I second this motion! ☝️

Happy Birthday Dr. Berg!

Whenever I talk about abolition, someone inevitably brings up victims' rights. And I agree, people who experience violent and terrible crimes should have rights. They need care. They need therapy. They need community. They need protection.

None of which is provided by our system of cages.

Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

A vintage-style illustration satirizes high fuel prices by depicting a woman asking her male companion what his an expensive perfume is. His response: petrol

Love in the time of the Iran war ⛽️

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." Stephen Jay Gould evolutionary biologist and author, died May 20, 2002

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."

Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002

One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

“1 mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, 1 mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”

The #’s may vary, but the truth is the same.

Azole Resistance in Candida parapsilosis From Patients With Burns in Mexico: A Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis - PubMed C. parapsilosis sensu stricto was the predominant species isolated, with a notable proportion exhibiting resistance to FLU and VOR. The Y132F variant in the ERG11 gene was present in most sequenced isolates.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41793231/

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

First 24 hours of embryonic development in 9 different animal species: (From left to right) Zebrafish, Sea urchin, Black widow spider, Tardigrade, Sea squirt, Comb jelly, Parchment tube worm, Roundworm, Slipper snail. Credit to @tessamontague.bsky.social & Zuzka Vavrušová. #ZebrafishZunday #devbio 🧪

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Baturday! 🦇
Fledermaus Station Österreich
"Bat pups are so small, we use Q-tips to gently clean their faces, wings, and tiny toes — especially after feeding or when they come in dehydrated or sticky.

It’s delicate work… but everyone seems to love it!
Just look at her face!"

Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

You're watching the hypnotic movements of a flock of Red-billed queleas, taken by Johan Vermeulen in Zambia.

They're the most populous species of non-domesticated bird, with global population estimated at 1.5 billion.

So why move like a rolling cloud?
Let's talk about "Africa's feathered locust."

Image of an urban arterial jammed with cars and trucks congestion, with the text saying our dependency doesn’t equal to freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. Message via the Urban Truth Collective.

1946: Freedom is being able to drive anywhere.

2026: Freedom is not having to drive everywhere.

(above text suggested to us by @harrisongibbons.bsky.social)

Onde vocé olha para as estadísticas dos otros. O numero promedio de tentos?

Pulmonary fungal infections in the age of biologics and climate change - PubMed This review synthesizes current evidence on how climate-mediated geographic expansion, biologic-associated immunosuppression, and virus-associated fungal infections are redefining populations at risk for pulmonary fungal infections.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41733150/

A little armored one / turtle rabbit in the wild

The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”

398. Influence of environmental factors over the incidence of histoplasmosis: A Pilot Study in 3 Midwestern States AbstractBackground. Histoplasmosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection if not diagnosed promptly and treated. The literature remains unclear regarding

academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...

NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying? A controversial reintroduction program is off to a messy start.

Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying? www.vox.com/climate/4700...

51 year old me cannot believe something like this ever happened and that this is the first time I heard about ii.

It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich Robert Reich

I stand with unionized Starbucks workers, who are on strike across the country right now for better wages and working conditions.

Until Starbucks strikes a fair bargain with its workers and ceases its union-busting behavior, I'll continue to boycott the company.

The Johns Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year, the school announced Thursday. The university will also cover room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000. University President Ron Daniels announced the change in an email to the campus community, writing the new policy will recruit “the best and brightest students to Johns Hopkins irrespective of their financial wherewithal.”

John Hopkins University will no longer charge tuition to students from families earning less than $200,000 per year.

Means-testing may be less than ideal, but this is certainly very far along the right track.

www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

Uche Medoh

For solving a 50-year mystery by uncovering the machinery behind BMP, a molecule with protective effects against various disorders, Uche Medoh is the winner of the 2025 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.

🎉 Learn more about the work: https://scim.ag/4qVpK1a

Poverty is a policy decision.

Concentrated wealth is a policy decision.

Inequality is a policy decision.

Remember this.

Zambia’s swift registration of lenacapavir shows strong national leadership and commitment to ending HIV. With partners, Unitaid is working to ensure affordable access, effective delivery, and rapid adoption of this twice-yearly HIV prevention option.

Learn more: www.facebook.com/mohzambia/po...