If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

More context for you: www.koat.com/article/chac... This is such a horrible reduction of the value of this place, to merely the petrochemicals underneath. Please tell the BLM not to do this! (Link in both article & original thread.)

Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing

A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

Isn’t it amazing the way life can seem too short, and intrinsically magical, yet at the same time feel like a long, uphill road, potholed with fuckwits?

What to do if you find a baby bunny. Thanks @portmanteauface.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Because it's Monday morning & everyone could use some toebeans.

Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system. #climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-gra...

The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News

Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. This graph is one of them. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most ...

lyrebirddreaming.com

new metaphor just dropped

This goes for everyone making wonderful things. Writers, photographers, quilters, everyone. You can make an artist’s day by telling them what you like about what they do 😊

Davis Bickford@davis.social · last mo.

Fun fact: most of the awesome artists you follow don’t believe they’re all that awesome (silly, right?). But, you can totally tell them they’re awesome and repost their lovely posts to remind them that they really are great. 🥰

-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."

A delightful thread about libraries. 🧡 Visit one today! (Or if leaving the house is too hard, check out their online & digital services. And now, back to my borrowed ebook...)

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · last mo.

In the United States, there are: 13,850 McDonald's locations 16,800 Starbucks locations 12,200 bookstores (3,200 of which are independent) but 17,600 public libraries. If you include school & university libraries, that climbs to 125,000 libraries. That's 9 libraries in the US for every McDonald's.

Share this far & wide, friends. Anyone using the Libre Glucose monitor is being asked (in the slimiest way possible) to wave their HIPAA rights. For advertising.

Kevin Butler@milesnaismith.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey folks, if you know someone who uses a Libre Continuous Glucose Monitor, they need to be aware of the craptastic new Terms of Service. Not sure how recent this change is, but Libre has a new consent form. It authorizes Libre to share your data with third parties for advertising purposes (1/2)

This is historically bad. It's gonna be a rough wildfire season, my friends, so have your emergency kit & evacuation plans set.

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Colorado statewide snowpack has fully melted off, per latest NWCC data. That marks the earliest snowpack melt since 2018, and the 5th-earliest on record (since 1987). It’s also about two weeks earlier than average. This also fully opens the door for summer fire season. #COwx

Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

my latest @consumerreports.org investigation is based on months of reporting and 120+ lab tests of popular snacks over a third of the products had more additives / contaminants in 1 serving than what health agencies have identified as safe to consume daily 🧵 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

These Popular Snacks Contain High Levels of Additives and Contaminants - Consumer Reports

Tests by Consumer Reports and Yuka found high levels of additives and contaminants in popular products from Cheetos, Hostess, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Takis, and more.

consumerreports.org

During Pride or anytime, when things get tough, reach out. You are not alone. #pride #mentalhealth

It is natural to know despair in dark times, to feel dread and uncertainty. But do not immerse yourself in doom. Seek out joy and inspiration, wherever you can find it, to keep despair from being the only feeling you have space for.

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

Be safe my friends!

Kieran@toadally.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

FIRST OF ALL,

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests

Ask your doctor(s) if they're using AI for transcription. Then tell them not to for you. Ugh.

Nick Kapur@nickkapur.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An auditor for the Ontario, Canada government found that AI agents tasked with turning doctor/patient conversations into structured notes routinely hallucinated false treatments, replaced drug names with entirely different drugs, and missed crucial information

Hey! Hey, you! Happy Friday! ❤️ Yolo

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A new, well-conducted study reveals that Conservatives “experienced worsening health and higher mortality than Liberals during the 2010s”. The authors concluded that this gap is going to get worse, and that public health officials and doctors will continue to struggle to reach conservatives.

The best reason to adopt this idea is that when hearing a negative refutation (eg The sky is not green), it reinforces the lie (the sky is green), not the "not". Instead, call out the truth! (Eg "That is wrong. The sky is blue.")

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Love this! www.notus.org/perspectives... (The suggestions from the 15 other WaPo veterans fall well short of the moment.)

I feel that, whether it's stocked or not, someone who works in a liquor store should know what kirsch is. 🫤

Dutch film-maker Jan van IJken condensed 4 weeks of development in a salamander embryo (Mesotriton alpestris) into a 6 minute video, presented here sped up to 1 minute. You can see gastrulation at ~the 10s mark, forming the gut, then limbs & in a moment, the heart just *begins* beating.

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s

The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

n.pr

Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to kids in NYC