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Dr. James D retweeted
It's hot out there. Don't forget your (Ink) Cap. 🧢
Coprinus comatus, also known as the Shaggy Ink Cap, curiously turn black and dissolve themselves in a matter of hours after being picked or depositing spores.
📷 | liznoble via @inaturalist / @atlaslivingaust
#FungiFriday
ALT A greyish fungi dripping with a thick black liquid
Dr. James D retweeted
Be more wombat. ✨
If you're looking for a New Year's resolution that sticks, might we suggest looking to the iconic wombat?
Wombats know the recipe for a good life include plenty of naps, eating well, snuggling often, and loving yourself the way you are.
#WombatWednesday
Dr. James D retweeted
Rosetti bought a wombat he called Top that lived in his London home, nibbling his plants and the trouser legs of visiting artists. He's one of the favourite characters in my book! blackincbooks.com.au/books/m…
Dr. James D retweeted
"A Joy, a Triumph, a Delight". ❤️
19th century artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti was obsessed with wombats! He used to spend hours at the wombat enclosure in the London Zoo and called them "the most beautiful of God’s creatures".
📹 | brindabella_the_wombat via IG
#WombatWednesday
Dr. James D retweeted
‼️Incredibly, 61% of adults are unaware that the ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, and 69% don’t know that the ACA also prevents sick people from being charged higher premiums than healthy people.
EDUCATE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!
Dr. James D retweeted
Stepparents are parents.
It's really weird watching y'all try to take down Kamala Harris for not having given birth, meanwhile your friends who are stepparents are watching you tell them that they're not real parents and that their family isn't real.
Figure it out.
Dr. James D retweeted
This is apparently something a lot of folx (esp. BIPOC) needed to hear, so I'm posting it again & will keep on RTing it cuz I never want any marginalized writer to feel like if they can't do it like Stephen King or Thoreau, they're not a real writer. NOPE
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Dr. James D retweeted
Today my HVAC guy taught me how to be a better physician. As you know, it’s stinking hot in Edmonton right now, and though the heat doesn’t bother me much, we are a family of Vikings and it’s my job to help my ginger spawn survive. Cue the ominous silence from our AC unit.
Dr. James D retweeted
With four days remaining before voting is closed, a final plea: please vote for the October Daye books for Best Series. The irony of a series that began because I couldn't figure out how else to make a living off a folklore degree and a thesis about "Tam Lin" would be glorious.
Dr. James D retweeted
"their immune system may no longer be responding optimally to new challenges."
Remember the millions of social media posts asking why so many people are sick all the time?
This.
This is why so many people are sick all the time.
"Even after mild disease progression, we found a significant reduction of immune cells in the blood,"
"For COVID-19 convalescent subjects, this means that their immune system may no longer be responding optimally to new challenges."
meduniwien.ac.at/web/en/abou…
Dr. James D retweeted
For most, polio was asymptomatic but…
“…polio survivors face the threat of new disabilities 15-40 years after their original illness, which could leave them using wheelchairs or ventilators…”
Why are people so sure SARS2 won’t do the same?
#LongCovid marchofdimes.org/about/news/…
Dr. James D retweeted
2 way masking is ALWAYS better. Please try to encourage others to mask, especially now that soem people are getting Covid yet again & news covers it.
ALT clean slate @PleaseBeGneiss Passenger: why should I have to wear a mask if yours works? Driver: damn good point *turns off headlights* Passenger: what are you doing it's dark Driver: chill the other cars have them on 8:36 PM 7/14/20 Twitter for iPhone
Dr. James D retweeted
Every single mask helps. If people really want Covid to 'go away' they can lend a hand easily. Why be sick? Why get others sick? Do you part. Do your duty to your loved ones and community to stop spreading Covid.
vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/…
Dr. James D retweeted
Bunsen hugs Bernoulli to calm him down and it might be the most adorable thing we’ve ever seen.
Caught it for you all tonight.
Dr. James D retweeted
The louvre staff gonna be real confused when a bunch of gays start coming up to this painting and crying
Dr. James D retweeted
Hey pals guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & it's about sisters & ballads & grammar as magic & you can pre-order it wherever you get your books probably*
*idk where you get books, if it's from that weird place under a bush maybe pre-orders don't apply
ALT Cover for The River Has Roots on a dark green background. On a pale cover, a squiggly graphic line moving from the top left corner of the book down to the bottom right corner is a portal into a soft, romantic landscape of rivers and hills; bursting out between the squiggle’s curves are bright bold dahlias in warm hues. At the top of the image are the words “The River” and at the bottom are the words “Has Roots”; below those are “New York Times Bestselling author Amal El-Mohtar.”
