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Stacy Lu

@moxieluhu.bsky.social

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Writer, mainly science, health and medicine. Mental health, psychology, addiction, obesity, nutrition. Ex #NIH. Public transport & walkable city aficionada.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 11h

Does this count for people illegally “RIF”d in the spring, too?

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 11h

I pretty much regret it every day so I pledge to help.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 11h

They do if government does the booking and chooses the more expensive property. Again, not everything is done by per diem.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 15h

Right,so what the hotel chooses to charge may vary. I’m not talking about the per diem. If a Ritz Carlton knocks off 10 bucks and the best western knocks off 10 bucks, the end prices are likely quite different. Some agencies book travel directly from time to time, too.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 23h

Love that! I’m from semi-rural PA. I do think the nearest downtowns are making a comeback.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 23h

I think I grew up there!

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 23h

A lot of people say they like housing density, but when it comes to it, NIMBY. Americans have been steadily fed the ideal of living to support a big mortgage and home.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve never heard of anybody going for it, but that’s just anecdotally. I do get lots of junk mail for “We’ll buy your house at $$ today.”

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 23h

Yesssssss! With mixed zoning so you can get to a café or bodega quickly. Solely having single-family homes breeds isolation and sprawl.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it’s at hotel discretion. But the agency still may press the fed to take the lowest possible rate, which is likely not to be at a Ritz.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

The per diem rate is set. But a hotel can charge a discounted rate at its own discretion.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

True, but a Ritz government rate is likely to be a lot different than a Marriott government rate.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

Communities need to prioritize zoning for affordable, energy efficient, multi family, low rise condo units versus huge single family homes.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Cars should not enter the crosswalk at the same time as a pedestrian. Very satisfying moment once when I was crossing and a car decided to breeze closely by. Whoop, whoop! Happened to be a cop right behind them. 🙌 That was Jersey, not Virginia, alas. Cc @markwarner.bsky.social

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

Even worse if they are driving humongous vehicles.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

The best is when you are halfway across and they think ‘well, now I can go,’ charge at you, and drive through a couple feet away from you.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 3d

Core childhood memory (Berks kid).

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Vox @vox.com · 4d

Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership that does more than any other organization to get vaccines to people in poor countries — reported that its vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million people in 2024. That’s 400,000 more lives saved than in 2023.

2024 was a record-setting year for lifesaving vaccines

Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

Got it. No dinosaurs on their pages.

Screenshot of a retro looking page says Cleveland welcome to classic auto group

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

They’re big and scary and stompy, like the cars? I kind of want to track down who posted it and call them.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

I didn’t even notice! Nothing in the study about dinosaurs.