Manu
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Follow Climate Change Scientists. Covid is airborne, wear n-95 mask and clean indoor air.
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Bluesky has genuinely revived my love for science communication online. After watching the same posts go nowhere on Twitter, seeing them resonate here has been such a good reminder of why I do this. Thanks for being here 🖤
December 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bluesky has genuinely revived my love for science communication online. After watching the same posts go nowhere on Twitter, seeing them resonate here has been such a good reminder of why I do this. Thanks for being here 🖤
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At the BES I have permission to make 3 videos: getting a PhD, getting a job, making the most of conferences. Welcome input from anyone with thoughts. Here is today’s video discussing the ecology of deserts. youtu.be/JmZFz4gjoLs?...
Deserts: origin and ecology
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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December 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
At the BES I have permission to make 3 videos: getting a PhD, getting a job, making the most of conferences. Welcome input from anyone with thoughts. Here is today’s video discussing the ecology of deserts. youtu.be/JmZFz4gjoLs?...
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
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If you aren't always wearing a respirator, make sure your life is set up such that you always have one with you. This shouldn't happen to anyone, and masks should be mandatory in all healthcare settings.
so 3 days after i drove someone to the emergency room and waited for 6 hours i am now coming down with something awful and i have to tell you if you go to the emergency department healthy and come out sick there is a fundamental problem with your system!!!
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If you aren't always wearing a respirator, make sure your life is set up such that you always have one with you. This shouldn't happen to anyone, and masks should be mandatory in all healthcare settings.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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A Phase I trial of a vaccine targeting triple-negative breast cancer demonstrated safety and induced immune responses in most participants, supporting further clinical evaluation.
Phase I trial finds breast cancer vaccine triggers an immune response and is safe
Cleveland Clinic researchers are presenting final Phase I data from their novel study of a vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of the disease.
medicalxpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A Phase I trial of a vaccine targeting triple-negative breast cancer demonstrated safety and induced immune responses in most participants, supporting further clinical evaluation.
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Day 9 of my 2025 Favorites: Habronattus alachua (again)
I think this species has featured in every one of my favorites run-downs, and I can't help it. They're perfect: the floof and crimson red face of the boys, and the stripy eye makeup on the lasses ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood
I think this species has featured in every one of my favorites run-downs, and I can't help it. They're perfect: the floof and crimson red face of the boys, and the stripy eye makeup on the lasses ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Day 9 of my 2025 Favorites: Habronattus alachua (again)
I think this species has featured in every one of my favorites run-downs, and I can't help it. They're perfect: the floof and crimson red face of the boys, and the stripy eye makeup on the lasses ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood
I think this species has featured in every one of my favorites run-downs, and I can't help it. They're perfect: the floof and crimson red face of the boys, and the stripy eye makeup on the lasses ❤️
#EmotionalSupportSpood
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I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
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November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
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Immunity
xkcd.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
An international team of scientists has issued a stark warning that current toxicology and chemical regulatory regimes are failing to protect public health and the environment from a host of toxins…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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Happy #FossilFriday from this smiling fossil bundle of vascular tissues! It belongs to a cladoxylopsid, an extinct group related to today's spenopsids (horsetails) & ferns 🌿⛏️ This specimen comes from Southern France & dates from the early Carboniferous, about 350 million years ago. #paleobotany
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from this smiling fossil bundle of vascular tissues! It belongs to a cladoxylopsid, an extinct group related to today's spenopsids (horsetails) & ferns 🌿⛏️ This specimen comes from Southern France & dates from the early Carboniferous, about 350 million years ago. #paleobotany
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Al Gore is right
we're using Earth's atmosphere as "an open sewer for the gaseous pollution that we're pumping into it every single day".
"It now traps as much extra heat every day as would be released by 750,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding on the Earth every day."
we're using Earth's atmosphere as "an open sewer for the gaseous pollution that we're pumping into it every single day".
"It now traps as much extra heat every day as would be released by 750,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding on the Earth every day."
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Al Gore is right
we're using Earth's atmosphere as "an open sewer for the gaseous pollution that we're pumping into it every single day".
"It now traps as much extra heat every day as would be released by 750,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding on the Earth every day."
we're using Earth's atmosphere as "an open sewer for the gaseous pollution that we're pumping into it every single day".
"It now traps as much extra heat every day as would be released by 750,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding on the Earth every day."
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
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December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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We were bowled over with pride when our publisher listed our book as their favorite title ! 💚
To celebrate 40 years of indie publishing, we asked the O'Mara family to tell us their favourite MOM book that has been published over the years 🥳
From our list, Managing Director Lesley O'Mara chose her favourite title as #ScientistsOnSurvival.
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#BookSky @scientistsforxr.earth
From our list, Managing Director Lesley O'Mara chose her favourite title as #ScientistsOnSurvival.
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#BookSky @scientistsforxr.earth
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We were bowled over with pride when our publisher listed our book as their favorite title ! 💚
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
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Last chance to register for Thursday's event!
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.
Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.
More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...
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'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.
Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.
More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...
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Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Last chance to register for Thursday's event!
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.
Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.
More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...
@mybisa.bsky.social
'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.
Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.
More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...
@mybisa.bsky.social
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Fireflies are vanishing as lawns replace meadows and lights fill the night. 💔 Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution disrupt their breeding. They thrive in dark nights with leaf litter and native plants. Let's turn off lights, skip sprays, and keep a corner wild! 🌙✨
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fireflies are vanishing as lawns replace meadows and lights fill the night. 💔 Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution disrupt their breeding. They thrive in dark nights with leaf litter and native plants. Let's turn off lights, skip sprays, and keep a corner wild! 🌙✨
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Owls and cavity-nesting birds lose their homes when old trees are cleared. 🌳 Each fallen tree supports nests, insects, and ecosystems. Habitat loss from construction and deforestation displaces many animals. Leave dead trees standing where safe — they’re life towers for wildlife. 🦉
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Owls and cavity-nesting birds lose their homes when old trees are cleared. 🌳 Each fallen tree supports nests, insects, and ecosystems. Habitat loss from construction and deforestation displaces many animals. Leave dead trees standing where safe — they’re life towers for wildlife. 🦉