Natalie, PhD

@current-hypothesis.bsky.social

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Probably some kind of doctor

A scattering of many succulents and other plants amdist some new pots in a long-delayed repotting project.
A narrative of the AWS outage from October 21, 2025, repurposed for another outage happening now: 'AWS outage: a journey 7:00 - "Probably my WiFi" 7:30 - "Wait, EVERYTHING is down?" 7:45 - checks AWS status page (also on AWS). 8:00 - "So...day off?" 8:30 - Finance: "We're losing 10k/min." 8:45 - That one guy: "Told you, on-premise forever." 9:30 - "We're going multi-cloud after this." Narrator: They won't.'
Amazon product image of a duck lamp acting as a phone holder with the caption "Smartphone Holder: Ducks must be used in the drama party"
A tale of two Reuters headlines: the top states that no food benefits will be available Nov 1 due to the government shutdown, while the bottom announces record corn harvests for this year.
The bacon, red onion, and sour cream 'brizza', a German take on pizza.
Data slide on J&J new drug delivery advice for bladder cancer, which happens to look like a pretzel.
Checker lilies, named after the checker pattern on the leaf petals, naturally bloom in a downward droop.
Flower of a giant Wakerobin, light pink to white instead of dark red.
The leaves of a trout lily (Erythronium sp), with characteristic dark splotches.
Paired, 4-petaled white flowers of Cardamine californica.
The small, clustered flowers of Solomon's Plume stop it's purple stalk and broad, smooth leaves.
The small pink flower of the western starflower among eucalyptus leaves and bark.
Hiking trail in early afternoon, mix of coastal chaparral and streamside woodland.
LinkedIn post from biosecurity expert and infectious disease physician Dr. Tom Ingelsby, endorsing Dr. Susan Monarez as Trump's pick to lead the CDC.
Map of NASA Rover landing sites on Mars (yellow text)
Screencap of some bizarre 1993 PC-98 game, Hot Heat Girls, on Twitch that says: "She is 18 years old and has PhDs from 26 conglomerates on 3 different planets."
California sunset on a ridge in Pacifica
Screenshot of UFO 50 game Mini and Max showing a phage sprite.