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Fly biologist interested in developmental metabolism
Also into art, social sciences, and history!
@ratwolf dumb question, but what's that exactly? And what is it visualizing? I tried looking it up but got nothing I could understand

Reading old news reports can be unintentionally hilarious.

Context: Prigozhin led a failed coup against Putin that ended with him seemingly off the hook. Shortly after this article was written, Prigozhin's plane (with him on it) was blown up in what the American DoD suspects to be Russian sabotage.

#news #history #politics #russia #putin

With the Xodus from the dead bird site, there are a lot of new people on Mastodon.

To the newcomers, welcome to this corner of the internet! It's quite friendly here and there are communities for anything you may be interested in.

There aren't really any fights here the way there is on X, so if you're into verbal blood sports this might not be the place for you, but if you're sick of rage bait and toxicity you will feel right at home here!

If you're looking for people to connect with, feel free to say hi in the comments and mention your interests and follow anyone there who looks interesting!

#Xodus #mastodon #twittermigration

Called it.
@bitsofpluto it's interesting to see all of the craters on it, are the far reaches of space that it inhabits so full of asteroids as to cause such a density of marks? Or is it just a result of being really old and thus having a lot of time to encounter sparse asteroids?
Stop the horseshoe crab torture labs

Horseshoe crabs have roamed our oceans for more than 400 million years and survived all five mass extinction events. But now, their populations on the US East coast are collapsing – because of their b

Ekō

I feel that journalists broadly learned their lessons from 2016, but it didn't matter.

We're so cooked

https://theconversation.com/what-should-journalists-do-when-the-facts-dont-matter-243197

#politics #politics2024 #trump

What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?

Historical examples abound of American news consumers being presented with verified facts about controversial figures or events, only to have the excellent journalism have little to no effect.

The Conversation
Why the 'Housing First' approach has struggled to fulfill its promise of ending homelessness https://phys.org/news/2024-11-housing-approach-struggled-fulfill-homelessness.html #science
Why the 'Housing First' approach has struggled to fulfill its promise of ending homelessness

Over the past 15 years, the Housing First approach has gained traction as an evidence-based solution to tackling homelessness in many developed countries, including Canada.

Phys.org
@guerrillarain I'm a molecular biologist so not exactly what you're looking for, but if you think I can help I'm happy to take the offer :)