The power of science, community, curiosity, & love — all in under 2 minutes. (Oh, & sea cucumbers.) Meet #GilliamFellow Julienn Torres-Rodriguez, who’s got a message for all potential '26 Gilliam applicants: "Don't miss it. Capisce?" Applications open 9/1! bit.ly/4qQArRh 🧪

"My advice to other undergraduates: Just go for it!" — Lalitha Ravipati, alum, Summer Undergraduate Research Program Rising junior or senior who's interested in working alongside some of the nation's top scientists this summer? Apply now: bit.ly/CechFellows 🧪

You asked, we answered: Sr. Science Program Coordinator Adrielle Munger talks through applicants’ top-5 #GilliamFellows questions, from eligibility to what’s new for ‘26. 2nd- or 3rd-year PhD student in the biological or biomedical sciences? Applications open 9/1! bit.ly/Gilliam26 🧪

A perfect model for coming together this season: mouse skeletal muscles undergoing fusion, obviously. In this mesmerizing confocal microscopy video, nuclei are labeled in green & cell bodies are labeled in red. Credit: Yue Lu, Elizabeth Chen Lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Before the lab bench, there was the baseball diamond. #GilliamFellow @jpflores.rbind.io brings the resilience he learned as a former D3 shortstop to his research on how DNA's orientation helps cells adapt to stress. Psst: Applications for this year's Gilliam competition open 9/1! bit.ly/Gilliam26 🧪

These dazzling neurons belong to a fruit fly. Confocal microscopy images of them were taken & combined by researchers at our Janelia Research Campus like pieces of a puzzle to build a rough map of the ventral nerve cord, which coordinates walking, flying, & reflex.

No rabbits, no top hats — just #GilliamFellow Axel Vera leveling up on the standard poster session with a little sleight of hand. We guarantee you've never heard an anti-CRISPR (used to help control & improve precision gene editing) explainer like this before, & it's ... magic 🪄.

Cystic fibrosis was once a devastating diagnosis for ~40K Americans. An incredible new film co-produced by @tangledbankhhmi.bsky.social, @usatoday.com, & Des Moines Register looks at #HHMIInvestigator Emeriti Mike Welsh's pursuit of a groundbreaking treatment & the lives it saved: bit.ly/4cCkvOI.

What if injectable “mini livers” could help sustain people w/liver failure? New research from #HHMIInvestigator Sangeeta Bhatia’s lab @mit.edu showed success in an animal model — pointing to potential new therapies for 1000s of people who may not receive or be eligible for transplants bit.ly/3NGwMIp

“I feel being part of their life, being part of their career, is just priceless.” — HHMI Investigator Xin Chen, '25 Summer Undergraduate Research Program mentor 🧪 Rising junior or senior? Applications close 11:59pm Dec. 22! Explore a career in biological or biomedical research: bit.ly/CechFellows

When data processing centers move in, those neighborhoods rarely see benefits, says @moreperfectunion.bsky.social's @faiz.bsky.social. AI expansion is not a red or blue issue, and more communities and politicians from all sides are raising their concerns. Learn more on this week's podcast (🔗 in bio)

The recent flotilla bringing aid to Gaza that Israel intercepted had the sister of Ireland’s prime minister on board. He is very angry about how she was treated.

Chaco Canyon is a UNESCO Site, a national park, & sacred land for #NewMexico ’s indigenous communities. Somewhat inevitably, Trump’s Bureau of Land Management wants to open 300k+ acres of land around Chaco to oil & gas drilling. They’ve given the public just 7 days to comment — that was 3 days ago.

I just love cycling in the fall! 🍁🍂🤩

Biden wasn’t even President at the time of Trump’s latest lie. 🙄

Counting down to the end of the launch discount on my slow cinema club The Film Thread. Half price till the end of today. Come chat about nuclear testing sending the world spinning off its axis! (thankfully only in Val Guest's movie not for real😁) vickilesley.substack.com/subscribe #filmsky #nukesky

AI-powered cyber threats are evolving faster than governments can respond. On the Rundown, Alastair Cooke and Tom Hollingsworth discuss growing concerns from major tech and cybersecurity organizations over the rise of agentic AI and frontier models. #TFDRundown #AgenticAI

Jaylin Williams and Alex Caruso have been huge for the Thunder in this one.

They can’t make me hate you Halo

⚽️ Goal by Joao Palhinha ⚪️ Tottenham 1-0 Everton 🔵 #PremierLeague #TOTEVE

💜 #BTS ⊙⊝⊜ 🔗 www.instagram.com/stories/bts....

Exactly!!! And Obama deeply respected the American people, our troops, their families, and the sacrifices[ including the ultimate sacrifices] they made to preserve Democracy.

Current ARC read: Loved by Her Yeti by Neva Post #booksky #monsteromance #Alaskayetiseries #cozyromance #romancereader

Listen to the Message from Congressman Garcia about Trump’s and the Regime corruption! Everyone No Kings this Saturday! Speak your voice!

Why are you waiting until your relationship is destroyed? You don't do that in any area of your life. Don't wait until there's crisis because maintenance is easier than repair.

Americans, come look at this. Londoners, explain. 😭

Good Night! Sweet Dreams! Sleep Tight! Everything is gonna be alright! #goodnight #sleep #night #lullaby

We don’t wait for permission—we’re knocking doors all weekend, meeting working people where they are. No corporate PACs. No lobbyists. Just people vs the system. That’s how we build power and take it back. #CA32 #ChrisAhujaCongress #ByeBrad

Tonight at 22:00 Tbilisi time (GMT+4), defence and security expert Ambassador Shota Gvineria joins Talk Georgia to discuss the evolving dynamics of Georgian and regional politics. Here’s what’s coming up: Spotify: h1.nu/1kyh0 Apple Podcasts: h1.nu/1kyhW Youtube: youtu.be/xWjJeXl1QwA

How many ICE agents does it take to change a car tire? Spotted last week near Ingraham High School in Seattle.

National Poetry Month: Joven Obrero, “Dialectics”

Chris Hill has been taken hostage by the IOF while traveling on the Sumud Flotilla with Humanitarian Aid to Gaza. Please help by contacting the FCD, which is the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in the UK. Gov.Uk

Thanks to everyone who shared their photos and videos from the UK/EU tour. We've loved seeing it all through your eyes!

Gilead deserves thanks for their HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, not condemnation.

"You've got wavy hair, and tonight it's waving goodbye!" - Foley "That's cute..." - Max #AEWDoN

Andross won't have his way with me! From my stream series. I will finish a route of Starfox 64 every week until Nintendo gives me a new Starfox game for my Switch 2. #Starfox #Starfox64 #LylatWars #FoxMcCloud #nintendo twitch.tv/buskalilly Fridays, 10PM UK Time

Good morning! What would you do if you woke up to a girl like this in your bed? J-List's Fiscal Year-End Sale ends May 31st. Browse our sale items now so we don't have to count our inventory! jli.st/4myA78B Sauce is Chainsaw Man.

89k subscribers…so close to the big 100k goal! 🎯 To automatically receive your daily music news, stories & 2 hour deep dive interviews with bands that have sold over 300 million albums…please subscribe to The Joel Martin Mastery Podcast! www.youtube.com/joelmartinma...

SCOTUS Continues To Shred The Voting Rights Act and Democratic Governors Need To Fight Back

Stadium Checkers is FUN FOR ALL, dammit!

An interesting woke take on the misogynist conservative men who dress as women. Also possible TERF projection since this mirrors what they say about trans women being a parody of women 2

UCLA's Will Gasparino was ejected for malicious contact on this play after Oregon challenged Gasparino will miss UCLA's first game of regionals next weekend

Thank you, Beth! 💙 @resist4harris.bsky.social @annieandjoe.bsky.social @tsudden.bsky.social @fontaine99.bsky.social @truth26.bsky.social @geekstreet.bsky.social @deadkandance.bsky.social @tastewart.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.lol

If you’re struggling with unhealthy habits and feeling stuck, remember—you are not alone. I’ve witnessed countless people take the first step, make progress, and transform their lives. Perfection isn’t the goal; progress is.

Bestehende Verträge bleiben unverändert – ein Wechsel ins neue System ist aber freiwillig möglich. Wer ihn nutzt, kann von höheren Renditechancen der betrieblichen Zusatzpension profitieren. Keine Pflicht, aber eine klare Chance, die bisher ungenutzt blieb. @beate.neos.eu

🇺🇦🇷🇺 In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions—on the roads connecting the occupied cities of Debaltseve and Alchevsk—50 to 130 km deep from the front line, operators of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ K-2 Brigade are striking and destroying Russian military transport and using medium-range kamikaze drones.

Moving at one million miles an hour... 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' was released as a single on this day in 1985 💫

The Village Super League takes place in Rongjiang County, in the southern mountains of Guizhou, Province in China. #documentary #nonfiction #film #storytelling #soccer #amateur

At the end of the No Kings march yesterday this guy just made my day. “Hey Trump, hey Proud Boys, hey Elon l, hey fascists” I wish I knew this guy‘s name. I’m gonna post a longer version of it when I can

😂A Greenlandic woman shouts slogans at Trump's envoy to #Greenland, Jeff Landry, and tells him to leave her country and go home😂

TWO IN A ROWWW Spencer has 15 points 👏 Original post

The Wolf King sails beneath the full moon, leading his shadow fleet through the black waters. No kingdom is safe when the pack comes by sea. 🌕🐺⚔️ #WolfKing #AnimalKingdom #FantasyArt #EpicFantasy #DarkFantasy #AIArt #MythicKingdom #FantasyWorld #CinematicArt #WolfWarriors

63 years after the Equal Pay Act, we’re still fighting to be paid what we deserve. We demand equal pay now!

“The fastest way to spark unrest? Take people's food. You can't starve people into silence....they'll eventually start to scream.” - Rebecca | Feral Feminine

Not bad #martinelli #arsenal #coyg

In Munich, I was embarrassed by America’s lack of support for Ukraine. Secretary Rubio did not even mention Putin’s invasion in his speech. I’m a patriotic American, I want to feel proud of my country again. We should stand with democracy against tyranny michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/an-embarra...

Tuapse passed the torch. Perm picked it up. 🔥 Preliminary reports suggest the blaze is at LPDS “Perm” (Malinovskaya district), a key Transneft oil transit hub responsible for pumping, storing, and routing crude through Russia’s main pipeline network.

Remember this? Well Cuba now has no power, and Trump is talking about 'taking Cuba'. What is his end goal? What does he want?

How important is it to use fresh ingredients when baking? Not just unspoiled milk, eggs and butter, but flour too? @joshpsmalley.bsky.social has the answer! #ChemSky #ScienceSky #BakingSky