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Athena Andreadis, PhD

AthenaHelivoy@mastodon.world

<p>Research scientist, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/molecular" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>molecular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brain</span></a> function. To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StarTrek</span></a>, Starship Reckless, Candlemark &amp; Gleam emerita. Creator, shaper, book devourer, feral loner, astrogator. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</spa

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    The outbreak in Irkutsk, Siberia is of grave concern &amp; we won&#39;t get a complete, honest answer about what happened. That said, if it&#39;s plague, it&#39;s not a virus but a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) treatable with antibiotics, though the pneumonic variant acts eerily fast &amp; can infect by proximity inhalation. #science #healthcare https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dozens-quarantined-siberia-after-plague-institute-lab-worker-dies-2026-10-05/

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    Sometimes we get pleasant surprises: Jackson&#39;s #LotR was one. Nolan&#39;s #Odyssey does not belong in that category. The trailers were appalling in every dimension. Nolan is hugely overrated &amp; in his latest opus we see the standard markers of lazy contempt for the source work &amp; culture. If you want to see a film about the #Odyssey, see The Return (2024) with Ralph Fiennes &amp; Juliette Binoche. Stephanie Zacharek&#39;s insightful review: https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/the-odyss...

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    &amp;quot;May the Fourth Be With You&amp;quot; is probably uppermost in mentions today, but it&amp;#39;s also the date of the 1970 Kent State University deaths &amp;amp; the 1886 Chicago Haymarket labor protest. #history #movies #sciencefiction

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    @mfennvt@vermont.masto.host Yes, that much was clear but was excused on the basis of his &quot;brilliance&quot; (!)

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    Larry Summers has long been considered &quot;brilliant&quot; while he&#39;s a textbook case of failing upwards. Everything he touched he harmed &amp; soiled: Harvard presidency, US Treasury, World Bank. The latest non-surprising developments reflect the category of people to whom #larrysummers belongs. is.gd/3kBoPh