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@Tioliah

Evolutionary biologist, dripping out of a leak in the pipes. she/her

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One of the cruelest things about Autistic/ADHD masking is that you learn to treat positive emotions as a warning sign that you're about to do something "wrong" and that it is therefore "safest for everyone" if you maintain a constant, low-key negative internal emotional state.
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Not dead, dont delete my account
"What trans people are going through in this country is hell.” If you do one thing tonight, watch @OwenJones84's incredibly powerful speech at the #PinkNewsAwards 🏳️‍⚧️ "Don’t let them divide us, don’t let them divide the LGBTQ movement in this country" #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You thought jumping spiders peaked in their coolness? Buckle up!!! We need to talk about #jumpingspiders potentially #dreaming. @PNASNews A thread with #videos 1/7
Image from Dr. Daniela Rößler (@RoesslerDaniela)
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Scientists have reconstructed the visual proteins from ancient whales to learn how these animals would have lived millions of years ago. hakaimagazine.com/news/what-…
What Did the Ancient Whale See? | Hakai Magazine

What Did the Ancient Whale See? | Hakai Magazine

Reconstructing the visual proteins from whales’ early ancestors suggests they were deep-sea divers. The clever technique could help scientists understand the capabilities of other extinct species.

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Full details of this research by Dr Sarah Dungan and Prof Chang can be found at doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118145…
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Pivotal result shows that early whales had visual systems adapted to deep diving, linking this change in foraging behaviour to swift evolutionary adaptation in new research from Prof Belinda Chang @opsinlab in @PNASNews. @eebtoronto @UofTArtSci @UofT csb.utoronto.ca/whales-evolv…
Whales evolved swiftly to become deep divers - Department of Cell & Systems Biology

Whales evolved swiftly to become deep divers - Department of Cell & Systems Biology

Early whales adapted rapidly to feeding deep down in the sea, according to analysis of resurrected visual pigments

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unhealed trauma will have you rejecting healthy relationships with people who actually have your back
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Toronto police telling healthworkers not to dress to provoke white supremacists same way women are told not to dress to provoke rapists.
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I appreciate the need for plain language, but can we also acknowledge that plain language is actually harder for some folks to produce and comprehend? Sometimes I get knocked on my vocabulary in disability spaces. I get called elitist and pretentious. UM, IT'S NEURODIVERGENCE.
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Easily the best ocean depth animation I’ve seen…
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Fun fact - recess and lunch, supposed ‘break’ times at school, were actually incredibly tiring to me because they were just full on sensory overload, and I always performed the worst in classes directly after them
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Framing mental health problems as chronic illnesses that have flare-ups (as all chronic illnesses do) would save so many patients from self-criticism over lapses. The idea/goal of 'full recovery' is still common in treatment settings, and it puts so much undue pressure on people.
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Did it hurt? When you thought finding something in the -80 C would be quick so you just put on regular gloves?
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For me, my politics have gone further left as I've aged and I know I'm not the only one!
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