Monroe
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September 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Five years ago today, I repainted my kitchen door with chalkboard paint
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Reminder as we head into back to school season: Covid isn't seasonal - it spreads all year round. It's also not just respiratory. It's a systemic multi-organ virus. Masks, clean air, vaccines, testing, staying home when sick are all part of the solution
September 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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VERY important article just released!

“Increased risk of pulmonary embolism following SARS-CoV-2 activity in Ontario, Canada”

Pub date Oct 2026

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Increased risk of pulmonary embolism following SARS-CoV-2 activity in Ontario, Canada
SARS-CoV-2 infection is an established prothrombotic trigger, yet the population-level temporal relationship between circulating viral activity and pu…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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📣 Exciting updates from the DRP! We've got a new #datarescue workflow and several upcoming office hours. ⚓

www.datarescueproject.org/new-workflow...
New Data Rescue Workflow and Fall Office Hours
Since our earliest days, we have used a Google spreadsheet to track and manage the dataset rescue workflow, ensuring that data identified as at-risk are preserved, curated, and made accessible. The…
www.datarescueproject.org
September 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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"Widespread COVID death underreporting around the world raises broader questions"

Across the countries studied, governments reported 5.08 million COVID deaths in 2020–2021, but researchers estimate 12.47 million. Their analysis found around 45–55% of governments underreported COVID deaths.
Widespread COVID death underreporting around the world raises broader questions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world faced the same basic challenge: measuring a fast-moving public health crisis and communicating its severity to citizens.
medicalxpress.com
September 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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It's been another tough year for gray whales — as of mid-August 187 have washed up along the west coast of North America, many of them showing signs of starvation. I wrote up a summary of what's been happening over the last few years for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/gray...
Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming
Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why
www.scientificamerican.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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August 2026 was the warmest August ever recorded globally and the warmest month on record

El Niño is pushing temperatures higher, but these records are occurring in a climate that has already been fundamentally altered by decades of burning fossil fuels heating our planet

#Climate 🧪⚒️🌊
September 10, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨

While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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September 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM