swissletSteve Martin is a comic genius. Here’s a ‘personalised’ letter he used to send out to fans. That flip at the end is perfection.
Nancy J . Smyth, PhD, LCSW
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Professor of social work, recovering from a deanship & figuring out how to live with integrity in a pandemic-altered world---futures, tech for social good, social innovation, climate change, long-covid, leadership, equity, public health. Views are mine; reblogs ≠ agreement. She/hers. Buffalo, NY, USA
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦Do you know any of these guys? This was on the balcony of the old French control tower at #Danang, #Vietnam, ca 1969. I'm the good looking guy holding the camera. The #VA is adamant I get tested for #AgentOrange exposure. I don't need no steenkin' tests, I know I was exposed. I'd like to know if any of the guys in the pic have had cancer or other AO related effects. I keep telling the #VA, at my age, I'm gonna die sooner than later but now, I'm curious. Thanks.
Daniel Swain
ARkStorm 2.0: Climate change is increasing the risk of a California megaflood - Weather West
Note: This special Weather West article focuses on new peer-reviewed scientific research, co-led by Xingying Huang and me, that we recently published in the journal Science Advances. This research, as well as the following blog post distillation of it, represent the first phase of the ongoing ARkStorm 2.0 effort to better understand and characterize the risks
T 🍉How it started:
A lecturer at the start of a course, in person, a few weeks back: "Recommend highly you all come to lectures in person. Now that covid is over, it's nice to gather together, see smiles, yada yada..."
How it's going:
The lecturer has covid and had to cancel todays in person class.
(Personally have not been in person once and will not go if I can avoid it, I can send them a picture of my smile if that's so important.)
David ChartierOccasional reminder that Google and Amazon allow police to access your home cameras and doorbells without a warrant: https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279562/arlo-apple-wyze-eufy-google-ring-security-camera-foortage-warrant
Hannu Ikonen, MDStudy reveals why people with blood group A are ‘slightly more likely’ to acquire COVID-19
Key takeaways:
➡️ Blood group status may influence an individual’s risk for COVID-19.
➡️COVID-19’s preference for blood group A cells adds to growing evidence that blood group status may influence risk for a variety of infections.
ProPublicaHow School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
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In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
#Education #Schools #SchoolBoards #Violence #Arrests #Protests #Parents #Teachers #News
How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
Michael E. Mann 
"Climate change’s impact on extreme weather events" | #PennToday on our new (https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219825120)
@PNASNews article on climate change & compound heat/drought events: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/three-things-know-climate-changes-impact-extreme-weather-events
@PNASNews article on climate change & compound heat/drought events: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/three-things-know-climate-changes-impact-extreme-weather-events
Dr Zoë HydeI’m back after a long break. So much has happened in the meantime. Where to start? Among other projects, I’ve applied for funding to test the effectiveness of HEPA cleaners to protect our most vulnerable in aged care. Whether my team is successful this time or not, the clean air revolution is coming.
Randahl FinkThis worries me: Saturday at 14:53 local time, US airforce aircraft WC-135 Constant Phoenix arrived on Crete, Greece.
Why this worries me: WC-135 is the United States' nuclear radiation monitoring airplane.
For weeks Ukraine has warned, Russia has made preparations for blowing up the The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by placing explosives at multiple on-site locations. An incident could contaminate both Ukraine and surrounding countries.
This world is not safe, until Putin is stopped.
