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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran.com
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Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate Biology PhD from Cambridge WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum New Yorker/Aussie Opinions my own instagram.com/luckytran linktr.ee/luckytran

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 9h
Who is this team??? #LGY
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/09/2026
Now that Man City have been found guilty of cheating… congrats Ted Lasso, you are now a Premier League champion!
Ted and Pep shake hands
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/09/2026
The bald eagle struggling is so on point 😭
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026
Happy to report the UN has fantastic indoor air quality! But I did get questioned by multiple security guards about why I was wearing a mask. I told them we were attending meetings about preventing pandemics 🤷🏻‍♂️
Lucky in front of the UN in a maskInside the UN with a Co2 reading of 676
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026
There were a few of us wearing high quality masks including one of the lead organizers, Dr. Bronwyn King!
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026
Just casually bumping into @who.int Director General @drtedros.who.int at the UN. No more pandemics!
Dr. Lucky Tran wearing a black mask with Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026
Joining global advocates for clean air at the UN today! ✊
Lucky at the Healthy Indoor air event at the UNAdvocates at Healthy Indoor Air in schools at the UN
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2026
Of course one of the best science fiction directors of all time understands the science of airborne virus transmission! Steven Spielberg is wearing a high quality mask during the California COVID surge.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22/09/2026
New pin unlocked 📌 Happy Climate and UNGA week y’all!
Holding a pin that says NO MORE PANDEMICSLucky wearing a black n95 mask
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/09/2026
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
nytimes.com
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/09/2026
Ok fine, Zohran did not fix everything
ELIMINATED
NEW YORK METS
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/09/2026
Background on the lobbying:
thecooldown.com
US electric co-ops call EPA gas plant rule 'untenable' as data center demand surges
A fight over how to power the AI boom is spilling into federal climate policy as electric cooperative executives urged the government to scrap an EPA rule.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/09/2026
It's official: The EPA has repealed a rule that would have directly saved thousands of lives by limiting fossil fuel emissions from power plants. Industry lobbyists successfully pushed for this repeal using surging demand from data centers as justification. The government chose AI over human lives.
EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings, Proposes Repeal of All Remaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants

Trump EPA delivers reliable and affordable energy in the largest power sector deregulatory action in U.S. history

September 14, 2026
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/09/2026
Trump curse strikes again
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/09/2026
UN: Climate change will reach at least 1.8 C, a point where there are no good outcomes Trump: Great time to repeal limits on power plant pollution!
nytimes.com
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/09/2026
Giants and Jets both win on opening weekend. Zohran really is a miracle worker!
Zohran as sun meme
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge just ruled that the Trump admin broke the law when it ordered a 50% cut in FEMA employees — including thousands of on-call workers who respond to disasters.
washingtonpost.com
Federal judge rules Trump plan to cut FEMA by 50 percent was unlawful
The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, appeared as if it was "pulled from thin air" and would impede FEMA's ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/09/2026
We’re cooked
Left: Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon

Right: Leonardo Dicaprio in Don't Look Up
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/09/2026
It’s valid to be skeptical of the CDC, given the leadership there. But most outbreak data comes from state health departments. You can easily double check any aggregated national data the CDC publishes by comparing for with state level data for consistency.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/09/2026
It’s valid to be skeptical of the CDC given the leadership there. But the data comes from state departments and is then aggregated and confirmed by the CDC, so you can see that the data is reliable because state health department data show the same trend.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
Here’s the chart for Cyclospora cases linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce that was processed in Mexico and recalled in July.
Chart of Cyclospora cases linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce that was processed in Mexico and recalled in July.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
Source: www.cdc.gov/cyclosporias...
cdc.gov
Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Iceberg Lettuce
Information on the multistate outbreak of <em>Cyclospora</em> in the United States that recently ended.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
The FDA is also investigating four smaller cyclospora outbreaks, the largest of which has 231 cases. They have not yet identified the sources of these outbreaks.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
The latest best-by date on the recalled lettuce was Aug. 3, meaning that the affected lettuce should not be available in stores or restaurants. But new cases have still mounted in the weeks since, in part because it takes so long to become sick from cyclospora.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
The CDC said that there is no longer a risk of people getting sick with cyclospora from Taylor Farms’ iceberg lettuce, and that fewer than two infections per day occurred in August, on average.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
The CDC has declared the cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce over. Nearly 13,000 cases in 21 states have been linked to Taylor Farms lettuce. 570 people have been hospitalized and two have died.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
Video source: ig/maxidny
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
25 years ago. Utter devastation. New York rose up from the ashes, because that’s what New York always does and will always do. But the world changed forever from that point. It isn't enough to talk about peace. We must all work at it.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
WANT
NFL commentators in jackets with kangaroo themed hoods
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
This was the US-Aussie mashup I never knew we needed 🇦🇺🇺🇸
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/09/2026
Wow. They are doing an indigenous land acknowledgment at an NFL game. Great work, Melbourne!
Indigenous Australians speak on a stage with the aboriginal flag at the NFL game held in Melbourne
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Myra Batchelder @myrabatchelder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just called my Congress members to urge them to speak out against this! Hope you’ll join me! Requiring immigrants on a visa to leave within 24 hours after losing a job is outrageous! People have families, kids in school, houses, caretaking responsibilities, and more.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/09/2026
We want clean air and water and a livable climate. Instead we are getting AI to record all of our conversations through a watch.
9to5mac.com
The new Apple Watch will use microphone and other sensors to generate AI recaps of your day - 9to5Mac
Apple will announce the new Apple Watch lineup later today, and Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has the early scoop. He...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/09/2026
Link to 9/11 air quality documents:
sept11documents.cityofnewyork.us
9/11 Document Portal
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani released 170K documents revealing that post-9/11 asbestos levels remained dangerous for months, despite officials saying the air was safe. As we saw at the start of COVID, officials still treat essential workers as expendable. This is a long-overdue step in the right direction.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There's no evidence that we can neutralize MAHA with a better health care system. Western Europe has universal access and lower costs — and still has huge anti-vaxx and “medical freedom” movements. MAHA is driven by right-wing misinformation, not legitimate grievances with US healthcare.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/09/2026
One of the things I hate most about AI is that now I first approach a lot of art with suspicion instead of awe
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/09/2026
nyc.gov
Mayor Mamdani Launches First-in-the-Nation Office of Worker Power to Support Labor Organizing
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani just created an Office of Worker Power, and launched it on Labor Day
Zohran as the sun meme
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/09/2026
I did not have Tetris needing to put out anti-fascist statements on my bingo card, but here we are
At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them. To our fans everywhere: we love you, we see you, and we're grateful to have you in our community.

P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of 'Build the Wall.
P.P.S. We take copyright infringement very seriously.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026
nature.com
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026
nature.com
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026
For the first time since its inception the Ig Nobels were held outside the United States, after organisers said that they feared it had become unsafe for guests to visit the country.
yahoo.com
Optimised urinals and buried underwear at 2026 Ig Nobels
Underwear buried to test soil quality and urinals scientifically designed to prevent splashing were among the projects honoured as the Ig Nobel prizes again put a spotlight on the quirky side of scien...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2026
The NIH Director confirms they are giving away biomedical research money used to develop treatments and cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens, to the Department of Defense. Outrageous.
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
@NIHDirector_Jay

NIH funds should be used to improve the health of Americans.
Far from siphoning money away from research, this partnership between @NIH and @DeptofWar focuses on research projects that will drive discoveries to improve the health of American citizens and members of the military.
Led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, all work will be 100% aligned with our public health mission.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
To be clear, overshooting 1.5 degrees is not an invitation to give up. It means we have to work even harder to return to a lower baseline. The authors emphasize: “Every fraction of a degree matters, and every year spent in overshoot increases climate risks and the potential for irreversible losses."
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
theguardian.com
Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
According to a new UN report, global warming will reach at least 1.8 degrees Celsius, even in the best-case scenario. The authors warn that "there are no good outcomes above 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/09/2026
Yeah, ADA compliance has gotten a lot better since 2020, so now most do not block sidewalks and the dining areas in parking spaces are a lot nicer. This policy will help keep things improving.
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