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  1. @autistics

    So, funny story while working at my "dream job" at the local library. A patron came in and wanted to check in some late books. I asked how he was, and he tells me that he and his entire family just recovered from norovirus and having the books around was a godsend. "Great!" I responded, then proceeded to sanitize the book jackets with some alcohol (something I always kept on hand). Apparently, the patron complained to the director, which puzzled me. I guess I should have waited until he left. Oh well. Maybe... And, btw, this was right before Covid. I'll bet my actions don't seem so weird after all.

    #WorkingInLibraries #Germs #Libraries #Germaphobe #PreCovid #Safety

  2. #AntibioticResistance among #germs swells during #droughts, study suggests
    Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of #antibioticresistant infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven #climatechange, drought conditions are expected to increase.
    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  3. #AntibioticResistance among #germs swells during #droughts, study suggests
    Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of #antibioticresistant infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven #climatechange, drought conditions are expected to increase.
    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  4. among swells during , study suggests
    Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven , drought conditions are expected to increase.
    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  5. #AntibioticResistance among #germs swells during #droughts, study suggests
    Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of #antibioticresistant infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven #climatechange, drought conditions are expected to increase.
    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  6. #AntibioticResistance among #germs swells during #droughts, study suggests
    Experiments at Caltech found that dry soil—drought conditions—consistently select for and enrich antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities. More concerningly, researchers found that pro-resistance conditions in soil link to higher frequencies of #antibioticresistant infections in hospitals around the world. And with human-driven #climatechange, drought conditions are expected to increase.
    arstechnica.com/health/2026/03

  7. 46 years ago
    Darby Crash and Hellin Killer, Masque Press Conference after St. Patrick’s Day Massacre at Elk’s Lodge, March 18, 1979

    Read more about this day
    www.metaljazz.com/2020/03/memo...

    Photo by Jenny Lens

    #punk #punks #punkrock #germs #hardcorepunk #punkrockhistory

  8. 🚀🦠 When we send rovers to #Mars, we try our best not to bring #Earth #microbes along for the ride.

    A new model explains that while Mars’ intense radiation sterilizes the outside of a #spacecraft in just one day, some hardy #germs could hide inside for up to 25 years.

    👉 universetoday.com/articles/how

    💁🏻‍♀️✨ Who prevents Earth microbes from traveling to Mars? thekidshouldseethis.com/post/w

    #astrobiology #science #nasa #planets #research #biology #exploration

  9. I'm a month and a half shy of 20 years drug sober. I'll admit to some bathroom snorts, but off toilet seats? Hell no. There are so many ways... You don't need to go there... #JustSayin

    RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
    #Felon47 #RFK #MAHA #Cocaine #Germs

  10. “In the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass”*…

    There are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive on earth today; they’ve been around for over 350 million years and ihabit nearly every environment, from deserts to snowy mountains. Their total biomass is massive, estimated to be around 70 times more than all humans combined. Often considered pests, only about 3% of species are harmful to humans; the vast majority are crucial for pollination, decomposition, and as food sources for other animals. (More insect data.)

    Loren” (and here) is a microbiologist fascinated by bugs– and ready to share…

    I am incredibly fond of insects. They’re small and usually pretty fast, so it’s rewarding to successfully capture a photo of one. from 2017 to 2023, I was fairly consistent about chasing down bugs and sharing the photos on instagram, but sticking them all in a square grid can only do so much for me (or you). Here, I want to have a little more fun with my photos, and share other bug-related things that I like. There’s a lot! I am not an entomologist, merely a bug fan, so this page in its current state skews more towards the entertaining than the informative, but who knows what it may turn into. Right now there’s an entomology textbook sitting on my coffee table, and plenty of time to read it while the bugs overwinter…

    Browse and learn: “The Bug Zone,” via Matt Muir (@mattmuir.bsky.social) and his always-illuminating Web Curios (@curiobot.bsky.social).

    * Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

    ###

    As we creep and crawl, we might spare a thought for a man concerned with “bugs” of a different sort, Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS); he died on this date in 1912. A surgeon, medical scientist, and experimental pathologist, he was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Just as John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery, Lister’s revolutionized the craft of surgery.

    Lister researched the role of inflammation and tissue perfusion in the healing of wounds, and advanced diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. But his biggest contributions were a function of his application of Louis Pasteur‘s then-novel germ theory. Lister introduced carbolic acid (modern-day phenol) as a steriliser for surgical instruments, patients’ skins, sutures, surgeons’ hands, and wards, promoting the principle of antiseptics. And he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery by reducing post-operative infections (e.g., segragating post-op patients from pre-op patients who had germ-riddled wounds).

    See also.

    source

    #Antiseptic #BugZone #bugs #culture #entomology #germTheory #germs #history #insects #JosephLister #medicine #publicHealth #Science #surgery
  11. “In the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass”*…

    There are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive on earth today; they’ve been around for over 350 million years and ihabit nearly every environment, from deserts to snowy mountains. Their total biomass is massive, estimated to be around 70 times more than all humans combined. Often considered pests, only about 3% of species are harmful to humans; the vast majority are crucial for pollination, decomposition, and as food sources for other animals. (More insect data.)

    Loren” (and here) is a microbiologist fascinated by bugs– and ready to share…

    I am incredibly fond of insects. They’re small and usually pretty fast, so it’s rewarding to successfully capture a photo of one. from 2017 to 2023, I was fairly consistent about chasing down bugs and sharing the photos on instagram, but sticking them all in a square grid can only do so much for me (or you). Here, I want to have a little more fun with my photos, and share other bug-related things that I like. There’s a lot! I am not an entomologist, merely a bug fan, so this page in its current state skews more towards the entertaining than the informative, but who knows what it may turn into. Right now there’s an entomology textbook sitting on my coffee table, and plenty of time to read it while the bugs overwinter…

    Browse and learn: “The Bug Zone,” via Matt Muir (@mattmuir.bsky.social) and his always-illuminating Web Curios (@curiobot.bsky.social).

    * Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

    ###

    As we creep and crawl, we might spare a thought for a man concerned with “bugs” of a different sort, Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS); he died on this date in 1912. A surgeon, medical scientist, and experimental pathologist, he was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Just as John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery, Lister’s revolutionized the craft of surgery.

    Lister researched the role of inflammation and tissue perfusion in the healing of wounds, and advanced diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. But his biggest contributions were a function of his application of Louis Pasteur‘s then-novel germ theory. Lister introduced carbolic acid (modern-day phenol) as a steriliser for surgical instruments, patients’ skins, sutures, surgeons’ hands, and wards, promoting the principle of antiseptics. And he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery by reducing post-operative infections (e.g., segragating post-op patients from pre-op patients who had germ-riddled wounds).

    See also.

    source

    #Antiseptic #BugZone #bugs #culture #entomology #germTheory #germs #history #insects #JosephLister #medicine #publicHealth #Science #surgery
  12. “In the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass”*…

    There are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive on earth today; they’ve been around for over 350 million years and ihabit nearly every environment, from deserts to snowy mountains. Their total biomass is massive, estimated to be around 70 times more than all humans combined. Often considered pests, only about 3% of species are harmful to humans; the vast majority are crucial for pollination, decomposition, and as food sources for other animals. (More insect data.)

    Loren” (and here) is a microbiologist fascinated by bugs– and ready to share…

    I am incredibly fond of insects. They’re small and usually pretty fast, so it’s rewarding to successfully capture a photo of one. from 2017 to 2023, I was fairly consistent about chasing down bugs and sharing the photos on instagram, but sticking them all in a square grid can only do so much for me (or you). Here, I want to have a little more fun with my photos, and share other bug-related things that I like. There’s a lot! I am not an entomologist, merely a bug fan, so this page in its current state skews more towards the entertaining than the informative, but who knows what it may turn into. Right now there’s an entomology textbook sitting on my coffee table, and plenty of time to read it while the bugs overwinter…

    Browse and learn: “The Bug Zone,” via Matt Muir (@mattmuir.bsky.social) and his always-illuminating Web Curios (@curiobot.bsky.social).

    * Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

    ###

    As we creep and crawl, we might spare a thought for a man concerned with “bugs” of a different sort, Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS); he died on this date in 1912. A surgeon, medical scientist, and experimental pathologist, he was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Just as John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery, Lister’s revolutionized the craft of surgery.

    Lister researched the role of inflammation and tissue perfusion in the healing of wounds, and advanced diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. But his biggest contributions were a function of his application of Louis Pasteur‘s then-novel germ theory. Lister introduced carbolic acid (modern-day phenol) as a steriliser for surgical instruments, patients’ skins, sutures, surgeons’ hands, and wards, promoting the principle of antiseptics. And he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery by reducing post-operative infections (e.g., segragating post-op patients from pre-op patients who had germ-riddled wounds).

    See also.

    source

    #Antiseptic #BugZone #bugs #culture #entomology #germTheory #germs #history #insects #JosephLister #medicine #publicHealth #Science #surgery
  13. “In the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass”*…

    There are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive on earth today; they’ve been around for over 350 million years and ihabit nearly every environment, from deserts to snowy mountains. Their total biomass is massive, estimated to be around 70 times more than all humans combined. Often considered pests, only about 3% of species are harmful to humans; the vast majority are crucial for pollination, decomposition, and as food sources for other animals. (More insect data.)

    Loren” (and here) is a microbiologist fascinated by bugs– and ready to share…

    I am incredibly fond of insects. They’re small and usually pretty fast, so it’s rewarding to successfully capture a photo of one. from 2017 to 2023, I was fairly consistent about chasing down bugs and sharing the photos on instagram, but sticking them all in a square grid can only do so much for me (or you). Here, I want to have a little more fun with my photos, and share other bug-related things that I like. There’s a lot! I am not an entomologist, merely a bug fan, so this page in its current state skews more towards the entertaining than the informative, but who knows what it may turn into. Right now there’s an entomology textbook sitting on my coffee table, and plenty of time to read it while the bugs overwinter…

    Browse and learn: “The Bug Zone,” via Matt Muir (@mattmuir.bsky.social) and his always-illuminating Web Curios (@curiobot.bsky.social).

    * Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

    ###

    As we creep and crawl, we might spare a thought for a man concerned with “bugs” of a different sort, Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS); he died on this date in 1912. A surgeon, medical scientist, and experimental pathologist, he was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Just as John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery, Lister’s revolutionized the craft of surgery.

    Lister researched the role of inflammation and tissue perfusion in the healing of wounds, and advanced diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. But his biggest contributions were a function of his application of Louis Pasteur‘s then-novel germ theory. Lister introduced carbolic acid (modern-day phenol) as a steriliser for surgical instruments, patients’ skins, sutures, surgeons’ hands, and wards, promoting the principle of antiseptics. And he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery by reducing post-operative infections (e.g., segragating post-op patients from pre-op patients who had germ-riddled wounds).

    See also.

    source

    #Antiseptic #BugZone #bugs #culture #entomology #germTheory #germs #history #insects #JosephLister #medicine #publicHealth #Science #surgery
  14. “In the natural world, anything that is colored so brightly must be some kind of serious evolutionary badass”*…

    There are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive on earth today; they’ve been around for over 350 million years and ihabit nearly every environment, from deserts to snowy mountains. Their total biomass is massive, estimated to be around 70 times more than all humans combined. Often considered pests, only about 3% of species are harmful to humans; the vast majority are crucial for pollination, decomposition, and as food sources for other animals. (More insect data.)

    Loren” (and here) is a microbiologist fascinated by bugs– and ready to share…

    I am incredibly fond of insects. They’re small and usually pretty fast, so it’s rewarding to successfully capture a photo of one. from 2017 to 2023, I was fairly consistent about chasing down bugs and sharing the photos on instagram, but sticking them all in a square grid can only do so much for me (or you). Here, I want to have a little more fun with my photos, and share other bug-related things that I like. There’s a lot! I am not an entomologist, merely a bug fan, so this page in its current state skews more towards the entertaining than the informative, but who knows what it may turn into. Right now there’s an entomology textbook sitting on my coffee table, and plenty of time to read it while the bugs overwinter…

    Browse and learn: “The Bug Zone,” via Matt Muir (@mattmuir.bsky.social) and his always-illuminating Web Curios (@curiobot.bsky.social).

    * Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

    ###

    As we creep and crawl, we might spare a thought for a man concerned with “bugs” of a different sort, Joseph Lister (1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, FRS, FRCSE, FRCPGlas, FRCS); he died on this date in 1912. A surgeon, medical scientist, and experimental pathologist, he was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Just as John Hunter revolutionised the science of surgery, Lister’s revolutionized the craft of surgery.

    Lister researched the role of inflammation and tissue perfusion in the healing of wounds, and advanced diagnostic science by analysing specimens using microscopes. But his biggest contributions were a function of his application of Louis Pasteur‘s then-novel germ theory. Lister introduced carbolic acid (modern-day phenol) as a steriliser for surgical instruments, patients’ skins, sutures, surgeons’ hands, and wards, promoting the principle of antiseptics. And he devised strategies to increase the chances of survival after surgery by reducing post-operative infections (e.g., segragating post-op patients from pre-op patients who had germ-riddled wounds).

    See also.

    source

    #Antiseptic #BugZone #bugs #culture #entomology #germTheory #germs #history #insects #JosephLister #medicine #publicHealth #Science #surgery
  15. In memory of Teresa Marie Ryan aka Lorna Doom, American musician and bass guitarist for the punk rock band the Germs, born on this day in 1958, Dallas, Texas.

    Photo by Melanie Nissen?

    #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #lornadoom #germs #history #punkrockhistory #otd

  16. 🧬🤔 Breaking #news from 1812: #germs did it! Thanks, #DNA, for solving this ancient mystery just in time for...no one to care. 🚶‍♂️🔍 Can we blame these #pathogens for the article's lack of #relevance too? 📜💤
    gavi.org/vaccineswork/dna-reve #ancientmystery #HackerNews #ngated

  17. 46 years ago
    (GI) is the debut and only studio album by the American punk rock band the Germs, produced by Joan Jett and released in October 1979.

    Cover photos by Melanie Nissen

    #punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #germs #history #punkrockhistory

  18. I have OCD about germs and contamination which makes me a lot of fun at parties. Friend - "We're finally going on that photography themed cruise we've wanted to go on"
    Me - "Are you going on the Celebrity Salmonella, the Carnival Covid, or the Norwegian Norovirus?"
    #covid #germs #cruise

  19. 47 years ago
    Darby Crash and Alice Bag, taken backstage at the Mabuhay after the Germs show, September 1978.

    Photo by Ruby Ray

    #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #darbycrash #germs #alicebag #history #punkrockhistory

  20. Hidden Sensors Reveal Filthy Truth About Handwashing in Hospital Bathrooms

    Here’s something that will make you lose just a bit more faith in humanity—or at least reach for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #CA #Canada #Germs #handwashing #Health #hygiene
    newsbeep.com/ca/13848/

  21. After a deeply unpleasant bout of what I assume was some kind of food poisoning, I stopped drinking from my reusable water bottle because I feared the mysterious ecosystems of its nooks and crannies. I thought a regular cup would be safer. Then I heard a quiet lapping sound behind me, and one of my furry demon children reminded me that nothing is safe in this world 🤣

    #CatsOfMastodon #catlife #germs