Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
Legit surprised how many people seem to be enjoying that Glowworm thread. Y'all will end up with one on HMS Ledbury if you're not careful.
I don't know if the LA fire department is properly funded or not but the claim that the city cut its budget last year — which is circulating widely on the right — is false. As Politico notes, the budget actually INCREASED by $50 million. A portion of the funding was approved in a separate bill.
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
they said in 2025 i will say "Heavens to betsy" . I wont be incorporating the phrase "Heavens to betsy" into my posts, not in 2025, not ever
It’s why I’m mostly here now, in The Good Place.
Sure Happy It’s Thursday! What song is stuck in your head right now?
An astrophysicist and a neurosurgeon concluded that the human brain and the universe basically grow as a result of similar physical principles. Today’s House of Study goody looks at a myriad of similar connections, with many exquisite photos:
Somehow the more streaming services you've got the less there is to watch.
President Jimmy Carter U.S. Capitol Departure
lots of devastation and negativity on the feed today. i know this won’t solve anything, but maybe it’ll make someone smile and just forget for a small moment. the beauty of the cosmos 🌌
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Here are some nice mushrooms
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marvel rivals making a male character: give him the most creative kit ever seen in the shooter genre marvel rivals making a female character: i don't know, have her shoot energy shots out of her hands. and make her ass big.
I would safely assume the house used as the location for the party in Can’t Hardly Wait is gone. It was nestled in the foothills of Altadena. I got to revisit a few years ago for a documentary on homes in movies. A beautiful, historic, 100+ year old estate.
DEM L 190, a supernova remnant around 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu
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While I’m not planning on having children later in life, I’m pretty sure I just had my eggs frozen by stepping outside my house. I don’t even have eggs. That’s how cold it is.
when i look at the moon, i think of you
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Rock songs in the 70s were like "She's a dangerous woman, she'll play you like a fiddle, she'll steal your heart and ruin your life. She's 16."
Today I used algebra to solve a graphic design problem Be careful out there kids, math will get you when you least expect it
I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.
Studio City Fire Knocked Down. Way to go
In Russia, the "Cherkizovo Chicken Kingdom," one of Russia's leading poultry producers, is reportedly on fire. Russians report that debris from Ukrainian drones, shot down by Russian air defenses directly over the facility, caused the blaze. That naughty debris again.