Climate Action Mom also @exponentialGPs@mastodon.social
@exponentialgps.bsky.social
COVID informed - climate action advocate - live with adorable cat & more guinea pigs than I want - adopt don’t shop - pro accepting others as they are - #RightToLove. All that kind of thing. It's fine not to follow back
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How many pieces of #plastic does it take to kill a sea bird? Turtle? Marine Mammal? Sadly, not much. www.latimes.com/science/stor...
How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers
Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers set out to find out how much it takes. The answer: Surprisingly little.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How many pieces of #plastic does it take to kill a sea bird? Turtle? Marine Mammal? Sadly, not much. www.latimes.com/science/stor...
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“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
Duke Health researchers announces breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine trial
A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today.
abc11.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
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Thanks RFK and Trump.
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks RFK and Trump.
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"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
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People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
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SARS-cov-2 has always been a vascular disease and not a respiratory disease. SARS-COV-2 was never “just a cold”
#Sars-Cov-2 #CovidisNotOver #CovidisAirborne
#Sars-Cov-2 #CovidisNotOver #CovidisAirborne
"Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID."
Analysis found long COVID patients had far more microclots than healthy controls — a median 19.7-fold increase — and the clots were also significantly larger than those seen in healthy blood.
Source: archive.md/iqny3
Analysis found long COVID patients had far more microclots than healthy controls — a median 19.7-fold increase — and the clots were also significantly larger than those seen in healthy blood.
Source: archive.md/iqny3
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
SARS-cov-2 has always been a vascular disease and not a respiratory disease. SARS-COV-2 was never “just a cold”
#Sars-Cov-2 #CovidisNotOver #CovidisAirborne
#Sars-Cov-2 #CovidisNotOver #CovidisAirborne
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Beavers could help reverse ‘dramatic’ decline in pollinating insects – study
Beaver-created wetlands showed a 29% increase in hoverfly species, 119% more hoverfly individuals and 45% more butterflies than those that were artificially created.
www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
Beaver-created wetlands showed a 29% increase in hoverfly species, 119% more hoverfly individuals and 45% more butterflies than those that were artificially created.
www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
Beavers could help reverse ‘dramatic’ decline in pollinating insects – study
Researchers at the University of Stirling said landowners should be incentivised to allow beavers on their land.
www.the-independent.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Beavers could help reverse ‘dramatic’ decline in pollinating insects – study
Beaver-created wetlands showed a 29% increase in hoverfly species, 119% more hoverfly individuals and 45% more butterflies than those that were artificially created.
www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
Beaver-created wetlands showed a 29% increase in hoverfly species, 119% more hoverfly individuals and 45% more butterflies than those that were artificially created.
www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
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Wolves are evolving to use tools! We're all gonna die!!!!!
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species #BellaBella
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species - BC News
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals.
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wolves are evolving to use tools! We're all gonna die!!!!!
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4/ Example: In Europe, a 10% improvement in nurse staffing adequacy reduced odds of physicians intending to leave by 20%. Similar trends in the US for care environment improvements.
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
4/ Example: In Europe, a 10% improvement in nurse staffing adequacy reduced odds of physicians intending to leave by 20%. Similar trends in the US for care environment improvements.
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First ever human case of H5N5 avian flu confirmed in Washington state
Previous human detections in the United States have involved the H5N1 strain.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Previous human detections in the United States have involved the H5N1 strain.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
First ever human case of H5N5 avian flu confirmed in Washington state
Previous human detections in the United States have involved the H5N1 strain.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Previous human detections in the United States have involved the H5N1 strain.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Al Gore on Saudi Arabia at #COP30 climate summit
“Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to veto the effort to solve the #climatecrisis"
“I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to this obscene greed and recklessness on the part of the kingdom”
www.ft.com/content/f165...
“Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to veto the effort to solve the #climatecrisis"
“I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to this obscene greed and recklessness on the part of the kingdom”
www.ft.com/content/f165...
Home - Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Al Gore on Saudi Arabia at #COP30 climate summit
“Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to veto the effort to solve the #climatecrisis"
“I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to this obscene greed and recklessness on the part of the kingdom”
www.ft.com/content/f165...
“Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to veto the effort to solve the #climatecrisis"
“I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to this obscene greed and recklessness on the part of the kingdom”
www.ft.com/content/f165...
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NIH researchers shared new progress on long COVID.
Four treatments low-dose naltrexone, baricitinib, GLP-1 agonists and stellate ganglion block are now moving into clinical trials to ease symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Four treatments low-dose naltrexone, baricitinib, GLP-1 agonists and stellate ganglion block are now moving into clinical trials to ease symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Progress on the pathway to long COVID treatments - Nature Immunology
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Foundation for the National Institutes of Health convened a 2-day workshop announcing four agents to enter RECOVER–Treating Long COVID ...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NIH researchers shared new progress on long COVID.
Four treatments low-dose naltrexone, baricitinib, GLP-1 agonists and stellate ganglion block are now moving into clinical trials to ease symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Four treatments low-dose naltrexone, baricitinib, GLP-1 agonists and stellate ganglion block are now moving into clinical trials to ease symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
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Now too excited to work for the rest of the day...
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Now too excited to work for the rest of the day...
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Re-upping this for the Monday morning crowd!
Researching the politics of private health insurance? Submit to @jhppl.bsky.social, which is doing a special issue on this very subject, and which I’m pleased to be co-editing with @adrianna.bsky.social. Looking for papers on prior auth, Medicare Advantage, ACA and so much more! Submit by 2/1.
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Re-upping this for the Monday morning crowd!
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New Prof G Markets newsletter:
1. How to invest in a market where nothing looks cheap
2. America’s housing crisis is somehow getting worse
3. How China is pulling ahead in AI
4. Newsletter Exclusive: Will AI reshape the music industry? www.profgmarkets.com/p/what-to-do...
1. How to invest in a market where nothing looks cheap
2. America’s housing crisis is somehow getting worse
3. How China is pulling ahead in AI
4. Newsletter Exclusive: Will AI reshape the music industry? www.profgmarkets.com/p/what-to-do...
What to Do When the Entire Market Looks Expensive
www.profgmarkets.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New Prof G Markets newsletter:
1. How to invest in a market where nothing looks cheap
2. America’s housing crisis is somehow getting worse
3. How China is pulling ahead in AI
4. Newsletter Exclusive: Will AI reshape the music industry? www.profgmarkets.com/p/what-to-do...
1. How to invest in a market where nothing looks cheap
2. America’s housing crisis is somehow getting worse
3. How China is pulling ahead in AI
4. Newsletter Exclusive: Will AI reshape the music industry? www.profgmarkets.com/p/what-to-do...
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Emily Corbett writes:
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Emily Corbett writes:
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
"A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Lit and Creative Ed is available at Goldsmiths Univ of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec."
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Ruth Kapp Hartz Speaks to BCCC Students About Surviving the Holocaust | “The Holocaust teaches universal lessons, including World History extremism, the fragility of democracy, human capacity for immorality, the role of perpetrators and bartenders, and the importance of empathy,” said Hartz.
Ruth Kapp Hartz Speaks to BCCC Students About Surviving the Holocaust - Bucks County Beacon
“The Holocaust teaches universal lessons, including World History extremism, the fragility of democracy, human capacity for immorality, the role of perpetrators and bartenders, and the importance of e...
buckscountybeacon.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ruth Kapp Hartz Speaks to BCCC Students About Surviving the Holocaust | “The Holocaust teaches universal lessons, including World History extremism, the fragility of democracy, human capacity for immorality, the role of perpetrators and bartenders, and the importance of empathy,” said Hartz.
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Bee
‘Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes…’
Dream dreams untethered from expectancy…
#bee #goodnight #dream
‘Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes…’
Dream dreams untethered from expectancy…
#bee #goodnight #dream
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Bee
‘Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes…’
Dream dreams untethered from expectancy…
#bee #goodnight #dream
‘Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime, yes…’
Dream dreams untethered from expectancy…
#bee #goodnight #dream
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#ResistanceEarth
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
MIT student Jacqueline Prawira’s invention, a biodegradable plastic made from fishing industry waste, tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges and was recently featured on CBS...
news.mit.edu
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
#ResistanceEarth
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
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This is fucking terrifying. In one meeting acip could shatter access to multiple vaccines by attacking adjuvants, childhood vaccines schedule and hepatitis B
ACIP has posted a draft agenda for their upcoming meeting on 12/4 and 12/5.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
Alarm bells are blaring. They are going to spend the entire first day talking about the vaccine schedule.
There is no evidence whatsoever that there is any danger whatsoever with the current vaccine schedule.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is fucking terrifying. In one meeting acip could shatter access to multiple vaccines by attacking adjuvants, childhood vaccines schedule and hepatitis B
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1) 🇩🇪 Some really good news! Germany plans to invest half a billion euros in research on diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid.
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
1) 🇩🇪 Some really good news! Germany plans to invest half a billion euros in research on diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid.
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
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“If you want to know what a bubble looks like, it’s this”
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“If you want to know what a bubble looks like, it’s this”
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Dotcom crash meet Enron
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The deep Atlantic is sending us a warning. New research shows a distinct mid-depth warming pattern that reveals the AMOC is slowing down. This hidden signal could reshape weather, storms, and sea-level rise. Learn more on activist360.
bit.ly/activist360A... #ClimateScience #Storms #SeaLevelRise
bit.ly/activist360A... #ClimateScience #Storms #SeaLevelRise
The deep Atlantic is sending us a warning.
Scientists have found a mid-depth warming signal that reveals the AMOC is slowing. This shift could reshape storms, weather, and sea-level rise. Read the explainer on activist360. https://bit.ly/activ...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The deep Atlantic is sending us a warning. New research shows a distinct mid-depth warming pattern that reveals the AMOC is slowing down. This hidden signal could reshape weather, storms, and sea-level rise. Learn more on activist360.
bit.ly/activist360A... #ClimateScience #Storms #SeaLevelRise
bit.ly/activist360A... #ClimateScience #Storms #SeaLevelRise