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Interested in politics and policy, science and health, the analogue going digital, and endemic delusion. Views my own.
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...der Bergsturz im April 2024 am Piz Scerscen im Val Roseg. Vom Volumen her vergleichbar mit Blatten. Weil dieser sich in unbewohntem Gebiet ereignete, verschwand die Meldung sofort wieder aus den Medien www.woz.ch/2523/zukunft-der-alpen/die-schwaechung-der-berge-ist-irreversibel/!V80CRV4X87Q8

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Schätzung für Zürich aufgrund Kalibrierung der Abwasserprävalenzen Werdhölzli, Daten bis 1. Juni: Inzidenz ~500. Ca. jede 200. Person infiziert sich pro Woche. bsky.app/profile/domi...

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JP Weiland's estimated local infection minima "baseline" corresponds to a 7 d incidence of about 300 infections in 100k people. The respective "baseline" from my completely independently derived estimate is at about 200 infections in 100k people per week.

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Ukraine's SBU claims that today’s special operation “Pavutyna” struck 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers at key airbases. The estimated value of the damaged aviation assets is $7 billion. They add that more details of the operation will follow shortly.

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In what analysts are calling a defining moment in modern warfare, Ukraine launched Operation Spider Web on 1 June 2025 — a large-scale, coordinated drone assault that struck deep into Russian territory, targeting five military airbases. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ukraine-dest...

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4 Russian airbases have been struck by hundreds of FPV drones. Olenya Airbase Ryazan Airbase Ivanovo Airbase Irkutsk Airbase

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The Wall

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I hope there will be a reckoning for the stupid vandalism. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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"The court ruling immediately invalidates all of the tariff orders that were issued through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a law meant to address “unusual and extraordinary” threats during a national emergency." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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22 years ago I pivoted from working on antibiotic resistance to pandemic viruses. Since then, I've argued that if we care about saving US lives in expectation, advance capacity for producing bird flu vaccine offers by far the greatest expected return on investment. ... We were so goddamn close.

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Literature Review: Knight J, 2022, Scientists’ warning of the impacts of climate change on mountains peerj.com/articles/142...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump is going to destroy the global economy again to prove he isn't a wuss

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Die steigende Tendenz in Deutschland korreliert mit Schweizer Daten. Letzte Woche höchste Testpositivität seit Ende Januar, etwa doppelt so hoch wie beim lokalen Minimum. Abwasser (bis Ende vorletzte Woche) ähnliches Verhalten wie Testpositivität. Sentinella noch kein Anstieg.

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🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden contributes SEK 4.8 billion to strengthen Ukraine's defence capability, - MoD 🤝 The Government decided to assign the Swedish Armed Forces to make financial donations to multilateral funds and initiatives aimed at strengthening Ukraine's defence capability.

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