Marcel Harmon
@mjharmon67.bsky.social
Anthropologist (PhD), Engineer (PE), Applied Evolutionist, Focused on evolutionary & human centered design approaches to built environment & beyond. POEs are underutilized. Public & environmental education advocate. Views my own. He/him
It's funny because, well, we have the collective attention span of a... oh wow! Look at these cute cats!
The Onion@theonion.com · 5d agoWhy Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign Goals Since Winning 2 Minutes Ago?
I have hope today. If we elect the largest Democratic majority in years, and it includes people like Sam Forstag and Abdul El-Sayed running in contested races and refusing to throw trans people under the bus, it destroys the right-leaning Dem consultant narrative that abandoning us is necessary.
Democrats largely avoided talking about climate change in this election and based on how tonight is going I fear they may never talk about climate change again
Kris Kobach, one of the worst anti-trans attorneys general in in the United States, is getting crushed in the first set of results. This guy was behind some of the ID revocations and the worst attacks on trans people in any state. Incredible night for trans people.
MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN: “I voted Democrat. It felt good.”
Damn...ya'll will never know how brutal it is to be Native in the Fall. Columbus Day, Halloween, Elections in November, Thanksgiving....2 months of contending with anti-Indigenous BS and then the erasure that happens during November when it's literally Native American Heritage Month.
It’s that time of year again – #KACEE’s annual fall fundraiser. If you think kids need opportunities to experience the natural world & learn how we’re all dependent on the health of its connected systems, then please help us meet our goal. No amount is too small. givebutter.com/systems-sust...
Systems Sustain Us
Like the Prairie, Our Community Has Deep Roots. Be part of the system that sustains environmental education in Kansas: Support KACEE's Fundraising Efforts
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It's objectively amazing that the WNBA Finals MVP is an unapologetic supporter of trans people.
Public education and environmental education are investments in our kids’ futures. Our votes should reflect that. marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/vote-for-o...
Vote for Our Future
Vote for public education and environmental education to help ensure all kids are able to thrive.
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RFK Jr. likes to claim that the current measles outbreak isn’t his fault. Nobody here will be surprised to hear that he is lying again. Under his “leadership”, the CDC didn’t respond to a request to validate a test that could diagnose cases faster. They said they had other priorities.
C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test
The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.
nytimes.com
In bed with our enemies, with white supremacists, with white Christian nationalists, with oligarchic billionaires, with fossil fuel corporations and climate deniers, with anti-vaxxers, with misogynists, and... with children. In bed with everyone he shouldn't be.
Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3w agoUkraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.
On Friday we celebrated mom's life on what would have been her 92nd birthday. Here's a bit of her story... marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/moms-the-u...
Mom’s the Universe Now
And we’ll carry her home.
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This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
theguardian.com
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
rollingstone.com
It’s hard to believe that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz hasn’t had extensive training in research ethics. That means she’s intentionally going to let babies in Guinea-Bissau be infected with Hepatitis B by withholding vaccine when they have vaccine available.
Yes, our lighting environments differ from what we evolved w/in, but that doesn’t make LEDs the next asbestos. Here I provide an overview of the evidence, use an evolutionary mismatch framework to structure future research, & give designers some direction marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/leds-the-n...
LEDs: The New Asbestos? Not so Fast
Yes, our indoor environments differ radically from what we evolved within, but that doesn’t make LEDs the next asbestos. Using evolutionary theory to frame what we know & how designers should respond.
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Russell Vought cannot be given the power to decide what science is funded. He knows nothing about science; in fact, he seems to hate it and everyone who does it. And he has all of the worst characteristics of humanity. The Republican Congress is a fucking disease.
Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.
arstechnica.com
Two people visiting Cincinnati from out of state went to the ED at Children’s Hospital and spent 4 hours there. They were sick with measles. Those who were exposed have been notified. This is been happening repeatedly throughout the U.S. And is why vaccine choices affect everyone.
Measles exposure reported at Cincinnati Children's Hospital emergency department
The Cincinnati Health Department said it was notified of a measles exposure at the Cincinnati Children’s Emergency Department.
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RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation… Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
To address the now inevitable overshoot past 1.5℃, we'll need to heavily rely on adaptive as well as mitigative strategies, figure out how to generate the political will to do so, and get started NOW. That includes getting a handle on AI. marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/the-ai-foo...
The AI Footprint Nobody Sees, v2
What a recent essay reveals about AI’s carbon footprint and why increasing data center efficiency isn’t enough, especially in light of the recent UN report warning of a significant climate defeat.
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What a recent report reveals about AI’s carbon footprint and why increasing data center efficiency isn’t enough, especially in light of a recent UN press release. marcelharmon67.substack.com/p/the-ai-foo...
The AI Footprint Nobody Sees
What a recent report reveals about AI’s carbon footprint and why increasing data center efficiency isn’t enough, especially in light of a recent UN press release.
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Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.
