Purple Thistle
hazelnthorn.bsky.social
Purple Thistle
@hazelnthorn.bsky.social
Grow food, carry water. There are 1000 ways to kiss the earth.
Decolonize. LandBack. Rewild. Restore.
#FreePalestine
#WeAreTheNewAncestors
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I don't think Jack approached the beanstalk scenario from the right angle.
November 25, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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I love how morning walkers say hello to each other like expats in a foreign country thrilled to find someone who speaks the same language.
November 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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"teenager’s: two possible mutations that could enhance the virus’s ability to infect human cells, and another that could allow it to replicate more easily in human cells, not just in the cells of its usual avian host"

at least Nature got it right
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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"A genetic change associated with viral adaptation to mammals...
analysis of another recent human case in Texas"

Media continues to botch reports on BC teen polys

quote is about PB2 E627K
in TX case

No mention of E627K inBC teen
Just H5 E190D Q226H
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
New Bird Flu Cases in Young People Are Raising Concerns about Mutating Virus
Canada’s first human case of bird flu has left a teenager in critical condition as human infections continue to emerge in the western U.S.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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"Israeli forces injured one of the only journalists left in north Gaza on Tuesday in an airstrike, after the military publicly threatened the Al Jazeera reporter with assassination in October."
Israel Targets, Injures One of the Only Journalists Left in North Gaza in Strike
Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat had just arrived at a house that had been bombed when Israel struck it again.
truthout.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Tip of the iceberg:
#SARSCoV2 can infect neurons and induce neuroinflammation and cell death.
Size of the iceberg:
We are just starting to discover. Science takes time.
#NeuroCovid
November 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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"Our service is needed as writers. Our service is needed as human beings. In every room. In every space. Especially where there is something to risk."

Deeply powerful speech from Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social) upon winning the poetry National Book Award

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November 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know?

“Wolak said teachers should still open windows to ventilate the rooms and clean the air in crowded areas, helping minimize kids’ exposure to an airborne virus”

globalnews.ca/news/1086417...
With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know? | Globalnews.ca
Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite this flu being a single case.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 AM