Allen
@palthough.bsky.social
He/him - biology, nature, music, long covid
📍Michigan
📍Michigan
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The online survey for the Ann Arbor Roadway Rightsizing project closes on December 19.
If you have not yet filled it out, please do so, and tell the project team to put safety for ALL road users first in their designs.
#A2Council #VisionZero
engage.a2gov.org/a2r2
If you have not yet filled it out, please do so, and tell the project team to put safety for ALL road users first in their designs.
#A2Council #VisionZero
engage.a2gov.org/a2r2
Ann Arbor Roadway Rightsizing (A2R2)
A city wide project to improve safety, reduce vehicle speeds, and enhance multimodal connectivity along arterial streets
engage.a2gov.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The online survey for the Ann Arbor Roadway Rightsizing project closes on December 19.
If you have not yet filled it out, please do so, and tell the project team to put safety for ALL road users first in their designs.
#A2Council #VisionZero
engage.a2gov.org/a2r2
If you have not yet filled it out, please do so, and tell the project team to put safety for ALL road users first in their designs.
#A2Council #VisionZero
engage.a2gov.org/a2r2
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Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.
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WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...
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Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
jamanetwork.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 6-3 to let Trump fire the Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission in an emergency order
July 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 6-3 to let Trump fire the Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission in an emergency order
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"They falsely stated that I, a U.S. citizen, have no Constitutional rights at a point of entry, and officers became increasingly agitated as I continued to assert my rights regardless."
Winooski Superintendent Detained, Questioned by Border Officials
Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was questioned for hours at a Houston airport as he returned from a visit to Nicaragua with his husband.
m.sevendaysvt.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"They falsely stated that I, a U.S. citizen, have no Constitutional rights at a point of entry, and officers became increasingly agitated as I continued to assert my rights regardless."
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Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
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A new NIH RECOVER study followed hundreds of children under 6 & found that up to 15% met criteria for probable Long COVID. Distinct symptom patterns were seen by age group. Poor appetite, chronic cough, sleep issues, and fatigue were strongly linked to prior COVID-19 infection.
July 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new NIH RECOVER study followed hundreds of children under 6 & found that up to 15% met criteria for probable Long COVID. Distinct symptom patterns were seen by age group. Poor appetite, chronic cough, sleep issues, and fatigue were strongly linked to prior COVID-19 infection.
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It's time to get those 8 hours of sleep in! Pro Tip: Add us to your notifications if you want to be the first to know what's up at Rank MI Vote 😎.
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#VoteYourHopes
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#VoteYourHopes
July 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It's time to get those 8 hours of sleep in! Pro Tip: Add us to your notifications if you want to be the first to know what's up at Rank MI Vote 😎.
Become a petition circulator: RankMiVote.org/Volunteer
Support our petition: RankMiVote.org/Donate2
#VoteYourHopes
Become a petition circulator: RankMiVote.org/Volunteer
Support our petition: RankMiVote.org/Donate2
#VoteYourHopes
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when i realized i had the basic digital rotoscoping skills and camera equipment to make gifs of stuff turning on a little jewelry platform i did not expect anyone would send me poetry about it?
July 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
when i realized i had the basic digital rotoscoping skills and camera equipment to make gifs of stuff turning on a little jewelry platform i did not expect anyone would send me poetry about it?
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Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
The designation, pushed by right-wing think tank ALEC, allows fossil fuel firms to compete for clean energy funding.
www.motherjones.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Red states, defying reality, are reclassifying gas as a “green” fuel
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
[from our @climatedesk.org partners, @grist.org]
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uhhh, i was hiking on a hill behind my house and i just found a set of golden plates each weighing about 30 pounds with the epstein files written on them in gods own handwriting?
July 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
uhhh, i was hiking on a hill behind my house and i just found a set of golden plates each weighing about 30 pounds with the epstein files written on them in gods own handwriting?
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The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago.
U.S. measles cases hit highest level in 33 years, CDC reports
The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago.
n.pr
July 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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🗽 Voters in NYC just used Ranked Choice Voting and 72% say they want to keep it.
That’s overwhelming support across party lines, showing that when people try RCV, they see the value: more voice, more choice, and real majority winners. Michigan can be next.
fairvote.org/press/nyc-ra...
#RankMIVote
That’s overwhelming support across party lines, showing that when people try RCV, they see the value: more voice, more choice, and real majority winners. Michigan can be next.
fairvote.org/press/nyc-ra...
#RankMIVote
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🗽 Voters in NYC just used Ranked Choice Voting and 72% say they want to keep it.
That’s overwhelming support across party lines, showing that when people try RCV, they see the value: more voice, more choice, and real majority winners. Michigan can be next.
fairvote.org/press/nyc-ra...
#RankMIVote
That’s overwhelming support across party lines, showing that when people try RCV, they see the value: more voice, more choice, and real majority winners. Michigan can be next.
fairvote.org/press/nyc-ra...
#RankMIVote
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#RankedChoiceVoting is used in the largest cities in seven states. It gives voters better choices and makes more votes count. Learn more in this short video 👇
Ranked Choice Voting Facts
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#RankedChoiceVoting is used in the largest cities in seven states. It gives voters better choices and makes more votes count. Learn more in this short video 👇
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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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SpaceX faces OSHA investigation after crane collapse at Starbase in Texas. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/s... (Previously, Musk-led DOGE slashed 11 field offices of OSHA...) h/t Lab Padre which captured the crane collapse on their YouTube streams.
SpaceX crane collapse in Texas being investigated by OSHA
A SpaceX crane collapse at the company's Starbase, Texas facility has prompted an investigation by OSHA, the federal agency told CNBC.
www.cnbc.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
SpaceX faces OSHA investigation after crane collapse at Starbase in Texas. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/s... (Previously, Musk-led DOGE slashed 11 field offices of OSHA...) h/t Lab Padre which captured the crane collapse on their YouTube streams.
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Good timing for a stellar review on measles @nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Only problem is that the people who need to read it won't
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Only problem is that the people who need to read it won't
Measles 2025 | NEJM
In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation,
and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.
www.nejm.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Good timing for a stellar review on measles @nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Only problem is that the people who need to read it won't
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Only problem is that the people who need to read it won't
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Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. #SEJournalReportersToolbox points you to a mappable database to help address that problem. www.sej.org/publications...
Lead Pipe Data Map Offers Sharp New Tool
Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points yo...
www.sej.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. #SEJournalReportersToolbox points you to a mappable database to help address that problem. www.sej.org/publications...