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Kimberly Prather PhD
@kprather.bsky.social

Atmospheric Chemistry professor, air quality, clouds-climate, health, viruses, bioaerosols, public speaker, environmental justice. ❤️ ❤️ gardening, cooking, empathy.

https://airborne.ucsd.edu

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Kimberly A. Prather is an American atmospheric chemist. She is a distinguished chair in atmospheric chemistry and a distinguished professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and department of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego. Her work focuses on how humans are influencing the atmosphere and climate. In 2019, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for technologies that transformed understanding of aerosols and their impacts on air quality, climate, and human health. In 2020, she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. .. more

Environmental science 47%
Geology 20%

You mean the pinkie promise by the GOP the 8 Dems believed is not holding up??? It's gotten to the point that whatever Trump or his GOP cronies say...the truth is the opposite...when he says he will always do something...it's never...when he says lower prices/gas/groceries...it's higher......Get it?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

All spineless weaklings with zero moral compass...
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:

Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.

A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.

When will party leadership learn this lesson?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
Come on! We know members of the Senate are “free agents,” but the fact is Schumer didn’t hold his caucus together & isn’t doing his job as Leader

We’re supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that none of the Dems who voted yes on the CR have anything to lose in 2026?

@schumer.senate.gov STEP DOWN!
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:

Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Sen. Angus King on why Democrats caved: "It wasn't working."
I refuse to support a funding bill that fails to address the Republican health care crisis.

And make health insurance affordable.

The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too.

I'm voting no.

Chuck has got to go...he has failed us so many times...he (and his cronies) are a big reason people have flipped on the Dems...some even voted for a Felon and rapist because of this guy and his "leadership".
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.

If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.

Ur forever part of CAICE family!!! Hope ur well!!

More motivation for 2028!!!!
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."

Wonderful memories of CAICE Phase IIb Launch with one of my favorite people ever Nobel Laureate Mario Molina...he was the quiet motivator in the background always cheering me/CAICE on...so lucky to have had him in my life.

Have done this....
Several states (including California, Michigan, Oregon, and Wisconsin) have announced that they’ve begun processing full food stamp payments. Thank you to those states for stepping up to support families in need!
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

🌎 What can 18th-century experiments on air teach us about today’s climate challenges?

Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric chemist @kprather.bsky.social and @amphilsociety.bsky.social for a conversation on how science, climate & society are connected.

📅 Nov 11
🔗 bit.ly/4nFCmGW
On Experimentation, Air, and Human Health: Considering Priestley’s Scientific Legacies | American Philosophical Society
Join the American Philosophical Society and Scripps Research Institute for a public conversation with atmospheric chemist Dr. Kimberly A. Prather (APS 2022) on how early observations about the “air” c...
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With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
Trump's Sunday just FELL APART As Obama drops NEW surprise!

** 🌟PRESIDENT OBAMA🌟
🚨Obama's Clever Trick Just BLINDSIDED Trump's White House
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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In the past month, a serial child rapist has murdered 100 people in the Caribbean, destroyed the East Wing of the White House, neutralized our Congress, & stolen food from 20% of American children.

We pay him, house him, drive him, fly him, and pay for his bodyguards.

Call your reps
202-224-3121
You know what evil looks like? The orange felon hosting a Great Gatsby themed gala at his trashy private club yesterday whilst trying to end SNAP benefits and healthcare subsidies from tens of millions of Americans. Giving a convicted criminal full power was a horrible idea.

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

Me??

I would be more supportive of @GavinNewsom for President
if he had been supportive of air + water quality issues at the CA border. My concern: he seems to "get it" for "richer" areas of California while ignoring 80 million+ gallons of sewage releasing toxic gases into air at the border?? Why?
If you can’t find hope...be hope. Someone’s watching you for permission to keep going.