Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
@pamela2024.bsky.social
Writer published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, Fortune, Boston Globe, Reno Gazette Journal, STAT, Nevada Current & more. Michigan & WSU alum; award-winning author https://pamelamahoneytsigdinos.medium.com/
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Urban infill development makes no sense in Lake Tahoe’s rural communities. Wildfire evacuation modelling and a comprehensive environmental analysis would underscore the development dangers, but they haven’t been done. #LakeTahoe #wildfire #EIS
Happy Veteran’s Day! In particular I’d like to highlight my husband (right), who rose to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served in active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Proud of his service and thankful for brave men and women like him who take the oath to “support and defend the Constitution.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy Veteran’s Day! In particular I’d like to highlight my husband (right), who rose to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served in active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Proud of his service and thankful for brave men and women like him who take the oath to “support and defend the Constitution.”
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We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
Experts warn this aggressive approach will likely fuel greater abuses of civil and human rights, heighten public anger and lead to more warrantless arrests, straying far from the previous stated focus on “the worst of the worst.” “Spectacle, not security.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
$60.7 million in taxpayer funding since January 2025 so this guy can golf?!
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Marks Full Month Of Government Shutdown With $3.4 Million Golf Trip
The Air Force One trip is his 13th visit to his Palm Beach country club since he returned to office and brings his taxpayer funded golf total to $60.7 million.
www.huffpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
$60.7 million in taxpayer funding since January 2025 so this guy can golf?!
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”
@apnews.com $TSLA
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@apnews.com $TSLA
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November 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”
@apnews.com $TSLA
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@apnews.com $TSLA
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A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.
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The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
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Trump partners with crypto betting platform suing Nevada, other states • Nevada Current
President Donald Trump’s latest business partnership may place him at odds with Nevada and other states suing to stop prediction markets from accepting what regulators say are nothing more than illega...
nevadacurrent.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/t...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/t...
Labels on pill bottles can be misleading.
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labels on pill bottles can be misleading.
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
The bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (created to protect Lake Tahoe’s natural beauty) is now openly destroying it and pretending it’s progress.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
“Camping is evolving,” Julie Regan of the TRPA said of the project at a meeting in late September. “How people experience the great outdoors is evolving.”
But enjoying the great outdoors should not require the removal of healthy trees, say critics. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
But enjoying the great outdoors should not require the removal of healthy trees, say critics. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
Tahoe agency okays removal of hundreds of trees to make room for ‘glamping’ • Nevada Current
A development designed as an opportunity to enjoy Tahoe’s great outdoors requires the removal of 300 hundred towering pine trees on nine acres of privately owned land in Douglas County near the Lake T...
nevadacurrent.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (created to protect Lake Tahoe’s natural beauty) is now openly destroying it and pretending it’s progress.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
“For most ACA enrollees, the overall premium rate hike will be compounded by the loss of enhanced federal subsidies that brought down their out-of-pocket premium costs.”
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
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26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
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Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 • Nevada Current
Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, are facing premium rate hikes of 26%, the state Division of Insurance confirmed to the Nevada Curren...
nevadacurrent.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“For most ACA enrollees, the overall premium rate hike will be compounded by the loss of enhanced federal subsidies that brought down their out-of-pocket premium costs.”
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
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The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
If ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire, many middle-income families will experience a “double whammy” — losing all financial assistance available through the tax credits and paying higher premiums as insurers raise rates.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire, many middle-income families will experience a “double whammy” — losing all financial assistance available through the tax credits and paying higher premiums as insurers raise rates.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
The main after-action #wildfire findings: “The report found county practices around issuing emergency alerts, specifically evacuations, are ‘outdated, unclear and contradictory.’ “
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
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Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
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After-action report
LA County releases findings about January fires
laist.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The main after-action #wildfire findings: “The report found county practices around issuing emergency alerts, specifically evacuations, are ‘outdated, unclear and contradictory.’ “
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
Chilling that Nevada gubernatorial candidate Alexis Hill dismissed more than 260 residents (many senior citizens) in her district. Watch this clip of a soft-spoken woman pleading for #wildfire public safety data. Hill opted instead for large poorly analyzed Tahoe development youtu.be/tPL1JfjrsGc?...
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Chilling that Nevada gubernatorial candidate Alexis Hill dismissed more than 260 residents (many senior citizens) in her district. Watch this clip of a soft-spoken woman pleading for #wildfire public safety data. Hill opted instead for large poorly analyzed Tahoe development youtu.be/tPL1JfjrsGc?...
Cool tool. Wonder if there's a way to show water pollution impacts on drinking water sources or perhaps climate impacts from overtourism?
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September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cool tool. Wonder if there's a way to show water pollution impacts on drinking water sources or perhaps climate impacts from overtourism?
climatetrace.org/explore#admi...
climatetrace.org/explore#admi...
“Deaths from wildfire smoke result from inhaling a complex mix of chemicals. Wildfires can expose large numbers of people to these toxic pollutants for days or weeks at a time, contributing to deaths up to three years after initial exposure.” #Wildfire
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U.S. faces rising death toll from wildfire smoke, study finds
Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens lives across the country. A new study shows smoke exposure in the coming decades will cause tens of thousands of excess deaths and predicts where exposure will oc...
sustainability.stanford.edu
September 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Deaths from wildfire smoke result from inhaling a complex mix of chemicals. Wildfires can expose large numbers of people to these toxic pollutants for days or weeks at a time, contributing to deaths up to three years after initial exposure.” #Wildfire
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Explosive hurricanes and searing wildfires are pushing U.S. insurers to the limit, upending housing markets, and even reshaping the makeup of some communities.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Gil Gaul reports:
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Gil Gaul reports:
How Climate Risks Are Putting Home Insurance Out of Reach
After years underestimating the risks posed by climate-fueled disasters, the U.S. home insurance industry is in turmoil. In vulnerable areas, rising insurance costs are upending housing markets and co...
e360.yale.edu
September 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Explosive hurricanes and searing wildfires are pushing U.S. insurers to the limit, upending housing markets, and even reshaping the makeup of some communities.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Gil Gaul reports:
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Gil Gaul reports:
Republicans want to take public lands and hand them over to industry.
Democrats want to take public lands and hand them over to developers.
Is anyone left who believes in public land conservation?
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Democrats want to take public lands and hand them over to developers.
Is anyone left who believes in public land conservation?
apnews.com/article/publ...
Trump administration wants to cancel Biden-era rule that made conservation a 'use' of public land
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry.
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Republicans want to take public lands and hand them over to industry.
Democrats want to take public lands and hand them over to developers.
Is anyone left who believes in public land conservation?
apnews.com/article/publ...
Democrats want to take public lands and hand them over to developers.
Is anyone left who believes in public land conservation?
apnews.com/article/publ...
“If approved, those in network in Northern Nevada can access care where Kaiser Permanente operates such as California”
As an asthmatic who buys health insurance from ACA plans that restrict care to NV, this could make trips to CA’s Bay Area less stressful
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ka...
As an asthmatic who buys health insurance from ACA plans that restrict care to NV, this could make trips to CA’s Bay Area less stressful
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ka...
Kaiser Permanente, Renown Health unveil insurance, outpatient joint venture
Integrated nonprofit health systems Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health have announced a joint venture giving the former an entry into northern Nevada. | The nonprofits will establish an outpatient ca...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“If approved, those in network in Northern Nevada can access care where Kaiser Permanente operates such as California”
As an asthmatic who buys health insurance from ACA plans that restrict care to NV, this could make trips to CA’s Bay Area less stressful
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ka...
As an asthmatic who buys health insurance from ACA plans that restrict care to NV, this could make trips to CA’s Bay Area less stressful
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ka...
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climate scientists are some of the most heroic people I know.
truly.
truly.
Ground-breaking, fundamental U.S. climate science by Roger Revelle, Charles David Keeling, Wally Broecker, Susan Solomon and many others helped shape the IPCC's work and helped make it urgent. About 50 U.S. researchers are working on the panel's next round of reports, without federal support.
Despite Lack of Federal Support, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports - Inside Climate News
Amid rising repression of climate science domestically, researchers from universities around the country are lending their expertise to an international effort.
insideclimatenews.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
climate scientists are some of the most heroic people I know.
truly.
truly.
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it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
“As climate disasters become more frequent and severe, protecting neurological health must become a central component of emergency preparedness and recovery efforts.”
#OurPlanetOurHealth #Wildfires
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#OurPlanetOurHealth #Wildfires
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The hidden neurological toll of wildfires
Disaster response systems are woefully unprepared to address long-term neurological health impacts.
www.statnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“As climate disasters become more frequent and severe, protecting neurological health must become a central component of emergency preparedness and recovery efforts.”
#OurPlanetOurHealth #Wildfires
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#OurPlanetOurHealth #Wildfires
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Urban infill development makes no sense in Lake Tahoe’s rural communities. Wildfire evacuation modelling and a comprehensive environmental analysis would underscore the development dangers, but they haven’t been done. #LakeTahoe #wildfire #EIS
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Urban infill development makes no sense in Lake Tahoe’s rural communities. Wildfire evacuation modelling and a comprehensive environmental analysis would underscore the development dangers, but they haven’t been done. #LakeTahoe #wildfire #EIS
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
🧬 PFAS change gene activity
A new study of US firefighters shows some PFAS chemicals alter how genes work, linking them to cancers, autoimmune disease, and neurological disorders.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm #PFAS #Health 🧪
A new study of US firefighters shows some PFAS chemicals alter how genes work, linking them to cancers, autoimmune disease, and neurological disorders.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm #PFAS #Health 🧪
Exposure to some common Pfas changes gene activity, new study finds
Findings help decipher mechanisms through which ‘forever chemicals’ cause disease, aiding in treating health problems
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🧬 PFAS change gene activity
A new study of US firefighters shows some PFAS chemicals alter how genes work, linking them to cancers, autoimmune disease, and neurological disorders.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm #PFAS #Health 🧪
A new study of US firefighters shows some PFAS chemicals alter how genes work, linking them to cancers, autoimmune disease, and neurological disorders.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#SciComm #PFAS #Health 🧪
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya frames the agency’s decision to pivot from mRNA vaccine research as a response to a “crucial test” that mRNA supposedly failed: earning public trust.
This framing conflates public trust with scientific validity, which is flat out wrong.
This framing conflates public trust with scientific validity, which is flat out wrong.
August 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya frames the agency’s decision to pivot from mRNA vaccine research as a response to a “crucial test” that mRNA supposedly failed: earning public trust.
This framing conflates public trust with scientific validity, which is flat out wrong.
This framing conflates public trust with scientific validity, which is flat out wrong.