Carla Delgado
@carladelgado.bsky.social
Science journalist with bylines in Popular Science, Discover Magazine, Insider, The BMJ, VeryWell Health, and Elemental, among others. #scicomm
she/her 📍🇬🇧 wear a respirator! 😷
she/her 📍🇬🇧 wear a respirator! 😷
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Trajectory Maneuvers | The SciComm Space | Andrea Lloyd | Substack
A flight path is the prescribed route a moving object, like a spacecraft, follows as time passes. Sometimes, a trajectory maneuver is needed to correct the course and achieve the intended destination...
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March 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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One in five families with a disabled family member has medical debt. Soon, such medical debt will not be able to impact their credit score, which can affect people's ability to rent and get a car loan. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Medical debt to be removed from all Americans' credit scores
"This will be life-changing for millions of families," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
One in five families with a disabled family member has medical debt. Soon, such medical debt will not be able to impact their credit score, which can affect people's ability to rent and get a car loan. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Breaking News: California declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle. The virus has been detected in 645 herds.
California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu
Officials have discovered the virus in 645 herds of dairy cattle, more than in any other state so far.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Breaking News: California declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle. The virus has been detected in 645 herds.
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‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish itself
It is easy to get mired in a sense of…
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:08 PM
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
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A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Happy to announce that I completed my MSc degree with Merit! 🥳
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Happy to announce that I completed my MSc degree with Merit! 🥳
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Wellness has become a fundamental part of modern American life. Somewhere along the way, though, the thing that was supposed to help us heal ourselves turned into yet another obligation, @sophiegilbert.bsky.social wrote in 2022:
How Did Healing Ourselves Get So Exhausting?
Wellness has become yet another obligation to fit into our schedules.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Wellness has become a fundamental part of modern American life. Somewhere along the way, though, the thing that was supposed to help us heal ourselves turned into yet another obligation, @sophiegilbert.bsky.social wrote in 2022:
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Not good.
"Our combined ecological & phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission...We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible & adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our combined ecological & phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission...We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible & adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission - Nature Communications
Here, the authors detect clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses in elephant seals associated with a mass mortality event in Argentina, show that the viruses belong to a clade primarily seen in marine mammals in ...
www.nature.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Not good.
"Our combined ecological & phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission...We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible & adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our combined ecological & phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission...We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible & adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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All I want from life is to read books, pet cats, and see some incredible sights every now and then.
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 AM
All I want from life is to read books, pet cats, and see some incredible sights every now and then.
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Just updated the PoC in #SciComm starter pack with recent requests! If I've missed you, yell at me (nicely) 😊
Reminder this is OPT IN so let me know if you would like to be added ❤️
Tag anyone who should be on it below!
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Reminder this is OPT IN so let me know if you would like to be added ❤️
Tag anyone who should be on it below!
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November 12, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Just updated the PoC in #SciComm starter pack with recent requests! If I've missed you, yell at me (nicely) 😊
Reminder this is OPT IN so let me know if you would like to be added ❤️
Tag anyone who should be on it below!
go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx
Reminder this is OPT IN so let me know if you would like to be added ❤️
Tag anyone who should be on it below!
go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx
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a lot of you are loudly condemning this but interestingly enough have stopped masking in public spaces, making it more possible to normalize the idea that COVID is not a pandemic and isn't killing disabled and chronically ill people anymore, therefore you're pedaling this. disagree? WEAR A MASK.
RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
a lot of you are loudly condemning this but interestingly enough have stopped masking in public spaces, making it more possible to normalize the idea that COVID is not a pandemic and isn't killing disabled and chronically ill people anymore, therefore you're pedaling this. disagree? WEAR A MASK.
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well, here it is lads
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The slender-billed curlew is declared extinct
This is the first mainland European bird declared extinct in 500 years.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:13 AM
well, here it is lads
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Where to Get Started at The Open Notebook - The Open Notebook
We're proud to be able to offer so many resources to help science journalists improve their skills—and, we know it's a lot to take in! If you're wondering where to even begin on your TON journey, we h...
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November 15, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Are Science and Nature on here? I tried to look for them but I’m not sure if I looked correctly. 🤷♀️
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Are Science and Nature on here? I tried to look for them but I’m not sure if I looked correctly. 🤷♀️
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@acescicomm.bsky.social and I met here and realized we both were looking for more #SciSky #PinoyScientists 🇵🇭🧪! So, we joined the starter pack bandwagon ... 😅
We also want to highlight folx and what they do ✨ Please fill out the form if you're interested in joining: forms.gle/h4WUpE1T9jHt...
We also want to highlight folx and what they do ✨ Please fill out the form if you're interested in joining: forms.gle/h4WUpE1T9jHt...
November 14, 2024 at 9:51 PM
@acescicomm.bsky.social and I met here and realized we both were looking for more #SciSky #PinoyScientists 🇵🇭🧪! So, we joined the starter pack bandwagon ... 😅
We also want to highlight folx and what they do ✨ Please fill out the form if you're interested in joining: forms.gle/h4WUpE1T9jHt...
We also want to highlight folx and what they do ✨ Please fill out the form if you're interested in joining: forms.gle/h4WUpE1T9jHt...
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There are so many excellent Starter Packs, that surely have driven up sign ups and engagement over the last few days,
here's a non-exhaustive science/climate list I hope to keep adding to!
Climate, Energy, and Environmental Journalists by @davidho.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...
here's a non-exhaustive science/climate list I hope to keep adding to!
Climate, Energy, and Environmental Journalists by @davidho.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...
September 7, 2024 at 4:34 AM
There are so many excellent Starter Packs, that surely have driven up sign ups and engagement over the last few days,
here's a non-exhaustive science/climate list I hope to keep adding to!
Climate, Energy, and Environmental Journalists by @davidho.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...
here's a non-exhaustive science/climate list I hope to keep adding to!
Climate, Energy, and Environmental Journalists by @davidho.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Interesting in Science Communication. Here is a starter pack to boost your feed. #scicomm go.bsky.app/VJQzace
October 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Interesting in Science Communication. Here is a starter pack to boost your feed. #scicomm go.bsky.app/VJQzace
I didn’t realize so many people had already migrated to this platform! I’m surprised by the sheer number of accounts already active. Hello, Bluesky community! ✨
November 14, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I didn’t realize so many people had already migrated to this platform! I’m surprised by the sheer number of accounts already active. Hello, Bluesky community! ✨