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Whitney Zahnd @whitneyzahnd.bsky.social · 3h

NHANES gave the first clear evidence that too many Americans had too much lead in their blood leading to unleaded gasoline requirements, and its data are part of children's growth charts ubiquitous in pediatricians' offices.

Make Our Children Healthy Again??

www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

The Red Cross drove the bodies of deceased hostages away from Gaza City to return them to Israel as part of the deal that saw the release of 20 live hostages held by Hamas militants and the freeing of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners on October 13.

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

Solar firm's lawyer pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme charges reut.rs/479Q5Q6

Solar firm's lawyer pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme charges

A California attorney on Tuesday pleaded guilty a week before he was set to face trial on criminal charges stemming from his role in an estimated $912 million Ponzi scheme involving California solar power supply company DC Solar.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

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Britain must urgently prepare for hotter temperatures, climate advisers warn

Britain must urgently prepare for global warming of at least 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050, its climate advisers said on Wednesday, warning the country is ill-prepared for extreme weather that is already occurring.

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 4h

Ok? Why does anyone care? Cities lose money on the Olympics on a regular basis. If half the countries don’t boycott due to the current political situation, I’ll be shocked.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6h

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 9h

Gross. And the reason we need affirmative action in the workplace. Because while this attitude of mostly men “of a certain age,” there are younger generations who still think this is ok.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 10h

I’m so tired of things like disease surveillance being a “democrat” program. I’d like to live in a relatively healthy society please. That shouldn’t be a radical idea.

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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 16h

Check out our Linktree for a convenient way to complete your #BlackInMicro checklist all in one spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (link in bio)

1. Pre-register (it's free!)
2. Support us by donating
3. Grab the Whova app
4. Log in when you're ready to attend an event. We'll see you there!

A webpage under the handle @BlackInMicro featuring a list of buttons: “Watch the Promo Video,” “Register,” “Donate,” “Agenda | Download App,” “Attend Now,” “Take our Survey,” “Join BMA,” “Shop Merchandise,” and “Website.” Some buttons include small images and all have three vertical dots on the right.

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 1d

oh hey youtube is adding unrelated AI-based context overlays to my class videos

this sucks

Thumbnail from my data visualization video about ggplot annotations with an overlay with a definition of climate change

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 15h

It’s the HR version of saying something bigoted and then claiming “it was just a joke.” It’s totally a litmus test of what they can get away with.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.

Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.

Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a timeline reset, I particularly enjoyed the comments in this post.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 1d

This is the point of the National Guard. May everyone be safe as they help rescue folks in need.

Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 1d

There are no press releases during the shutdown, making it difficult to find this kind of news.
But the AK Air/Army National Guards, and the USCG, are conducting SAR operations. The flooding is in remote areas, and affecting primarily small villages, it appears.

taskandpurpose.com/news/alaska-...

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 1d

I said recently that I would’ve never covered measles as an emerging infectious disease until this year. This is why. Measles is no joke—the long term impacts are huge. Next week we cover HIV, for which I assume another timely headline will emerge re: our withdrawal from global prevention efforts.

Cecirahim Sesay, MPH @cecirahim.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when we get too complacent and start to question the necessity of vaccines. This is what happens when mis- and disinformation run rampant.

#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #IDSky #EpiSky #Vaccines #outbreak #ScienceSky #MedSky

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153 unvaccinated students quarantining after measles exposure at South Carolina schools

More than 150 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 1d

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 2d

This country was built on the attempted genocide of Native Indigenous Indians by predominately white men.
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A sign that reads, "Colonial History Lied. When Europe showed up in North America, Indigenous people were not nomads, not few, not savage, not impoverished, not recent immigrants, and were not looking for salvation. Yes, Indigenous people had commerce, travel, economics, permanency, stewardship, inheritances, artistry, drama, ceremony, mourning, health care, politics, justice, penance, peacekeeping, and STILL DO."
~Department of Anticolonial history

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 1d

Another use for rum: use it as a DNA time capsule! www.science.org/content/arti.... #Philippines #histmed #EnvironmentalHistory

DNA from rum-soaked fishes chronicles century of environmental change

Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines

www.science.org

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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 1d

This looks AMAZING!!!!

Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 2d

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 4d

Fascist regime stuck on stupid.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

www.rawstory.com

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