Alisa Shockley, Ph.D.
@blackgirlgeogphd.bsky.social
Postdoc fellow at University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing | Health Geographer | Black Geographer | Works on green spaces, health and gun violence
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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
February 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.
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There’s something happening in this country.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There’s something happening in this country.
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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Great start!
800 researchers
400 scientific presentations
250 institutions from across the country
24+ academic disciplines represented
19 sponsoring organizations
17 exhibitors
15 board members
5 society committees
…and a deep belief and hope that all of this work can and will make a difference❤️🩹 (1/2)
400 scientific presentations
250 institutions from across the country
24+ academic disciplines represented
19 sponsoring organizations
17 exhibitors
15 board members
5 society committees
…and a deep belief and hope that all of this work can and will make a difference❤️🩹 (1/2)
December 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Great start!
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Have not seen much on here on Sudan, so I'm amplifying this horrific report that shows the number who are killed is higher than previously estimated.
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Have not seen much on here on Sudan, so I'm amplifying this horrific report that shows the number who are killed is higher than previously estimated.
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
Coming over from the former Twitter app @BlackGirlGeog
November 15, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Coming over from the former Twitter app @BlackGirlGeog