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Kylie Lewis

@kylielewis.bsky.social
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Inner development for outer impact. Leadership development & coaching for curious, courageous, creative, caring & conscious change agents. #CourageOverComfort #CollectiveCare #CovidIsAirborne #ActOnClimate #LoveWins #HomewardBound #IDGs #SDGs ofkin.com

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Pam Belluck @pambelluck.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
NEW: Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection, study finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...
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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
🔥From @mskellymhayes.bsky.social book #LetThisRadicalizeYou:
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 23/07/2025
Governments can be held legally responsible for climate inaction, the world’s highest court said in a landmark decision today, opening the door to a cascade of lawsuits.
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World’s top court says climate inaction can breach international law
Nonmembership of the Paris Agreement doesn’t exempt countries from duty to fight global warming, ICJ says.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die
July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024.

Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to watch them die.

One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.”

Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness.

Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.”

Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%.

AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thank you @n95anaesthetist.bsky.social for this great piece of #scicomm for your peers. I hope it is watched and acted upon widely.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself. bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Long-term neurological and cognitive impact of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis in over 4 million patients - BMC Neurology
Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms emerged early in the COVID-19 pandemic as a key feature of the virus, with research confirming a range of neuropsychiatric manifestations linked to acute SARS-CoV-...
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Tee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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WHO @who.int · 13/05/2025
WHO and @unicef.org surveys found that over half of parents & pregnant women are exposed to advertising from formula milk companies – violating international agreements. Parents should be able to choose how to feed their babies, but no-one should be fed untruths. bit.ly/4bNKFdF
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 09/05/2025
Children pay the highest price in war and violence. #ForEveryChild, peace and protection.
A blue graphic with white text that says: "for every child, peace". There is a UNICEF logo in the bottom right corner.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 01/05/2025
An network of Australian Christian groups have adapted the language of global right-wing populism to amplify their influence on Australian politics.
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The rise of right-wing Christian populism and its powerful impact on Australian politics
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/04/c...
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COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.
A new story, rooted in the way we live now, would necessitate the telling of present-day truths.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/03/2025
The Government is rushing changes through Parliament set to weaken environmental protection laws and benefit destructive industries. Today, 50 environment organisations have joined an open letter demanding that these changes are rejected. Published in The Aus, Cbr Times, Fin Review, SMH & the Age.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 24/03/2025
By cutting fossil fuel subsidies, ending the gas industry’s free ride, reforming negative gearing and closing tax loopholes for superannuation and luxury utes, Treasury would raise between $12 billion and $63 billion. Read: 5 ideas for a better tax system:
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Raising revenue right: Better tax ideas for the 48th Parliament
The 48th Parliament has the opportunity to tackle some of Australia’s biggest problems – inequality, poverty, sustainability, health and education
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
‘I believe…’ is a powerful exercise I encourage all leaders I work with to do - write a list of the things you believe in (try to get to at least 50 ‘I believe…’ statements) to help find your voice, your integrity and your courage. Then use it to find your people.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/03/2025
Next week will be the Parliament's last chance to spare voters from an onslaught of outright lies in political ads. 87% of Australians support truth in political advertising laws. Our Government should do its job. Sign and share > theaus.in/TIPApetition
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Today, March 15, 2025, is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay. We stand with those affected, advocate for research, and raise awareness for better care and recovery. 💙 #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER
Long COVID Awareness Day

15 March 2025
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12/03/2025
NEW – Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/MZcCeds
UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest level since 1872: UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions, MtCO2e, 1850-2024. Note the impact of general strikes in 1921 and 1926; the miner’s strike of 1984 had a smaller impact. Source: Jones et al. (2023) and Carbon Brief analysis of figures from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"As the pandemic unfolded, though, it became clear that the coronavirus did indeed spread through airborne transmission—even if the WHO took more than a year and a half to officially describe the coronavirus as a long-range airborne pathogen."
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America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
An important graph and caption on the impact of Covid www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Disability increase from COVID in the US graph
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Trump regime expands its discouraged (BANNED) words across federal agencies. The list is long Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/03/2025
James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88. Harrison, whose plasma contained a “rare and precious antibody” known as Anti-D, donated blood more than 1,100 times, according to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
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James Harrison, blood donor whose rare plasma saved millions of babies, dead at 88 | CNN
James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88.
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
For nursing students facing a warming world, planetary health must be central to their university education
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For nursing students facing a warming world, planetary health must be central to their university education
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
You’ve been clear in saying that Covid has not gone away. You ask people to wear masks at your events. But that attitude is not necessarily where the rest of the world is. How do you think about continuing to take precautions and advising others to do so when it feels as if society has moved on? I do it for a bunch of reasons. Firstly, I have learned that I enjoy not being sick. I know that the cost of long Covid is real and substantial, and I don’t want to run that risk lightly. I also know that I have many friends and people I’m close to who are immunocompromised. So for the sake of the people around me, I also don’t want to get sick. When I do events, I wear a mask for those reasons, and because I know that every time I do a talk, while the vast majority of people in the audience have probably moved on, there are going to be other people who haven’t. I think it makes a huge difference to them to have the person at the front of the stage wear a mask. It tells them, It’s not weird. So I do it for that reason, too. In terms of holding this line at a point when a large swath of society has moved on, I have written a lot about the panic-neglect cycle.
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The advertising regulator has found Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting misled consumers with an unsubstantiated claim that gas was clean, in an online advertisement in The Australian last year. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
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‘Misleading’: Gina Rinehart’s mining firm breached environmental code with ‘clean gas’ job ad, panel rules
Ad Standards Community Panel upholds complaint over Hancock Prospecting’s promotion in the Weekend Australian
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 20/02/2025
Greenwashing "Gas is clean" statements from Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting found to be misleading by Ad Standards, forcing their ads to be pulled.
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Ad Standards finds ‘clean gas’ claim is misleading - Comms Declare
Hancock Prospecting found in breach of Advertising’s Environmental Claims Code
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Civic engagement, networks and advocacy are key for addressing a lack of integrity in our climate policies www.croakey.org/civic-engagement-ne… #publichealth
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Civic engagement, networks and advocacy are key for addressing a lack of integrity in our climate policies
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Fern Hames @fernhames.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
7 February 2009. Black Saturday. Reflect, Respect, Remember. #BlackSaturday #WeRemember
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I think we're checking almost every one of these in the US right now. (Reposting with alt text.)
EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM:

POWERFUL AND CONTINUING
NATIONALISM

DISDAIN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

IDENTIFICATION OF ENEMIES
AS A UNIFYING CAUSE

SUPREMACY OF THE MILITARY

RAMPANT SEXISM

CONTROLLED MASS MEDIA

OBSESSION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY

RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
INTERTWINED

CORPORATE POWER PROTECTED

LABOR POWER SUPPRESSED

DISDAIN FOR INTELLECTUALS & THE ARTS

OBSESSION WITH CRIME & PUNISHMENT

RAMPANT CRONYISM & CORRUPTION

FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS
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Nature @nature.com · 02/02/2025
Researchers have shown that patches of muscle grown from stem cells can help to repair a failing heart go.nature.com/4hEsuL3
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‘Breakthrough’ stem-cell patches strengthened a woman’s failing heart
Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"Titled Preparing Albertans for Climate Change, it presents evidence-based information on impacts and solutions in a local Alberta context across 6 modules, which will provide examples of local projects and initiatives in AB, as well as actions individuals can incorporate into their everyday lives."
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Free University of Calgary e-course tackles climate change misinformation - LiveWire Calgary
A new free e-course at the University of Calgary wants to tackle misinformation and disinformation about climate change. The course, titled Preparing Albertans for Climate Change, presents evidence-ba...
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Follow the incredible participants of Homeward Bound, a global leadership program for women and nonbinary people in STEMM working to ensure the sustainability of our planet. go.bsky.app/EXogj2a
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Feb 2 AWARENESS IN ACTION: Climate Christiana Figueres, climate diplomat upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-february-2025/ A voice we need to hear now. free, online
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Магдалена Хорват 😷 @magdalenahorvat.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"It’s not only a moral issue; yes [...] it’s wrong to forcibly infect everyone with a vascular disease with unknown long-term health effects over and over again. But it’s also [...] unfeasible to operate a functional economy while [...] disabling the workforce." www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-pr...
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How the press manufactured consent for never-ending COVID reinfections
Continual reinfection was not the "new normal" Biden advertised. How did we get here?
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 11/12/2024
❌ "during the pandemic" — please don't use it. Here's the WHO chief, today: "We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to." ✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase" www.who.int/director-gen... 2/4
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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 10 December 2024
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals" "When hospital staff began masking again, the rates of hospital-onset respiratory viral infections decreased by 33%" Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Source: archive.md/Zki7D
Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals

— Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found

by Rachael Robertson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today November 27, 2024
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
…can’t stress enough how important it is too to avoid long COVID. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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COVID-19 wave hits Victoria, prompting calls for caution ahead of festive season
COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations have sharply risen in Victoria, with the wave of infection concerning health professionals going into summer.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
"Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing in hospitals led to a surge in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections, a cohort study found." 1/2 www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals
Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963. Charles Sheeler ⁦‪Michener Art
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Charles Sheeler ⁦‪Michener Art
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I love recommending Cranky Uncle as a #criticalthinking teaching resource! It’s a game that uses cartoons & critical thinking to fight misinformation & was developed by Uni of Melbourne scientist @johnfocook.bsky.social Free on iPhone & Android & web. #scicomm #newsliteracy crankyuncle.com
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Homepage - Cranky Uncle
The Cranky Uncle game uses cartoons and critical thinking to fight misinformation. The game was developed by University of Melbourne scientist John Cook, in collaboration with creative agency Goodbeas...
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Interested in #WomenInStemm talking all things #scicomm? Check out @scidocmartin.bsky.social interviewing @lmdo.bsky.social on @letstalkscicomm.bsky.social - love seeing #HomewardBound alumni collabs out in the world! 🌎 💚
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“What will I tell my children when I get back home? You left us for two weeks, for what? For nothing! Not even peanuts!" Tetet Lauron at #COP29 on the text for the #NCQG on #ClimateFinance failing to deliver US$ 1.3 trillion a year whilst the #ClimateCrisis claims lives and livelihoods.
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Leaps of faith are my favourite kind! 🐧🇦🇶♥️
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 22/11/2024
By integrating digital literacy into the education system from the preschool years, Finland shows how to keep young people safe online without resorting to a ban.
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Educating young people about social media would be far more effective than a ban - Finland can show us how
By integrating digital literacy into the education system from the preschool years, Finland shows how to keep young people safe online without resorting to a ban.
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What if schools could prevent sick days, teacher shortages & lost IQ points? A new COVID safety course lights the way www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09... "it's clear that most schools are lacking an understanding of some of the absolute basics of #COVID ... I find that very troubling"
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Schools don't have to be hotbeds of COVID. One dad is fighting back with facts
A free online course aims to bust COVID misinformation and teach people how to stop the virus spreading in schools. But perhaps its greatest challenge is engaging people in the first place — particula...
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Katie Palmer @katiepalmer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...
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Bluesky is the new destination for X/Twitter’s health and science community. Here's why
#MedTwitter is migrating en masse from X to Bluesky, suddenly making it an essential hub for scientific discourse. Here's why.
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“As social scientists Tormos-Aponte, Frickel & Parker discovered in a survey just after the 2020 US elections… “political advocacy is no longer anathema to scientific research, but should be embraced as a central aspect of science’s social mission.” This is even more true at the end of 2024.”
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Kylie Lewis @kylielewis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“ @anastasiabiz.bsky.social, an engineer at Cornell says the trend reminded her of the dynamics she studies, called behavioral cascades, where a system that has reached a certain threshold can suddenly shift suddenly - there’s this really fast transition where the whole network reacts.”
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10/11/2024
The most indomitable and tenacious advocate for climate action I know guest-edited my newsletter this week. For years, she faced down ministers, lobbyists & obstructionists to secure the Paris Agreement. We all need to take a leaf from her book! us14.campaign-archive.com?u=fa37a09043...
An image of Christiana Figueres standing in front of a tree and a label reading "co founder of Global Optimism and former executive secretary of the UNFCCC"
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