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I AM DESPERATE FOR MORE CULTURE COVERAGE ON THIS APP

FLOOD US PLEASE

TY!! β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️

05.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

so… what’s the email option now or are we all just fucked and should start training pigeons*

*I am against training pigeons

05.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We found out this year that if you call the county about spilled salt piles they'll send their crews out to sweep it up for re-use, which makes me very happy.

05.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
3 kids stand by a large pile of road salt in the middle of a road. They're holding brooms and shovels and trying to get it into a dustpan. There's a large bird seed bucket nearby which they plan to fill.

3 kids stand by a large pile of road salt in the middle of a road. They're holding brooms and shovels and trying to get it into a dustpan. There's a large bird seed bucket nearby which they plan to fill.

My kids filled up a giant bucket when they cleaned up a salt spill on the street last year! We had attended a "Green Fest" event at the library where we learned that salt gets into waterways and hurts wildlife, and they became obsessed with cleaning up extra salt. (I also have enough for yeeeears)

05.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Called again and got through to humans in Schumer's and Gillibrand's office right now. Call your senators, friends. Do it today.

05.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

WHO GETS NOEM'S BLANKIE?

05.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Coal, a black cat, stares into space with the tip of his tongue sticking out

Coal, a black cat, stares into space with the tip of his tongue sticking out

We have achieved maximum derp

05.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m reminded of that tweet that says that men were able to successfully cast themselves as the less emotional gender by redefining anger as not an emotion

05.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 691 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

A reminder to post gift links to articles if you have access to them. They help people who can't easily access paywalled articles to access them.

05.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3844 πŸ” 770 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 71

Seriously, landlords are business owners. No one guarantees to other business owners that they will never, ever have a bad month or two.

05.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 301 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1