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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory. For more than 100 years, Alzheimer’s disease has been treated as a one-way decline—but new research is aiming for a cure.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory
Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and restorin...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against HPV, and it's undermining the elimination of cervical cancer. If more boys receive the vaccine it will save numerous lives from HPV-associated cancers, including cervical, anal, penile & oral cancers.
www.sciencealert.com/vaccinating-...
Vaccinating Boys Against HPV Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in some nations, it may be undermining the elimination of cervical cancer.
www.sciencealert.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Vineyard Wind has powered homes and businesses—and thousands of jobs—for a year. 

Stopping construction days before Christmas, in the dead of winter, is reckless and dangerous.

We're in touch with other states and doing everything we can to finish these projects.
The Trump administration said it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
Vineyard Wind, already delivering power to the grid, is among five wind projects paused by Trump administration - The Boston Globe
Citing national security concerns, the Trump administration suspended leases for five offshore wind projects on Monday.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Since we can't do polls here on bsky, let's try this... If you believe that Donald Trump is guilty of child crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein - repost this.
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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How is this for trickle down economics?

A RAND report found that if the system in place before 1975 had stayed in place, the bottom 90% of Americans would have almost $80 trillion more in 2023 than they actually did

www.rand.org/pubs/working...
Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023
The author extends the results of prior work on the income gap between the bottom 90 percent of workers in 2023 and what they would have earned with an even growth rate from 1975 to 2023. These worker...
www.rand.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.

Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Scientists have created a new protein-based gel that can regenerate damaged tooth enamel. The material mimics a natural process to regrow enamel mineral structure inside holes and cracks. This technology could prevent decay and treat sensitive teeth.
www.healthday.com/health-news/...
New Bio-Inspired Gel Helps Tooth Enamel Grow Back
THURSDAY, Dec. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dental appointments may get easier and less painful soon. Scientists have developed a revolutionary gel that can repa
www.healthday.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Fracking to extract gas is expensive. New pipelines are expensive. Supercooling gas into liquid (LNG) is expensive. LNG tankers are expensive. #Climate disasters are expensive. Solar and batteries are cheap. See the problem with Eby's #LNG schemes? www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b... #bcpoli
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Triple-negative breast cancer vaccine shows promise in early clinical trial. In a Phase 1 trial, women responded well to the novel vaccine. More research is needed to determine whether it can stop the cancer from recurring or possibly prevent it entirely.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...
Triple-negative breast cancer vaccine shows promise in early clinical trial
In a Phase 1 trial, women responded well to the novel vaccine. More research is needed to determine whether it can stop the cancer from recurring or possibly prevent it entirely.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Scientists from across disciplines are enlisting innovative experimental approaches and biological markers to probe the metabolic roots and consequences of cognitive fatigue

go.nature.com/44PTzH0
Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue
Better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion could point to treatments for long COVID and other debilitating disorders.
go.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?

SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Cell size matters: a unifying theory across the tree of life.
http://dlvr.it/TPgKwF

Marcin Czarnoleski (Jagiellonian University) & Wilco C.E.P. Verberk (Radboud University)
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
#CellBio2025
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Mild or greater hearing loss in midlife was associated with a 71% higher risk of dementia over a 15-year follow-up period.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/hea...
Could hearing aids help lower dementia risk?
Even mild hearing loss in midlife could increase dementia risk, a new study has found.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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With exercise, even one workout could offer immediate relief for symptoms of anxiety or depression. #RSNA25
www.sciencealert.com/a-single-30-...
A Single 30-Minute Exercise Session Has an Immediate Antidepressant Effect
A single, half-hour session of moderate exercise is enough to confer an immediate mood-boosting effect, and now scientists have figured out why.
www.sciencealert.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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NEWS: Latest assessment of Critically Endangered forest elephants sheds new light on their numbers and provides optimism for their future. However, we must not be complacent.

🌍 Read more: bit.ly/49CNL73
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES.

“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.

🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w
Historic Victory for Sharks as Oceanic Whitetips Upgraded to Appendix I at CITES Banning International Trade
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 27, 2025 – CITES CoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. The vote marks a major victory for one...
newsroom.wcs.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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This #Thanksgiving season, we want to thank everyone who has made a difference for nature this year.

With your help, we’ve won critical protections for wildlife and wild places to benefit us all.

🌎 Check out our new 2025 #WCSImpact Report: www.wcs.org/about-us/imp...
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Protect Chaco Canyon!  

It is sacred and holy, and we are going to use every tool we have to protect this place—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for generations to come.

Help raise your voices, share this message, and make calls!

youtu.be/oiKneQqoTwA?...
Rep. Stansbury: Protect Chaco Canyon
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin | Kenneth Roth
Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin | Kenneth Roth
The plan would leave Ukraine’s democracy in jeopardy and its sovereignty compromised
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM