Heather Cook🖖Autistic CoachSo someone was asking me recently how to ask for accommodations for their sensory needs without coming across as needy or complaining. So here’s my three-step suggestion: 1/3
SecondUniverse (she/her/they)We need to talk about chilli peppers. When you eat something that is spicy HOT, and I mean really hot, do your lips (scale of 1 to 7):
| 1. Feel normal. | |
| 2. ... | |
| 3 . .... | |
| 4. Feel tingly. | |
| 5. ... | |
| 6. ... | |
| 7. Feel literally numb, like at the dentist. |
Poll ends at .
flypapers📰 "A nanoscale atlas of extracellular vesicles and particles in Drosophila olfactory sensilla"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.30.728996v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.30.728996v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
I really encourage creating a workspace that’s a sensory haven that actually feels good to you.
Like the colors are good, the textures are good, there’s no annoying ticking clock, or whatever it is that bothers you: get it out of that space! You're allowed to work somewhere that doesn't cost you energy just to be in it.
📰 "Molecular and neural mechanisms of sodium sensation"
https://doi.org/doi:10.1007/s13258-026-01782-8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42223533/
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Drosophila #Sensory
https://doi.org/doi:10.1007/s13258-026-01782-8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42223533/
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Drosophila #Sensory
📰 "Ultrasensitive voltage imaging reveals distinct electrical microdomains in neurons"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.728040v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.728040v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Sensory
Nuno Barradas Jorge#Sensoryexperience #sensory #Nottingham #Lumiarium #Timisien #Highfields #ArchitectsofAir #labyrinth #dome #universityofnottingham #lakeside #lakesidearts
📰 "The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel, Version 3 (DGRP3)"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728783v1?rss=1
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Mitochondria #Drosophila #Genomics #Sensory
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728783v1?rss=1
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Mitochondria #Drosophila #Genomics #Sensory
It can be difficult to pick whether something is anxiety-related or sensory-related, because those things can mask each other. 1/2
EgbertPigeons may use iron in the liver to sense the earth's magnetic field.
https://www.ab.mpg.de/944599/news_publication_26511515_transferred
Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers
• Previously unknown navigation mechanism: pigeons may sense the Earth’s magnetic field using iron-rich immune cells in their livers, a quantum effect. • Navigation experiments: removing iron-containing immune cells in the liver disrupted pigeons’ sense of direction under overcast skies. • Sensing via the immune system: findings suggest a new link between immunity and sensory perception in birds, and potentially other animal species.