R Provost, PhD

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Retired microbiologist, biochemist. Interests: social justice, politics, Ukraine and virology.

Maintain trail cams in North Bay. 120+ mt lion observations.

(The header is a single mom hard at work providing for her cubs with a black tailed jackrabbit.)

cam lion picshttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=rprovost&verifiable=any&view=&taxon_id=42007&page=
cam general picshttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=rprovost&verifiable=any
R Provost, PhDFeb 9, 2023

Justice for Warren Zevon?

Read this:
https://link.motherjones.com/public/30473014

And vote here:
https://vote.rockhall.com/en/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-02-07-2023

#music #musician

R Provost, PhDJan 31, 2023
Kevin RothrockJan 31, 2023

RT @katerinareports
“Russia is a country that you can expect a lot from but not outright idiocy... Carrying out a nuclear strike will result in not just military defeat... but the collapse of Russia. And they know this very well.”

Great @ikhurshudyan i/w with 🇺🇦's spy chief

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/31/kyrylo-budanov-ukraine-intelligence-boss-interview/

Ukraine intel chief predicted Russia’s war. He says Crimea will be retaken.

Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov was named head of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence at age 34. In an interview, he would not confirm or deny his role in the killing of a Russian operative.

The Washington Post
R Provost, PhDJan 31, 2023
Just in case anyone needs to know what the strict definition of a bevy is. It is a group of quail. This is a bevy of California Quail.
R Provost, PhDJan 31, 2023
sfchronicleJan 30, 2023

Dr. Bob Wachter recently shared on Twitter that while he's open to taking more risks as #COVID cases in the #SFBA come down, he'll almost always mask up in some situations — forever.

Here's why: https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/mask-covid-17744942.php/?utm_source=mastadon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sfba

COVID experts and Dr. Wachter on wearing masks ‘forever’ in situations

UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter shared on Twitter that while he’s open to taking more risks as Bay Area COVID cases drop, he'll mask up forever in some situations.

San Francisco Chronicle
R Provost, PhDJan 30, 2023
Brian KlaasJan 30, 2023
Around the edges tweaks like bodycams won't cut it. We need to fix the system if we want to reduce police violence. I explain how here: https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/how-to-reduce-police-violence
How to Reduce Police Violence

Policing reform is usually tied to body cameras and oversight—how the police behave. Not enough attention is paid to who the police are—and the abusive systems that attract them in the first place.

The Garden of Forking Paths
R Provost, PhDJan 30, 2023
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American 🇺🇸Jan 30, 2023
@futurebird several of the most famous violent incidents in BLM Summer were committed by white nationalist accelerationists. Umbrella guy, the Minneapolis police station (Boogaloo), lots of violence in Portland. In NYC, the biggest "riot" was where suburban fashion addicts took advantage of the BLM moment to sack shops in lower Manhattan, but the police barely even investigated, preferring to leave intact the impression that it was BLM-related.
R Provost, PhDJan 30, 2023
Just in case anyone needs to see a VERY tall Black-tailed Jackrabbit right about now. This is not a camera distortion.
R Provost, PhDJan 24, 2023

Germany to Send Ukraine Leopard Tanks

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/11470

Germany to Send Ukraine Leopard Tanks – Reports | Article | KyivPost

The U.S. is also said to be leaning towards sending Abrams M1 tanks.

KyivPost
R Provost, PhDJan 24, 2023

Black SF residents searched at the rate of 85 times white residents for "smell".

Weed-related words S.F. police use to justify searches of Black people https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/police-stop-pot-black-weed-17731894.php

SFPD uses these weed-related terms to unjustly search black people

Black people in San Francisco are being subjected to needless searches at much higher...

San Francisco Chronicle
R Provost, PhDJan 22, 2023

“I thought you were going to bring in something that was shaped like a little fetus or something, and it was not that at all,”

NYTimes: Early Abortion Looks Nothing Like What You’ve Been Told
Early Abortion Looks Nothing Like What You’ve Been Told https://nyti.ms/3GWZfT2

Opinion | Early Abortion Looks Nothing Like What You’ve Been Told

We are primary care physicians who perform abortions. This fall, we published images of early pregnancy tissue. People were shocked by what they saw.

The New York Times