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72, PhD, micro- + molecular biology. associated blogger @STCmicrobeblog. opinions my own.

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sempre solo simonetta, quasi sempre...

09.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
dom hΓ©lder cΓ’mara

dom hΓ©lder cΓ’mara

fondly remembered, dom helder

09.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lynn by Elio β€” Lynn Margulis, a preeminent figure in modern biology, died suddenly at the age of 73. She was a good and an old friend of mine. When we were both living in Newton, Massachusetts, our spo…

Elio was good friends with Lynn, and in private conversations never called her 'crazy'. quite the contrary...

08.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
emmy noether

emmy noether

...add emmy noether to the list of female mathematicians who made an impact already at a young age

08.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antica_Pizzeria_Port%27Alba

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antica_Pizzeria_Port%27Alba

in NYC? not so much...
pizzeria port'alba in napoli was founded in 1738. italians from the mezzogiorno arrived in NYC in larger numbers at the end of the 19th century.

08.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘‡βœ”οΈ

08.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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...auch dieses analphabeten-pictogramm links von der "1" konnte ich nicht sofort entziffern. paddel? kein ufo allerdings...

08.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...but beware of the sauce on your cupboard!

08.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Die Republik und das WAV gewinnen den Prix Transparence 2025 – fΓΌr die Recherche ΓΌber Palantir. Herzliche Gratulation an Jennifer Steiner, @jobaoer.bsky.social, @lonaeg.bsky.social, Marguerite Meyer und @adfichter.bsky.social! πŸ’«

Zur Recherche: republik.link/7kmSK

(Bild: Julia Schwamborn)

07.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6

I should/could have known that (πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ)

07.03.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rumpler Tropfenwagen 10/50 PS 4A 106, 1924

Rumpler Tropfenwagen 10/50 PS 4A 106, 1924

how a few daring german car manufacturers imagined (and actually built) the "car of the future" in 1924:
Rumpler Tropfenwagen 10/50 PS 4A 106

06.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you don't have to read it then, honestly. however, I don't envy the future authors of reviews of any science subgenre who, if they want to write a fair review, will have to plow through all the rubbish.

06.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, a dedicated millet fan πŸ‘

05.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...but does not sufficiently compensate for age-related farsightedness (in my experience).

05.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

or millet for that matter.
(but I would definitively wear a quinoa badge after getting to know andean food)

05.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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riso amaro / bitterer reis

05.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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...not to forget

05.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

on a weekly market in berlin, germany. design from ghana and sold by a student from africa who uses it to finance their living expenses.

05.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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no way

04.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"flood the zone with shit"
β€”steve bannon

04.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No TiΒ­tle [ just a very brief rant ] by Christoph β€” We "emΒ­phaΒ­size the unΒ­usual and the unΒ­exΒ­pecΒ­ted pheΒ­noΒ­meΒ­na for which we have a speΒ­cial fasΒ­ciΒ­naΒ­tion." And in fact, there are so many exΒ­citΒ­ing troves in the reΒ­cent sciΒ­en­…

different title, same authors as in πŸ‘‡
apparently, they haven't improved their skills

04.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the blessing of getting older 🀭 *every* movement gets painful when you don't train it on a regular basis; pipetting is the exception.

04.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

as a biologist, I sympathise with the last sentence of your article.

03.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

02.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...had been running empty on catalase, poor guy

02.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

found on reddit:
"Where do BAD rainbows go?"

"To Prism......It's a light sentence, but it gives them time to refract."

02.03.2026 03:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess will's @wcratcliff.bsky.social goaties don't subscribe to the 'hidden trampolin theory' πŸ˜…

01.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The AweΒ­somest Thing in BiΒ­olΒ­ogy by Elio β€” So says a blogger by the name of Psi Wavefunction regarding an eye-like structure of some protists called the ocelloid. She wrote this in a now defunct blog eponymously called 'The Ocell…

yes, the ocelloid. just one 'eye', not an invertebrate though...

01.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

danke fΓΌr diese zauberhaften krokΓΌsse, ursula πŸ‘‹

01.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
yves klein

yves klein

...also abstract in a way: yves klein 🀭

01.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0