hellen p
@hellenp.bsky.social
Scientist interested in proteomics and mass spec. Cat lady. When not in the lab, you'll probably find me watching stuff, listening to music or playing the piano 👩🏻🔬🐈🎹🌙
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Glories are amazing. I've seen a few while flying. The super cool part is how it's centered on *you*, so in vids like this you can even tell where the person is on the plane!
Best glory I’ve ever seen from a plane! It’s an optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts in and around tiny droplets of water in the clouds, in the direction opposite the sun. More complex than a rainbow. Here’s a link to some more info: www.zmescience.com/science/phys... #optics #physics
September 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Glories are amazing. I've seen a few while flying. The super cool part is how it's centered on *you*, so in vids like this you can even tell where the person is on the plane!
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And you can read them here: darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html (search for "Living Cirripedia" [2 volumes] and "Fossil Cirripedia" [2 volumes])
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
August 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
And you can read them here: darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html (search for "Living Cirripedia" [2 volumes] and "Fossil Cirripedia" [2 volumes])
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
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gente e quando o brian eno abriu o diário dele dia 19 de dezembro de 1995 e escreveu isso aqui:
July 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
gente e quando o brian eno abriu o diário dele dia 19 de dezembro de 1995 e escreveu isso aqui:
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🚨 100% REBEL TIME LORD! 🚨
✨ Peter Capaldi fez uma participação no show do Franz Ferdinand cantando a música "Take Me Out" da banda.
✨ Peter Capaldi fez uma participação no show do Franz Ferdinand cantando a música "Take Me Out" da banda.
June 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🚨 100% REBEL TIME LORD! 🚨
✨ Peter Capaldi fez uma participação no show do Franz Ferdinand cantando a música "Take Me Out" da banda.
✨ Peter Capaldi fez uma participação no show do Franz Ferdinand cantando a música "Take Me Out" da banda.
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"Não dá pra fazer humor sem ofender alguém" disse o suposto comediante que nunca conseguiu ser tão engraçado quanto um cartaz feito por um estudante universitário anônimo
June 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Não dá pra fazer humor sem ofender alguém" disse o suposto comediante que nunca conseguiu ser tão engraçado quanto um cartaz feito por um estudante universitário anônimo
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how else can you describe the rehearsal other than just “pure art”
May 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
how else can you describe the rehearsal other than just “pure art”
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This is so cool. Rare “ambidextrous” protein breaks rules of handedness, by Ewen Callaway @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Rare ‘ambidextrous’ protein breaks rules of handedness
Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.
www.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is so cool. Rare “ambidextrous” protein breaks rules of handedness, by Ewen Callaway @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore the galaxies, but born just in time to watch nathan fielder's the rehearsal
May 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore the galaxies, but born just in time to watch nathan fielder's the rehearsal
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nathan fielder (narrating): in order to better understand airline captains, i have to know what it means to lead. so i spent the last year in disguise as an italian cardinal named pizzaballa with a plan to get elected pope in the next conclave. i recreated the sistine chapel in a studio warehouse,
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
nathan fielder (narrating): in order to better understand airline captains, i have to know what it means to lead. so i spent the last year in disguise as an italian cardinal named pizzaballa with a plan to get elected pope in the next conclave. i recreated the sistine chapel in a studio warehouse,
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El músico Abraham Cupeiro tañe el aulós, el instrumento que aparece en "La siesta", de Alma Tadema (1868) #MuseodelPrado #arte #música
April 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
El músico Abraham Cupeiro tañe el aulós, el instrumento que aparece en "La siesta", de Alma Tadema (1868) #MuseodelPrado #arte #música
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vamo com calma Natalia Ginzburg
April 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
vamo com calma Natalia Ginzburg
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Did you know a lot of 19th c paintings don't look anymore as their makers intended? They used a lot of light fugitive colors such as lake colors (reds, pink) that are beautiful when fresh but quickly fade. Cf Van Gogh. Once the color is gone you can only do digital reconstruction
April 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Did you know a lot of 19th c paintings don't look anymore as their makers intended? They used a lot of light fugitive colors such as lake colors (reds, pink) that are beautiful when fresh but quickly fade. Cf Van Gogh. Once the color is gone you can only do digital reconstruction
Quick proteomics question: is it possible to perform an open search on DIA data?
March 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Quick proteomics question: is it possible to perform an open search on DIA data?
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Funeral Invitation, 1688.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
March 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Funeral Invitation, 1688.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
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my brain anytime I’m not thinking about work:
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
my brain anytime I’m not thinking about work:
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eu me fantasiaria de passarinho todos os carnavais (feat @avesbrasil.bsky.social)
February 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
eu me fantasiaria de passarinho todos os carnavais (feat @avesbrasil.bsky.social)
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não tenho insight nenhum sobre o filme "ainda estou aqui", só apego ao conceito de memória.
a memória é a única coisa que pode vencer a morte, e tudo nessa história tem a ver com a luta, o resgate, a preservação da memória. um homem "desaparecido", o alzheimer, a comissão da verdade, a literatura.
a memória é a única coisa que pode vencer a morte, e tudo nessa história tem a ver com a luta, o resgate, a preservação da memória. um homem "desaparecido", o alzheimer, a comissão da verdade, a literatura.
March 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
não tenho insight nenhum sobre o filme "ainda estou aqui", só apego ao conceito de memória.
a memória é a única coisa que pode vencer a morte, e tudo nessa história tem a ver com a luta, o resgate, a preservação da memória. um homem "desaparecido", o alzheimer, a comissão da verdade, a literatura.
a memória é a única coisa que pode vencer a morte, e tudo nessa história tem a ver com a luta, o resgate, a preservação da memória. um homem "desaparecido", o alzheimer, a comissão da verdade, a literatura.
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the five love languages are cats, cakes, a stately manor home in the English countryside, teaming up to catch the murderer and putting down my book so I can talk to you.
February 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
the five love languages are cats, cakes, a stately manor home in the English countryside, teaming up to catch the murderer and putting down my book so I can talk to you.
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I still remember the feeling of peace I felt when I made it happen. Even if I never achieved my dreams of being a research scientist, I had been able to contribute, in however tiny a way, to a community stretching over countless generations and striving toward a common and profoundly meaningful aim.
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I still remember the feeling of peace I felt when I made it happen. Even if I never achieved my dreams of being a research scientist, I had been able to contribute, in however tiny a way, to a community stretching over countless generations and striving toward a common and profoundly meaningful aim.
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When I was in graduate school, nothing in the world felt more important to me than publishing a paper in the scientific literature. It was not about getting a job or competing with my peers. It was about being part of something vastly larger than myself and profoundly meaningful human history.
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
When I was in graduate school, nothing in the world felt more important to me than publishing a paper in the scientific literature. It was not about getting a job or competing with my peers. It was about being part of something vastly larger than myself and profoundly meaningful human history.
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a música mais triste de todos os tempos não foi feita por humanos, mas causada
esse é o último registro do canto de um Oó-de-Kauai, ave havaiana declarada extinta em 1985
a gravação eterniza um dos últimos lamentos da espécie, um macho solitário cantando para uma parceira que já não mais existia
esse é o último registro do canto de um Oó-de-Kauai, ave havaiana declarada extinta em 1985
a gravação eterniza um dos últimos lamentos da espécie, um macho solitário cantando para uma parceira que já não mais existia
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
a música mais triste de todos os tempos não foi feita por humanos, mas causada
esse é o último registro do canto de um Oó-de-Kauai, ave havaiana declarada extinta em 1985
a gravação eterniza um dos últimos lamentos da espécie, um macho solitário cantando para uma parceira que já não mais existia
esse é o último registro do canto de um Oó-de-Kauai, ave havaiana declarada extinta em 1985
a gravação eterniza um dos últimos lamentos da espécie, um macho solitário cantando para uma parceira que já não mais existia