B rent
@bmsbass.bsky.social
I am a bibliophile, lover of nature and animals, an avid tennis player and gym-goer, a pianist by training, and an opera singer by training and trade.
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Climate change is fueling catastrophic floods, but Trump's administration is cutting the tools we need to fight back.
NOAA labs, NASA satellites, FEMA grants & local warning systems are on the chopping block.
Result? Communities will be caught unprepared when disaster strikes.
zurl.co/vUw4Z
NOAA labs, NASA satellites, FEMA grants & local warning systems are on the chopping block.
Result? Communities will be caught unprepared when disaster strikes.
zurl.co/vUw4Z
Why Texas’ floods are a warning for the rest of the country
The disaster that unfolded in Kerr County, Texas, shows how many communities will struggle to prepare for extreme weather as the federal government pulls back.
zurl.co
July 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Climate change is fueling catastrophic floods, but Trump's administration is cutting the tools we need to fight back.
NOAA labs, NASA satellites, FEMA grants & local warning systems are on the chopping block.
Result? Communities will be caught unprepared when disaster strikes.
zurl.co/vUw4Z
NOAA labs, NASA satellites, FEMA grants & local warning systems are on the chopping block.
Result? Communities will be caught unprepared when disaster strikes.
zurl.co/vUw4Z
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“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
www.motherjones.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There is no clear precedent for what DeSantis and the president are doing."
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges.
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Caturday
One of these kitties is not like the others
One of these kitties is not like the others
May 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Caturday
One of these kitties is not like the others
One of these kitties is not like the others
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“It is exciting to see funding for multivalent inactivated influenza vaccines, but it will be important to continue funding other promising platforms as well, like mRNA vaccines that can simultaneously deliver dozens of influenza vaccine antigens.”
People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
www.statnews.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“It is exciting to see funding for multivalent inactivated influenza vaccines, but it will be important to continue funding other promising platforms as well, like mRNA vaccines that can simultaneously deliver dozens of influenza vaccine antigens.”
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I work in industrial ceramics manufacturing. My plant also produces cast iron and glass.
Without well-managed air filtration and access to NIOSH approved respirators and dust masks, workers like me will be at increased risk of lung conditions like silicosis & mesothelioma, and other organ damage.
Without well-managed air filtration and access to NIOSH approved respirators and dust masks, workers like me will be at increased risk of lung conditions like silicosis & mesothelioma, and other organ damage.
🚨 Trump’s HHS just gutted NIOSH—laying off 85% of staff and shuttering key science programs.
🧪 Cancer research for firefighters? Halted.
😷 Respirator safety testing? Ceased.
📉 Decades of public health and worker safety science in jeopardy.
Read more below ⬇️:
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
🧪 Cancer research for firefighters? Halted.
😷 Respirator safety testing? Ceased.
📉 Decades of public health and worker safety science in jeopardy.
Read more below ⬇️:
www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff
Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators.
www.cbsnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I work in industrial ceramics manufacturing. My plant also produces cast iron and glass.
Without well-managed air filtration and access to NIOSH approved respirators and dust masks, workers like me will be at increased risk of lung conditions like silicosis & mesothelioma, and other organ damage.
Without well-managed air filtration and access to NIOSH approved respirators and dust masks, workers like me will be at increased risk of lung conditions like silicosis & mesothelioma, and other organ damage.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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This Just In:
Trump regime pushes fake science, announcing its release of a 'Fact Sheet' for a Cass Review, revealing investigations into providers and hormone therapy manufacturers are already underway.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
#DumpTrumpScience
#StandUpForScience
Trump regime pushes fake science, announcing its release of a 'Fact Sheet' for a Cass Review, revealing investigations into providers and hormone therapy manufacturers are already underway.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
#DumpTrumpScience
#StandUpForScience
White House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have Begun
A new fact sheet released by the White House Monday morning confirms the imminent release of a "Cass review" type report. It also announces investigations have begun.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This Just In:
Trump regime pushes fake science, announcing its release of a 'Fact Sheet' for a Cass Review, revealing investigations into providers and hormone therapy manufacturers are already underway.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
#DumpTrumpScience
#StandUpForScience
Trump regime pushes fake science, announcing its release of a 'Fact Sheet' for a Cass Review, revealing investigations into providers and hormone therapy manufacturers are already underway.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/white-hous...
#DumpTrumpScience
#StandUpForScience
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This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This horrific story has been confirmed to me by a colleague at the same institute as this scientist. The US is not a safe place to run an academic conference. @theguardian.com have an English language version of this story: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🔭🧪
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One of the worst things about what’s happening is the idea that ppl with disabilities are a disposable minority. All y’all: you’re gonna get old. You’ll have arthritis. Or Parkinson’s. Or cancer. Or heart disease. You’re still gonna have to buy fucking groceries.
Guidelines about accommodating people with disabilities are being scrubbed from the Justice departments website in an effort to … reduce the cost of groceries.
Once again disabled people are targeted because the government assumes no one will speak up for us.
Speak up. We need you.
Once again disabled people are targeted because the government assumes no one will speak up for us.
Speak up. We need you.
Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses
Multiple pages scrubbed from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website due to a Trump order
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
One of the worst things about what’s happening is the idea that ppl with disabilities are a disposable minority. All y’all: you’re gonna get old. You’ll have arthritis. Or Parkinson’s. Or cancer. Or heart disease. You’re still gonna have to buy fucking groceries.
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BREAKING: Deadly H5N1 Mutation Detected in U.S. Dairy Herds Experts Warn of Rising Pandemic Risk
Scientists are alarmed by a newly identified H5N1 mutation found in four U.S. dairy cow herds, raising concerns about its potential spread.
Scientists are alarmed by a newly identified H5N1 mutation found in four U.S. dairy cow herds, raising concerns about its potential spread.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BREAKING: Deadly H5N1 Mutation Detected in U.S. Dairy Herds Experts Warn of Rising Pandemic Risk
Scientists are alarmed by a newly identified H5N1 mutation found in four U.S. dairy cow herds, raising concerns about its potential spread.
Scientists are alarmed by a newly identified H5N1 mutation found in four U.S. dairy cow herds, raising concerns about its potential spread.
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A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.
No pay wall.
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BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
March 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
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@standupforscience.bsky.social CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW to VOTE NO on cloture and NO on the Continuing Resolution which would permanently end federal services and hand congressional power to Trump/Musk
CALLS ARE WORKING!
Updates
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CALLS ARE WORKING!
Updates
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
3/14 Senators and Call Script
VOTE IS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE WANT NO ON CLOTURE. 7 YES = LOSS Dem leadership who have not taken a public position but likely to back Schumer: Whip Dick Durbin (IL) — 202-224-2152 SPC Chair Amy Klobu...
docs.google.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@standupforscience.bsky.social CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW to VOTE NO on cloture and NO on the Continuing Resolution which would permanently end federal services and hand congressional power to Trump/Musk
CALLS ARE WORKING!
Updates
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CALLS ARE WORKING!
Updates
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ICYMI by First release - now in print @science.org
Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection.
buff.ly/3DjNQ1e
By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection.
buff.ly/3DjNQ1e
By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ICYMI by First release - now in print @science.org
Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection.
buff.ly/3DjNQ1e
By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
Identification of APCs in the gut that promote Treg differentiation and how tolerance to food antigens is influenced by helminth infection.
buff.ly/3DjNQ1e
By @cicacanesso.bsky.social @danmucida.bsky.social @victora.bsky.social et al
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NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines. www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines. www.science.org/content/arti...
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apnews.com/article/vete...
1) In an effort to make the government skeletal, as advocated by the Koch Bros & Project 2025, indiscriminate, cruel cuts are being made to the VA to gain as much power as possible from the government...The VA says it is planning to cut over 80,000 jobs...theorists do not
1) In an effort to make the government skeletal, as advocated by the Koch Bros & Project 2025, indiscriminate, cruel cuts are being made to the VA to gain as much power as possible from the government...The VA says it is planning to cut over 80,000 jobs...theorists do not
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
apnews.com/article/vete...
1) In an effort to make the government skeletal, as advocated by the Koch Bros & Project 2025, indiscriminate, cruel cuts are being made to the VA to gain as much power as possible from the government...The VA says it is planning to cut over 80,000 jobs...theorists do not
1) In an effort to make the government skeletal, as advocated by the Koch Bros & Project 2025, indiscriminate, cruel cuts are being made to the VA to gain as much power as possible from the government...The VA says it is planning to cut over 80,000 jobs...theorists do not
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I'm old,had measles,knew families who lost to polio. Flu killed family members over my life and gave me pneumonia.
A known issue MEASLES IMMUNITY AMNESIA does away with prior immunities. Perfect deadly storm.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34129794/
youtu.be/q_tVZbgcV7s?...
A known issue MEASLES IMMUNITY AMNESIA does away with prior immunities. Perfect deadly storm.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34129794/
youtu.be/q_tVZbgcV7s?...
Immune amnesia induced by measles and its effects on concurrent epidemics - PubMed
It has been recently discovered that the measles virus can damage pre-existing immunological memory, destroying B lymphocytes and reducing the diversity of non-specific B cells of the infected host. I...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm old,had measles,knew families who lost to polio. Flu killed family members over my life and gave me pneumonia.
A known issue MEASLES IMMUNITY AMNESIA does away with prior immunities. Perfect deadly storm.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34129794/
youtu.be/q_tVZbgcV7s?...
A known issue MEASLES IMMUNITY AMNESIA does away with prior immunities. Perfect deadly storm.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34129794/
youtu.be/q_tVZbgcV7s?...
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“CDC estimates that during the 2023-2024 season, flu vaccination prevented 9.8 million flu-related illnesses, 4.8 million medical visits, 120,000 hospitalizations, and 7,900 deaths.”
Flu Burden Prevented from Vaccination 2023-2024 Flu Season
CDC estimates that during the 2023-2024 season, flu vaccination prevented 9.8 million flu illnesses.
www.cdc.gov
February 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“CDC estimates that during the 2023-2024 season, flu vaccination prevented 9.8 million flu-related illnesses, 4.8 million medical visits, 120,000 hospitalizations, and 7,900 deaths.”
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If you're reading this you probably survived the first Trump presidency.
2019 Trump pulls funding from CDC China office.
The rest is history.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
2019 Trump pulls funding from CDC China office.
The rest is history.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
Exclusive: U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned.
www.reuters.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If you're reading this you probably survived the first Trump presidency.
2019 Trump pulls funding from CDC China office.
The rest is history.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
2019 Trump pulls funding from CDC China office.
The rest is history.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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Exception of COVID year (people isolated, wearing masks, …), 10,000s of Americans die from flu every year.
February 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Exception of COVID year (people isolated, wearing masks, …), 10,000s of Americans die from flu every year.
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Not to diminish this, but it sounds from this interview like they can still use the WHO formulation (as long as they don’t muck with approvals, which isn’t necessarily guaranteed): insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
Scoop: FDA vaccine meeting abruptly canceled. Meeting was to determine 2025-2026 influenza vaccine composition.
Hi everyone,
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Not to diminish this, but it sounds from this interview like they can still use the WHO formulation (as long as they don’t muck with approvals, which isn’t necessarily guaranteed): insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...
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Ok, but does that impact this? Sounds like the rest of the world is taking the lead.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency
The United States has joined a WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite the Trump administration's plans to withdraw from the global health agency.
www.statnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ok, but does that impact this? Sounds like the rest of the world is taking the lead.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
Absolute idiocy from Trump Admin, Musk, their cronies and RFK Jr.
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Absolute idiocy from Trump Admin, Musk, their cronies and RFK Jr.