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🧪Holy shit. The Covid.gov website directs to the WH website claiming that covid came from a lab leak. And they are blaming Anthony Fauci. And calling the NIH a failure. I am utterly speechless. Anti-science propaganda running its wheels in real time.

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We've just finished scything the reed in "car park fen" (so named given its proximity to a hospital car park). This area is still being restored, and will likely need cutting twice more this year. Looking forward to seeing which seeds we spread last year germinate! #OxfordshireFens #FenResoration 🌍

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

submitted 112 days ago • 827 comments

Tadaa.

submitted 112 days ago • 1451 comments

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submitted 212 days ago • 29 comments

Wow. When CNN reached out to multiple experts in doxxing, cyber bullying, and online abuse they refused to speak on the record for fear of themselves becoming a target of Elon Musk. Wow. This is where we’re @ ?! /1 www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...

submitted 212 days ago • 167 comments

The @Nature journal asked 6 biomedical scientists for a brief description for what should be the US gov't priority now. This was my response www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 212 days ago • 10 comments

Healthcare workers didn’t have a problem masking prior to COVID. Especially in NICU, oncology, transplant and/or around vulnerable patients I never received pushback. Now ALL I get is pushback Masks were made political & the patients suffer. Wear a mask. It’s the right thing to do.

submitted 212 days ago • 15 comments

Absolutely!!

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Those kinds of ideas and credentials wouldn’t fly in any other professional context. But as we know, the media’s normalization plan for the coming sh*tstorm is well underway. It’s all about the clicks. To hell with democracy and public wellbeing.

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 212 days ago • 115 comments

Friends: don’t forget to click “Repost” when liking a post that you’d like to share. Without the crazy algorithms we have to rely on each other to boost content.

submitted 213 days ago • 9 comments

The Independent (UK): "The conversations between Trump and foreign leaders have not been held on secure phone lines, there have been no State Department staff present to guide him on foreign policy matters, and there have been no official interpreters to clear up any possible misunderstandings."

submitted 212 days ago • 110 comments

"Character is what you do when you think no one is looking."

submitted 212 days ago • 2 comments

I need this reminder on the regular.

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Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022. The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thank you!

submitted 212 days ago • 150 comments

The Tariff Act of 1930 was designed for protectionist trade. It imposed high tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods which led to retaliatory tariffs from other countries. Why am I telling you this? In case you're ever asked "what were the key contributors to the Great Depression?" The mo' you know

submitted 212 days ago • 751 comments

Jack Smith plans to release his final report on the federal investigations into Trump before Inauguration Day on January 20. It’s expected to detail Smith's findings on key cases, including allegations of election subversion and mishandling of classified documents.

submitted 212 days ago • 655 comments

Anger over Smith’s dismissals of the Trump cases is understandable, but it’s the only move he had. By filing preemptively, he keeps the cases alive for 2029. My thoughts in MSNBC Daily. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 213 days ago • 203 comments

Undocumented workers pay nearly $100B year in state and federal taxes, including: "$25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022." Amount of services received for the payroll taxes paid? 0 itep.org/undocumented...

submitted 212 days ago • 194 comments

I feel more confident than ever that life as we know it is about to change drastically. Hold on tight, America. 😳

submitted 212 days ago • 1 comment

This week's USA COVID v. Influenza report October 2024: 53 Influenza deaths 3,253 COVID deaths (30x flu) 2024-to-date: 8,043 Influenza deaths 43,793 COVID deaths (5x flu) Preliminary November data suggests > 2,000 COVID deaths Wastewater trending up, again Re-skeet, please

submitted 213 days ago • 3 comments

Last wastewater readings found H5 bird flu in Los Angeles, Merced, Napa, San Francisco, Ontario, Palo Alto, Paso Robles, Redwood City, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose and Turlock.

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This will be common in our new era. Republicans fail at governing and they will attempt to hide their failure by ending the gathering of data.

submitted 217 days ago • 99 comments

Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment. You still have to deal with everyone who doesn't have any.

submitted 217 days ago • 120 comments

New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults "On an average of 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18-44) and middle-aged (ages 45-64) adults had worse neurologic symptoms of long COVID than adults 65 and older." #LongCOVID

submitted 217 days ago • 23 comments

Crazy Venus fact

submitted 220 days ago • 160 comments

Ron is correct. If you are terrified of the man you are supposed to be aggressively covering, retire. That television slot can be taken by someone with a spine.

submitted 220 days ago • 971 comments

I hope their corporate overlords realize that this will only alienate their viewers, readers and listeners and will buy them nothing from Trump who will see only weakness. www.axios.com/2024/11/19/l...

submitted 220 days ago • 1099 comments

I truly wouldn’t care if a man dressed like the king of England was in the urinal next to me. I get that for extremely online rightwingers, a trip to a public bathroom might be the most memorable moment of the day, but the rest of us truly do not give a shit who is peeing nearby.

submitted 220 days ago • 1981 comments

What kind of convoluted, pretzel-brain bullshit is this? If the US was invading Mexico, I would fully expect Mexico to use any weapons they had at their disposal. If Russia doesn’t want to be bombed, the simple answer is to get the fuck out of Ukraine.

submitted 220 days ago • 407 comments

Ethiopian wolves pollinating. Wow. 🌍🐺🌼

submitted 217 days ago • 0 comments

Magpie takin' the piss? #birds

submitted 217 days ago • 2 comments

Incoming #Puffin #Birds #Wildlife #Photography

submitted 217 days ago • 10 comments

Followup: yes, I also like science books. Loved "she has her mother's laugh" by Zimmer, Love space, analysis of disasters, nature books, etc. Under normal circumstances I read at least one book a week.

submitted 217 days ago • 0 comments

I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

submitted 220 days ago • 34 comments

Friends, I need some help. I have been unable to immerse myself in a fiction book (Scifi, Mystery) since the election. Been just playing games on my phone. Need some suggestions. Love Ann Leckie, Cherryh, open to mystery authors, but not dark, please. Thank you in advance.

submitted 217 days ago • 0 comments

Hi ALL! I just watched SPIRITED (2022) WOW. A Christmas musical with outstanding dancing and marvelous songs. It embodies, I think, what we are trying to do here- make ripples that can turn into waves, one small action at a time. Stay Strong

submitted 217 days ago • 0 comments

I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬 go.bsky.app/5871Mhv

submitted 228 days ago • 384 comments

Leak the report. Pass it on.

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