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Scientist, activist, immigrant, mother. Denton County Democratic Party Precinct Chair. 🇮🇹🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Very detailed article on the measles outbreak in West Texas. Loop ISD with only 143 students, has the highest school vaccine exemption rate in the state — 48% of its students have conscientious exemptions from required vaccinations. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/18/t...

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Wow! The measles outbreak is growing. The TX Department of State Health Services shared that 90 cases of measles have been identified since late January. 16 of the patients have been hospitalized. Five of the cases are vaccinated. The rest are unvaccinated, or their vaccination status is unknown.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

My husband asked me why I am in bed at 8:30 pm. I said no it’s 9:30 pm. Guess what? He was right. It’s 8:30. But I am still in bed and I may even fall asleep. But not before solving my daily NYTimes sudoku!

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So we got a visitor tonight. There is still beauty around us.

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A new plant species has been discovered in the Big Bend National Park, in the south of Texas. The new species was named Ovicula radiata with recommended common name of “woolly devil”, in reference to the woolly indumentum, and the proximity of the population

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Many years ago I performed Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments at NIST. This is insane. These are dedicated scientists whose expertise is impossible to replace. It takes decades to achieve that level of competence. www.wired.com/story/the-na...

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Texas is in the middle of a measles outbreak but several bills have been filed to weaken vaccine mandates. What can go wrong? www.texastribune.org/2025/01/27/t...

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