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annachantwriter.bsky.social
Looking for a #GhostStory for #Halloween? Then why not answer the Call of the Viking Dead
Are you afraid of the Draugr?
You should be...
Sweet dreams!
mybook.to/vikingdead
#HalloweenRead #WeekendRead #eBook #paperback #Kindle+ 📚👻🎃
October 31, 2026 at 10:50 AM
amritathavrani.bsky.social
Crazy! MIT researchers put #AI coding #agents (Claude Code with Opus 4.7) in a simulated island with no task or reward. Over 30 hours they invented their own play-like activities, such as building towers, drawing patterns, and inventing sports.

arxiv.org/pdf/2610.071...

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November 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #WeAreWhatWeEat!
Jiang, Bapat &co show @nature.com that eating a fat diet in proximity (4 days!) of a skin inflammatory insult exacerbates Th17 responses in lean mice by recruiting neutrophils that produce IL1b via NLRP3, also epigenetically reprogramming Trm hyper responsive cells!
Diet at disease onset determines tissue inflammatory memory - Nature
Dietary state during a narrow temporal window can durably reprogram disease trajectory.
doi.org
October 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
spikeybits.bsky.social
GW Reveals Warhammer Black Friday Lineup & Pricing
It’s official: Warhammer Black Friday is bringing Christmas Battleforce boxes and more. We’ve got the confirmed release dates, pre-orders, and prices straight from GW. GW had retailers guessing all weekendRead More
dlvr.it
November 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
franckelbers.bsky.social
#WeekendRead: What could motivate #Kosovo and #Serbia to cooperate now, without waiting for long-term #normalisation of relations? A recently published study identifies regional economic cooperation as a potential lever.
www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_articl...
Analysts urge Kosovo and Serbia to strengthen their economic relationship - OBCT
What could motivate Kosovo and Serbia to cooperate now, without waiting for long-term normalization of relations? A recently published study identifies regional economic cooperation as a potential lev...
www.balcanicaucaso.org
October 31, 2026 at 11:21 AM
sarahward595.bsky.social
My weekend read…

#readingbook #librarybook #weekendread
October 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
annachantwriter.bsky.social
A Dartmoor valley is awash with ores the tin miners desperately need.
But what else lurks along the mysterious O Brook?

Inspired by a Dartmoor legend - The Stannary Dragon mybook.to/stannarydragon
#eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited #WeekendRead 📚🐉🎃
October 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #MomIsAlwaysMom! #RemeberMe! Han, Li, Sun, Shi, Wang &co show @naturemetabolism.bsky.social that maternal #obesity imprints hypermethylation in oocytes at distinct loci driving enhanced gluconeogenesis & impaired glucose tolerance in offsprings! doi.org/10.1038/s422...
Maternal obesity imprints methylation marks in oocytes to drive intergenerational metabolic dysfunction - Nature Metabolism
This study shows that locus-specific DNA methylation changes in oocytes serve as an epigenetic memory linking maternal obesity to intergenerational metabolic dysfunction.
doi.org
October 24, 2026 at 3:08 PM
ekimellnea.bsky.social
Taylor cuts through propaganda from East and West. The wall was not just evil concrete. It was desperation in three dimensions. It was fear you could touch.
#ColdWarReality #HistoricalTruth #WeekendRead
thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall-...
Berlin Wall Frederick Taylor Review | A Must-Read History Book
This Berlin Wall Frederick Taylor review covers a gripping history book about the wall that split a city and scarred a generation.
thisgrandpablogs.com
October 25, 2026 at 3:30 AM
dmmjournal.bsky.social
For your #WeekendRead - Tracey Murray Stewart and colleagues present an improved mouse model of #SnyderRobinsonSyndrome, providing a robust platform for therapy testing.

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Effects of the SmsG56S allele on regional protein expression in the brain
October 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM
franckelbers.bsky.social
#WeekendRead: The US has made radical proposals in its Security Council draft resolution on resolving the decades-long conflict in #WesternSahara, endorsing without ambiguity a #Moroccan autonomy plan as the only option. #SaharaOriental #SaharaOccident
#الصحراء_الغربية
passblue.com/2026/10/23/u...
US Proposes Radical Changes for UN Mission in Western Sahara - PassBlue
US Proposes Radical Changes for UN Mission in Western Sahara - PassBlue
passblue.com
October 24, 2026 at 8:28 AM
ferddykk.bsky.social
Don't skip without a like or a comment if you have ever had a celebrity crush in your life once. What fantasy world did you picture if you met them?

#booktok #bookhumor #darkhumor #comedyroast #WeekendRead
October 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM
annachantwriter.bsky.social
AD 851, Ceorl, Alderman of Devon, defeats a Viking attack.
Little does he realise there is worse terror to come...

Call of the Viking Dead is only #99cents or #99p mybook.to/vikingdead
#KindleCountdown #WeekendRead perfect for #SpookySeason #HalloweenReading #ghoststory 👻📚
The backdrop of a starry sky features the silhouette of a tree and a woman holding a candle. She is in a long dress, with blood-like stains surrounding her. Over the tree is the Mysteriously Medieval logo. Beside the woman is spooky historical fiction novel Call of the Viking Dead. The cover features a hand emerging from the ground with runes tattooed on the wrist and gripping an axe. The backdrop is of gravestones and crows. Behind the title is the shadowy image of a skull. The text reads Fiske, the evil but slain Viking jarl, stalks 9th-century Devon. Who must answer the Call of the Viking Dead? https://mybook.to/vikingdead
October 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #EveryCellIsAnImmuneCell! #InterferonsFriendsOrFoes? Mudianto, Berman, Nowosad, Lund &co show @cp-immunity.bsky.social that germinal center size is constrained by lymphatic endothelial cells #LECs to maximize T-B cells interactions & antibody production. Type I IFNs disrupt these LECs!
Lymphatic constraint of germinal centers optimizes protective antibody responses
Lymphatic vessel networks remodel during infection to regulate antigen and immune cell dynamics, yet whether these changes impact humoral immunity remains unknown. Mudianto et al. demonstrate that lym...
www.cell.com
October 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
dmmjournal.bsky.social
For your #WeekendRead this #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth - Functional exploration of copy number alterations in a Drosophila model of triple-negative breast cancer.

Read the article by Diaz et al: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
Functional exploration of copy number alterations in a Drosophila model of triple-negative breast cancer
Editor's choice: Modeling of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is challenging owing to the predominance of copy number variations. Here, we combined computational and Drosophila modeling to…
doi.org
October 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
Find out what happens when #Death knocks on your door! A #weekendread for #Halloween? THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS, an #urbanfantasy anth from ZNB ed by @lauraannegilman.bsky.social & @katrichardson.bsky.social! #booksky #sff

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October 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
annachantwriter.bsky.social
A kingdom in ruins. A throne up for grabs. And the man who inherits it? Not a hero.
Power corrupts. Loyalty shatters. Who will survive Camelot’s fall?

#Arthurian #HistoricalFiction Tyrant Whelp mybook.to/TyrantWhelp
#eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited #WeekendRead 📚
In the background, a pale sun peers over the top of a hill through a hazy red sky. Below it the trees are leafless and there is snow on the ground. Over it is historical fiction novel Tyrant Whelp with the cover featuring the hooded face of a man and a sword protruding from a stone. The text reads In Britannia King Arthur presides over a golden age... But as the sun shines without brightness, the realm is plunged into a wasteland of ice, famine and a war where many of its finest must fall. Yet for Custennin of Dumnonia, greatness beckons. Is he up to the task? Tyrant Whelp https://mybook.to/TyrantWhelp
October 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
thecitp.bsky.social
Shopping online this weekend?

Discover how customs rules shape the trade in secondhand clothing sold online and what could make cross-border trade between the UK and the EU easier: citp.ac.uk/publications...

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October 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #MicrobiotaPower! Yin, Mou, Tang, Zhao &co show @nature.com that Bacteroidota-derived pentadecanoid acid C15:0 #PA -a odd-chain saturated fatty acid- protects against #atherosclerosis by reducing cholesterol levels via HMG-CoA reductase inhibition as #statins do! #LipidPower!
A gut microbial odd-chain fatty acid alleviates atherosclerosis in mice - Nature
The administration of Bacteroides uniformis in mice can mitigate atherosclerosis via pentadecanoic acid, which directly inhibits HMG-CoA reductase to promote hepatic cholesterol clearance.
doi.org
October 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
dmmjournal.bsky.social
For your #WeekendRead – check out the new #DMMPerspective by Forn-Cuni et al. on zebrafish cancer models. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
Application of zebrafish cancer models across translational research, from basic discovery to clinical decision-making.
October 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #EveryCellsIsAnImmuneCell! Sonnenberg, Chu, Zhou &co show @science.org that a population of gut #fibroblasts produce IGF1, dampening interferon-gamma #IFNg driven CXCL10 by ILC3s & reducing pDC recruitment, restraining gut inflammation in mouse models! This circuit is altered in #IBD!
Fibroblasts restrain gut inflammation by IGF1-dependent regulation of innate lymphocytes
Fibroblasts exhibit phenotypic and functional heterogeneity in chronic inflammatory diseases, but how these changes impact immune outcomes remains poorly understood. We identified that a fibroblast po...
doi.org
October 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
annachantwriter.bsky.social
Bitter betrayal, forbidden romance, and a love story to change the course of history...

#HistoricalFiction Dawn of the Franks - the story of Basina of Thuringia
mybook.to/DawnoftheFra...
#eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited #WeekendRead 📚
The backdrop of a dawn sky with orange and pink clouds displays historical fiction novel Dawn of the Franks - the story of Basina of Thuringia. The cover features a backdrop of trees silhouetted against an orange sky and the rising sun. In the foreground a blonde man kneels before a medieval couple. A dark-haired man in a red tunic has his arm around a woman with a white mantle and a fur cloak. The text reads 'The might of Rome has waned. And the sun is rising on the Dark Ages'. https://mybook.to/DawnoftheFranks
October 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
annachantwriter.bsky.social
“You will be my wife one day, Adelheid. Why not agree to it willingly?”
God's Maidservant - the story of Adelaide of Italy
mybook.to/GodsMaidserv...
#eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited #WeekendRead📚
October 9, 2026 at 9:34 AM
ferddykk.bsky.social
Do you like a good challenge with friends?
Here is something for this weekend.
Get a copy through the link in bio and...
Start arguing about which celeb is getting roasted in each chapter; no cheating with Google.

#WeekendRead #weekendmood #comedy #bookstoread #books #AmReading
October 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
lozanzi.bsky.social
#WeekendRead! #RememberMe!
@khannakm.bsky.social @payalyokota.bsky.social &co show @nature.com that previous parasite lung infections drive chormatin programs in nerve-associated macrophages fostering type 2 & repair programs, protecting against subsequent lethal influenza infections!
Type 2 immune history trains lung macrophages for viral disease tolerance - Nature
Type 2 inflammation trains nerve- and airway-associated macrophages to confer disease tolerance against lethal influenza by limiting immunopathology and promoting tissue repair without enhancing viral...
www.nature.com
October 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM