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Apr 8

Lots of peeps have been asking me how I’m doing ❤️, so here’s a brain surgery post-op and recovery update thread. To start with, here are a few threads to help you get caught up: 1/

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Scientists get closer to Covid vaccine that offers lifelong protection

Mar 8

Okay, tweeps, I have some big medical/life news. *deep breath* In less than 2 weeks I will have in-patient brain surgery in Boston to remove a most-likely benign, non-life-threatening tumor called a meningioma from my frontoparietal cortex. Gif attached for mutual comfort. 1/

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‘In theory, a booster shot of our variant-updated version could provide lifelong protection’

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@biophyskrys

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As part of a final assignment in my seniors biophysical chem class, I asked students to share a class-related memes, with ones they make themselves highly encouraged! For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites! #chemistry #biochemistry

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As Covid Emergency Ends, U.S. Response Shifts to ‘Peacetime’ Mode

May 10

Zero mention of long COVID or other long-term health impacts. SMH. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new...

NASA Earth

@NASAEarth

Okay but besides Earth, right?

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NASA

@NASA

What’s your favorite planet?

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Prof Lucy Rogers PhD FREng

@DrLucyRogers

Bird tweeps - who dis pls? Spotted on island in Thailand. (iPhone photos - apologies!)

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen for communicating the sweet, sweet feeling of carving turns on snow. 🥹 By thatmountainlife tiktok.com/t/ZTRKLr72r/

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

@RevJacquiLewis

There were 4 mass shootings yesterday, too. They just didn't make the news.

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Muppet History

@HistoryMuppet

ava’s barry/succession brain rot

post the same actor in two roles that show their range

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post the same actor in two roles that show their range twitter.com/chasingbodies/…

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Jeff VanderMeer

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Mondays...

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Pretty little boop noodle I spied in

@AcadiaNPS

yesterday soaking up the sun on a carriage road. It wasn’t too happy to see me so I gave it a wide berth, sweet thing.

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May 7

Damn you, Handel *shakes tiny fist*

Dr Francis Young

@DrFrancisYoung

May 6

Shoutout to those Westminster School lads of the 18th century who graffitied their names on St Edward's Chair, which we're only now able to see thanks to the quality of broadcast image! 😆

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Friendly Neighborhood Comrade

May 7

To make up for my last tweet, this thread right here 👇🏻

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@SpiritofLenin

May 6

Pictured here, in King Charles sceptre, are shards of the Star of Africa diamond. The stone was stolen from South Africa in 1905, and is worth $400M The British later renamed the gem to "Cullinan Diamond" named after the owner of the mine from where it was stolen from.

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What y’all see in there????

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Zadok The Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)

May 7

Seriously, headphones on

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George Frideric Handel, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth · Song · 1996

Me being all anti-monarchy and determined to be grumpy-pants all day listening to Zadok the Priest on my headphones

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But could she outlast a lettuce?

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John Bull

@garius

May 6

Penny Mordaunt has now been holding that sword longer than Liz Truss was Prime Minister.

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Joseph Fasano

@Joseph_Fasano_

Apr 21

Oh my god ❤️❤️

Dear Mr. Fasano,

I came across the poetry prompt you designed for little children to express themselves with poetry, and I gave it to my 95-year-old mother, who has been struggling to express herself through dementia. This is what she wrote (Peter is the name of my late father):

My name is Dorothy.
Today I feel like the room where we get to play Scrabble forever.
Sometimes I am a cactus.
Sometimes I am my children.
But always I am hopeful.
I ask the world, "Where will I see Peter again?"
and the answer is
the room where we get to play Scrabble forever.

Thank you for what you do,

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Dr. Cait S. Kirby (she/her)

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Politeness culture in academia means that everyone will lament your departure after someone has treated you poorly enough that you leave, but no one will intervene in or even name the poor treatment for fear of making an abuser feel bad.

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Mt. St. Helens

@MtStHelensWA

Mar 12, 2020

You don’t know me bitch

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The Onion

@TheOnion

Mar 12, 2020

Aging Mount St. Helens Starting To Think Erupting Days Are Behind It trib.al/ke774u0

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A gripping and deeply disturbing read

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The Walrus

@thewalrus

Dozens of undetected serial killers may have prowled hospitals and care homes over the past fifty years, writes @pearsonspost Why are they so rarely caught? thewalrus.ca/when-healers-d

High Country News

@highcountrynews

Free, prior and informed consent ‘is more than just a checklist’

Avoiding a new wave of green colonialism is an urgent concern among attendees of the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples.

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Avoiding a new wave of green colonialism is an urgent concern among attendees of the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples.

I'm about halfway through

@DrJenGunter

's Menopause Manifesto and it is gold. I thought I was relatively well informed but I'm learning a lot. It's also just so dang validating to read, for example, in my case, that a degenerating fibroid is indeed, "very painful." F*** yes it is.

I really enjoyed this little video about aspens.

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Moss Man Sam

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New video on the channel! This one's about Pando, quaking aspen and a little population genetics youtu.be/ifDW8xjp-fg

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Anthony Farnell

@AnthonyFarnell

A record crushing +31C in Hay River, NWT yesterday and this is just the beginning. An extended heat wave will linger over Canada's north for 10 days or more. It's BY FAR the biggest deviations from normal anywhere on the planet.

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Hend Amry

@LibyaLiberty

If murder is an acceptable response to inappropriately loud or rude behavior, this is a damned society.

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Nancy Parmalee

@nparmalee

I am here to remind you that 1% of the population has schizophrenia. Even in the most symptomatic state they do not deserve to be murdered. People with schizophrenia do not deserve to be executed. They are not less than human.

This seems vaguely relevant… that time 20 years ago that I rocked a snarky eye-roll over high tea at The Orangery in London. #NotMyKing

A younger me eye rolling over a sip of tea out of fancy china with scones and jam and fancy china all around me

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Anyone know what the Irish and Scottish anti-monarchy hashtags are going to be this weekend?

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Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'

Holy late stage capitalism, batman 😰

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Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Sound up for literal “nom nom noms”

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@sandiegozoo

Apr 7

The best dam post you'll see today

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Amber Ying 應緣

@amberying

May 3

Mandarin originally did not differentiate gender with personal pronouns but due to translation challenges from Western literature in the early 20th century, adopted gendered pronouns.

May postcard: The two humors of time. | Patreon

May 3

I’ve been thinking about this by

@monicabyrne13

a lot. I need to intentionally cultivate more novelty for myself (not the brain surgery variety, ideally 🥴) because my balance has been out of whack since the pandemic began.

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Prof Lucy Rogers PhD FREng

May 3

Inspiring thread from my inspiring friend on nomadism and trading some comfort for novelty. ❤️

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@DrLucyRogers

May 2

In Dec I trialled a few months living abroad. I was testing if I could: cope on a continent where I didn't know anyone?

cope somewhere I didn't speak the language

write?

videocall?

Did I enjoy it?

Did I get lonely or bored?

<48hrs to the next adventure!

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Dr Pamela L Gay

@starstryder

May 2

It is no longer my bike. It is her bike.

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