Patty Hayes
@purplehayesrn.bsky.social
Nurse, planet wanderer, student of cosmology, public health leader & mystery/sci-fi book lover.
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A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) at Tingley Beach in Albuquerque. Photo taken on December 20, 2025.
#nature #naturephotography #birds
#nature #naturephotography #birds
December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) at Tingley Beach in Albuquerque. Photo taken on December 20, 2025.
#nature #naturephotography #birds
#nature #naturephotography #birds
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Saturday night on MeTV- buckle up for the harrowing highway horror of a motorist being chased by a deadly tanker truck out to render him as roadkill! Dennis Weaver stars in Stephen Spielberg’s “Duel”! 8 pm eastern, 7 central time- as we step on the gas for nonstop tension and terror!
December 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Saturday night on MeTV- buckle up for the harrowing highway horror of a motorist being chased by a deadly tanker truck out to render him as roadkill! Dennis Weaver stars in Stephen Spielberg’s “Duel”! 8 pm eastern, 7 central time- as we step on the gas for nonstop tension and terror!
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Measles outbreaks are surging again, this time in South Carolina.
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Measles outbreaks are surging again, this time in South Carolina.
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
In normal times, we’d be hearing anticipatory guidance to the public on what to look out for and to encourage vaccination.
These are highly abnormal times and we are filling the void.
@msnowreports.bsky.social
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An "atmospheric river" of moisture has left parts of Oregon and Washington under feet of water. The heavy rain have closed roads, caused power outages, and stranded vehicles.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An "atmospheric river" of moisture has left parts of Oregon and Washington under feet of water. The heavy rain have closed roads, caused power outages, and stranded vehicles.
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🤔 Hmmm ...the alternative #BirdOfTheDay is #SmallBirdsBigPersonality small birds oozing personality...
...which makes me think of a darling Pygmy Nuthatch! 🥰
📸 Sitta pygmaea, #borbalert! 🪶🌿
#TheLittleThings 🤏
#BirdLovers
#Borbs
#Borb
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
...which makes me think of a darling Pygmy Nuthatch! 🥰
📸 Sitta pygmaea, #borbalert! 🪶🌿
#TheLittleThings 🤏
#BirdLovers
#Borbs
#Borb
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🤔 Hmmm ...the alternative #BirdOfTheDay is #SmallBirdsBigPersonality small birds oozing personality...
...which makes me think of a darling Pygmy Nuthatch! 🥰
📸 Sitta pygmaea, #borbalert! 🪶🌿
#TheLittleThings 🤏
#BirdLovers
#Borbs
#Borb
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
...which makes me think of a darling Pygmy Nuthatch! 🥰
📸 Sitta pygmaea, #borbalert! 🪶🌿
#TheLittleThings 🤏
#BirdLovers
#Borbs
#Borb
#Photography
#EastCoastKin
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A nice little piece about my institute, @perimeterinstitute.ca, in the Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv... (apparently it is "sponsor content" so it's more like a press release than reporting but it's a nice summary of what we do there and why)
Explorers of the infinite
Sponsor Content
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A nice little piece about my institute, @perimeterinstitute.ca, in the Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv... (apparently it is "sponsor content" so it's more like a press release than reporting but it's a nice summary of what we do there and why)
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JUST IN: The number of people killed in the devastating Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials said Friday, as authorities announced eight more arrests over the blaze. https://cnn.it/4io1eln
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
JUST IN: The number of people killed in the devastating Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials said Friday, as authorities announced eight more arrests over the blaze. https://cnn.it/4io1eln
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An author-signed book is one of the most affordable gifts you can give a friend or loved one.
The American Museum of Natural History shop stocks a dozen of my books, pre-signed by me. You’ll pay near-list price or a Black-Friday price, but proceeds go to the Museum.
shop.amnh.org/catalogsearc...
The American Museum of Natural History shop stocks a dozen of my books, pre-signed by me. You’ll pay near-list price or a Black-Friday price, but proceeds go to the Museum.
shop.amnh.org/catalogsearc...
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An author-signed book is one of the most affordable gifts you can give a friend or loved one.
The American Museum of Natural History shop stocks a dozen of my books, pre-signed by me. You’ll pay near-list price or a Black-Friday price, but proceeds go to the Museum.
shop.amnh.org/catalogsearc...
The American Museum of Natural History shop stocks a dozen of my books, pre-signed by me. You’ll pay near-list price or a Black-Friday price, but proceeds go to the Museum.
shop.amnh.org/catalogsearc...
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
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First-ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
First-ever atlas of brain development shows how stem cells turn into neurons
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
There are 6 excellent human brain development papers in Nature - www.nature.com/articles/d41... Check them out!
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is different than last year’s – in particular, that it contains significantly fewer items. | Fact check
Fact check: Cheaper Walmart Thanksgiving meal touted by Trump has fewer items than last year’s | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is diff...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is different than last year’s – in particular, that it contains significantly fewer items. | Fact check
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Saturday night on MeTV- Ray Harryhausen makes more stop-motion magic, providing a rodeo with its greatest attraction- a fierce dinosaur that lives with other thought to be extinct in the “Valley of Gwangi”! Tune in at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time!
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Saturday night on MeTV- Ray Harryhausen makes more stop-motion magic, providing a rodeo with its greatest attraction- a fierce dinosaur that lives with other thought to be extinct in the “Valley of Gwangi”! Tune in at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time!
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The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.
That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.
That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.
That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.
That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.
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Do we need to split the MMR vaccine into 3 shots?
No.
-No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well
-Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots?
-Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits?
Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”
No.
-No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well
-Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots?
-Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits?
Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Do we need to split the MMR vaccine into 3 shots?
No.
-No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well
-Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots?
-Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits?
Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”
No.
-No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well
-Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots?
-Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits?
Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”
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On this day in 1956 Albert Sabin announced an oral polio vaccine, which surpassed Jonas Salk's vaccine in making polio a thing of the past for millions around the world.
Polio afflicted FDR, Mitch McConnell, Robert Redford, and many others.
Let's not let RFK Jr bring it back.
Polio afflicted FDR, Mitch McConnell, Robert Redford, and many others.
Let's not let RFK Jr bring it back.
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
On this day in 1956 Albert Sabin announced an oral polio vaccine, which surpassed Jonas Salk's vaccine in making polio a thing of the past for millions around the world.
Polio afflicted FDR, Mitch McConnell, Robert Redford, and many others.
Let's not let RFK Jr bring it back.
Polio afflicted FDR, Mitch McConnell, Robert Redford, and many others.
Let's not let RFK Jr bring it back.
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Saturday night on MeTV- “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” kicks off with the much-requested Don Knotts in “Ghost & Mr.Chicken”-followed by the Sven Squad with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”- find out starting at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time!
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Saturday night on MeTV- “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” kicks off with the much-requested Don Knotts in “Ghost & Mr.Chicken”-followed by the Sven Squad with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”- find out starting at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time!
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The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and hurricane season are upon us. https://cnn.it/3IBQa6V
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and hurricane season are upon us. https://cnn.it/3IBQa6V
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On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
Today, in response, we brought our own graphs.
We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
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I know it seems dark right now, but please, I implore you to not give up, I see an immeasurable brightness waiting for you, where the western sky meets the horizon. I humbly ask the Creator, Wakan Tanka, to gift you reassurance, love and spiritual guidance. Peace be with you.
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I know it seems dark right now, but please, I implore you to not give up, I see an immeasurable brightness waiting for you, where the western sky meets the horizon. I humbly ask the Creator, Wakan Tanka, to gift you reassurance, love and spiritual guidance. Peace be with you.
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Please join us for a free, virtual National town hall on childhood health and vaccines on Sept 30 6p EDT
Sponsored by the @aft.org and with the great @drdemetre.bsky.social joining us
Please share questions here or register and bring them live! We have your back
sharemylesson.com/webinars/vac...
Sponsored by the @aft.org and with the great @drdemetre.bsky.social joining us
Please share questions here or register and bring them live! We have your back
sharemylesson.com/webinars/vac...
Cutting through the Noise: Vaccines, Childhood Health and Navigating the School Year
Separating Facts from Misinformation with Experts from the CDC and Beyond As the 2025–26 school year unfolds, families and educators are once again caught in the crossfire of misinformation about chil...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Please join us for a free, virtual National town hall on childhood health and vaccines on Sept 30 6p EDT
Sponsored by the @aft.org and with the great @drdemetre.bsky.social joining us
Please share questions here or register and bring them live! We have your back
sharemylesson.com/webinars/vac...
Sponsored by the @aft.org and with the great @drdemetre.bsky.social joining us
Please share questions here or register and bring them live! We have your back
sharemylesson.com/webinars/vac...
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Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider.
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It would be a grave mistake to change pediatric guidelines on Hepatitis B.
For parents confused by this confusing mess, please go to healthychildren.org for clear, unbiased information on childhood vaccines and always speak to your child’s medical provider.
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social
For parents confused by this confusing mess, please go to healthychildren.org for clear, unbiased information on childhood vaccines and always speak to your child’s medical provider.
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It would be a grave mistake to change pediatric guidelines on Hepatitis B.
For parents confused by this confusing mess, please go to healthychildren.org for clear, unbiased information on childhood vaccines and always speak to your child’s medical provider.
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social
For parents confused by this confusing mess, please go to healthychildren.org for clear, unbiased information on childhood vaccines and always speak to your child’s medical provider.
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social