Geo_Mel
@birthwing.bsky.social
If the facts don't fit the existing theory, there is a discovery to be made.
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
I hope Americans realise that the USA is finished. We'll never, ever trust you again. Your political & legal inability to rein in an iota of the catastrophic fascist coup that has shaken your nation, your neighbours, and world order is unforgivable.
February 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I hope Americans realise that the USA is finished. We'll never, ever trust you again. Your political & legal inability to rein in an iota of the catastrophic fascist coup that has shaken your nation, your neighbours, and world order is unforgivable.
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When the Nazis took power and gutted the Weimar era civil service in government, they also claimed the need to increase efficiency and to ensure loyalty to the nazi party. They did it through the law for the restoration of the professional civil service.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
When the Nazis took power and gutted the Weimar era civil service in government, they also claimed the need to increase efficiency and to ensure loyalty to the nazi party. They did it through the law for the restoration of the professional civil service.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_for...
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
I cannot even begin to describe how catastrophically dangerous this is...
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I cannot even begin to describe how catastrophically dangerous this is...
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A sobering read. theconversation.com/is-doge-a-cy...
Is DOGE a cybersecurity threat? A security expert explains the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems
News reports paint a frightening picture of DOGE staff trampling time-tested – and in many cases legally required – management and security practices.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A sobering read. theconversation.com/is-doge-a-cy...
I genuinely don't understand how a supposedly educated country can be so incredibly imbecilic...
February 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I genuinely don't understand how a supposedly educated country can be so incredibly imbecilic...
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I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬
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go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
November 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
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There's such a tone of sadness to the CBC reporting right now. Adrienne Arsenault says, “I feel like the whole country, all of us, are getting both a history lesson and a politics lesson and an economics lesson and a lesson in heartache.”
February 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
There's such a tone of sadness to the CBC reporting right now. Adrienne Arsenault says, “I feel like the whole country, all of us, are getting both a history lesson and a politics lesson and an economics lesson and a lesson in heartache.”
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom.
Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 76%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants are present, but have struggled to grow above 10% frequency. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #UK #XEC #LP_8_1
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Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 76%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants are present, but have struggled to grow above 10% frequency. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #UK #XEC #LP_8_1
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February 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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She asked for kindness & mercy & the entire right experienced it as a grave insult. They're not faking it either -- the idea that they should be empathetic, care about other, lesser people, really does upset them, at a gut level.
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
She asked for kindness & mercy & the entire right experienced it as a grave insult. They're not faking it either -- the idea that they should be empathetic, care about other, lesser people, really does upset them, at a gut level.
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No, SARS-CoV-2 isn’t a little bit airborne. It’s not “situationally” airborne. It’s an AIRBORNE VIRUS, spreads via the air. I’m granting an amnesty on people who said (5y ago) that it wasn’t. I won’t say I told you so if you finally acknowledge the evidence. Let’s just get this right and move on.
January 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
No, SARS-CoV-2 isn’t a little bit airborne. It’s not “situationally” airborne. It’s an AIRBORNE VIRUS, spreads via the air. I’m granting an amnesty on people who said (5y ago) that it wasn’t. I won’t say I told you so if you finally acknowledge the evidence. Let’s just get this right and move on.
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Two stabbings of two teenage trans girls in less than a year, one of them fatal, both motivated by transphobia, demonstrate that “gender critical” beliefs are in no way “worthy of respect in a democratic society.” They are dangerous and produce violence and deadly hatred.
January 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Two stabbings of two teenage trans girls in less than a year, one of them fatal, both motivated by transphobia, demonstrate that “gender critical” beliefs are in no way “worthy of respect in a democratic society.” They are dangerous and produce violence and deadly hatred.
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A day in the life of a SuperScooper
Canadair Bombardier CL-415
C-GBPD QUE245
Notice the change in speed over the sea where the pilot scoops up sea water into fuselage tanks. Incredible skills.
#GIS data via @flightradar24.com
Aircraft data @AirhistoryNet www.airhistory.net/generic-type...
Canadair Bombardier CL-415
C-GBPD QUE245
Notice the change in speed over the sea where the pilot scoops up sea water into fuselage tanks. Incredible skills.
#GIS data via @flightradar24.com
Aircraft data @AirhistoryNet www.airhistory.net/generic-type...
January 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A day in the life of a SuperScooper
Canadair Bombardier CL-415
C-GBPD QUE245
Notice the change in speed over the sea where the pilot scoops up sea water into fuselage tanks. Incredible skills.
#GIS data via @flightradar24.com
Aircraft data @AirhistoryNet www.airhistory.net/generic-type...
Canadair Bombardier CL-415
C-GBPD QUE245
Notice the change in speed over the sea where the pilot scoops up sea water into fuselage tanks. Incredible skills.
#GIS data via @flightradar24.com
Aircraft data @AirhistoryNet www.airhistory.net/generic-type...
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All counties affected by H5N1 bird flu in poultry, according to the CDC.
January 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
All counties affected by H5N1 bird flu in poultry, according to the CDC.
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A good study that shows what many teachers have been experiencing for a long time – even before the pandemic: an onslaught of education technology that just made our administrative load worse.
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse
Efforts to simplify teachers’ jobs through technology can backfire without a strong focus on teacher well-being.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A good study that shows what many teachers have been experiencing for a long time – even before the pandemic: an onslaught of education technology that just made our administrative load worse.
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This is a particularly good, and nuanced, analysis by @davidallengreen.bsky.social on the complexities of regulating social media, and the cold, hard, business logic which continues to underpin the decision making processes of meta, twitter et al which allow misinformation to spread.
January 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is a particularly good, and nuanced, analysis by @davidallengreen.bsky.social on the complexities of regulating social media, and the cold, hard, business logic which continues to underpin the decision making processes of meta, twitter et al which allow misinformation to spread.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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1/2 🔭 🧪
'The Aurora Tree', a stunning pic by Alyn Wallace, shows an incredible visual coincidence between the bare branches of a foreground tree and the brilliant glow of a far- away aurora.
The pic was taken in Iceland in March 2017.
Image source and info: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21022...
'The Aurora Tree', a stunning pic by Alyn Wallace, shows an incredible visual coincidence between the bare branches of a foreground tree and the brilliant glow of a far- away aurora.
The pic was taken in Iceland in March 2017.
Image source and info: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21022...
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
1/2 🔭 🧪
'The Aurora Tree', a stunning pic by Alyn Wallace, shows an incredible visual coincidence between the bare branches of a foreground tree and the brilliant glow of a far- away aurora.
The pic was taken in Iceland in March 2017.
Image source and info: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21022...
'The Aurora Tree', a stunning pic by Alyn Wallace, shows an incredible visual coincidence between the bare branches of a foreground tree and the brilliant glow of a far- away aurora.
The pic was taken in Iceland in March 2017.
Image source and info: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap21022...
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper criticises the previous Tory government for failing to implement any of the 20 recommendations from a 458-page, 7-year independent report into child sexual abuse which interviewed 7,000 victims, considered 2 million pages of evidence and led to 61 reports/publications
January 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper criticises the previous Tory government for failing to implement any of the 20 recommendations from a 458-page, 7-year independent report into child sexual abuse which interviewed 7,000 victims, considered 2 million pages of evidence and led to 61 reports/publications
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Any other teachers procrastinating about their #BackToSchool to-do-list?
So far this morning I've cleaned the fruit bowl, discovered & emptied the washing machine filter for the 1st time in 8yrs, and experimented with homemade-digestive / buttercream sandwiches (yum).
You?!
#EduSky
So far this morning I've cleaned the fruit bowl, discovered & emptied the washing machine filter for the 1st time in 8yrs, and experimented with homemade-digestive / buttercream sandwiches (yum).
You?!
#EduSky
January 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Any other teachers procrastinating about their #BackToSchool to-do-list?
So far this morning I've cleaned the fruit bowl, discovered & emptied the washing machine filter for the 1st time in 8yrs, and experimented with homemade-digestive / buttercream sandwiches (yum).
You?!
#EduSky
So far this morning I've cleaned the fruit bowl, discovered & emptied the washing machine filter for the 1st time in 8yrs, and experimented with homemade-digestive / buttercream sandwiches (yum).
You?!
#EduSky
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Sing along!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 epicentres,
11 glaciers seiching,
10 pets a-leaping,
9 liquefactions,
8 concerts bouncing,
7 structures shearing,
6 plates subducting,
5 Aftershocks!
4 seismographs
3 fault lines
2 tremor bumps
And an earthquake in a palm tree!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 epicentres,
11 glaciers seiching,
10 pets a-leaping,
9 liquefactions,
8 concerts bouncing,
7 structures shearing,
6 plates subducting,
5 Aftershocks!
4 seismographs
3 fault lines
2 tremor bumps
And an earthquake in a palm tree!
January 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sing along!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 epicentres,
11 glaciers seiching,
10 pets a-leaping,
9 liquefactions,
8 concerts bouncing,
7 structures shearing,
6 plates subducting,
5 Aftershocks!
4 seismographs
3 fault lines
2 tremor bumps
And an earthquake in a palm tree!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
12 epicentres,
11 glaciers seiching,
10 pets a-leaping,
9 liquefactions,
8 concerts bouncing,
7 structures shearing,
6 plates subducting,
5 Aftershocks!
4 seismographs
3 fault lines
2 tremor bumps
And an earthquake in a palm tree!