Pat
@pmbrent.com
Cat Fan, Urbanist 🚴, Green Tech 💚, occasional sports ⚾️⚽️
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#YallMasking 😷 #TeamVorsicht
they/them, er/ihm
#YallMasking 😷 #TeamVorsicht
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Pat
@pmbrent.com
· Mar 14
Knowledge must inform action.
As we approach #5YearsLongCovid let me recommend some knowledge:
1. @thesicktimes.bsky.social
2. @violetblue.bsky.social 's excellent newsletter www.patreon.com/posts/124252...
and some action:
1. Wear a mask when you're indoors / in a crowd 😷
2. Offer virtual events
As we approach #5YearsLongCovid let me recommend some knowledge:
1. @thesicktimes.bsky.social
2. @violetblue.bsky.social 's excellent newsletter www.patreon.com/posts/124252...
and some action:
1. Wear a mask when you're indoors / in a crowd 😷
2. Offer virtual events
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Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
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In case you need a timeline cleanse. #tuxedocatsofbluesky
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In case you need a timeline cleanse. #tuxedocatsofbluesky
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Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
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Morgen wird es für mich die Impfung gegen #Influenza geben.
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Morgen wird es für mich die Impfung gegen #Influenza geben.
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
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People somehow miss the point that "nothing happened" is the desirable outcome, and the result of safety engineers actually doing their jobs.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
People somehow miss the point that "nothing happened" is the desirable outcome, and the result of safety engineers actually doing their jobs.
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
My mom has filed! Tell the authors in your life to check if they're on Anthropic's list
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My mom has filed! Tell the authors in your life to check if they're on Anthropic's list
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🥁14.11.2025 weltweit Klimastreik Demos und natürlich auch in Berlin und natürlich auch mit dem ADFC Tempelhof sowie weiteren ADFC Stadtteilgruppen💪
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🥁14.11.2025 weltweit Klimastreik Demos und natürlich auch in Berlin und natürlich auch mit dem ADFC Tempelhof sowie weiteren ADFC Stadtteilgruppen💪
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
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Wusstet ihr das?
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wusstet ihr das?
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
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🔬 Das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) hat gestern eine Nationale Dekade gegen postinfektiöse Erkrankungen angekündigt. Über 10 Jahre hinweg sollen 50 Mio. Euro jährlich in die Erforschung von #MECFS und anderen postinfektiösen Erkrankungen investiert werden.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔬 Das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) hat gestern eine Nationale Dekade gegen postinfektiöse Erkrankungen angekündigt. Über 10 Jahre hinweg sollen 50 Mio. Euro jährlich in die Erforschung von #MECFS und anderen postinfektiösen Erkrankungen investiert werden.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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Tributes at Bryn Mawr College to the brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether, who spent her final years there. Noether revolutionized the methods of modern physics by identifying continuous symmetry groups with conservation laws. The third image is her grave marker.
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tributes at Bryn Mawr College to the brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether, who spent her final years there. Noether revolutionized the methods of modern physics by identifying continuous symmetry groups with conservation laws. The third image is her grave marker.
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
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Also Canadians:
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
“no one rides in the winter”
Canadians:
Canadians:
Good morning to the person who passed me on a winterized unicycle (?!) as I was walking to the LRT this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also Canadians:
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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5 Nov 2025 -- In stunning rebuke to Trump and to Reps still running on anti-trans social panic, Dems nearly ran the table last night, winning up & down ballot in VA & NJ, the NYC Mayoral race, in CA on redistricting measure, & keeping PA Supreme Court majority. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
5 Nov 2025 -- In stunning rebuke to Trump and to Reps still running on anti-trans social panic, Dems nearly ran the table last night, winning up & down ballot in VA & NJ, the NYC Mayoral race, in CA on redistricting measure, & keeping PA Supreme Court majority. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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"In diesem Moment der politischen Dunkelheit wird New York das Licht", Zohran Mamdani.
Hoffnung ist immer da ♥️
Hoffnung ist immer da ♥️
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"In diesem Moment der politischen Dunkelheit wird New York das Licht", Zohran Mamdani.
Hoffnung ist immer da ♥️
Hoffnung ist immer da ♥️
Auf der Suche für etwas Halloween-anpassend habe ich die Serie entdeckt. Richtig lustig und teilweise spannend!
@dwdl.de hat der bizarren Geschichte unseres #kohlrabenschwarz Franchise nachgespürt.
Die Serie ist ab heute für einen Monat in der ARD Mediathek zu finden! 👉 bit.ly/kohlrabenschwarz
Die Serie ist ab heute für einen Monat in der ARD Mediathek zu finden! 👉 bit.ly/kohlrabenschwarz
Vom Biergarten zum BR: Die turbulente Reise von "Kohlrabenschwarz" - DWDL.de
Einst als Original bei Paramount+ gestartet, flog "Kohlrabenschwarz" nach wenigen Monaten aus dem Angebot. Später war die Serie bei MagentaTV zu sehen, nun folgt die Free-TV-Ausstrahlung im BR. Den Ma...
www.dwdl.de
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Auf der Suche für etwas Halloween-anpassend habe ich die Serie entdeckt. Richtig lustig und teilweise spannend!
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Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
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Researchers at Scripps Research have launched a fully remote clinical trial enrolling 1,000 US adults with long COVID to test whether the diabetes/obesity drug tirzepatide can relieve symptoms by reducing inflammation.
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Researchers at Scripps Research have launched a fully remote clinical trial enrolling 1,000 US adults with long COVID to test whether the diabetes/obesity drug tirzepatide can relieve symptoms by reducing inflammation.
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
@wired.com 's Tech Support video series has become my favorite lunch break watching these days. Grab an expert on a random topic, have them answer questions from social media over 30 minutes. Cheerful, engaging, and I'm guaranteed to learn something! Please keep 'em coming!
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@wired.com 's Tech Support video series has become my favorite lunch break watching these days. Grab an expert on a random topic, have them answer questions from social media over 30 minutes. Cheerful, engaging, and I'm guaranteed to learn something! Please keep 'em coming!
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I would love to see pics of your pets in Halloween costumes, please
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I would love to see pics of your pets in Halloween costumes, please