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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Helen Branswell died, I’m so sad! She was an amazing science reporter.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’ve pushed the climate to a higher-energy state where more heat and moisture are available to power stronger storms. Thus, the future is bound to hold some unpleasant surprises for the behavior of Atlantic hurricanes. I cover the worst-case scenarios: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/10-w...

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10 ways climate-change-altered hurricanes may come to bite us » Yale Climate Connections

What happens if sea level rise, hurricane wind strength, or other factors turn out worse than expected?

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My bottom line: I give ~90% chance of a net increase in Atlantic hurricane destruction over the coming 30 years compared to the past 30 years, because of climate change and continued development of vulnerable coastal areas. I'll cover the 10% best-case scenario in a future post.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is an excellent resource. Big name authors! Thanks for posting this Barry.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Bums me out that he isn't wearing an N95 for this advertisement but I'm going to donate to his campaign anyway.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Not only is Michigan getting hit with diarrhea, we now have big smoke moving in today! Make a Corsi Rosenthal out of your box fan, if it has a fuse. All the fans less than 11 years old should have a fuse. MERV 13 filters, duct tape and cardboard to the rescue. Proven cheap tech.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You’d think by January 2025 infection control for respiratory pathogens would include monitoring ventilation/filtration. This CDC MMWR report describes neither. It mentions staff wearing masks but nothing about CO2 or HVAC system. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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Norovirus, COVID-19, and Influenza Outbreaks Among Residents

This report describes illnesses and infection prevention and control protocols at a wildfire evacuation shelter during the Eaton wildfire in Pasadena, California.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Speaking of, I just checked out Pasricha’s you’ve been pooping all wrong from the library. It is really good.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sacubitril /Valsartan for AFMR HFpEF preprint www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10.... Nice to see a HFpEF AFMR phenotype specific paper. Now that sac/val is cheap I’m wondering who’ll fund studies. #cardiosky

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American Heart Association Journals

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JACC Journals @jaccjournals.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The sicker the patient, the more air quality matters. 🌁 In a nationwide study of >2.1 million deaths in China, mortality risk associated with air pollution increased progressively with hypertensive disease severity. More in 🆕 issue of #JACC: bit.ly/3PCSRbI #hypertension #CardioSky

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The linked pdf explains what is know about transmission of the cruise ship Hunta Virus. I hope CDC reads it. I’m wonder how many virologists are still working at the CDC. Pedophile protecting political hacks running the cdc worries me more than Hunta.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’m looking forward to Florian Krammer hope to be coming soon podcast on Hantavirus. If you like virology, I recommend you check his pod out. I’ve been pulling garlic mustard while listening to them.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h...

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Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness

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AirSpot 😷❤️ @airspotrob.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It’s not "normal" to pretend a disease doesn’t exist—or nothing can be done to reduce harm. Leaving kids, communities, and ourselves exposed isn’t “moving on,” it’s neglect, coerced, morally repugnant, indifference. If that upsets you, ask yourself: are you an arseolist?

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Yay ACEP! I was hoping they would get involved. A lot of residents in all specialties are at risk of abduction. This is bad for patients. Even MAGA patients.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Typhoon #Sinlaku topped out with 155 kt winds, very close to its Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI), based on the existing ocean temperatures and atmospheric profiles of temperature and humidity. Rare to see a storm reach its MPI. Graphic from tropic.ssec.wisc.edu

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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Please share this story far and wide, not just on this platform, especially if you live in an area with an outbreak right now (like ours in Southest Michigan where there is an official #publichealth department recommendation for early MMR vaccination for babies 6-11 months old right now)

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This guy is much better at this than Karoline Leavitt

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It was remarkable witnessing the drop in Hib. Maybe not as impressive as seeing polio disappear, but still amazing. I can’t imagine the guilt loving parents will be feeling these next couple decades when their kid gets a permanent disability from a vaccine preventable illness.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Experts have poo-pooed the idea, but the new Google Deepdoodoo seasonal hurricane forecast model, trained on poop data from sea turtles, outperforms the traditional models from CSU, NOAA, and TSR. I have the details: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/ai-t...

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AI trained on turtle poop predicts hurricanes better than any model » Yale Climate Connections

The new Google DeepDoodoo seasonal hurricane forecast model reads aquatic feces tea leaves, outperforms the best.

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Tamatoa's teeth @shinycrab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Grid scale solar and batteries are becoming economically inevitable and the costs are still going down

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

1 in 41 people in Michigan contagious with Covid right now. I wonder what post spring break will look like.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The multiple 112° readings today are just 1° short of the national April record, which happened in Death Valley with 113° on April 24, 1946 and also on April 22, 2012. Note that those occurred in late April (h/t to weather historian Chris Burt).

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I just saw Hail Mary. So fun! I liked the book but I loved the movie.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50.

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Daniel Brown @danielarthurbrown.com · 12/03/2026

The Gelman 1-4, dioxane plume, a poster child of Michigan's dismantled environmental protections, has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List. This site is a very good reason why we need to reinstitute polluter pay laws. #huronriver #annarbor

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EPA Adds Gelman Sciences Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to the Superfund National Priorities List | US EPA

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added the Gelman Sciences Inc. site in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to the Superfund National Priorities List, a list of the nation's most contaminated sites.

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Look what Spring break has done to Covid at disney in southwest orange county Florida.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A nice map from a 2024 paper showing which counties have the highest vulnerability to their power grid, based on power outage data from 2014-2023. It rated the counties holding Los Angeles/Riverside/San Bernardino, Houston, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Detroit as ones facing "extreme" risk.

power outage vulnerability map for the U.S.

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Jeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t get chills. This gave me chills.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

According to Wired, ICE has leased space in Southfield, Mi. The feds are being all hush hush about it. Maybe we should throw a welcome party for them, complete with whistles. WIRED CITY Southfield STATE Michigan ADDRESS One Towne Square

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 01/02/2026

Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Rasmussen’s polio class is in session, along with an excellent review of the public health activities of Jesus. You’d think a Christian pediatric cardiologist wouldn’t be evil, but you’d be thinking wrong. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/jesus-woul...

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Jesus Would Recommend Polio Vaccination

But ACIP Chair Pastor Kirk Milhoan would rather not

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Can I pause paying my taxes this year? I’m clearly not getting what I paid for. Do healthcare workers get an execution risk discount? www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

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Summary for Patients: Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data: Is This a Worry? | Annals of Internal Medicine

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Kristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Wasn’t sure if I was going to #SundayFishSketch today because I’m tired and angry, but this felt right

Colored pencil and ink drawing of two cichlid-esque fish facing inward to a sign that says “Fuck ICE”

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dem[ocrat]s to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump—3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”

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ACW1234 @acw1234.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🙂

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Diane Hallinen @hallinen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

1 in 25 people in Michigan are able to give you COVID today, assuming you didn’t give it to them last week.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/01/2026

The Grid and the Scam.

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