1/ Although levels are still low nationally, flu metrics are ticking up, including emergency department visits. This is especially true in the West. That’s unusual because: 1️⃣ It's early (usually starts in Oct or Nov) 2️⃣ Flu typically starts in the Southeast before spreading across the country

Picard diversity tip: The fact that a crewmember looks alien to you does not make them any less of a Starfleet officer.

It’s that time of year, folks! Annual reminder that we have a very safe and highly effective #vaccine to prevent HPV, the cause of genital warts and some forms of cancer (cervical, penile, anal, throat) and you can get more info here: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con... #IDSky 🧪 #PublicHealth

This is gonna cascade to literally every nonprofit in the country. Nearly everyone in the northeast uses oil for winter heat, and the price of filling those tanks just doubled or worse. How do we think all our late-year donation drives are about to go?

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

The headlines have hope, you know? I think that matters. Drexel wants us to think it's over, and the city of Philadelphia is calling bullshit. It's something we're good at. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/a...

Academy of Natural Sciences closes its doors, but it may not be gone forever

Visitors lined up for what could be their final trip to the Academy as supporters urged Drexel to accept a funding offer.

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We're almost out of tickets for this show, so if you wanna go, you better get tickets ASAP (and you should wanna go, it's gonna be a hoot). biodiversitease.eventbrite.com

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us for Biodiversitease 2: a Ca-BUG-aret on Oct 9! We're going to have burlesquing bugs, an insect circus act, and more! Learn about insect biodiversity with a side of butts 😘 This show's going to sell out, so get tickets for this bonanza ASAP biodiversitease.eventbrite.com

If anyone knows any leaders of Drexel Student groups, please have them contact me as soon as possible.

instead of putting protein in coffee we should be putting caffeine in reuben sandwiches.

Spinach artichoke dip and salsa with chips is a well rounded meal, right?

I was told we should be preparing as we would 
for an approaching storm: 
systems will fail, help will be unavailable, prices will rise; 
and while “prepare” is fine advice 
it feels like this isn’t 
“an approaching storm,” 
but just the world 
we’ve been living in.

Getting more than a little sick and tired hearing an endless succession of politicians promising 'hope'. No, I've had hope in the past. I would rather like to see some results now. 'Hope' is just not tangible enough.

The rest of the country will never understand the enduring spirit of Philadelphia

As the executive director of a small nonprofit working my absolute ass off to bring science to this city, hearing that the people negotiating with Drexel and the academy might brush off funding that would provide the kids of our city with access to a science museum *for a year* is boiling my blood.

#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...

Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

zinnedproject.org

Anybody who would decide to close this museum does not have Philadelphia’s best interests at heart.

Idc, I will get angry RESEARCH WOMEN FFS

Luna the Moth@lunathemoth.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m trying not to get overly angry about this, but I literally read four articles about the top 50 causes of suicidality, explicitly looked for peer reviewed research on hormones and suicidality, and did not even see this statistic ONCE until I actually googled “perimenopause and suicide”

Is Starbucks a morally upright company? No. But, to be fair, is the coffee nice? Also absolutely no.

On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.

TV ads for online gambling sites should be permanently banned.

One really good day of advent calendar sales brought @skypeascientist.bsky.social's annual deficit from -33k to -22k! Now i just need to have 2.5 more incredible advent calendar days lol. Help me dig us out of the financial hole of 2026 SquidFacts.net Or donate here givebutter.com/SupportSAS26

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 6d ago

Snail Facts advent calendars are ready 4 u Scratch off a shell a day for facts about the snails of the world. Get one for you, for your kids, for your niblings, your neighbors' kids, hell, your grandma. Snails are for everyone! SquidFacts.net

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drag queens ain't done shit to you

The doors of the Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing on Sunday...for now. But this isn't over. We're meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences when doors close to gather for a moment of resolve followed by a march to City Hall. Join us. art by @lindzeamays.bsky.social luma.com/7ggkgtjb

Mood… 🔥

Good morning, team. We have 3.5 days until Drexel closes the Academy of Natural Sciences. It’s time for you- yeah YOU- to make some calls. Step 1: Tell the following people we need help pressuring Drexel to keep the museum open: Josh Shaprio 717-787-2500 Mayor Parker's 215-686-2181

Cookies have very few vitamins. That’s why you have to eat so many of them.

Please stay alive.

ʟᴜɪs ʜᴇʀɴᴀɴᴅᴇᴢ ⚡@beetlenaut.bsky.social · 6d ago

the goal of every decent-hearted person right now is to stay alive long enough so that they can witness actual Justice for the crimes being committed both domestically and globally

1/ People are fed up with the U.S. healthcare system. Costs are high, people delay care because they can’t afford it, and clinicians are dealing with major administrative burdens. So as Medicare for All comes back into political conversations, what would it actually change if it were implemented?

In a Costco miracle, the new air fryer was delivered today!

David Rose Says 'It's Perfect' in Schitt's Creek

ALT: David Rose Says 'It's Perfect' in Schitt's Creek

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