What he said: 💯 🎯

Trump parties, while American families go hungry.

Here's info about enrolling in this trial: longcovid.scripps.edu?utm_source=l...

Messier 81 in ursa major #AstroPhotography #NightSky #Starscape #MilkyWay #LongExposure #AstroArt #CelestialBeauty #AstroNights #StarrySkies #Astrophotographer #AstroWorld #NightPhotography #AstroAddict #DeepSpace #Nightscape #astronight credit Jbuonomo/Telescope.live

“‘One of the things that's always made America great is our research excellence. And that's something that takes a long time to build. And when you lose that, it's really hard to regain it.’… Since last year, the # of US-based scientists seeking employment outside of the country has risen by 30%”🧪🛟

This graph, and the one I attached, are why just renewing the subsidies for ACA plans is not enough. It’s a bare minimum- but our healthcare system is broken. We pay Maserati prices for Pinto performance

If you can Thriller dance you can ORGANIZE

I’d personally rather pay to feed people.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has not retracted that number. Oz is lying, perhaps assuming most people won't check. www.kff.org/quick-take/a...

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Performance study of microplastic inhalation risk posed by wearing masks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Wearing an N95 mask reduces the inhalation risk of spherical-type microplastics by 25.5 times compared with not wearing a mask"

Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!) An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏

Pre-pandemic: This is the sad graph of how many patients had to wait *12 hours* to be admitted after the decision to admit them to hospital was made. Depressing, right. We're talking about urgent care here.

The momentum for clean indoor air continues to build. I attended the inaugural High-Level Side Event on indoor air quality at the UN General Assembly yesterday. Short remarks by Lidia Morawska @joeallenjoe.bsky.social @isiaq.bsky.social Pres. Kerry Kinney, ASHRAE, WHO, UNEP, many others.

Ontario has stopped hosting the report of the SARS Commission. It looks like it is still available via archive-it, but this is a reminder of how vulnerable digital records that embarrass powerful people can be. wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...

😭💔 😷 #CovidIsNotMild Reposting with alt text

Covid 🧵 We avoided COVID for more than five years. We were careful, we masked, we avoided restaurants and unmasked crowds. We still managed to go to Europe 2x and drive more than 8k miles on US trips. Our downfall was not walking out of the room at “it’s just allergies”.😬 My husband and I both

Covid-19 the leading cause of death among ICE? Maybe that’s what happens when you refuse to mask up to protect the vulnerable and are excited to mask up to torment them.

Time to mask up. 2 can play this game

RSV isn’t just a kids’ virus. In older adults, it can cause pneumonia, acute heart failure, and even trigger strokes. 💔 New vaccines (approved 2023) cut severe illness by up to 85%.💉 A large RCT from Denmark found RSV vaccination shorturl.at/qfPNK #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #IDSky #NurseSky #EMSky

Louisiana Public Health Dept is captured and ineffective. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Probably the last shot I get of comet Lemmon, just getting too low and the moon is brightening, but it was a fun time while it lasted. #Astronomy

📢New study out of Mass General looks at microclots in kids with Long COVID 🩸 In this study, researchers examined blood samples from 59 children with Long COVID and 14 healthy controls. They found that the rates of microclots were SIGNIFICANTLY higher in the Long COVID patients. 1/

Vinay Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric COVID vaccine months before there was any data about it. He also botched basic stats, falsely claiming that COVID only killed 1 in a million kids. He now leads vaccine regulation at the FDA. More...

Brace for another wave of x refuges

When politicians don't understand what drives the economy, the result is systematic deaths. In the US, food insecurity, lack of farm workers, insane tariffs, job loss, govt shutdown, loss of healthcare, & weakened immune systems from Covid/Long Covid & other diseases will make for a bad winter.

One for the history/science fans (myself included) 🧪 Scientists have uncovered new DNA evidence that challenges assumptions about Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Russian invasion. Analysis suggests that a grim mix of infectious diseases helped decimate the troops. 😷 www.sciencefocus.com/news/how-nap...

NEVER FORGET: In July 2025, the GOP passed the BBB with $75B in additional, multi-year funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). BUT the GOP Congress will NOT negotiate to EXTEND ACA Subsidies for 20M+ Americans for $32B. #GOPPriorities

Just a cool story, "How the Ancient Maya Predicted Eclipses Centuries in Advance." www.zmescience.com/science/news...

For NYC/NJ wastewater tracking.

Many restaurants in the SF Bay Area are keeping front doors open for better ventilation this Fall. More staff workers are masked.

ICE SNATCHED STOCKTON PEOPLE 25 detainees including one pregnant woman in ICE custody in Stockton right now! They may be deported tonight! Constant presence needed ASAP to stop this! Stand up fight back! MASK UP. STAY COVERED. 603 SAN JUAN AVE CONSTANT PRESENCE NEEDED

Direct link to the research mentioned in the post above: Distinct characteristics of T cell receptor repertoire associated with the SARS-CoV-2 reinfection (Oct 22, 2025) www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... [ FREE PDF available ]

And I grabbed a decent shot of the Crescent Moon low on the horizon 🔭

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon Haven’t done much #astrophotography this year as I’ve been busy with other things lately but knew I’d regret it if I missed out on this comet. 📸 Sony A7Rii, Samyang 135, MSM Nomad 45x20”, F2.8, ISO 1600 tracked & stacked

Our first solar time lapse, taken over 1 hour last weekend. #astrophotography #solarphotography #sunphotography 🌞📸🔭

PAYCHECK $0.00 A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House. Is America great yet?

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

And now for something totally unexpected: some good news! Turns out you can make big, big strides in protecting kids from malaria using the lowest possible, cuddliest piece of technology. (open link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/h...

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

Sorry, that's where I am so I had it focused there. This should allow you to search throughout the entire country. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

and a big thumbs up to Perdue for standing up! www.wrtv.com/news/local-n...

COVID-related smell loss may last years. A scratch-and-sniff test revealed people’s ability to detect scents two years after infection. www.sciencenews.org/article/long...

These guys get $50k signing bonuses. Stephen Miller is telling them they have immunity and encouraging them to create chaos. They get almost no training, many couldn’t pass an open book exam & they’re allowed to hide their faces. They’re swinging assault rifles around in public. Abolish ICE

Dan Zafra captured red Sprites in front of the southern Milky Way and Aurora Australis in New Zealand. You can watch his amazing video of this ultra-rare phenomenon, here: #astronomy #sprites #lightning #milkyway #aurora earthsky.org/todays-image...

If you saw this in another country, you would see it for what it is. Chickenshits mask up. (Except for public health.)

Harvard cuts >75% PhD student admissions in science and >60% in arts and humanities for the next 2yrs. This administration is doing so much long-term damage. #Education #EduSkyChat #MedSky #NoKings www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Waiting for eyes to dilate in ophthalmology waiting room… She just got health insurance premium hike: going from $770/mo to $1,916. She tells her friend it’s due to the D’s keeping the House out of session. “No, it’s your OBAMACARE subsidy going away because of the GOP,” I helpfully chime in. 1/2

Yesterday in NYC 🗽 I was in Chinatown by Canal St. I was heading to a Buddhist temple before tending to errands and taking afternoon tea, when the ICE raid took place. So, I was right in the middle of it all. No, I am not okay. Got injured by a masked agent, but at least I wasn't kidnapped.