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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 12h

What is WWS technology? The acronym suddenly appears with no explanation....

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 13h

Pakistan contributes less than 1% to global carbon emissions, yet it is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In recent years, Pakistan has withstood multiple catastrophes, including floods and heat waves that have killed thousands and affected millions of people.

One after another, Pakistan endures successive climate disasters

On the morning of Aug. 15, a cloudburst that poured more than 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain in one hour triggered a flash flood in the city of Buner, located in Pakistan’s northwestern province…

news.mongabay.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 17h

🍂 🏛️ 👿 🧪 Dismantling of the CDC by RFK Jr

More than 1000 scientists, doctors and public health officials were laid off late Friday night "wiping out entire offices and teams that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses, collect data, publish scientific reports"

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 14h

Trumpie gets his shots

kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 16h

🍃 🦠 🧪 NOTE: "President Trump also received ... annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 14h

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Macroarthropods @macroarthropods.bsky.social · 16h

Family Sarcophagidae (Diptera): ovoviviparous flesh flies with gray-black thoracic stripes and a checkerboard abdomen, whose larvae develop in carrion, decaying matter or as arthropod parasitoids—key decomposers in ecosystems. 🧪

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 15h

💉 School nurses call for stronger vaccine rules

A new position from the National Association of School Nurses in the US says all students should be fully vaccinated, with exemptions allowed only for medical reasons.

🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025101...

#SciComm #Vaccines 🧪

NASN position statement emphasizes the importance of school immunizations

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) today released its updated position statement, Immunization and Vaccination Requirements, underscoring the essential role of timely, up-to-date, and co...

www.news-medical.net

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 14h

We’ve always kinda known this, the issue becomes sharper in the US. #USA#ICE

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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 17h

“The officials running Trump’s 2nd adminis’n, as well as Trump himself, have been far swifter & more aggressive in enacting favors for allies in the fossil fuel & mining industries…They have also set in motion an avalanche of attacks on Trump’s perceived enemies & the industries he disfavors.” (8/n)

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions...

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

grist.org

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 16h

This is coins they find in the couch cushions level of "enforcement" and no, of course it won't change musk's behavior or their corporate culture.

We have very little consumer and environmental protection regulation in this country, quickly moving towards zero.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

After Nevada regulators dropped a penalty against The Boring Co. from $3 million to $242,800, critics questioned whether it was enough to change operations at the Elon Musk-led company, which was valued at $7 billion in 2023.

With City Cast Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 1d

Australia is fundamentally biogeographically-macroevolutionarily perturbed system. Many native species will go extinct, invasive species will stay -- you won't unscramble what is already mixed, and after some time a new species will emerge which will form a new equilibrium in a new context.
🧪 ⚒️

Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 2d

The shrew’s extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country. These losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before colonisation 🧪

theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Landrieu is a big-mouth knownothing.

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Tigers/Cubs would be fun.

Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago schools on lockdown to hide out from ICE

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

😕🇺🇸

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3d

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 3d

A surprise? NO.

"Grifter-in-Chief" Trump pardoned wealthy tax cheat Paul Walczak after Walczak's mother paid $1 million for dinner at Mar-a-Largo.

Term-limited Trump hosted a $1.5 million-per-plate fundraiser. For a 2028 campaign war chest?

#NoKings

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

dlvr.it

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Who could be in a position to do that?

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2d

MIT's president rejected the Trump administration's agreement in a public letter that
"emphasized the elite university’s values including free expression and the core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”

Hopefully more will follow suit.
🧪 archive.today/RqHAJ

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

The man is farked in the head.

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Dr. Kiki @drkiki.bsky.social · 2d

Immigration powers science 🧪

Jenna Ahart @jennaahart.bsky.social · 3d

Who said the science part of Nobel week is over!? In my new analysis for Nature, over 30% of science laureates from this century have immigrated, and two thirds came to the US.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, This:

GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 2d

Fallen leaves do NOT break into your house and steal stuff! They are food for wildlife of all kinds and turn into rich soil.
Leave the leaves!

John Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social · 2d

“The number one thing you can do from an entomologist’s perspective is plant an oak tree and leave the leaves that fall off the oak tree.”
#gardening #trees #biodiversity #LeaveTheLeaves
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller sometimes does take a bite out of a live mouse during a presser, there is that.

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

We in the US are currently suffering through a President who is patently mentally ill. #Nobel#USA#Trump

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Bruce Stallsmith @laimosemion.bsky.social · 2d

It all presupposes the kiddies can pass Calc A in three tries or less (barring serious bribery).

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