Recalling nearly 30 career diplomats serving as ambassadors is not standard practice for new US administrations

Unintentionally, he speaks the truth:

#solar #environment #agriculture #energy 🧪 “ … scientists have discovered that, by placing solar panels at least eight meters (about 26 feet) apart, they can optimize both crop production and electricity generation”

It's easy to be negative about humans ... ... but I love that humans are working to prevent viruses from whales affect dolphins!

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank science www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

This is astonishing, remarkable! The intro is great, well worth a read. "greater [microbiome] diversity in infancy has been concurrently linked to increased fronto-parietal connectivity... implicated in cognitive control, which in turn was associated with increased infant negative emotionality"

#Tylenol doesn't cause #autism, but recent studies and cohort analyses associate prolonged or frequent exposure to #acetaminophen in pregnancy with language delay, which could easily be confused with autism at age 2-3. Sources: www.perplexity.ai/search/does-...

🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4

The hemiparasitic nature of Rhinanthus minor (yellow rattle) is exploited by horticulturists wanting to create wildflower meadows. This annual species is a parasite of grasses and slows their too-vigorous growth, allowing wildflowers to thrive. #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

I'm looking to recruit a post-doc to help push forward our growing interests in insect ecotoxicology. Apply here by Nov 30th! (thanks for reposting) career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...

🧪Is Richard Dawkins wrong about the nature of life? And is it time to abandon the metaphor of "The Selfish Gene"? That's what's in my new article. It's free to read and subscribe, and it features audio narration (read by me) for those who prefer it. #science #philsky #evolution #biology #philosophy

Don't forget your flu shot this year! Vaccines are safe and effective - talk to your doctor for answers to questions. #vaccinate #vaccine #noflu 🧪🧬🍎🥽👩‍🔬

“Less than a week after her symptoms began, Suza was dead. Congolese government data shows that in Suza’s province, [malaria] deaths nearly tripled in the first half of this year.” Suza was five years old. Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Elon Musk killed her.

… the UN Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council must be prepared to respond to the impact of AI on global peace. Therefore, Slovenia joins the call on the UN Secretary-General to provide regular reports on the development of artificial intelligence,

This from a folate researchers is excellent for ASD parents who want to understand the cerebral folate hypothesis, and what studies are underway, and why they should NOT buy the supplements or get a MTHFR test this week: kcklatt.substack.com/p/folate-and...

I actually did: Too much Tylenol in 2nd/3rd trimester may cause auditory delay, which could appear like autism at age 2. This heals naturally. Perfect for a treatment scam!

A study in Communications Psychology shows that people tend to give more additive advice than subtractive when supporting those with mental health issues. This bias contributes to a feeling of being overwhelmed in self-management. go.nature.com/4gqyGqm 🧪

The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/w...

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

I was taking interesting posts from here to FB / X Now I'll swop

The hug of the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Luxembourg. That's probably one of the nicest things you'll see today.

Bio-meteorology is becoming a thing (Dr Cindy Morris in INRA, Avignon and Prof David Sands in USA) and this gives a cool intro. For monsoon/semi arid regions, as well as CCN, also important is IN ice nucleation at the top of towering anvil clouds, seeded by aerobacter from ground level, inc coffee

i need some help with GAPIT in R using info from TASSEL. Can someone please help meeee 🧪

Important topic for health and income: child stunting. The worst kinds of stunting begin in utero and cause brain damage.

PLEASE WATCH THIS report on nurse in Sudan youtube.com/watch?v=A2Fz-vOeyu4 Nuba is one of few places in Sudan where a robust aid response could be scaled: An opportunity that cannot be missed. List of orgs working there: perplexity.ai/search/is-any-ngo-or-fao-or-ifad-deli-VlWbauzKT_CPOchq9SfbyA

PLEASE WATCH THIS report on nurse in Sudan youtube.com/watch?v=A2Fz-vOeyu4 Nuba is one of few places in Sudan where a robust aid response could be scaled: An opportunity that cannot be missed. List of orgs working there: perplexity.ai/search/is-any-ngo-or-fao-or-ifad-deli-VlWbauzKT_CPOchq9SfbyA

Why do so many people put "No DM" on BlueSky ? Is it simply because they don't have time for yet another inbox? Or is there something else going on? (eg women not wanting romantic approaches? or MAGA hassles?)

into adulthood, eroding potential income by a staggering 20%, chipping away at economic productivity by 1.4%, and imposing an economic burden of $176.8 million per birth, stunting propagates a relentless cycle of poverty and malnutrition, casting a long shadow across generations flip.it/obSyBI

#ncbi #blast doesn’t work either - i’ve been super concerned this was going to disappear - this database is crucial for genomic/transcriptomic research has anyone thought about how we can archive all of this information?? all the genomes, tools, data, we really cannot afford to lose it 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬

I was wondering how we oppose authoritarianism. Suddenly, it's obvious: .... with kindness!

🏺🦣🧪 A cool skull but I'm going to add nuance. Toothlessness alone doesn't imply food provision. 100% gummy bonobos, our closest primate relations, cope OK. But in hominins, esp. from 500 ka, systematic butchery & transport of prey points to group food sharing, making such care more likely.

Hi Marc, Thanks for the work you're doing. I imagine you've seen Greg Palast's work and others' statistics, but just in case not, here it is: www.perplexity.ai/search/is-th... @marcelias.bsky.social

If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.

So much devastation and damage in just 2 weeks @stephanienolen.bsky.social documents the carnage “Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Africans are least represented in global health organizations, boards, conferences, and publications Read this importance piece to know how visa inequities play a role www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Tim Walz to accept nomination by singing an aria!

Just getting started on here, but here's a VoxEU column about child stunting (a form of malnutrition) that summarises a longer review paper about the determinants of child stunting in long run and global perspective. One of the key figures is below. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

The variety of factors affecting stunting highlighted in this thread suggests that there is no silver bullet to eradicate child stunting. The causes of stunting are multifaceted and therefore a context-sensitive approach to reduce stunting is needed in each country.