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The trials for mRNA vaccine for SARS were scheduled to start in 2020. Because of the Chinese scientist who posted the COVID-19 sequence, they were able to substitute the RNA sequence. I was concerned about the rapid rollout until I learned that this project had been going on for a decade
I think that you need to sit down and let the medical scientists deal with this. LC is not rare
Indigenous data governance sounds niche, but it's foundational. Why should they trust outsiders with their data after the way they have been treated. Eg reusing DNA collected for studying diabetes to study alcoholism without consent. Not sharing credit and funding w/ indigenous scientists
A federal judge has barred soldiers from aiding immigration agents in Southern California. "Why is the National Guard still around?" www.latimes.com/california/s...
Oooof :-(
We did not know that covid was safe for younger people. In fact, LC is more common in younger covid survivors
By all means post when & how you please, but if you love something, if you're good at it, try to share it.
HCD told me that they do not scrutinize for AFFH
We don't even have strong rent stabilization in Redondo Beach (5%+CPI), but my single neighbor is staying in his 3 bdrm apartment in case his widowed mother needs to move in with him
Wollastonite #Okenite reduces the carbon footprint of precast concrete by 70%! www.treehugger.com/lafargeholci...
I like the goth look of Stibonite, but fluffy cotton balls that also reduce the carbon footprint of precast concrete by 70% and sequester CO2? I am team #Okenite www.treehugger.com/lafargeholci...
"Ultimately, rebuilding faith in government begins with rebuilding faith in each other. When we share responsibility for our communities—when neighbors connect, participate, and help shape our governance—we push government to serve all of us better."
This month, we shadow geoscientists who are studying the consequences of the #LAfires in regional air, soil, and water quality. eos.org/agu-news/fal... Read more: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025
Highest paid public employee in NC.
I will probably never have an experience like this again in my lifetime, so I will always treasure my summer with this family of burrowing owls. 💕🪶
Great article by my former colleague ADM Brett Giroir who led Operation Warp Speed: "This speed and precision... to recognize and eliminate threats − from COVID to cancer − provides America a critical weapon against pandemics, bioweapons, and other deadly diseases" www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
You can charge EVs at a RV campsite, level 1/2 depending on the campsite. Because of the remoteness of national parks, it would be expensive to build transmission for EV charging inside the parks. (they don't have gas stations, either.)
Geez
The main reason I wear a bike helmet is so that the news accounts of my death by car won't blame me for my own death. Though they still will find some way
Mis- and disinformation is dangerous. It causes confusion and doubt and division and distrust. Please familiarize yourself with this and have conversations with your friends, family, and community. interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
⚒️ 🧪 A magnitude 6 earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31st. Vulnerable homes built of mud, brick, stone, and wood collapsed; the reported death toll has exceeded 800 people. Why do earthquakes occur here, what happened in this one, and why was it so deadly?
Is there an analog to Cocorahs in the UK?
Nice. Is that catch and release or dinner?
It's like that after every concert or other crowd event. Just walk away from the congestion. Also avoids uber/lyft surge pricing. I also suggest taking the first bus going in the direction you want to go. Then get picked up where the bus route is closest to your destination
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I've lived through two epidemics (HIV in the US in the 80s/90s and in South Africa in the 2000s) and through COVID with the rest of us. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing has been as terrible as what is happening now. 8/
Between last fall and today, there have been over 3 million out-patient visits, over 300,000 hospitalizations and over 30,000 deaths from COVID. This data comes from a presentation at the the June ACIP meeting extrapolated forward. Now there will likely be more as RFK Jr. consolidates his power. 4/
Yipes. He's using LAT to help his healthcare enterprises earn him more money. How much is enough for a billionaire?
If my friend's sister hadn't sent her a box of 20 N95s from her wildfire kit, she might have been a casualty as well. Trump family was hoarding and profiteering off PPE that belonged to the public. Industry offshored all PPE production so we had no domestic supply. F- response all around
A class for which laws bind but don't protect; a class for which laws protect but do not bind
The politicians who cheated Ohioans out of fair maps last year think they defeated us- we have to show them they have not. We’ve joined forces with our friends @equaldistricts to bring Fair Maps Day to the Statehouse on September 17. Stand in solidarity with us. RSVP here: bit.ly/FairMapsDay2...
A Covid ward RN told me that their janitor was sent in to clean up rooms without PPE, she caught Covid and died. Vaccines weren't available yet. Their hospital locked up PPE, claimed that the person w/ the keys was unavailable, told everyone to work without PPE or bring from home
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I am a subscriber using your app. This article does not appear anywhere on the landing page and I scrolled way down, below the geese
What's the url for the website that lets you make these comparisons?
‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods - Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banks #climatecrisis Story by Aina J Khan www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye. The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
This is a country living in terror of a non-existent crime wave, getting rid of vaccines which saved millions of lives, and indulging in economic policies which we saw fail 100 years ago. It's a deeply disordered place.
Stand up for our country & against this authoritarian regime. Big SF protest saying hell no to Trump.
Did this trip for the 3rd time today and I love it so much. It feels like a bit of faff to load/unload my wheelchair to go for a short stroll, but it’s also nothing compared to the headache of driving downtown and looking for parking. I love my mobility options!
So, as normal I will making by judgements on the #MinCup25 on the basis of crystal structure. Look at the lovely layers of Chrysotile, just ready to roll up and needle into your lungs.... Much more order (and more structural diversity) in Pectolite - so that gets my vote today!
#MinCup25 ROUND ONE MATCH ONE Chryotile (white asbestos) v Pectolite I know lots of people dig going for the one that will kill you, but my Lan clan sympathies bid me towards the beautiful pectolite. no sign up required. GO CAST YOUR VOTE NOW! www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
This is not dating at all, so it is not common; it is impossible. It is gaming. Which is fine, but nobody wants you to believe they are "dating" Wario just because when they push the buttons, he does stuff, which makes it a RELATIONSHIP.
There are people who have sexual interests in things like cars, which is fine, but you don't see papers calling it "dating," because it's not, and because car manufacturers are not heavily invested in creating a public narrative that it is.
We spent $25,000 in 2015 dollars to remove asbestos from our Boulder condo. But I respect the alt text in the quoted post. The asbestos was installed because it is extremely useful. We just hadn't thought through all potential problems down the road. #MinCup25
I personally am against drowning in one’s own lungs but the sheer enthusiasm (and excellent alt text) warrants reposting this #MinCup25 campaign
A local leader who had once been opposed to housing is now calling for "all the towers" so that we can have housing and plenty of open space for trees, plants and artwork. I think her vision of public sculptures all around town is great. We can link them with protected bike lanes!
I need to post the video of 50 kids on foot and bike being sent through an intersection by school crossing guards in 55 seconds. Our city calls them packets. Keeps kids safer. Clears roads for drivers faster. Drivers pull over for 2 minutes to let kids pass.
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
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I wanted my brain cells back because reading it surely killed some
Pretty funny bit to be an Anti YIMBY and proclaim that the market will simply sort out supply shortages without structural land use, financing or hard cost reforms.
Remember when people used the term "false equivalency"?
I'm not going to link to it but the oligarch-owned LAT ran a piece about the Democratic Party being in shambles. They interviewed James Carville, Rahm Emanuel, Ro Kanna and Ruben Gallego. It was that bad
The guy who tariffed lumber, who is trying to deport the construction workforce, and who campaigned on his opposition to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing does not actually care about bringing down housing prices.
Weird, putting tariffs on construction materials and throwing day laborers in concentration camps should have solved the supply problem by now
Coming up on #KTLA: I’ll be marking Labor Day with a look at how CEOs are being wildly compensated relative to workers. The highest paid CEO (by far) runs a car company whose sales and shares have plunged in recent months
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What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
Honestly very difficult choice for me
IT BEGINS! (It, of course, is #MinCup25.) Scroll through the comments and quote posts on this; you'll learn so many cool things and see so many gorgeous and/or bizarre photos.
I interviewed with Crystal Graham of Augusta Free Press in Waynesboro, Virginia. We spoke about many road safety issues and my daughter Robyn's tragic death. Augusta and Waynesboro's bicycle & pedestrian infrastructure, is poor at best. Like so may cities, the priority is given to motor vehicles.
I’m starting think satire like this is the best way to get Nimbys to see themselves Well done! marinlately.com/tiburon-hous...
this is so important even if it feels abstract or wonky
In the richest country in the world people are baking to death at home. Richard Chamblee died in Arizona two days after the central AC broke and the family couldn’t afford to repair it. His core temp was 108F/42C. He was just 52 years old. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
10,000 taken to hospital in one week for heat-related illnesses in Japan #climatecrisis HT @ed-king.bsky.social mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Gosh I remember that. Had marching band rehearsal as a sophomore in high school and when we were leaving it was pouring like I’ve never seen it before. The remnants of a tropical cyclone + a cold front = flooding rains. Like orographic lift without the orography.
Glad to see the Cal catchup to UCLA's UPass. It's a hard slog to get so many agencies on board
As right-wing oligarchs were buying up mainstream and social media, the mistake everyone else made was thinking that these purchases were based on a normal assessment of value. Remember when Elon Musk “overpayed” for Twitter? They understood that controlling the message and narrative is priceless.
My god
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Please stop referring to 2020-202x (whatever you think) as “during the pandemic” because the pandemic is still ongoing and this implies it’s over. It’s not. Call it “early pandemic” if you will. When I refer to 2020-2022 it’s “early pandemic” bc y’all Covid is still here.
Mineral Cup and Fat Bear Week bring joy (while we learn new things). Take some time to read about the two minerals and then vote. I volunteer with @lwvus.bsky.social because voter education doesn't end at the ballot box. You retain that knowledge & it helps inoculate people against misinformation
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Asahi of Japan refined the Cupro process so they can make Bemberg from cotton waste (seeds and short fibers) in a closed loop system that recovers & reuses the toxic salts. Asahi built Bemberg factories in India where cotton is grown & processed. Trump take Bemberg bsky.app/profile/ande...
I'm a big fan of Bemberg rayon linings. I prefer it to acetate linings, despite high prices that overlap with cheaper silks. But the patented process (originally invented in Germany) uses toxic salts. American manufacturers closed rather than upgrade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._B...
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Wouldn’t be a Labor Day without the best union public service announcement ever made (parody or real) youtu.be/_3mw49mk_x0
This book is *so incredibly good* and teaches about a huge range of programming areas along the road of building a practical tool
Good morning flowers and birds. Hummingbird feeding in the okra flowers. 🌱🌿
As a kid, my family used to spend Labor Day weekend camping with a few other families. The moms did basically everything, and the dads' "help" often wasn't. Like when my dad tried to reheat pizza by putting the box over the fire. Or spent a whole day rigging up a mini TV to watch a football game. 1/
Bunch of people who never had to uproot their entire lives and move thousands of miles away ought to stop pontificating on asylum and immigration
Good morning from China and this happy-go-lucky throuple of dictators
hmm seems like widely available vaccines might be a good idea
You still need grid support, but SoCal Costcos plaster their roofs with solar panels and install a dozen or so chargers. Get gas or charge up while you shop. Local grocery stores also have a handful of chargers and rooftop solar
The United States killed American Indians and drove them from their homes in order to steal their land. Could it work in Gaza?
Did not realize that the motifs are entirely duplicate stitched
Don’t be like me (doh) and wait for tomorrow to vote. It’s already September 1st in GMT & #MinCup25 is in full swing! Hurray! Vote here: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Don’t print lies in the newspapers. Don’t keep platforming the lying liars to performatively lie on your teevee shows. End the interviews immediately if you’ve messed up by inviting them anyway & they once again performatively lie in public. What is journalism, anyway?
I saw dung beetles in Africa and was amazed at the size of the balls relative to the beetles 🤯
Did housing for students become "soulless" as Asian enrollment climbed?
Thread BREAKING: A new 38 page proposal shows Trump & Netanyahu are openly planning to take over Gaza & turn it into a casino & tourism resort. Here are the horrid details, & yes all of this is a violation of international human rights law & further confirms Israel is committing genocide. 1/4
I could use some sweet potatoes 🍠 for smellylunchbox.com/stir-fry-swe...
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Here is a gift link. I know people have feelings about the times but this is free and reading this should make you very very mad and then you should do something:
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
I like the color and pattern of borer ash. Making lemonade