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Judy Mernit
@robottwyla.bsky.social
Novelist, journalist, dog enthusiast. Minnesota native, Los Angeles escapee. Loving life and love by the beautiful Hudson River.
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If you want to help, you can share our story, check out our work at viralemergence.org, and - if you're the one in a million person who can save our project - reach out. (At this point, my job is to fundraise for the amazing scientists I work with, so they can focus on doing some actual science! 🦠)
Verena
Verena is an NSF-funded Institute working towards using open data, biological research, and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent the next pandemic.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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She and Lizza were both lucky to have the capable editors at their respective magazines that made them seem like professionals. You know, the crème de la crème.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
She and Lizza were both lucky to have the capable editors at their respective magazines that made them seem like professionals. You know, the crème de la crème.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Jeez I just got here! But I’d have to think through her oeuvre
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Jeff Bridges. From Starman on up …
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I’ll never recover from the verbification of “impact.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I think we just need to unplug the Internet for forty or fifty years and try again.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thank you for continuing your work in the wild!
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM