Tom Morrell
tmorrell.bsky.social
Tom Morrell
@tmorrell.bsky.social
Research Data, Software, and Repositories.
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🔔 Reminder: Covid-19 was a leading case of death among US children and young people during the pandemic with 821 deaths in the year from August 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022 @jamanetworkopen.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Individuals Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US
This cross-sectional study evaluates whether COVID-19 is among the top 10 causes of death in children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US.
jamanetwork.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Rad Power Bikes in trouble. Stock up on those bespoke 22” tires asap electrek.co/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes says it may close down by January
Rad Power Bikes, one of the most well-known electric bicycle companies in North America, appears to be headed for collapse...
electrek.co
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Wow this is bad.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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🚨🔥🔋🚲👇⚠️

RadWagon 4, RadCity HS 4, RadRover High Step 5, RadCity Step Thru 3, RadRover Step Thru 1, RadRunner 2, RadRunner 1, RadRunner Plus, and RadExpand 5.

The battery model number (HL-RP-S1304 or RP-1304) is printed on a label on the back or rear of the battery.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!

You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com

50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.

#chemsky #chemchat
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The state's response to wildly popular e-bikes? Cancel the program and fund more cars. 🤦‍♀️

CARB is ending the EBIP, mistaking "cleaner cars" for real climate progress. We demand mobility, not just motors.

Demand a Better Path: https://go.calbike.org/a/better-path-permanent-funding-e-bikes
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Sometimes when I'm critical of what I put under the rubric of "Dem leadership" which includes but isn't limited to elected leadership, party officials, and big Dem organizations and donors, I get nitpicky nonsense of about whether specific constituencies are exempt.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This is one of the coolest visualizations I've seen of waves moving throughout the country over 2 years. Note the seasonal patterns in various states.

From Yale school of public health
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The Data Management Workbook: Practical Exercises for Better Organization, Storage and Use of Your Research Data by Kristin Briney. @kbriney.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.

Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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So, a child was losing weight (the implication is the stress of the Alpha School's methods) so much so her pediatrician recommended additional snacks, and the School's untrained "guides" (who are not teachers) withheld those snacks from the child until "she met her learning metrics"?
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This is what the Democrats have been raising hell about.
Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time.
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I was thinking about this today & did some Googling: despite the fact that this spike is often blamed on children's Halloween behaviour (wearing dark costumes, not paying attention on roads, etc), ~40% of deaths on Halloween 2022 involved drunk drivers: www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/safety-topic...
A reminder that more American child pedestrians (age 0-17) are killed by cars on Halloween than on any other day of the year. #CarsRuinCities

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
October 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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More of this, please.
Also, for those of you who have been asking what the point of the #nokings protests is: among many other things, this is. It's no coincidence that this letter was published two days after seven million people got off their asses to protest against Trump. More Republicans […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The Treasury Secretary declares himself to be pro-monarchy, and promises to punish the entire country if the people exercise their First Amendment rights.
Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Fustiliarian Friday: Trump/Kennedy/GOP use the shutdown as an excuse to destroy the CDC’s elite field epidemiology team and one of the most important epidemiology journals in the world.

Gift link.
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"

That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)

Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency

They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.

Just follow the gop playbook!

“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”

As nauseum.

Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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i don’t think he was supposed to post this. this is a company lobbying for medical cannabis, specifically for medicare coverage of it, and i think they made a whole commercial for an audience of one. “YOU will…” “cementing YOUR legacy,” millions will
thank you… this was just for trump
September 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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It takes nine healthy, vigorous humans to keep 60 horses fed and exercised.
Today, six of us are sick with COVID-19, influenza A, or both.
Three were in bed or at the hospital this afternoon.
It’s gnarly here in Ventucky.
#COVIDisNotOver
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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This is a fantastic health breakthrough.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM