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Mark Harmel

@markharmel.bsky.social
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Fine art photographer/traveler and retired clinical research coordinator & diabetes educator.

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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h... #CDC #PublicHealth
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The United States, the world’s largest funder of anti-malaria efforts, slashed its support at the start of the Trump administration. An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities #Mosquito #malaria www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“The way Trump bargains,” he said, “I wouldn’t give him money to go to the carpet bazaar.” Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching. wapo.st/4gbTAeo
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Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching.
The president’s bombast has ceased to rattle world leaders, who have seen him fenced in by courts, rebuffed by Congress and strung along by Iran.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Opinion from Anne Peters, MD. ADA Call to Action: Support Members to Help Patients medscape.com/viewarticle/... #ADA #Diabetes
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ADA Call to Action: Support Members to Help Patients
Dr Anne Peters discusses the recent disruption at the ADA meeting and calls for change to continue to help patients.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Millions of Americans are going without health insurance after the end of Affordable Care Act subsidies. The loss is starting to bleed into the wider healthcare economy. www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @WSJ #ACA
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The Rising Number of Uninsured Patients Starts to Hit Hospitals
Millions of Americans dropped their Affordable Care Act plans when subsidies expired and now struggle to pay.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Who could have guessed that this would happen? #Vaccination www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
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Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane (Gift Article)
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“I feel sorry for Americans,” he said. “If you can’t be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have friends anywhere in the world, and that is a very lonely place to be.” apnews.com/article/cana...
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Carney says he and Trump will intensify trade negotiations after US imposes 50% tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to intensify trade negotiations between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There is a trend of embracing film photography. People are having fun with retro-photo and that's fine with me, but I'm never going back. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Film Photography Is Making a Comeback. Just Look at All These New Film Cameras.
Digital fatigue is real. Since 2020, film has come back in a big way, and new cameras are everywhere. Here’s what to look for if you want to give film a try.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“In the past ... we were battling the diseases,” Bell said. “We were not battling this misinformation that is now coming from an entirely different stream that is within the federal government.” wapo.st/4gjahFm
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Why U.S. measles outbreaks have grown harder to extinguish
The nation is already nearing last year’s record case total, and experts say the virus is forcing doctors to relearn a disease many thought had been consigned to history.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
America’s New Tax Mantra: ‘The IRS Isn’t Going to Catch Me’ #taxes
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s #Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
FDA Lists Multiple Concerns About Unapproved GLP-1 Drugs www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... by @miriametucker.bsky.social
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FDA Lists Multiple Concerns About Unapproved GLP-1 Drugs
The notice comes as Hims & Hers launches a lower-cost compounded version of oral semaglutide for weight loss.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the E.P.A.’s mission statement, which says the agency’s core responsibility is to protect human health and the environment." E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... #EPA
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The week has concluded without release of Epstein Files
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NPR @npr.org · 06/01/2026
NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In "Chapter 2: Stop the Steal," we look at how false claims of a stolen election mobilized Trump supporters.
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The NPR history of the January 6th riot and the run-up to the events is a powerful journalistic reminder of event. apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/ #Jan6th
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
More Lost Science: NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c... #LostScience
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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
More Lost Science: She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/s...
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She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
EXCERPT: In 'Storm at the Capitol,' police officers detail a brutal assault on Jan. 6, 2021 apnews.com/article/capi...
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EXCERPT: In 'Storm at the Capitol,' police officers detail a brutal assault on Jan. 6, 2021
In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and forc...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 21/12/2025
A portrait of the kind of science we are losing, and for no reason www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
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His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria and lost her job and the science when USAID was shut down. #Malaria #mosquito www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
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She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
More consumer protections wiped-out. White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
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White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Morning cappuccino with a view. Marina Ragusa, Sicily.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A growing contingent of doctors say they are wary of federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—and they are forming a parallel public-health universe www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @WSJ
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The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government
A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is a good part of the MAHA agenda, would be great to focus on this and get rid of the vax disinformation part. www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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Essay | My Family Went Off Ultra-Processed Foods for a Month. The Results Surprised Us.
What started as an experiment has become our new diet.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
People were “flocking into the park without paying — it was criminal. “They’re losing a heck of a lot more money than whatever they’re saving.” #DOGE #NPS #Zion www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
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Trump Shrank Staffing of National Parks. See How Many Are Struggling.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
In the Kansas plains the land is flat and endless and when the wind starts blowing it just keeps going - unless you erect huge wind turbines to capture the energy. And this clean energy system works even in a pouring rain.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Park Visitation Is Up, Staffing Down. How to Prepare for the Rest of Summer www.npca.org/articles/935... #DOGE
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Park Visitation Is Up, Staffing Down. How to Prepare for the Rest of Summer
Visiting a national park this summer? Here’s the latest scoop on what’s happening in parks and how you can prepare.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The last two in my Diana series are campus shots taken at the University Park Campus of USC. The USC Graduate School wanted a distinctive look to set it apart from other schools and it was decided that black and white photos with a toy camera was just the look.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 - but... U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread wapo.st/3GbSP6b #vaccineswork
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U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/07/2025
Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the US to a troubling milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago
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Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US | CNN
There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is an ongoing problem. Park Service Is Left Short-Staffed in Peak Travel Season www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u... #DOGE
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Park Service Is Left Short-Staffed in Peak Travel Season
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My neighbor Estelle would dress-up to and walk to attend a square dancing class and one day I asked to take her portrait with her dog. The second is Vicky with flowers shot using a technique that I learned from Joyce Tenneson.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A grand LA tradition is to attend the Hollywood Bowl for a concert with fireworks. Last night the special performers were the LA Phil were Earth, Wind and Fire. the band is still going strong and will be performing here two more nights.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Recently the theme Summer Vintage was chosen by the Los Angeles Center for Photography and I happened to have some summertime themed imaged that I shot with the classic plastic Diana camera.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Trump budget math is simply this: Cut taxes for the rich, cut spending that helps everyone else, and pay for it by taxing working Americans through tariffs.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Nurses Health Study is one of the greatest of all time.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The Park System is not woke - visitors love them and want the staff to be rehired. How park visitors responded when asked to report anti-American signs wapo.st/4lgHQr2
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How park visitors responded when asked to report anti-American signs
The majority of comments reviewed by The Post were positive, though some visitors complained that there were too many mosquitos and “not enough moose.”
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v... via @statnews.com
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We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations
“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A series of redwood tres in the fog shot in the Redwood National and State Parks
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The Changing Landscape of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833364?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061525 #SSB
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
A drop in overdoses astounded public officials and health experts who traveled across the country to learn the formula and replicate it www.wsj.com/health/drug-...
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One Community Took a Radical Approach to Fighting Addiction. It’s Working.
A drop in overdoses astounded public officials and health experts, who traveled across the country to learn the formula and replicate it.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Study Models Costs of Ending Water Fluoridation jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Study Models Costs of Ending Water Fluoridation
Removing fluoride from US public water systems could lead to 25.4 million additional cases of tooth decay after 5 years, with associated costs approaching $10 billion, according to a modeling study pu...
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
There was a time when government buildings had some heft and style. When you entered the building you felt that this was the place where important people work and service for the greater good was performed. One of those examples is the Nebraska State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Hey #sprinter4x4 owners. Do you too have issues getting warranty service from @MBvansUSA after getting a suspension upgrade? They are not honoring our 5-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty when there is an issue. #FordTransit #transitvan #sprinter #sprintervan #mercedesbenzvans #vanlife #MBvansUSA
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Looking to buy a #vanlife vehicle? If you are thinking of getting a #sprintervan think again. #MBvansUSA is using a suspension upgrade to not honor its 5-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty. #FordTransit #transitvan #sprinter #sprintervan #MercedesBenz #mercedesbenzvans
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
CBO now estimates that combination of Trump's budget bill + other parts of the GOP health agenda (e.g. allowing enhanced ACA tax credits to expire as scheduled) will increase # of uninsured people by 16 million. This is a backdoor Obamacare repeal by any other name www.cbo.gov/system/files...
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Fields of tallgrass used to cover the midwestern landscape and in a small part of Kansas the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is protecting one of the last remaining prairies. Instead of showing wide fields of tallgrass, I decided to look close for the beauty.
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Mark Harmel @markharmel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Longhorn skull hanging above a cattle holding pen in Kansas. #Americana #roadside
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
International visitors to USA plunge 61%! Anger at Trump's trade wars and fear of immigration hassles or worse drive plunge. www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... #energysky
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U.S. Tourism Industry Struggling To Stay Afloat With Sixty-one percent Decrease In Visitors As Trump-Era Policies Deter Foreign Travelers - Travel And Tour World
Amid rising political tensions and growing concerns over immigration policies, U.S. tourism has experienced a dramatic decline, with international visitors dropping by sixty-one percent.
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