Happy Pizzamas to all who celebrate! 🎉🍕🎊

The #BirdOfTheDay today is my favorite bird or birds. Mr & Mrs White-crowned Sparrow are my very favorite. They are the patient ones at the feeder while the House Finches and House Sparrows run amok. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #SkySunday #EastCoastKin #photography Lake Isabella Kern County, CA

For Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay with 3 or more colors, may I present Mr & Mrs Black-headed Grosbeak. #EastCoastKin #birds #photography #SequoiaNationalForest

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #EastCoastKin #SequoiaNationalForest #KernRiverCanyon

I posted this little guy for black & white day, but he deserves another pic for #WoodpeckerWednesday This Hairy Woodpecker was spotted in our local #AudubonPreserve #SequoiaNationalForest #birds #EastCoastKin #woodpeckers

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories Spring views in Kern River Canyon, CA Sequoia National Forest

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines Lines on a boat ramp (with my son) at Lake Isabella, CA

Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay is one having black and/or white on it. How about a Hairy Woodpecker in the Sequoia National Forest?

#ForestFriday #SequoiaNationalForest

I came home from the library today to a covey of quail in my front yard enjoying the tossed seed. There were 15 tiny quail in the shade of our huge tree. I was giddy & sat in the car forever watching them. I couldn’t get a photo but rest assured, SkyBirds, I shall attempt to capture them tomorrow!📸

Babies are being born with measles in Alberta, having caught the illness in utero from unvaccinated mothers. The measles outbreak in Alberta is huge. Their case count is approaching 1,000. A baby born with measles in Ontario has already died. Please get your vaccines. This is all preventable.

Kate's Club is a community for children and teens, their families, and young adults who experienced the death of someone close to them. #P4A2025

The average lifespan of humans increased by DECADES with the development of vaccines NEVER EVER EVER LISTEN TO A COMPLETE NUTJOB LIKE RFK! Here’s some real guidance: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz...

41. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green A very insightful and informative book that is easy to absorb. Learnt so much about tuberculosis and the horrific things it does to people. Would recommend! 📚💙

I find this NYT article absolutely amazing! As a family w/ some wonky genes, this medical technology makes me excited for my great- grandchildren, who may be able to live a simpler, healthier life. Much love & gratitude for this family who must have been terrified.🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Sweet shady spot near Kernville, CA. Sequoia National Forest. #ForestFriday

As someone with an autistic brother & an adult son & grandson with Tourette’s Syndrome and who is also a retired academic researcher, I have OPINIONS 😡 about a national registry. This woman is spot on! We need treatment & medication research and that costs money! #AcademicSky #AcadSky #ResearchSky

That is a #badgraph #econsky #acadsky

“Why no, I wasn’t eating the bird’s suet. Why do you ask??”

Kern Canyon, California #canyonscape #scapeFriday #scape

Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship: Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Will a National Forest photo work? Baby Sequoia tree in the Sequoia NF.

THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS?! WOOOHOOO! 🎉🎉🎉 #p4a2025

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

THE BEST P4A YET!! #P4A2025

P4A VOTING IS OPEN at projectforawesome.com How do you vote for the organizations you care about?🗳️ #P4A2025

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Feel free to join me as I record the books I read and listen to during the year. Station Eternity is a light scifi listen by Mur Lafferty. This SF-Detective Mystery mashup is a fun first to a series set on a sentient space station. Recommended. 💙📚 🪐📚 🎧📚 #ReadingYear2025 Book 4

Not surprisingly, I am against childhood mortality and really morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. And I am fully in favor of continued progress in human health. We will continue to fight for this. #IDSky #MedSky #PedSky #PedsID #TBFighters #DFTBA youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs

👇 #VaccinesSaveLives 🧪

Feel free to join me as I record the books I read and listen to during the year. This was a wonderful re-listen, narrated in audio by Howard Lloyd. In The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold works her SFF magic fleshing out the World of the Five Gods. Highly rec. 💙📚 #ReadingYear2025 Book 3

As a retired acad researcher with a background in economics, I strongly support this letter. I’m deeply concerned about the public health impacts of recent US policy changes. The cited cost reduction in diagnostics alone has been impressive. #econ #academics #research #publichealth #nerdfightetia

My heart is breaking for you, SoCal friends. I know so many kids will be out of school again this week due to the devastating wildfires, so I've pulled together a bunch of my virtual author visits & read-alouds. They'll be freely available for you all month. katemessner.com/read-alouds-...

Los Angeles teachers, if you lost your classroom library in the fire, I am a HS English teacher and YA author and I will get you books whenever you're ready for them. The bookish community is here for you. There is no expiration date. tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDo...

Feel free to join me as I record the books I read and listen to during the year. The rights to this book were purchased and produced for film by Jaime Lee Curtis. “The Lost Bus” to be released in 2025. 💙📚 #ReadingYear2025 Book 2

I think I’m walking away from the Goodreads method of tracking my reads throughout the year. I’m going to try keeping a visual list this year. Feel free to join me as I begin the first read/listen of the year 💙📚 #ReadingYear2025 Book 1

A baby Giant Sequoia. Beautiful trees 🌲 #ForestFriday 🦉

#medsky #vaccineswork #publichealthmatters

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