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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 5h

Trump hates humanity. He considers low income families beneath him. He wants to simultaneously increase energy prices and foul the air. This needs to stop

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and moderate-income families install rooftop solar panels. The cuts are dealing a disproportionate blow to the Republican-led states that propelled him back to office.

Solar for All Program Cuts Hit G.O.P and Democrat Voters Alike

The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and moderate-income families install rooftop solar panels.

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Kyle Sparks @kyleksparks.bsky.social · 15h

Oblig.

Journalism 101: "If someone says it's raining & another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true."

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 8h

Of course it was never about fentanyl & it certainly was never about democracy & as we suspected it was all about the oil. The pollution profiteers control our government

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the U.S., offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to people close to the talks.

Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict

Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American adversaries to appease President Trump.

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 13h

You shouldn’t be a pawn in President Trump’s political games. @kaine.senate.gov and I are fighting for Senate Joint Resolution 71 because we don’t want families to pay the price for Trump’s war on affordable, American energy.

Trump's War on Affordable, American Energy

YouTube video by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 16h

1. I buy my health insurance through Connecticut’s health care exchange. This picture is taken from my monthly statement.

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

and this is not a new observation: www.powersouth.com/is-solar-che...

Is Solar Cheaper Than Natural Gas? - PowerSouth Energy Cooperative

I apologize for all the numbers. They are geeky, but important if you are interested in the true cost of electricity. If you aren’t, you can stop reading now or skip to the fourth from last paragraph ...

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

Wind and solar are cheaper: www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants

Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

Gas is not cheaper per kW than solar based on what I have read

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Physician-scientist @smahalingaiahmd.bsky.social was studying how air pollution affects reproductive health when her federal funding was cut. When vital research like this is halted, we miss opportunities to dig deeper and find the solutions we urgently need.

"...a loss for us all." #LostScience

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

If solar with storage gets us close to baseload why do we need to expand gas? I like that he cited you but I think he’s missing something

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Mitch McConnell: this is on you. Failed to convict when you had a chance

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 1d

When tennis becomes a metaphor for all life on Earth.
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‘Do You Want a Player to Die?’ Tennis Feels the Heat Over Extreme Conditions

Sweltering temperatures in China have pushed the sport’s stars to the limit, leaving them cramping, throwing up on court and sweating through four pairs of sneakers

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed.

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

This is so dumb, so infuriating!!!

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

This is such bullshit! Why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot? Do we want to keep dying from air pollution while China eats our lunch in energy domination????🤬

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any hope for better forest management to help? I’m worried that the die is cast & no matter what we do to reduce GHG emissions we are stuck with hot, dry summers for a while. @jimwhittington.bsky.social

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Jim Whittington🔥 @jimwhittington.bsky.social · 2d

Every new smoke study is nothing but bad news.

We'll soon need to use different strategies and tactics that limit firefighter exposure. But can you do that and reduce community smoke exposure too, or will it mean more fire on the landscape longer--and thus more deaths? Another climate quandary.

Mongabay @mongabay.com · 2d

A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined.

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns

When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for…

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 2d

A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined.

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns

When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for…

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

They were lied to

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

It is unacceptable to willfully dismantle the health care system in rural communities!!! Let them go to the ER kinda sounds like let them eat cake

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. So what he’s saying is that its ok with Republicans to force rural hospitals to give suboptimal care for heart attacks & stokes. I’m sure folks living in rural areas & their doctors & nurses would disagree

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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!! Making it safer for people to not use their cars is a high priority for me. Thank you for your serious work on this