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Public Health academic, #IDSky, sailor⛵, photographer, botanist🌿, writer: memoir, poetry, children’s stories. Identiplant, AI, education, climate, UCU, 🦠Covid 🇪🇺N Ireland 🐸 Resist Blue Sky 3/9/23 🚫🚫b0ts, zero posts, accounts with ++b0ts following, no biog

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4h
White House has asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be exercised ahead of the midterms, according to two admin officials. The size and targets of the potential strikes, and whether the admin will ultimately proceed, are still being debated.
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I’ve put it on my calendar! But really I need hard copy reminders!
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I hope I can remember to!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h
A Democratic candidate for Congress, Bernadette Greene-Placentia, went out to fix one of her damaged campaign signs in Arizona. She was attacked and raped. Please note that this article may be triggering and do take care if you read it.
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Terrifying
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Ron Johnson, still relitigating covid all these years later, pimps ivermectin, but then immediately acknowledges "I'm not a doctor, I'm not a medical researcher"
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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 7h
Of interest to global health audiences via @serestoration.bsky.social... SER Webinar | Rooted in Health: #EcologicalRestoration Meets #OneHealth October 29 @ 11a EST Registration Link: www.ser.org/events/Event...
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Society for Ecological Restoration
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) advances restoration science, practice and policy to re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.
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Looks excellent - thankyou
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 17h
I'm at outdoor choir! ❤️ And there are now at least ten of us in masks, we're slowly taking over 😄(and normalising wearing masks to keep community safe).
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Believe in yourself - it will build slowly 😊
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It was great! Please write more 💝
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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AwntieWithaW @awntiewithaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Make complete sentences great again
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
Student groups call for the abolition of Greek life and more punitive action in the wake of fraternity assault allegations.
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‘Smash the patriarchy': Activists graffiti Cornell hall over gang rape case
Student groups call for the abolition of Greek life and more punitive action in the wake of fraternity assault allegations.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phil Collins on Trump: “His whole manner is unattractive. Because historically presidents have been eloquent and elegant, you feel like even if you don’t agree with them, you still respect them. But when somebody like Trump is as nasty as he is, you end up feeling dislike for him.
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Cambridgeshire @cambridgeshireuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wetland almost the size of Hyde Park being created #Cambridgeshire #BBCNews
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Work starts on Great Fen wetland almost the size of Hyde Park
About 136 hectares of land will be restored, creating pools, channels and reedbeds for wildlife.
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Mask Bloc Eugene/Springfield @maskbloceug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s Wastewater Wednesday! How are COVID levels? We’re using two sources to help us keep track of the country and our state of Oregon. Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!
Two screenshots against a photo of a pile of orange and yellow striped pumpkins. The first is a map of the US showing COVID transmission, with states colored light blue to berry pink depending on severity. Lane County & most of the other counties in Oregon are in the very high ranges. Text notes that this data was last updated on September 19. The second screenshot is text that reads, “92% of Oregon community wastewater treatment centers were positive for SARS-CoV-2 on the most recent sample.” Note: OHA hasn’t updated their website this week. Oregon numbers are from their last update on 9/24/26.
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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 🥾 @alinagrafik.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
#BlueskyMountain #31DaysOfOctober An autumn brushing of snow on the Sierra Nevada Mountains (October 2021) from Carson Valley, Nevada. #ECK #Autumn #SierraNevada #EasternSierraNevada #CarsonValley #Nevada #WestCoastKin #Clouds #Rural
An asphalt road with barbed wire lead the eyes to rows of trees. The front row is shorter and had deep red leaves, the second row is tall and has golden colored leaves. Beyond are the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a light coating of snow. The sky is cloudy and somewhat dark. To the left of the road and barbed wire is a golden field. Carson Valley, Nevada.
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Karam Bales @karambales.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
3/ Ben Leo of GB News seems to think that "vaccinated" is a pejorative
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good grief
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ROMANIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS ELEVEN CREW MEMBERS RESCUED, TWO DEAD AFTER MARITIME INCIDENT
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ugh. I should thank you for raising my awareness but some things I almost wish I hadn’t read 😧
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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep an eye out for our #paperback copies to drop online and in #bookstores soon, but in the meantime please take a look at our free online version - and don't forget to #VOTE!!! #books #poetry #booksky #writing #protest #NoKings #resist #ICE #Trump #FDT #immigration #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti
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“Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival” is now live
Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival is now available to read free on the site. It’s our third collection, and it gathers poets writing about ICE enforcement and immigration o…
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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#BlueSky, the third Chaos Section Poetry Project #chapbook has launched online, free to #read. This timely and deeply moving #anthology is dedicated to all of those harmed by police brutality during the #Trump administration. We hope you'll take a look. And VOTE!!! #booksky #poetry #vote #NoKings
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Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival
Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival gathers poets writing about ICE enforcement and immigration overreach. Read free online or download the PDF.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well this sucks…. A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague. meidasnews.com/news/russian...
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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand
A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They closed with “This Land Is Your Land.” We needed that. Thank you to everyone who showed up, spoke out, and reminded people they still have a voice. ✊
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What an amazing event yesterday! Tom Morello brought together Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and so many others at the Power to the People festival to speak up against Trump and remind us this country belongs to all of us.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Every act of art is an act of resistance” -Tom Morello
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@drsmith.bsky.social
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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
These trends and much more are laid out in a new report from @partnership4nyc.bsky.social: pfnyc.org/research/art...
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Artificial Intelligence Is Already Reshaping New York City | Partnership for New York City
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future issue for New York City. It is becoming one of the defining economic questions facing the city today.
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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Early warning signs are mounting that AI is already impacting the job market in NYC. New data just out show entry-level job postings in the city are way down in the careers most exposed to AI. Below chart shows change in NYC since 2022: This is coming fast and we are doing almost nothing about it.
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Probably, all the above. Subscriptions easier to manage than people and don’t have pension habits to maintain
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Universities were banking on free AI to be able to replace TAs and front line staff. Now what happens when you need to pay? No AI? Slash non-AI budgets? Cut troublesome departments to afford AI? Rationed AI? Somehow I don’t see some people giving up their AI buddies easily.
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Sally Witcher @salwitcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Global Framework for Action on Healthy Indoor Air is launched this evening in New York during UN Climate Change Week. It's been a privilege, & a fascinating (& a learning) experience, to be involved in developing it as one of 200+ Commissioners from 40 countries 🧵
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the kat from HOUSE (1977) @dogunderwater.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i think you can find some good examples in the graphic medicine space (two links), & @qzap.bsky.social would be a great place to check out too! www.graphicmedicine.org/category/zine/
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zine Archives | Graphic Medicine
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Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
anyway, I quite enjoyed the Leadership Action Hour on Healthy Air in NYC Schools today. Improving IAQ in schools has so many potential collaborators and such far-reaching consequences! 💨
My COVID zine in English and Spanish, open to the spreads about CO2 readings and the ASHRAE 241 ventilation standard.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the clearest illustration I have ever seen of the way infection control and public health refuse to act responsibly on aerosol disease transmission. Doing the right thing today would mean admitting they could have yesterday, but chose not to. Repeat, forever. #medsky #polisky #scisky
A drawing of the "trolley problem" only there is a single track and the caption reads "You can stop the trolley at anytime, but then there will be survivors who might tell authorities you tied everyone up"
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m going to post this again Vote with your heart in primary Vote with your head in general You don’t have to love the candidate
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Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New study suggests that raising school ventilation levels to ASHRAE 241 targets could reduce flu cases by 33% for the WHOLE POPULATION! We need clean air in schools so bad!!! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Climate-Ready Buildings: Insights from U.S. Schools in a Global Context

Climate Week NYC • Sept 23
Projected Health Impacts of Cleaner Air in NYC Schools 
Geetha Jeyapragasan and Charlie Whittaker I University of California, Berkeley
We modelled the projected impact of higher levels of ventilation and filtration in NYC schools. We did this by assessing the impact of achieving a field-recognized standard for healthy indoor air (ASHRAE Standard 241), developed by the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, the professional association of ventilation engineers. Adopting it in schools would reduce the burden of seasonal respiratory illness and improve preparedness for future epidemics.
We developed an epidemiological modelling framework to estimate how improving building air quality affects airborne disease transmission in schools. Here, using seasonal influenza as a case study, we share results about the potential public health impact of raising ventilation such that all schools met ASHRAE 241 targets, approximately 9 equivalent air changes per hour (ACH).
INFLUENZA INFECTIONS AVERTED
PER YEAR
54%
IN CHILDREN
33%
IN OVERALL POPULATION
Share of influenza infections averted in children and the general population if all schools achieved ASHRAE 241 filtration targets. This also results in 30% reduction in hospitalizations across all ages.
IMPACTS
261K
SCHOOL ABSENTEE DAYS
ELIMINATED PER YEAR
$25M
IN PARENTAL
PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES
SAVED
Days of school absenteeism prevented each year through reduced influenza transmission, and the value of the parental working time no longer lost to caring for sick children.

Why This Matters for New York City
ALL FLU CASES
New York City operates the largest public school system in the United States, with approximately 880,000 students across 1,800 schools. A large portion of this infrastructure predates modern ventilation standards, with the average school building around 70 years old. An inspection of NYC schools i…
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Posting early #FavouritePlant 2026, has to be #Daisy Going to #Rathlin #Island to see the #Ireland #ClimateJustice #Candle #Noticing #biodiversity #mindfulness #WildFlowerHour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Stunday #Bloomscrolling #ECK #ColorADay
Daisy (one) from side view against dark background Three daisies, two in flower and one starting to develop seed head. Remaining central flowers appear orange, and white bracts (“petals”) gone Daisy head, side view against dark background. Flowers gone and green cone with spiral pattern remainsTousled Daisy against blurry bacjground. White petals are pink underneath. Colours striking: pink, white, yellow, green
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Posting early #FavouritePlant 2026, has to be #Daisy Going to #Rathlin #Island to see the #Ireland #ClimateJustice #Candle #Noticing #biodiversity #mindfulness #WildFlowerHour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #Stunday #Bloomscrolling #ECK #ColorADay
Daisy (one) from side view against dark background Three daisies, two in flower and one starting to develop seed head. Remaining central flowers appear orange, and white bracts (“petals”) gone Daisy head, side view against dark background. Flowers gone and green cone with spiral pattern remainsTousled Daisy against blurry bacjground. White petals are pink underneath. Colours striking: pink, white, yellow, green
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fucketyfucketyfuckfuckfuck´ by Annie Taylor from PEG - the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Embroidery featuring two perched cute  blue birds among pink flowers surrounded by the embroidered text of the title
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
By Wendell Berry, RIP:
They Sit Together on the Porch 

They sit together on the porch, the dark Almost fallen, the house behind them dark.
Their supper done with, they have washed and dried The dishes-only two plates now, two glasses, Two knives, two forks, two spoons-small work for two.
She sits with her hands folded in her lap, At rest. He smokes his pipe. They do not speak, And when they speak at last it is to say What each one knows the other knows. They have One mind between them, now, that finally For all its knowing will not exactly know Which one goes first through the dark doorway, bidding Goodnight, and which sits on a while alone.
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Cambridgeshire @cambridgeshireuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Carbon Neutral Cambridge: A quiet revolution in UK’s supply of clean, low-cost electricity #Cambridge
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Carbon Neutral Cambridge: A quiet revolution in UK’s supply of clean, low-cost electricity
Opinion | Carbon Neutral Cambridge’s Anne Miller says permission to sell and install ‘plug-in’ solar panels will cut bills and help decarbonisation.
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