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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fingerprint is here! Great long thread about our new Nature paper that dropped today (but has been multiple years of enormous team effort).

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026

The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.

A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yet another measles death here in PA. That's two in 4 or 5 days, and this one was an 18 year-old. And of course, unvaccinated. There is no limit to my contempt toward those who continue to undermine vaccine confidence in the face of these avoidable tragedies. www.inquirer.com/health/fourt...

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Pennsylvania health officials confirm two new measles-associated deaths, bringing total to four as state outbreak grows

The state has now reported four measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak that has sickened nearly 700 people this year.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 02/09/2026

Hikers using ChatGPT to navigate Mount Shasta have gotten lost. In one instance this week, a group of climbers had to be rescued: “It was terrible — terrible — not even close to accurate.”

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Climbers rescued from Mount Shasta after relying on ChatGPT for trip planning

Hikers using ChatGPT to navigate Mount Shasta have gotten lost. In one instance this week, a group of climbers had to be rescued: “It was terrible — terrible — not even close to accurate.”

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SDM/ENM folks - if all your presence points are from one landscape/land cover type, but psedo-absences are generated from multiple types, what impact will this have on the model?

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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is not an isolated event. It and other "unusual" changes in the Earth's topography and oceans are a result of climate change taking place, caused by denial of science. #BlueEarth #DV1 #ProudBlue #Pinks nautil.us/an-ice-islan...

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An Ice Island as Big as Manhattan Just Broke Off Greenland

An Ice Island as Big as Manhattan Just Broke Off Greenland: It’s a “remarkable” parting of the ways

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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

These records indicate that global sea surface temperatures are now higher than at any time in at least 12,000 years and are probably reaching levels experienced during the last interglacial period, around 123,000 to 128,000 years ago. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

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The ocean just broke a temperature record that may have stood for millennia

Average global sea surface temperatures have reached a new high, rising to nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit late last week — potentially for the first time in millennia.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024. And it's only going to get worse.

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Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever recorded

The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 24/08/2026

Over the weekend, a storm in the Baltic states caused significant disruption to power supplies and at least 2 deaths. An experimental reanalysis-based attribution approach suggests that ~20% more rain fell than if the same weather pattern had occurred in a world that was 1°C cooler.

A Baltic storm caused significant damage on 22nd August 2026, but more rain fell than would have done had the world been cooler.

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?

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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF

An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Happy World Mosquito Day 2026. Rainbow maps are back, now in an accesssible palette. If you'd like CMIP6 dengue thermal suitability grids for Ae aegypti and Ae albopictus, for all the runs in our recent preprint, and more (everything we could get hold of), head to the dataverse: shorturl.at/OTntY

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis

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Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same

That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....

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Johnny Normality @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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John Ross @johnrossmd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New CDC warning about severe infection with arboviruses such as West Nile virus in patients on anti-CD20 antibodies. Also notes a new syndrome of fatal, slowly progressive encephalitis with orthobunyaviruses such as Jamestown Canyon virus in patients on anti-CD20 antibodies #IDSky

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Risk of Severe Arboviral Disease in Patients Receiving B Cell-Depleting or Modulating Medications

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

Screenshot of grist article with same title as in post. Image of people riding bikes in a Copenhagen bike lane.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"ugh I'm that weirdo" I mutter, stumbling through the shrubs at @epi.ufl.edu to get close to this beauty. Look at that web! I am in awe.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How about solar panels? Can we just have those?

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 31/07/2026

This is a remarkably extreme statistic. Bordeaux, France has recorded more days >40°C in 2026 than in the entire 105 year period combined dating back to 1920 when records began. This summer has been so far above extreme it’s difficult to put into words. Chart: @WxNB_

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Torre Lavelle @torrelavelle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Pandemic risk—where is it heading, and how can we (re-)conceptualize it within current modeling frameworks? Check out our new preprint below! @carlsonlab.bsky.social @viralemergence.org

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The US owes the Pan-American Health Organization $135 million in past dues. Trump's budget proposal cuts funding for PAHO entirely, even though our contribution is 0.001% of federal spending. The result will be even weaker defenses agst measles, dengue & more. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/h...

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Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization

The group of former health and national security officials warned that Americans will be more vulnerable to infectious disease threats.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

OH WOW! If you like seeing amazing pictures (of tropical bugs and others, mostly bugs), check out this thread, and keep clicking the 'replies' to see the sheer magnitude. So gorgeous. Such a lovely post. Thank you @ibycter.bsky.social for this treat.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/08/2026

why the fuck is this guy allowed to just smash shit into the moon

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Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Been waiting for this to bubble up to the surface. Again, any other time in American history when we had functioning news media, this would have been a five alarm scandal. There would be senate hearings. There would be consequences for everyone in the chain of command involved in this.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Keep on shouting this until they listen

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Moon rising over the end of a very hot day here. Happy Friday folks, have some weekend.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026

Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.

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The Assault On Science Funding Continues

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UF Geography @ufgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The annual number of mosquito disease days has increased in nearly all U.S. cities analyzed by Climate Central. Dr. @sjryan3.bsky.social contributed to this new report which analyzes mosquito-borne diseases in 293 cities from 1970-2025 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is a very real aspect of the (dumb) structure of US health coverage. It creates terrible work environments, stifles creative moves, and "job lock" is a great term, but doesn't really capture the horror.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'd be great at it. I have no siblings. Actually, I'd suck at it, let's be honest, I would get bored after two weeks of no job, and would probably go back to doing what I do.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Pandemic prediction in the space age: use of EOS data" - In a time of lots of Earth Observation System (EOS) data, the call to use it for predicting pandemics is out there. So how does it look? with @lippikiyay.bsky.social and Jakob Meredith bit.ly/4eUstUK - sjryan3.shinyapps.io/pand_eos_dash/

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"NSF employees are now concerned that the $1 billion of withheld funds will not be released. If they are not, the combination of withheld funds and clawbacks would result in funding cuts of more than 30% for most directorates compared with their planned spending for 2025"

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Get you colleagues who know it's your birthday later in the month when you won't be in the same place!!

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"By unpacking who can actually detect and report these infections, the authors reveal that what we count as "disease risk" often says as much about societies as it does about microbes." Thanks for the write up of this work led by @samsambado.bsky.social www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1038/s...

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Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with globally reported tick-borne viruses · Clear Sky Science

The study maps where 14 tick-borne viruses are reported and shows how ecological factors and national capacity, like health spending and veterinary training, shape detection and reporting.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Being on the soft money side of academia, when funding is terminated on a whim & the peer review process is undermined, it means we can't predict funding for incoming students

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Sadie J. Ryan (she/her) @sjryan3.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

One day this will stop being funny. Today is not that day.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/06/2026

MPDI publishes climate denial. For more on this recurring cast of characters, who have previously submitted papers under pseudonyms, see: physicstoday.aip.org/news/climate...

Screenshot of the title page of an MPDI paper.

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