Sunrise reveals a Pacific Northwest overwhelmed with wildfire smoke. Combined with rising temperatures in the region, any outdoor activities should be limited as much as possible. weather.gov
Dr. Orna Izakson
@orna.bsky.social
Climate, polycrisis, sleep health, functional med, 🌱🌲🌻🌼. Pro-science licensed naturopathic dr (OR/AK/CT), herbalist, ex environmental journalist. Love 🥾and 📷 wild places. 💔 about 🌎. 1st-gen US, 🇮🇱 fam. Born 320ppm. #Angret. She/her/doctor. NDClimate.org
I also know how to look things up in physical books and write with pen and paper. In cursive.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 13h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
I mean, I get through my entire day without it already, and everyone else who does/is made to use it would have to return to, like, 2022, so, yeah, it's fine, chuck it out
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 13h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature
Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...
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It’s bad. Ukraine is still effectively hitting both inside Russia and occupied Crimea almost daily, but Putin (as usual) is targeting population centers instead of legitimate military targets.
The moon right now. No filter. AQI is somewhere between 130 (orange) and 160 (red) depending where you look. Weirdly, it doesn’t smell smoky. #WildfireSmoke #Smokepocalypse #ClimateCrisis
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.
Just imagine how his enemies described him.
Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦@merz.bsky.social · 24h ago"Miller… graduated from… High School in 2007, where friends described him as "very belligerent, very angry,” and "super misogynistic." …at a party, he pushed a female classmate through a door and down a staircase when she rejected his attempts to touch her." – Wikipedia
I have seen this with long Covid patients. They get cut off for continuing to be sick, and of course would be cut off if they actually got well.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 23h agoInsurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)
She's one of a couple republicans told she can vote no. If she weren't up against Troy Jackson, she'd totally confirm Blanche.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23h agoBREAKING on MS NOW: Susan Collins says she's voting against Todd Blanche's nomination to be Attorney General.
Current conditions: Conflicting details, but overall icky.
Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?
Terrible air quality harms more than just the lungs. Here is an excellent resource, which I encourage everyone to check out. ecopsychepedia.org/glossary/air...
Air pollution and climate mental health - Ecopsychepedia
Air pollution and climate mental health by Lise van Susteren, M.D., and Robin Cooper, M.D.December 19, 2023 Share this entry: What is air pollution? When a substance is released into the air that does...
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Literally no one with a brain believes that Minnesota cyber hacked their own #water systems. At least seven states reported such attacks. Only Trump makes this mindless claim, and he's only doing it to do what he does best: punch down and lie. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | Small Towns Shouldn’t Have to Defend America’s Water Supply From Iran
Local communities need Washington’s help to fight foreign hackers.
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Outside light looks slightly orange and dim. I’ve been smelling smoke for hours. Few of my resources show the local AQI elevated, but it’s easy to tell that smoke is already here. Bottom line: refer to multiple resources, and believe your senses.  #WildfireSmoke #AirQuality #AQI #WesternOregon
If you deny that COVID pushed our hospitals to the limit, vaccines work, and healthcare workers are heroes, you should not be allowed to hold public office, let alone lead a health agency.
I wrote this during heavy smoke in October 2022. Unfortunately, it needs little updating for the current moment. I see oshala honey in my near future drornaizakson.com/what-to-do-i...
surviving smoke season - Dr. Orna Izakson
Wildfire smoke is a hazard to your health. Here's how it causes harm — and what you can do about it.
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Feeling overwhelmed and terrified and furious. How are you?
Right as RFK Jr and Republicans spread COVID disinformation on national TV and public hearings, Meta decides to roll back its COVID-19 misinformation rules.
Meta to roll back Covid-19 misinformation measures
Meta is revising its policies to take a regional approach towards countries that still have public health emergency declarations.
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NEW: Capital One closed hundreds of Trump accounts for money laundering. We wouldn’t have known if Trump hadn’t sued. Now he’s got tax immunity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capita...
NEW: Capital One Closed Hundreds of Trump Bank Accounts for Anti-Money Laundering Reasons
"A bottled water company, a winery, a golf course, a construction payroll firm, and a real estate brokerage, and hundreds of other businesses" were debanked. Trump claims it was for political reasons.
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The speed of #climate change has accelerated dramatically in the last decade, from 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015 to 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years. And politicians still fiddle while we burn. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...
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As RFK Jr and Trump desperately try to gaslight us about the #COVID pandemic, remember that 1.2 million Americans died-- one of every 300 people in the country. The COVID-19 vaccine SAVED 3.2 million lives, prevented 18 million hospitalizations, & averted more than $1.15 trillion in medical costs.
Sensing a theme. “Iran has taken grievous losses, including much of its top leadership. But the crucial difference with the United States is that the Iranian regime simply doesn’t care about losses in men or matériel in the same way we do.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World (Gift Article)
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d agoPeople still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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