raisingpks.bsky.social
@raisingpks.bsky.social
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Annual reminder:

Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.

Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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For me, the person of the year is Gisèle Pelicot.

“Shame must change sides.”
December 12, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
noooo……..
Welp, time to never use bible gateway again.
not only does murdoch own bible gateway, he uses your bible reading habits to determine your "preferences, opinions and emotions” and sells that info to whoever he wants.
December 7, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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Fantastic article on Long Covid where actor Matt McGorry shares his experience.
Having read Care Work and loved it, I am now going to add the other books he mentioned to my to-read list 😀

www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid
Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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I wish people would put to death “brain fog” and start taking about neuro Covid and the brain damage that results.

#pwlc
#covidsky

www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Persistence of spike protein at the skull-meninges-brain axis may contribute to the neurological sequelae of COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to long-lasting neurological sequelae, but underlying mechanisms are unclear. Rong et al. report that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the skull-meninges-brain axis, ...
www.cell.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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"Where alcohol businesses cluster, violence follows. And although most people who consume alcohol do so safely, people who have been drinking are also more prone to conflict."
www.thetrace.org/2024/11/balt...
To Battle the Bullet, Baltimore Goes After the Bottle
The block in East Baltimore where Ashley Long was shot and killed in 2017 is desolate, even by the standards of the surrounding neighborhood. On a Saturday afternoon last spring, a cop in a parked pol...
www.thetrace.org
November 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Four of Donald Trump’s nominees are especially dangerous to the security of the United States and to the well-being of its people, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “The Senate must turn back these nominations, and do so en bloc.”
The Senate Exists for a Reason
These four Trump picks should be stopped.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Morning Y'all 🖤💙🌞
Y'all still don't learn from us. So many of you always looking for the come up. We always do what we're supposed to for the greater good why can't you?
November 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.

www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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Our newest paper on #CorsiRosenthalBox es.

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Gr8 prolonged performance at 9 hrs/day & 7 days/week for $70. Degradation of CADR over study, but still well above $250-$600 HEPA units for particles in size range of respiratory aerosols.

Never been rocket science, folks.
Longevity of size-dependent particle removal performance of do-it-yourself box fan air filters
Filtration performance of do-it-yourself (DIY) box fan filters deployed across a university campus was assessed over an academic year. Four DIY air filters were constructed from box fans and air filte...
pubs.rsc.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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One way Hitler convinced enough people to turn him into a real political force was to give different, even contradictory, messages to different groups, knowing they were not talking to each other and comparing notes.

I thought this would be impossible in the age of social media. What did I know?
November 16, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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The UN has now formally found Israel's genocide "consistent with genocide", including the use of weaponized starvation.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
NEW YORK (14 November 2024) – Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palest...
www.ohchr.org
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Hey folks, look who's now on Bluesky... The C of the Corsi-Rosenthal boxes. 🎉

@corsiaq.bsky.social

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My 1st post on Blue Sky!

Happy to be on this new platform and hoping that those who follow me on the other platform rejoin here.

I'll continue to post about indoor air quality, College of Engineering at #UCDavis, and occasionally about dogs & music.

1st image = two #CRBox es & a dean.
November 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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Tragically nobody wanted to watch the spinoff, Miami Virtue
November 16, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Hello, Blue Sky!
November 15, 2024 at 5:37 AM
My daughter faces disabilities following cancer treatment and I am passionate about pediatric cancer care and research and seeing more than 4% of national research dollars go to pediatric cancer research!
November 15, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I am also an English Lit major, spanish speaker, Beyoncé lover, and former resident of Chicago, PDX, and South Central LA. I am passionate about environmental justice, racial justice, and life as a follower of Jesus that looks nothing like Christian Nationalism and the far right!
November 15, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Hello BlueSky peeps! I’m a justice-oriented pastor raising four kids on Seattle. I am a mother of a pediatric cancer survivor, our family is COVID conscious and I dig deep on COVID data and public health issues. I am also an MPN cancer patient who follows cancer research and family support.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM