Rounded Earthstar, Geastrum saccatum #GeastrumSaccatum

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I got a notice from my #healthcare plan and it’s going up 43%. It’s gonna be 43% more this year than last year.

Renewed all our library books just now. So glad I can do this from home these days. We will not make it in before some of them are due. So this is convenient. Go borrow a book from the lobrary! Or an audio book, or a cd, dvd, magazine, whatever. SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY! ❤️

Another in my series of libraries historic photo of Mount Anvil library (Skeel library), Westfield Women's College, Hampstead Manor #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Thinking again how my MAGA sister decided not to vaccinate my elderly dad, who has significant cardiovascular issues anyway, and he pretty much spiraled rapidly into dementia after he was exposed to COVID

This one is dedicated to #JaneGoodall! She was an incredible human being and will be greatly missed, RIP💖🫶🥹 “Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference” - Jane Goodall #beauty #forest #earth #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #AReasonForHope

'Yellow Pumpkin', Naoshima Island by Yayoi Kusama (photo by F.Bradshaw) #WomensArt #October1st

This is very, very bad.

Northwestern University studied 48 people with neurological Long COVID. Three blood proteins, C5a, TGFβ1, and Gliomedin, identified brain fog with 94% sensitivity and 86% specificity. This points to a potential diagnostic test. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Send this to as many parents and others who care about kids as you can. Big Trouble For Little Humans Children’s Chances of Long Covid Doubles after 2 infections. #longcovid #kids #covid #maskup

A shutdown is when the government takes a vacation from doing nothing.

Another in my series of libraries Another view of the Rijksmuseum LIbrary, Amsterdam #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

The Libby app is one of the miracles of modern tech tbh

Suzie MacKenzie, contemporary printmaker who lives and works in the northern highlands of Scotland #WomensArt

The Kodiak Area Native Association organizes community sampling for #OceanAcidification. 🧪🌊🦑 kodiakhealthcare.org/what-we-do/c...

This week’s Fresh Take newsletter includes our dispatch from New York City’s Climate Week, plus a billion-dollar war over red sauce, foraging’s revival and more.

(WSJ) - Utility bills are getting expensive and catching the attention of politicians. That means unpleasant surprises could be building up for utility investors. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000. 🔭 🧪 www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...

currently "HIGH" nationwide www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

Learn more about how Webb is supporting our search for life beyond Earth: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2025/04/18/how-nasas-webb-telescope-supports-our-search-for-life-beyond-earth/

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

Long COVID is rapidly evolving into a major chronic disease burden in the United States. This excellent report projects that by the end of 2025, approximately 13% of the adult population—will have experienced Long COVID. davidlingenfelter.substack.com/p/the-projec...

Rhystic Study - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper It's -FINALLY- the end of the summer saIe on INPRNT, so only 4 days left to get my prints for 20% off.

How to Think Clearly Again: Natural Ways to Get Rid of Brain Fog #LongCovid www.unitypoint.org/news-and-art...

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In 1952, polio outbreaks peaked in the U.S. and left nearly 21,000 victims paralyzed and 3,000 dead. By 1955, a vaccine had become widely available. Gathered by The Atlantic Photo, images from one of the most successful public-health campaigns of all time:

Polio is not some cutesy little disease, it is horrifying and if your child survives they are extremely likely to have a lifelong disability making their life much harder and more expensive. Only a ghoul would consider getting rid of the polio vaccine. #fireRFKjr #SacktheQuack

Georgia O'Keeffe carrying her canvas in the desert, c.1920 (via FB) #WomensArt

Moody’s recession odds: 48%. But we’ve been there before. @barchart.com

Some watercolor bacteria and viruses for your wall artologica.etsy.com Original #sciart paintings, one of each 🧪🦠

Kids deserve better than constantly being reinfected with COVID

How Long Until We Solve Long Covid? - -Solve Long Covid Initiative solvecfs.org/solve-long-c...

Five celestial events to look out for this autumn. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Truly impossible.

A Mars sample collected in 2024 may be “the closest we’ve actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars,” according to NASA officials 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

FDA Accepts Shionogi’s Ensitrelvir NDA as the First Oral Therapy for the Prevention of COVID-19 Following Exposure www.shionogi.com/us/en/news/2...

🔥 Deforestation is killing people by raising local temperatures news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Quick Bald Eagle fly-by out at Mass Audubon's Allens Pond a few weeks ago. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #dartmouth #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

HEPA air purifiers cut indoor particle pollution and can capture many airborne particles (including some bacteria and viruses). In a study, they reduced systolic BP by ~3 mm Hg in adults with SBP ≥120 mm Hg. Study: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If SARS-2 was visible like smoke, no one would tolerate it. Clean air is not radical. It’s survival.

Let’s raise children who can name more plants and animals than celebrities and brand names. Let’s raise children who enjoy, understand, and respect nature!

Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.

Ignorance kills

Yes, public health abandoned us. But your uncle blasting viral particles at dinner isn’t innocent. Your coworker showing up coughing isn’t innocent. Your neighbor voting against masks isn’t innocent. We can blame both. And we should.

Could we hunt for exoplanet magnetospheres from the dark side of the moon? 🔭🧪 Scientists are talking about using radio telescopes on the moon, shielded from Earth's radio noise, to detect radio emissions from the magnetospheres of rocky exoplanets. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2508.14126

Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath - Scientific American (May 2023) www.scientificamerican.com/article/astr...

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