Geoff Millikan
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Stunning video of the enormous eye at the center of hurricane Melissa.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
US Air Force provides views from inside Hurricane Melissa
The U.S. Defense Department has released footage of views inside Hurricane Melissa. The military said a U.S.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stunning video of the enormous eye at the center of hurricane Melissa.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
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Cannot believe I just searched “teenage sperm count” on PubMed to confirm my suspicion that nowhere near enough adolescent semen research has occurred in any era to support this claim. Why is he always so weird about kids?
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Cannot believe I just searched “teenage sperm count” on PubMed to confirm my suspicion that nowhere near enough adolescent semen research has occurred in any era to support this claim. Why is he always so weird about kids?
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You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
May 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
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Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Respect to those who got here first.
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There's a new BA.3.2.2 from South Africa today. For the most part, there's been little substantial change in BA.3.2 over the past few months—mostly synonymous mutations & very little happening in spike.
But this new one has 3 spike mutations & looks quite interesting. 1/6
But this new one has 3 spike mutations & looks quite interesting. 1/6
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There's a new BA.3.2.2 from South Africa today. For the most part, there's been little substantial change in BA.3.2 over the past few months—mostly synonymous mutations & very little happening in spike.
But this new one has 3 spike mutations & looks quite interesting. 1/6
But this new one has 3 spike mutations & looks quite interesting. 1/6
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The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.
But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.
But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.
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Models are trending up 📈 for #snow in the #Sierra and #Tahoe from Monday-Wednesday. This morning’s data has 15-20” of snow at @cssl.bsky.social near Donner Summit. Some of this will melt initially due to warm ground temps, but this would be a memorable October snow. #CAwx
October 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Models are trending up 📈 for #snow in the #Sierra and #Tahoe from Monday-Wednesday. This morning’s data has 15-20” of snow at @cssl.bsky.social near Donner Summit. Some of this will melt initially due to warm ground temps, but this would be a memorable October snow. #CAwx
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wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus
My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social
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Good write up by the study’s authors. Suggest reading if you’re in a workplace with other employees.
Study finds when women bosses were more assertive, thus deviating from gender norms, they felt depleted, incompetent, anxious, overwhelmed & more withdrawn. But men didn't experience stress over gender expectations, whether they were kind or stern.
news.uga.edu/women-constr...
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Women are constrained by gender stereotypes in leadership roles - UGA Today
A new UGA study reveals the destructive effects of gender norms and expectations for female bosses and how it affects their ability to lead.
news.uga.edu
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Good write up by the study’s authors. Suggest reading if you’re in a workplace with other employees.
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A few have asked me about this.
XFG is the main lineage in the US at the moment.
If there is a choice between a JN.1 or an LP.8 vaccine, I would take LP.8.
XFG is the main lineage in the US at the moment.
If there is a choice between a JN.1 or an LP.8 vaccine, I would take LP.8.
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A few have asked me about this.
XFG is the main lineage in the US at the moment.
If there is a choice between a JN.1 or an LP.8 vaccine, I would take LP.8.
XFG is the main lineage in the US at the moment.
If there is a choice between a JN.1 or an LP.8 vaccine, I would take LP.8.
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Let's take a look at some of the rhetoric RFK Jr. has used over the last couple of years in describing the CDC.
First up, search his statements on X: x.com/search?q=fro...
I'll show a few examples in the following.
"cesspool" "crooked", etc.
First up, search his statements on X: x.com/search?q=fro...
I'll show a few examples in the following.
"cesspool" "crooked", etc.
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Let's take a look at some of the rhetoric RFK Jr. has used over the last couple of years in describing the CDC.
First up, search his statements on X: x.com/search?q=fro...
I'll show a few examples in the following.
"cesspool" "crooked", etc.
First up, search his statements on X: x.com/search?q=fro...
I'll show a few examples in the following.
"cesspool" "crooked", etc.
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Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Jay Bhattacharya says that Program Officers made up banned words lists at NIH.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
This is a real email I got at NIH. (Granted, before Jay started.) But nothing has changed since he joined.
I refused to censor the summary, so it remains unposted. And I have tried since Jay arrived.
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Instead of telling women:
- Avoid weak language: Call it strategic language
- Be authoritative: Use participative leadership
- Master self-promotion: Share credit generously
- Don't be emotional: Balance authenticity & discretion
See my latest @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91363032/sto...
- Avoid weak language: Call it strategic language
- Be authoritative: Use participative leadership
- Master self-promotion: Share credit generously
- Don't be emotional: Balance authenticity & discretion
See my latest @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91363032/sto...
Stop coaching women to 'lead like a man'
Stop coaching women to 'lead like a man'. Here's what to do instead.
www.fastcompany.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Instead of telling women:
- Avoid weak language: Call it strategic language
- Be authoritative: Use participative leadership
- Master self-promotion: Share credit generously
- Don't be emotional: Balance authenticity & discretion
See my latest @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91363032/sto...
- Avoid weak language: Call it strategic language
- Be authoritative: Use participative leadership
- Master self-promotion: Share credit generously
- Don't be emotional: Balance authenticity & discretion
See my latest @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91363032/sto...
Amazing how far up the hill the wave comes. Dog almost doesn’t make it!
NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th.
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
(🎥 Doni Nikz)
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Amazing how far up the hill the wave comes. Dog almost doesn’t make it!
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Return-to-office policies are not proven to make companies more productive. Many CEOs who reported women quitting said they were struggling to fill jobs because of that loss of female employees and that their overall workforce productivity is down. time.com/7306896/wome...
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
Labor force participation among women has started falling again in 2025.
time.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Return-to-office policies are not proven to make companies more productive. Many CEOs who reported women quitting said they were struggling to fill jobs because of that loss of female employees and that their overall workforce productivity is down. time.com/7306896/wome...
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Tsunami waves of up to 13 feet recorded in Yelizovsky in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, state-linked media says, following preliminary magnitude 8.7 earthquake
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ТАСС
❗️Волна цунами высотой 3-4 метра зафиксирована в Елизовском районе Камчатки, сообщили власти.
t.me
July 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tsunami waves of up to 13 feet recorded in Yelizovsky in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, state-linked media says, following preliminary magnitude 8.7 earthquake
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Study finds for women without children, an unequal division of cognitive labor (anticipating, filling and monitoring household needs) was a predictor of emotional exhaustion. For mothers, it was unequal child-care responsibilities.
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All women — not just mothers — could benefit from more workplace flexibility
New research highlights that the career outcomes of both women with and without children are negatively impacted by engaging in unpaid labour.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Study finds for women without children, an unequal division of cognitive labor (anticipating, filling and monitoring household needs) was a predictor of emotional exhaustion. For mothers, it was unequal child-care responsibilities.
theconversation.com/all-women-no...
theconversation.com/all-women-no...
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🔴⚠️🔥♨️🇬🇷🇹🇷The E.#Mediterranean is engulfed by smoke of #wildfires from the #Balkans to #Turkey.Last 6hrs by meteosat-12 #MTGI1 with main fires in #Greece and Turkey.#Evia #Messinia #Kythira #Crete.Devastation in the forests of #Karabük and the city of #Bursa #climateemergency
July 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🔴⚠️🔥♨️🇬🇷🇹🇷The E.#Mediterranean is engulfed by smoke of #wildfires from the #Balkans to #Turkey.Last 6hrs by meteosat-12 #MTGI1 with main fires in #Greece and Turkey.#Evia #Messinia #Kythira #Crete.Devastation in the forests of #Karabük and the city of #Bursa #climateemergency
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FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers
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July 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers
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Straight talk from Dr. Francis Collins on the devastating - and politically motivated - cuts to science and public health in the United States.
Anybody who cares about their health or the future or science, technology, and innovation in this country should watch this.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/T...
Anybody who cares about their health or the future or science, technology, and innovation in this country should watch this.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/T...
‘It’s heartless, it’s careless, and it’s deeply damaging’ says former NIH director on cuts to medical research | CNN
Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, speaks to Christiane Amanpour about his decision to leave the agency and what he says is the Trump administration’s crackdown...
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July 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Straight talk from Dr. Francis Collins on the devastating - and politically motivated - cuts to science and public health in the United States.
Anybody who cares about their health or the future or science, technology, and innovation in this country should watch this.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/T...
Anybody who cares about their health or the future or science, technology, and innovation in this country should watch this.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/T...
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If we want men to be less lonely, we should start by socializing them in boyhood to be part of a shared project of care. Give them dolls, toy kitchens, and tea sets. Ask them to help care for younger children. Expect them to clean up after themselves. Let them feel the work and value of care. 1/
When I see people complain about male loneliness, it is so painfully OBVIOUS to me that most of these lonely men are men who feel entitled to a woman who does that labor for them, who acts as their agent enmeshing them into community through unpaid pro-social labor on their behalf.
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If we want men to be less lonely, we should start by socializing them in boyhood to be part of a shared project of care. Give them dolls, toy kitchens, and tea sets. Ask them to help care for younger children. Expect them to clean up after themselves. Let them feel the work and value of care. 1/
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Study of 6,600 episodes of kids’ TV over 60 years finds boys portrayed as ‘doers’ and girls as passive. And male characters still dominate dialogue, 50% more than female characters. @kimelsesser.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Study: For 60 Years, Kids' TV Cast Boys As Doers And Girls As Passive
New research reveals that the language in kid’s TV is reinforcing harmful gender stereotypes, and that little has changed in 60 years. In some cases, it’s getting worse.
www.forbes.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Study of 6,600 episodes of kids’ TV over 60 years finds boys portrayed as ‘doers’ and girls as passive. And male characters still dominate dialogue, 50% more than female characters. @kimelsesser.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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I expanded this thread about the hypocrisy of HHS and NIH leadership for spending half a billion dollars on an ancient vaccine technology that was tested with “dangerous gain-of-function” research.
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July 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I expanded this thread about the hypocrisy of HHS and NIH leadership for spending half a billion dollars on an ancient vaccine technology that was tested with “dangerous gain-of-function” research.
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In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
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July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...