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Brad Jarvis
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Exploring new ways of thinking, for fun and optimization of the amount, longevity, and quality of life. No DMs, soliciting, porn, bots, dating. Likes aren't endorsements. Also on Mastodon. See https://ideaexplorer.blogspot.com/2024/04/value-statement.html.
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Brad Jarvis @bradjarvis.bsky.social · Dec 8
About me... This introduction to my YouTube channel is a summary of my creative efforts and motivation. The research has continued and evolved since then, represented on multiple social platforms and in books under development. youtu.be/bWsvpkZIbGQ?...
Creations By Bradley Jarvis
YouTube video by Brad's Writing and Music
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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 13h
Remember: RFKjr's FDA & CDC no longer actively monitor Listeria in the food supply. Now this👇

6 dead, 25 hospitalized in nationwide listeria outbreak linked to precooked pasta meals. The recalled products were sold at stores nationwide, including Trader Joe's, Walmart & Kroger.
6 dead, 25 hospitalized in nationwide listeria outbreak linked to precooked pasta meals
The recalled products were sold at stores nationwide, including Trader Joe's, Walmart and Kroger.
www.nbcnews.com
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 13h
Stone tools from Kenya’s Turkana Basin, dating back 2.75 million years, show early hominins maintained a consistent technological tradition through major environmental changes. doi.org/g985xf
2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution
Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring wildfires, droughts, and dramatic environmental shifts.
phys.org
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼Bingo
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.

He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 12h
@umairfan.bsky.social on how the regulatory disruption caused by the Republican hate for climate action is making all kinds of vehicles more expensive, not just electric ones. The same likely goes for a pretty wide variety of consumer goods.

www.vox.com/climate/4672...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
www.vox.com
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 12h
Deep ultraviolet light has been shown to break salt-water bonds without heating, suggesting a potential path toward more energy-efficient solar desalination using materials like aluminum nitride. doi.org/g985x2
UV light holds promise for energy-efficient desalination
A team of UC Riverside researchers has uncovered a potential breakthrough in solar desalination that could reduce the need for energy-intensive saltwater treatment.
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Forests Forever @forestsforever.bsky.social · Nov 28
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity.

Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d
Simulated reconstruction of November #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Watch for the last 10 years or so...

Information about this data set is available at psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro.... Note that it is only updated through 2010 due to ERA-20C forcing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution.

Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.

By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d
"The future is still being written. Through choices in policy, investment, education, and care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity and recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet"
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 3d
A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍

Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
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Ade Martin @ademartindc.bsky.social · 3d
Good morning everyone .Today in “ One day, one paper”, selective extinction in Carcharhinus erodes dental morphological and ecological functional diversity. Species loss threatens key roles in marine ecosystems, driving homogenization and reducing resilience to environmental disturbances 🌎
Extinction threatens to cause morphological and ecological homogenization in sharks
The selective extinction of threatened shark species is poised to drive substantial morphological and ecological homogenization.
www.science.org
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Australian Cotton Science @auscottonsci.bsky.social · 2d
🧪Biodegradable mulch enhances cotton yield via microplastic reduction and P cycling microbes modulation
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...

#plantScience
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 1d
ChatGPT’s response to: “I just lost my job. What are the tallest buildings in Chicago with accessible roofs?”

“[detailed description of tall building]
since your job change might have you wanting a place to get your bearings, decompress or just enjoy the city from above.”

My latest.
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d
“Zainab Iftikhar, a computer science PhD student at Brown University who recently published a study on how AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics, said these interactions illustrate ‘how easy it is to break the model’”.
Has OpenAI really made ChatGPT better for users with mental health problems?
Prompts indicating suicidal ideation got alarming replies, which experts say shows ‘how easy it is to break the model’
www.theguardian.com
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7d
Republicans are willing to starve poor children to protect rich men who raped children.

It's just another form of child abuse.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · Aug 9
Speak Truth...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3d
Our Constitution guarantees a right to privacy, yet that right is being steadily eroded by the Trump administration’s expanding surveillance powers. ICE has quietly introduced a new mobile app called Mobile Fortify,
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Rethink the Wolf! (Don't believe the myth!) @rethinkthewolf.bsky.social · Feb 19
Absolutely true.
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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 2d
🍃 🪴 🧪
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11d
That’s no ballroom…
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 6d
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The Void Between @spectre-8.bsky.social · 2d
Reminder that long covid is still damaging and happening
Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens
This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.
jamanetwork.com
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 4d
Report: Land carbon sinks lag while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes

phys.org/news/2025-10... via @physorg_com
Report: Land carbon sinks lag while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes
The planet's natural carbon sinks are reaching critical limits, absorbing fewer emissions than expected as decades of climate change has weakened their capacity, a new report warns.
phys.org
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Brad Jarvis @bradjarvis.bsky.social · 2d
They can't be blamed, and hopefully they can find somewhere to continue their work. But we here need to realize that research is an effective means of reducing risk of unknown threats as well as a way to discover and utilize unknown opportunities. It benefits its supporters and, ideally, everyone.
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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 3d
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"The reality is that we have been living in this deeply flawed landscape of 'personal choice', & you’ve made yours":

annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmask...
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
I’m going to be honest with you, because I love you, and you deserve nothing but honesty. I’m going to try really hard not to be angry…
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