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@beernbugs

Microbiologist, molecular biologist, professor, amateur brewer. Music, ale, books, film/tv, food, sport. Retweet β‰  Endorsement. Opinions my own.πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡³πŸ‡΄πŸ‡±πŸ‡»πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦

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Scientific Shot of a Peacock mantis shrimp eyes which are the most advanced in the animal world. Photo by Daniel Sasse.

Scientific Shot of a Peacock mantis shrimp eyes which are the most advanced in the animal world. Photo by Daniel Sasse.

the mantis shrimp has 16 types of color receptors.

humans have 3.

we see roughly 10 million colors and think that's impressive.

the mantis shrimp is sitting there processing a visual reality so hyperchromatic that scientists genuinely aren't sure what it's like to be one.

#addOcean

09.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 4146 πŸ” 737 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 92
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CafΓ© Γ©galitΓ© Γ  l’UD pr la JournΓ©e internationale des droits des femmes. Echanges et rΓ©flexion: 8 mars= journΓ©e de mobilisation pour les droits des femmes . Merci Γ 
@kleinpikkie.bsky.social pr sa prΓ©sentation & aux militants pour les Γ©changes , merci @stfmolletcfdt.bsky.social pour sa prΓ©sence.

09.03.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think more than what was going on with Epstein with him raping kids , we need to know why the US was protecting him.

09.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 8686 πŸ” 1868 πŸ’¬ 545 πŸ“Œ 93

The Iran war must be going so badly for the US that there are zero videos or photos of it from American official social media channels. I also heard tiktok and youtube are infested with imperial propaganda videos calling how the US has already won, lol.

09.03.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 964 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Schlossberg: If this becomes the new normal and the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar, having gold skyrocket, and increasing prices on every commodity and input cost in our economy, we’re getting screwed and he’s getting rich.

09.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 7798 πŸ” 2624 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 105

Israel’s assault has killed 394 people in Lebanon, including 83 children, 42 women and nine rescue workers. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch warns Israel’s military has once again used white phosphorus munitions in residential areas in southern Lebanon β€” a violation of international humanitarian law.

10.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36Β°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expec...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades | New Scientist
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

08.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 2106 πŸ” 1174 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 96
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As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

09.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 9748 πŸ” 2348 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 107
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Not trying to be hyperbolic, I fear we are on the cusp of a 9/11 type catastrophe that this regime is unwilling and unable to protect us from.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 11194 πŸ” 3076 πŸ’¬ 1061 πŸ“Œ 254

People run for cover in Tel Aviv as missiles come from Lebanon -APNEWS

This was all a ruse for the Mad Man of The Middle East to start a new war with Lebanon. He knew they would shoot a few rockets at Tel Aviv and it would allow him to do a full scale invasion of Lebanon and a another land grab.

09.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2173 πŸ” 621 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 28

Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow

09.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 9511 πŸ” 2408 πŸ’¬ 342 πŸ“Œ 88

Just overheard in the blue room, where a customer was observing how many very full bookcases we have:

"This is the best ten-pounds-of-s***-in-a-five-pound-bag job I've ever seen."

Why, thank you πŸ˜‚ We do indeed have 48,000 books in 2700sq.ft., and I'm over here trying to figure out how to add more.

07.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1703 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 2
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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

08.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 17140 πŸ” 4023 πŸ’¬ 1592 πŸ“Œ 864
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This guy should sign up to go fight in Iran.

07.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 12826 πŸ” 1921 πŸ’¬ 841 πŸ“Œ 121

🚨 NEW: The drone that hit the UK's air base in Cyprus was equipped with Russian military hardware

07.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1745 πŸ” 822 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 64
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Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

07.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 27430 πŸ” 5220 πŸ’¬ 704 πŸ“Œ 289
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07.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

It could not be more obvious that the president does not care about US service members and in fact regards their deaths as mere political inconveniences. He has more sympathy for Putin than Americans who died because he decided to wage illegal war. Just listen to him.

07.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 16844 πŸ” 4035 πŸ’¬ 546 πŸ“Œ 142
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#5debutalbums8589.
Big Dipper πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Heavens (1987)
The Tallest Band in Boston jangles its way through this amazing debut. They should have stayed with Homestead. This album is tracks 7-16 on Disc 1 of The Supercluster Anthology (Spotify).
Here is All Going Out Together @YouTube youtu.be/V7jh2dnu3tY?...

07.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this!

07.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ny hyresmodell fΓΆr museer fΓ₯r kritik - Kulturnytt Flera museer kritiserar Statens fastighetsverks nya hyresmodell, rapporterar Magasin K.Museerna menar att hyran inte tΓ€cker tillΓ€gg som krΓ€vs fΓΆr anpassningar ...

SR Kulturnytt: Ny hyresmodell fΓΆr museer fΓ₯r kritik

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/9171383

06.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING:Democrat Alex Holladay defeats Republican Bryan Renshaw in the Arkansas House District 70 special election, flipping the GOP-held suburban Little Rock seat from πŸ”΄ to πŸ”΅.

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 5649 πŸ” 828 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 57
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Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say β€œSend me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 23301 πŸ” 5715 πŸ’¬ 632 πŸ“Œ 369

Most of the media is demanding that everybody supports the war effort. Well, sod that. This is an illegal conflict, launched by a decrepit American to distract from his domestic problems, which has already killed hundreds of women and children. I didn’t back the Iraq war in 2003. Nor this one!

06.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 6795 πŸ” 1514 πŸ’¬ 316 πŸ“Œ 65
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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children β€” Guardian US Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

🀬 trump

06.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 4230 πŸ” 1720 πŸ’¬ 368 πŸ“Œ 188
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#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies πŸ“½οΈπŸΏ

07.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine's General Staff confirms damage to two Russian Black Sea Fleet ships in Novorossiysk Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces confirmed that two Russian Black Sea Fleet frigates, Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, were damaged during a Ukrainian strike on the Russian naval base in ...

⚑️Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces confirmed that two Russian Black Sea Fleet frigates, Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, were damaged during a Ukrainian strike on the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk on March 2.

06.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 412 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Folks, we still have troops in DC. They never left. What are they doing here? Being intimating bullies over people doing their ordinary things in public spaces. That’s the whole point of them & why Trump is squandering your money on them.

06.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 8

The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases.

We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.

06.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 16082 πŸ” 4135 πŸ’¬ 384 πŸ“Œ 138