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Becky O’Donoghue

@rebeko.bsky.social
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Parent, postsecondary education researcher, earth enthusiast

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2026
It’s not really surprising that the bot takedown story spread so far and fast, even in the absence of evidence.
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Drone strikes didn’t take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it
A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/10/2026
On my morning walk yesterday I saw such an unusual sight, I had to stop for a picture! On a field trip later the same day, I heard the full story – this is the culmination of a 20 year collaborarive philanthropic effort to remove the old industrial dams and restore the rapids to the Grand River 👏👏👏
A backhoe and a dump truck in the Grand River.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reports
US authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home ​of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in ‌a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Terrific write-up of the book in @desmog.com today! www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/q...
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Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm
Amy Westervelt’s new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy is a must-read for anyone tracking the machinery of climate denial and delay. The...
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 06/10/2026
If you are outraged about this (and you should be, and I bet you are if you're reading this) and you want to do something about it: crank up that VPN and search for "ICE watch" or related activities + wherever you live. Get your Signal login going. Sign up for everything.
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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Still thinking about @amywestervelt.bsky.social's brilliant insights from last night. More than anything, I'm thinking about how so many of our institutions and people with power have failed us, especially in climate. In the face of fascism, those with power and resources have retreated, and 1/
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In which I argue for censoring companies. And mean it. futureearth.substack.com/p/why-is-big...
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Why Big Tech is Saving Big Oil
Amy Westervelt, the founder of Drilled, on who shapes the way we think, the oil-tech alliance, and the case for censoring companies.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
IRELAND’S 10th #ClimateActionWeek is from 12th – 18th of October From Donegal to Cork, people are coming together to put climate action at the heart of their communities, showing what can be gained in a climate resilient & low-carbon nation. Events, resources & much more: climateactionweek.ie
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 09/10/2026
You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026
They cut funding to any research addressing disparity in outcomes to fund their own version of the Tuskegee experiment overseas.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.
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Davis Allen @davisallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The climate crisis we face today wasn't inevitable, and we have the receipts.
The cover for a new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, "Climate Fraud 101: Big Oil's Climate Deception Explained in 101 Documents, 1957-2026"
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
“This is one of the most immediate, concrete, tangible, real, and affordable things that we can do to start to get control of our high energy costs, but also save our planet."
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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
"A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is really great! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026
This is why folks should not waste time designing the perfect and optimized system of higher education and R&D investment. That’s unnecessary when an underinvested system is under attack. We should start by setting core guiding objectives and tripling the investment, and adjust as needed.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.
The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on ­ post-
­ traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a ­ moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
This cannot be said often or loudly enough. Shockingly, governments around the world appear to be resolutely ignoring the reality: The #ClimateEmergency is upon us, here and now. Ignoring this reality already is causing tragedy and horror. Change is possible. We have to make that change.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My former colleagues, Mark Cane and Stephen Zebiak, were the first to successfully predict El Niño more than a year in advance in the late 1980s. Now we’re really good at it, and know the consequences. It’d be irresponsible for governments not to take action. Read this from my buddy Jeff Shaman.
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Opinion | The Super El Niño Comes Bearing One Gift: Time to Prepare (Gift Article)
There’s still time to prepare.
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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎯 What should we expect from behavior change interventions? Growing evidence suggests that most behavior change interventions have small effects on behavior. I regularly hear fellow behavioral scientists understandably feeling discouraged by this. But should we be discouraged? Not necessarily.🧵
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kate Marvel discusses the effects of the loss of scientific research and the fallout from the elimination of thousands of research positions in this conversation with @chicoharlan.bsky.social, Global Climate Correspondent at @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4ygz96Q #climateweeknyc
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Kate Marvel: The Cost of Cutting Science Funding - The New York Times Events
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor.
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📣 Google 📍 111 8th Avenue (corner of 15th St.) 📆 September 23 ⏰ 4:30 - 6:00 PM Rain or Shine Rise and Resist is returning to Google with Climate Families for a family-friendly action, with singing . This protest is part of the Unplug AI Week of Action.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
To truly understand the scope and origins of the disaster that the Roberts court has unleashed by destroying the Voting Rights Act, you have to return to one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Becky O’Donoghue @rebeko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The MTA delivers again
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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 21/09/2026
don't forget to put out salmon and berries tonight under the fat bear tree or else fat bear santa won't leave you any fat bear presents
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 21/09/2026
A blessed Harvest Equinox to everyone celebrating today! As we head towards the setting of the sun and the start of a new year, may we all celebrate what we've accomplished (harvested) this year, be it great or small.
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Becky O’Donoghue @rebeko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Eye-opening read: the scholarship served just 15 students over a full decade, while “This fiscal year, a combination of media rights, sponsorships, advertising and ticket sales are are anticipated to bring in $118 million in revenue for the school’s sports enterprise.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Last month, ICE told 12 Somali men they were being deported to Somalia. Instead, they sent the men to Guantanamo Bay.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Headline: "US Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations" above a photo of natural gas compressor towers, power lines and a crane at an industrial site, illustrating rising gas use tied to data centers.News excerpt reporting that U.S. data centers’ natural gas use is expected to grow by 15 billion cubic feet per day by 2035—amounting to more gas than every country except China, Russia, Iran and the U.S., citing the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“It’s like crashing a car into the wall, and then you back up the car. It’s not the same car any more,” he says. “We can’t just simply take out CO2. There are consequences, and some of these consequences are long-lasting."
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The world’s biggest carbon sink may start emitting CO2 after net zero | New Scientist
If the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere declines, the Southern Ocean is likely to begin emitting more carbon than it absorbs, prolonging global warming
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/09/2026
We have a chance to turn the tide. If world leaders act swiftly, they can protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 — giving marine life space to recover, helping stabilise our climate, safeguarding the livelihoods of billions of people, and securing a thriving planet for generations to come.
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Let’s Turn the Tide to Protect 30% of the Ocean by 2030 - Greenpeace International
Call on your government to start implementing protected ocean sanctuaries.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ready for some good news? We can do it! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think the way to read the UNEP report isn't "we'll miss the 1.5°C target so we need CDR to reach it", but "we'll miss the 1.5°C target, and we need to decarbonize ASAP because wherever we end up is where we will stay for a long time." www.unep.org/resources/li...
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1st episode of podcast season 5 is live! @billmckibben.bsky.social and I interviewed Dr. @leahstokes.bsky.social to reflect/debrief on the IRA, bemoan the absurdity of climate hushing, and hear her pitch for abandoning the term “carbon footprint.” ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/climate-hu...
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Climate hushing, EVs 🔌 and creating “The Carbon Wave,” with Leah Stokes
We are live with podcast Season 5 🎙️✨
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
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Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
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Becky O’Donoghue @rebeko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“To contextualize the numbers, [this is] equivalent to nearly seven big old-school nuclear reactors, but without the decade-plus wait time for construction.“ www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...
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The US built more grid batteries last quarter than ever before
The outlook for storage construction keeps getting brighter as everyone from the Trump White House to clean energy advocates to AI giants clamors for more.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
To have any chance at all of dealing with climate overshoot past 1.5 C in a timely way, we must cut CO2 emissions AND make extremely deep cuts to methane. But people are sometimes surprised to learn that most of our methane emissions come from the food system. drawdown.org/insights/we-...
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We can’t ignore the largest source of methane
Food is the largest source of human-caused methane – we ignore it at our peril
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Of course. The level of deceit and corruption in the Trump regime is terrifying. Allowing, even encouraging, the deaths of children is the pinnacle of the terror
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Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms
The Lancaster County coroner said he did not know if this death is one of the two disputed by federal health officials.
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