“bat encounter” including waking up in a room with a bat, no evidence of a bite is an indication for rabies vaccine rabies is 100% fatal and nearly 100% preventable with timely post-(maybe)exposure prophylaxis

Srningscissors.bsky.socialOct 6, 2024 1:16am

***PLEASE*** seek medical advice if you find a bat (🦇) in your home “‘They woke up with a bat in their room,’ Lock said, as quoted by Canadian media. ‘The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine…’” This is tragic.

Child dies from rabies after bat found in room, Canada officials say

"The parents looked, didn't see any signs of a bite or scratches or saliva, and didn't seek getting a rabies vaccine," a health official said.

Keep going on Tinder and everyone is all "not interested in playing games" and I'm looking sad at my copies of Catan, Santorini, and Wingspan.

[indiana jones voice] THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM

SSatomicanalyst.bsky.socialSep 4, 2024 5:19pm

Next week, Christie’s is auctioning off a version of the August 2, 1939, letter Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt alerting him that recent advances in physics could lead to new and very powerful atomic bombs. It is expected to sell for between $4-6 million.

Einstein-Szilard letter is one of the most influential letters of the 20th century | Christie's

YouTube video by Christie's

Uh it’s definitely been charted

A nerdy poem recited by a Performing Nerd m.youtube.com/watch?v=JlxS...

Down Right Incredible - a Poem by Harry Baker

YouTube video by Tom Crosbie

Any experienced energy researchers on here? Earthjustice’s Clean Energy Program is looking to hire a contractor for 3 to 9 months to provide research and analysis about load from data centers, AI, and cryptomining. DM me your email address if you’re interested and I’ll pass along more info!

Absolutely marvellous news! Many Congratulations to Dr Jess Wade awarded the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award 2024! 👏👏👏 Jess is an incredible scientist & superhuman person! Hooray for Jess. #keepsmashingitroyalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture | Royal Society

This award is made to support the promotion of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

unbelievable. a right-wing donor and member of the board of visitors has basically pressured UVA into suspending the University Guide Service, a highly-regarded student org that runs tours, because it tells prospective students and their parents that Jefferson was a slaveholder.

U.Va. suspends admissions tours led by the University Guides Service

The Guide Service is a student-run organization on Grounds that gave admissions and historical tours to prospective students, families and visitors.

I’m sorry I have less respect for people who use ChatGPT for the purpose of REFINING MY UNDERSTANDING OF TECHNICAL TOPICS In a PUBLISHED TECHNICAL WORK OF NONFICTION than almost any other usage

GOdavekarpf.bsky.socialAug 29, 2024 2:01pm

NEW RULE: if you are going to *thank ChatGPT* in the acknowledgements of your book, then you have to put the acknowledgments at the beginning rather than the end.

Steve and I have been online friends for many years, I am devastated by this news and for @wardqnormal.bsky.social and everyone who loved Steve. This is heartbreaking.