Vicky Stein (agentredsquirrel)
@vicky.science
The friend you send bug pictures to. Also accepting dead-thing-on-beach pictures, dog pictures, and stories about your cats.
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 AM
We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
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“Diana, 7, had a nosebleed that just wouldn’t stop and her parents, immigrants from Venezuela with a pending asylum petition, were increasingly worried about her health.
They never got to see a doctor.
Three unmarked cars with immigration agents surrounded their car in the ER parking lot”
They never got to see a doctor.
Three unmarked cars with immigration agents surrounded their car in the ER parking lot”
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
“Diana, 7, had a nosebleed that just wouldn’t stop and her parents, immigrants from Venezuela with a pending asylum petition, were increasingly worried about her health.
They never got to see a doctor.
Three unmarked cars with immigration agents surrounded their car in the ER parking lot”
They never got to see a doctor.
Three unmarked cars with immigration agents surrounded their car in the ER parking lot”
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The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
🧵
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
🧵
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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Sorry not sorry.
Gars and Minnesotans WILL outlast ICE👍
*sound, on NSFW
🎥remixed from TJ Jaskowski
Gars and Minnesotans WILL outlast ICE👍
*sound, on NSFW
🎥remixed from TJ Jaskowski
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Sorry not sorry.
Gars and Minnesotans WILL outlast ICE👍
*sound, on NSFW
🎥remixed from TJ Jaskowski
Gars and Minnesotans WILL outlast ICE👍
*sound, on NSFW
🎥remixed from TJ Jaskowski
Among their many sins!!
is there any way to turn off the AI overviews on gmail they keep misgendering me lol
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Among their many sins!!
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🌊 Last call to all ocean champions!
It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY
#MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling
It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY
#MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling
mbayaq.co
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
🌊 Last call to all ocean champions!
It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY
#MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling
It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY
#MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling
Omg omg
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Omg omg
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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My latest for @science.org. - Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work.
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work
Staff at the Panguana biological research station have received death threats
www.science.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
My latest for @science.org. - Illegal miners have forced Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work.
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
Gold mining has so far led to the deforestation of 140,000 ha of Amazonian rainforest in Peru - about half the size of Yosemite National Park
www.science.org/content/arti...
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention current students or recent college graduates:
3 scientific diving internship opportunities are posted on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s jobs webpage:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/MON1023MBAF/...
3 scientific diving internship opportunities are posted on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s jobs webpage:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/MON1023MBAF/...
recruiting2.ultipro.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention current students or recent college graduates:
3 scientific diving internship opportunities are posted on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s jobs webpage:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/MON1023MBAF/...
3 scientific diving internship opportunities are posted on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s jobs webpage:
recruiting2.ultipro.com/MON1023MBAF/...
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Shared among some EEB groups, there is a new affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co Please share.
trans scientist collective
Trans Scientist Collective Landing Page and Interest From
transscientistcollective.carrd.co
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Shared among some EEB groups, there is a new affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co Please share.
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If you could use a pick-me-up, you can hear Southern Resident orcas calling right now on a hydrophone in the Salish Sea.
20:47 - J & K pod calls audible on Sunset Bay hydrophone the past ten minutes. Alisa LB
#psws
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
#psws
live.orcasound.net/listen/sunse...
Orcasound - Beach Camp at Sunset Bay
live.orcasound.net
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
If you could use a pick-me-up, you can hear Southern Resident orcas calling right now on a hydrophone in the Salish Sea.
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It is impossible to properly calculate the depth and breadth of the courage and sacrifice of those prepared to confront white supremacy and assert their right to full citizenship.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
"I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did."
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
Rest in power, Ms. Claudette Colvin.
The fight for equality continues.
❤️
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
It is impossible to properly calculate the depth and breadth of the courage and sacrifice of those prepared to confront white supremacy and assert their right to full citizenship.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin.
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A century ago, diphtheria was everywhere, killing thousands of children each year. Today, it’s a disease that’s preventable with vaccines.
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A century ago, diphtheria was everywhere, killing thousands of children each year. Today, it’s a disease that’s preventable with vaccines.
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
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Become uncontainable
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Become uncontainable
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Protests in Iran continue to grow and security forces are now estimated to have killed at least 500 protesters. https://to.pbs.org/49sRow1
Iran protests escalate as regime crackdown leaves more than 500 dead
Protests in Iran continue to grow and security forces are now estimated to have killed at least 500 protesters. In addition to renewed military threats from President Trump, he said countries doing bu...
to.pbs.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Protests in Iran continue to grow and security forces are now estimated to have killed at least 500 protesters. https://to.pbs.org/49sRow1
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Your local library may have a printer that can print for you. Remember to check your libraries folks
Who wants 3D printed whistles to give out in their community?
Let’s connect people with 3D printers and people who need whistles in this thread.
Let’s connect people with 3D printers and people who need whistles in this thread.
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Your local library may have a printer that can print for you. Remember to check your libraries folks
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A neighbor was taken to a care facility, and her little tortoiseshell kitty was left behind. I can't take her in but I've been feeding her and giving her water every day. No one in the neighbor's family can take her in. Is there anyone in the Inland Empire area that could foster or adopt her?
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
A neighbor was taken to a care facility, and her little tortoiseshell kitty was left behind. I can't take her in but I've been feeding her and giving her water every day. No one in the neighbor's family can take her in. Is there anyone in the Inland Empire area that could foster or adopt her?
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Magic ensues with photo and layout people. #scicomm is art! The underlying work is invisible - readers (hopefully) breeze through the story without noticing the stitches or scaffolds. Writing about science is hard, reading about science should be easy (and fun). 5/5
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Magic ensues with photo and layout people. #scicomm is art! The underlying work is invisible - readers (hopefully) breeze through the story without noticing the stitches or scaffolds. Writing about science is hard, reading about science should be easy (and fun). 5/5
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For #writers and writing-curious folks on here, how about a peek behind the curtain on this story? What does it take to bring a #scicomm feature like this one together? Short answer: time, and lots of people. Long answer: keep reading... 1/5
The discovery that the continents are in continuous motion is fairly recent—dating back only to the late 1960s — and one woman was responsible for decoding what it meant for California and much of the West Coast.
buff.ly/2vAwspH
buff.ly/2vAwspH
Drifters and the introduction of plate tectonics - High Country News
How the San Andreas fault and Tanya Atwater’s theory changed geology.
www.hcn.org
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM