2026-05-26T13:45:55Z https://yabu.me Bethany Brookshire https://yabu.me/npub1wurrl0m30llvt8v09ec5qk89p7fvgar8p7rk67l4etqzqfaatsqq8a6etm https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/304/934/248/293/023/original/e12ad1bb9b50fab6.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/304/934/248/293/023/original/e12ad1bb9b50fab6.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqevnzzf78yf9gdvcl6ezrtjpaw372p9eaecy6uuttn2teq5zst0szypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqj9njm3 Y&#39;all I spent YEARS of my life putting mice in little cages and giving them tiny little treats, took a solid month to train...<br/><br/>...and it turns out that no one ever checked if a BIG TREAT might work better. <a href="https://www.hhmi.org/news/bigger-rewards-speed-up-learning-dopamine-study?et_rid=51388002&amp;et_cid=5964544">https://www.hhmi.org/news/bigger-rewards-speed-up-learning-dopamine-study?et_rid=51388002&amp;et_cid=5964544</a><br/><br/>YEARS OF MY LIFE.<br/><br/>Via the excellent <br/>@science.org<br/> newsletter 2026-05-26T12:45:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87eggf80a5ftr7u83f6jf00le8krnm4z9s6npwcq6ueja4fss7pqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq4xuc2y Evolution is slow. <br/><br/>But life comes at you fast. <br/><br/>What picks up the slack? Epigenetics, and it&#39;s epigenetics that may have tweaked the crucial parts of our brains to make us who we are. <a href="https://www.templeton.org/news/the-evolution-of-the-human-brain">https://www.templeton.org/news/the-evolution-of-the-human-brain</a> 2026-02-17T20:06:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp829jfndkrt7vnfjmgvfd5xdv44u8lrjwdhwlzhmu600ve3872cqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq8s8fcf Ok HOLD THE PHONE. <br/><br/>&#34;He said that his previous research shows that humans have the start of a third set of teeth already embedded in our mouths.&#34;<br/><br/>Just drop that right at the end of this article WHAT?! <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a70366090/humans-have-third-set-of-teeth-new-medicine/">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a70366090/humans-have-third-set-of-teeth-new-medicine/</a> 2026-02-16T16:45:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswp90ar0xraa0der94vlxndsk94njf5kpq0cjaqt9we2jzfj6g6jczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqawghe8 DC and DC-adjacent humans! <br/><br/>There&#39;s a new Barnes and Noble opening on F St downtown, and they&#39;ve asked me to do a signing for their opening! So if you head over next Friday we can hang out! <br/><br/>And you can get my book! That is also nice. <br/><br/><a href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062201473-0">https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062201473-0</a> 2026-01-16T19:01:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyv2y9w97lfeawfweazc2ygp7gzschvv5r2pgrujmh0986u2cq2hszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqpk7778 From the people that brought you the &#34;war on Christmas&#34; when Christmas definitely now starts in October, they bring you &#34;the war on protein&#34;<br/><br/>Also this image slays me. It looks like they skinned RFK Jrs head and it&#39;s sort of an improvement. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr-says-hes-ending-the-war-on-protein-it-doesnt-exist/">https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr-says-hes-ending-the-war-on-protein-it-doesnt-exist/</a> 2026-01-16T14:29:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmxvln9y3fy3arvguzw524wtqmt60qfjashd3fjc6hd7lgctm5fgzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqs0wfwc RFK Jr thinks we are in some sort of war on protein. The war on protein is about as real as the war on Christmas. <br/><br/>&#34;The idea of encouraging people to eat more protein makes no sense at all, because people are already eating twice as much protein as they need.&#34; <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-dietary-guidelines-food-pyramid">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-dietary-guidelines-food-pyramid</a> 2026-01-08T19:47:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxyzwx3n3rr3zs28aktdq5xlpnk35zqzwrg8ah0t24fzcpeaztgczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqysjk4q Daylight savings ends this weekend in the US...so watch out for DEER. <br/><br/>Yes. REALLY. <br/><br/>Deer. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deer-vehicle-collisions-daylight-saving-time">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deer-vehicle-collisions-daylight-saving-time</a> 2025-10-28T13:15:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswll9xfa9rhc63pqnmx53zvuna6f77fvvs9khturvzkxqg4ge8rmszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqrmfag7 I gave a book talk today and someone came up and said hi, they follow me on MASTODON!<br/><br/>HELLO person!!! Thank you for coming to my talk that was lovely. :) 2025-09-26T01:29:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtzzqf6dw858ufu0u0yuhuwxygesszfdvvrp8kr0s459e5l3lvdszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq260wp5 Sharing this info on groundhogs because it never fails I get neighbors sending me photos every fall and spring going &#34;WHAT IS THIS THING!??!?! IS IT A GIANT RAT?!!?&#34;<br/><br/>I mean yeah...it&#39;s a groundhog. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve got one. His name is Keith. <a href="https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/5-things-groundhogs/">https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/5-things-groundhogs/</a> 2025-09-23T14:11:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfv76c0ycv2fx6c76p50cuafkemprl2szg2ry8rx6e6dr7pka00gszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq4qv30s When people started farming rice, they ended up with a problem: the wet conditions mean rice gets a LOT of weeds and snails and bugs...<br/><br/>And then one day, someone tossed in some carp. <br/><br/>A beautiful relationship was born. This week in my newsletter<br/><br/><a href="https://brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/carp-criminals-or-collaborators">https://brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/carp-criminals-or-collaborators</a> 2025-07-29T16:33:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0wgmtuj493vly79wqakfjhrlj8rzrajwh44pdefuel3fjkufkzqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqdlsj2n Ahem hello does your dog watch TV. <br/><br/>Scientists did a survey of dogs to find out how they interacted. More anxious dogs might get upset about vacuum noises. Energetic ones might follow other animals on the screen. <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog-tv-taste-depends-temperament">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog-tv-taste-depends-temperament</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve decided that schnauzers are absolutely true-crime girlies and it makes them even more paranoid than they already are. 2025-07-17T15:24:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvc4645ly3zdpjmnyltmxz6ngxx2raa0hhl8lgq2p4ehy40h2lydqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqx8zsqw People get all grossed out by scavengers. Dining on the dead. <br/><br/>But carrion doesn&#39;t just get up and walk away on its own. And without scavengers...scientists warn of an increase in zoonotic disease. <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fewer-scavengers-more-zoonotic-disease">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fewer-scavengers-more-zoonotic-disease</a> 2025-06-20T16:17:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvslke36fa8969qs25tt5c6ca5dtt058g09cdlwkmpwq3pqzjakgzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqf9n260 Plastic bag bans, it turns out, WORK! They reduce the amount of plastic bags that end up in the wild. <br/><br/>Might seem obvious, but it&#39;s good to have the data. <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp9274">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp9274</a> 2025-06-19T21:26:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrgkwvvsfr7yzw2ulggmasmrp82k6sjyyml95rgl6d0v8pn36wgszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq80g4rp GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy) are currently in their &#34;silver bullet&#34; era. <br/><br/>They can&#39;t do everything, of course. <br/><br/>But one thing they MAY do? Help reduce the risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes. <br/><br/>But no one quite knows WHY <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/glp1-alzheimers-dementia-memory">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/glp1-alzheimers-dementia-memory</a> 2025-06-17T14:45:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvqv2xrc4rzyykgsm6cghp2gjw4n8ze4qqk268r4sd0al0gln7yqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqv69z6x I was recently talking to someone moving back to Europe, he&#39;d been living in the US, and we were talking about the things he LOVED about the US. <br/><br/>1. Zion NP<br/>2. Arches. <br/>3. Yellowstone<br/>4. Bryce Canyon...<br/><br/>It was all our national parks. All of it. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/opinion/trump-parks-budget-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/opinion/trump-parks-budget-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2025-06-02T15:11:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxdrcwlwx59edp2g4qa4yfnndgstefla45jamywcc6w3gtzfw2lqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq3w8xjh &#34;in her more recent interview with New Scientist, Shapiro claims Colossal made it clear from the start that the animals are just gene-edited grey wolves.&#34;<br/><br/>😂<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481409-colossal-scientist-now-admits-they-havent-really-made-dire-wolves/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481409-colossal-scientist-now-admits-they-havent-really-made-dire-wolves/</a> 2025-05-22T15:02:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zfp3qp9cd2lk7807u5ehs6yrkkfuv3ycalwpp523qjq0kqxzmaszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqv7d8nu Look, if you&#39;re going to allow your raccoon access to meth, you want to make sure you&#39;ve got the proper raccoon documentation. You want to do this LEGALLY. <br/><br/><a href="https://6abc.com/post/woman-arrested-raccoon-found-meth-pipe-drivers-seat-during-police-stop/16345306/">https://6abc.com/post/woman-arrested-raccoon-found-meth-pipe-drivers-seat-during-police-stop/16345306/</a> 2025-05-07T15:43:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvqpwvducsa3jgms2sr67flrh8r0wwgkzqaa3t3hzvg2376c7nh9gzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq97hj58 Trying to explain cancer to kids can be super tough. Esp when adults themselves may not really understand. <br/><br/>Thank you @snexplores.bsky.social for letting me write this explainer on cancer for kids. Heck, maybe it&#39;s secretly for adults, too. <a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/what-is-cancer">https://www.snexplores.org/article/what-is-cancer</a> 2025-04-30T14:02:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ta6taj8m2ggxlwq2dktst6fweazxm3g079jkjz9n7ksmtzx5aeqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqemadfp If Harvard doesn&#39;t have its grants unfrozen, humans are going to go without new treatments, people will die.<br/><br/>Animals will too. <br/><br/>When COVID hit I was living in Cambridge for the fabulous @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellowship. I had just seen their mouse colony. but as the campus shut down, the colony...had to be culled. Only extreme skeleton staff were allowed in to take care of the animals. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/us/als-research-harvard-funding-freeze-hnk/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/us/als-research-harvard-funding-freeze-hnk/index.html</a> 2025-04-18T13:51:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqzkzwmvn3mgd0mjq8z2c35h6lpegr6mvqlf7d9edejtzcee3a0hszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq60vnqc If I ever again need to argue that rats are not universally disgusting to all people, I will note that there are people willing to pay ~$46 for a tiny canvas that a rat has &#34;painted&#34; by running on it with its little rat feet. <br/><br/>&#34;Pawcasso&#34; someone worked HARD on that one <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jee22z239o?utm_source=pocket_shared">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jee22z239o?utm_source=pocket_shared</a> 2025-04-14T15:18:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszh7d5sruls2gqxx78flzmzgaftlzehxzaw49dqzumqudp7cpfu7gzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq4enkrp &#34;an insult to one of the greatest living filmmakers—someone who is on record saying that the use of AI tools in artistic production “is an insult to life itself.” From the grandchild of Diana Wynne Jones, the writer of Howl&#39;s Moving Castle. <br/><br/><a href="https://gabrielburrow.com/2025/04/02/make-it-ghibli-howls-moving-castle-and-genai-slop/">https://gabrielburrow.com/2025/04/02/make-it-ghibli-howls-moving-castle-and-genai-slop/</a> 2025-04-07T14:23:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9s0gqtm97erhuh574qegxsr9yefeqa4yqu042thsf9gthz5qrcsqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq9uzvpz There&#39;s a stereotype that people who live in the West (Global North) love wild animals in places like Kenya more than people living there do. <br/><br/>Turns out? It&#39;s not because of Global North vs South divide. <br/><br/>It&#39;s because we never LIVE with them. <a href="https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/we-love-animals-we-never-see">https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/we-love-animals-we-never-see</a> 2025-04-02T14:02:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5kv5muluv5v779vcv93tnfh3m2j6s87fvkcpk7mnsyqtfmghujqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq0pmg6s The tragic irony of nearly 2000 scientists, members of the National Academies, coming together to write a letter condemning the attacks on science: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13gmMJOMsoNKC4U-A8rhJrzu_xhgS51PEfNMPG9Q_cmE/preview?tab=t.0#heading=h.b3f2t4qlidd">https://docs.google.com/document/d/13gmMJOMsoNKC4U-A8rhJrzu_xhgS51PEfNMPG9Q_cmE/preview?tab=t.0#heading=h.b3f2t4qlidd</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science/trump-science-nas-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.xqcK.nhnoSSFDmRNo&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science/trump-science-nas-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.xqcK.nhnoSSFDmRNo&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</a><br/><br/>And then today: Mass cuts to federal health <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/01/us/trump-news-updates">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/01/us/trump-news-updates</a> 2025-04-01T17:05:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88ypapxa7ntwv8jdu4azt7k50fx9ma8arq3wu9f0pqj3plktsygczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqz9ksal “Hey, I’m sorry you lost your job but I think we really need to cut out some of this waste in the government,”<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-federal-layoffs-c41ae32800a7f170484de79572543da2">https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-federal-layoffs-c41ae32800a7f170484de79572543da2</a> 2025-03-11T12:57:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszs3qhwsde25ujre8pmshklw9lcgwzjclkkhmkr9tmc00yuw7mlcszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqun6t38 A sadly important explainer from @thsaey.bsky.social about how vaccines work and why they work. <br/><br/>TBH it feels like heroism that we don&#39;t open each one of these with &#34;I cannot believe I have to explain this AGAIN&#34; It feels like trying gently to redirect toddlers.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles</a> 2025-03-06T16:20:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrcw3pnzpzdjvm2ulfrumcz8en2mtz86lzkqql8ksgrrj5e7kkt2szypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqhcq55c This is such neat, thoughtful little piece from @artologica.net (with GORGEOUS illustration of course) on &#34;emerging&#34; artists, what that means, and how you can do beautiful work without ever &#34;emerging&#34; <a href="https://artologica.substack.com/p/be-the-mycelium">https://artologica.substack.com/p/be-the-mycelium</a> 2025-03-05T16:25:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2ynreths9ayug0zjlesfkzfhv8qghxnd3jlf95wl9862md24l5qzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq9ce9kc Anti vaxxers have been trying to talk down measles for years. It&#39;s just a rash. It&#39;s just like chicken pox. <br/><br/>And now a child is dead. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/texas-measles-outbreak-cases">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/texas-measles-outbreak-cases</a> 2025-02-26T16:44:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjq5e0p2m39dk3hmx7pks2cjgnuvc3ecraz82jkgd36l5xqmysaqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqzf00rv If you need a break think about windmills. <br/><br/>Don&#39;t the ones in the countryside look nice? <br/><br/>Why do we think those look nice but the new turbines look ugly? <a href="https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/who-determines-what-is-ugly">https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/who-determines-what-is-ugly</a> 2025-02-18T17:53:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqnpuguppjqamk3h9zwtg2ln6k985y72l0f7qdut565wfz33mf0gzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq7j3qmm The world might be a garbage fire. <br/><br/>But you know who loves garbage? <br/><br/>Pigeons. Come here me talk about how pigeons will never give you up, never let you down, they will fly around but they won&#39;t desert you. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nerd-nite-tickets-1147686494199">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nerd-nite-tickets-1147686494199</a> 2025-02-10T17:49:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3cege3hug32nen924uqt944e4w4mpqs4q5jy33fvxynqjy79vjszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqagg898 Hi do you hate rats? <br/><br/>Better solve climate change because climate change means MORE rats in cities. <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rats-climate-change-hotter-cities">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rats-climate-change-hotter-cities</a> 2025-02-03T14:26:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcasexn7mkfh8hzjwma3gsrn0nmgxxma7nd9nvx0hc3mxf43ap5szypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqwdq9dz Did you know parts of my book have been censored in China? <br/><br/>The CCP doesn&#39;t want people know the truth of a famine that killed 15-55 MILLION people. <br/><br/>So when I wrote to a school board about book bans, I tried to tell what happens when people rewrite history. <a href="https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/banning-books-and-rewriting-the-world">https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/banning-books-and-rewriting-the-world</a> 2025-02-02T22:52:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrsff59tw8yc9tavgzpzjeqk6ka4dwlkntpas3k2xryu4arhv2enczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqlm227j Thanks so much to The Verge for chatting with me about TikTok, its disappearance, and what makes its audience so different from other apps. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24342982/tiktok-ban-creators-instagram-reels-youtube-twitch">https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24342982/tiktok-ban-creators-instagram-reels-youtube-twitch</a> 2025-01-17T20:12:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqmqzjv0lhjaq9vcgg2n5d68tmhurrqsct2z6v06uhqumk0n55eszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq6d2cj3 Hello did you know that there&#39;s an ecosystem that is SEASONAL. <br/><br/>It only exists in the winter. <br/><br/>Because it&#39;s under the snow. <br/><br/>Which mean, with climate change, an entire ecosystem could disappear. <a href="https://www.snexplores.org/article/subnivium-life-under-snow-climate-risk">https://www.snexplores.org/article/subnivium-life-under-snow-climate-risk</a> 2025-01-16T14:51:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09dyfuxh5hkv5f2pex4wc7p3stv8stkas6ef5tc54r7y4zhuj23qzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqlhufeg Do you feed squirrels? <br/><br/>Do you feed squirrels peanuts? <br/><br/>Did you know you might be altering their skulls? <br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hand-feed-red-squirrels-changed-skulls">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hand-feed-red-squirrels-changed-skulls</a> 2025-01-15T16:16:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsravknykw2lccrsmcs8hp9eu4y7v390u9u36t74hjsfr6ujjrtlmgzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqrrj64p &#34;Nothing will change until our anger gets powerful enough. But once you accept the truth of loss, and the truth of who perpetrated and profited from that loss, the anger comes rushing in, as fierce as the Santa Ana winds.&#34; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/la-fires-los-angeles-wildfires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4.wlwn.9-ljiFqRbGB9&amp;smid=bs-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/la-fires-los-angeles-wildfires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4.wlwn.9-ljiFqRbGB9&amp;smid=bs-share</a> 2025-01-10T16:34:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hamnntvjd0xx8z439tlzs2jkr6gxp09qxsdmzrpdhz8jpltgcyqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqa2jzkw This post encapsulates about 50% of my social media interactions of late. <br/><br/>&#34;While we’re at it, what’s your problem with chicken soup?...Is there a reason you didn’t mention cold food options? Do you think you’re better than other people just because you cook?&#34; <a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/did-you-even-consider-every-possible-lived-experience-before-recklessly-posting-your-chili-recipe-on-social-media">https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/did-you-even-consider-every-possible-lived-experience-before-recklessly-posting-your-chili-recipe-on-social-media</a> 2025-01-09T15:21:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0exae6htqhr6dug93ndvxkh8lw9y00ufr5675ds59fu982p8ddegzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqw0wksy So many good points in here. <br/><br/>When women begin to enter fields, first people cheer the pioneers. Then women do it more...and men get nervous. <br/><br/>And then men run. <br/><br/>And then they declare they NEVER wanted to do it anyway. Education is for GIRLS. <a href="https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college?triedRedirect=true">https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-dont-go-to-college?triedRedirect=true</a> 2025-01-02T15:33:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp83kgequ3jk4r2u5vw90fqnt4av882zfzz7x0qam82uj3udgulczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqmr5vt2 Many biomedical scientists study cancer. <br/><br/>But very few work side by side, at the bench, with the patients who have that cancer. <br/><br/>These scientists do. <a href="https://seek.rockefeller.edu/lab-partners/">https://seek.rockefeller.edu/lab-partners/</a> 2024-12-16T15:20:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2sajfgvxdyrv89qspf94vjz6rrf4fgxcrn0agvwh8mvuetlylqdszypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqasercl This is something we really don&#39;t think about enough: Victorian novels are full of children dying. <br/><br/>FULL of them. Full of diseases that we can now prevent with sanitation and pasteurization and vaccines! <br/><br/>And we wanna go back WHY? <a href="https://theconversation.com/infectious-diseases-killed-victorian-children-at-alarming-rates-their-novels-highlight-the-fragility-of-public-health-today-242273">https://theconversation.com/infectious-diseases-killed-victorian-children-at-alarming-rates-their-novels-highlight-the-fragility-of-public-health-today-242273</a> 2024-12-11T16:00:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnl9r7l2s8786960zye3ys2qnpkrspdelk78xuzwlkxr5s3ps4hgzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqm47vwl Women feel pushed from academia by &#34;poor workplace climate&#34; <br/><br/>But what that really means, in this case, is women feel pushed from academia because men are too dang insecure to allow their success. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/women-faculty-feel-pushed-academia-poor-workplace-climate">https://www.science.org/content/article/women-faculty-feel-pushed-academia-poor-workplace-climate</a> 2024-12-11T15:35:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tjnn48z5r39gd3qyfpa74dcz88ndemwenjz022m4zl79uk09frczypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqa8h992 Look, you COULD just immerse yourself in the misery and anxiety. <br/><br/>OR. <br/><br/>You could dissociate and read about the time the Mongols demanded a tribute of 2 million dinars...and 3,000 HATS. <br/><br/>Yes they wanted 3,000 hats. What did these hats look like? NO ONE KNOWS <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/teamtrash/p/the-hat-that-purchased-a-kingdom?r=35288&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/teamtrash/p/the-hat-that-purchased-a-kingdom?r=35288&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</a> 2024-11-04T14:03:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2putle5y4pnjw2wunm0cp9ccvj9l3dpk4udzsmunjp0nnj7n58kgzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqcvfjsa So often, we blame rats for being invasive species and harming biodiversity. <br/><br/>But THESE rats? These African Pouched Rats? They are being trained to HELP biodiversity, by sniffing wildlife smuggling. <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/giant-rats-sniff-smuggled-goods">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/giant-rats-sniff-smuggled-goods</a><br/><br/>Look at these Very Good Rats. 2024-11-01T15:37:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyas8z89dyall2hggwpdj302xm5ad4p074hvgjujruzfjr2h3ar3gzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq97vmem The carnivorous plants heard &#34;eat shit&#34; and went &#34;y&#39;know what? Hold my beer.&#34; <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/carnivorous-plants-nepenthes-eat-poop">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/carnivorous-plants-nepenthes-eat-poop</a> 2024-10-01T13:30:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07j2w4jc3jhsynyy32qxpp36nw005y7x4fc2pm67yfuuw54asnlqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqe02hng One of the issues with scientific peer review is that scientists are people. And people can be dicks. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02943-z">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02943-z</a><br/><br/>I will never forget the review I got on a paper, I showed it to my aunt, and she cried because it was so personal and mean. <br/><br/>It was accept with minor revisions. 2024-10-01T13:27:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrt8vt6csjhvasenxd7gd32xp8yf7ec88j5lghjjfzr2zrvpzlfagzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqqhm3glz Where does a coyote &#34;belong&#34;? <br/><br/>In the 1800s, we sure thought we knew. And the answer was extinct. <br/><br/>Now, of course, we know better. The wilderness! Far from us. <br/><br/>But do we know better? Do we? <a href="https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/how-is-nature-like-art">https://teamtrash.substack.com/p/how-is-nature-like-art</a> 2024-09-25T14:09:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyucgl623mr6z9mf4tf8tgepe9g8js6puyfnqxh35pklqn6r64tqzypmsv0alw9lla3va3uh8zszcu58e93r5vu8cwmtm7h9vqgp8h4wqq9ghu3v My book is temporarily available on Kindle unlimited! You too can take a look for FREE, and then make sure to email me to tell me how exactly I&#39;m doing squirrel management incorrectly. And yes. People have indeed done this. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pests-Humans-Create-Animal-Villains-ebook/dp/B09V2Z1R9Z/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mJNc832OUJg2M7qW6a-2aYQwdPwzcdyvcZUkpT58vH8OAl6rnxFlriZWRxK2oezJpnQvp7d--wWpvl4gsApiWoJqcPqhMcOnK6nRjqXpBer1ehDC1h_cJKaTPtZz_CqSQrk3_pgc88ulhA3ofalzy6REF8H5xJs1ZpSqpGcx0WK-ABcdVBz8IbR5G8BxoAQczvr5fftF5oRxU_EHFkYHgf3W5LG7AoeMIEQ3KIoDIfWPVLi-6c-_XZvF5mqNpxc_h6WFa4OeMSV6JRvVQ7GkCfOtSk9JzkbaU-unQqgdN_E.if3SqKLDLsypHNdn6jTAroUmAcPpZ9Nv60x34hQ_7qg&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=pests&amp;qid=1725563542&amp;sr=8-5">https://www.amazon.com/Pests-Humans-Create-Animal-Villains-ebook/dp/B09V2Z1R9Z/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mJNc832OUJg2M7qW6a-2aYQwdPwzcdyvcZUkpT58vH8OAl6rnxFlriZWRxK2oezJpnQvp7d--wWpvl4gsApiWoJqcPqhMcOnK6nRjqXpBer1ehDC1h_cJKaTPtZz_CqSQrk3_pgc88ulhA3ofalzy6REF8H5xJs1ZpSqpGcx0WK-ABcdVBz8IbR5G8BxoAQczvr5fftF5oRxU_EHFkYHgf3W5LG7AoeMIEQ3KIoDIfWPVLi-6c-_XZvF5mqNpxc_h6WFa4OeMSV6JRvVQ7GkCfOtSk9JzkbaU-unQqgdN_E.if3SqKLDLsypHNdn6jTAroUmAcPpZ9Nv60x34hQ_7qg&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=pests&amp;qid=1725563542&amp;sr=8-5</a> 2024-09-09T15:26:35Z