Callista
@callistamoonrise.bsky.social
PhD Scientist | writer | economist | eclectic ADHD | American in Aotearoa/NZ | liberal | Booksky | Astronomy | INFJ | Lucifan | kind | LGBTQIA+ ally |
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Callista
@callistamoonrise.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Counting the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand
As the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response continues, modelling expert Michael Plank presents a new study on the country's excess mortality rate.
thespinoff.co.nz
thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0... #NZ #aotearoa The nice thing about Bluesky is that you don't get drowned out by the crazies. Whatever your political stance, living in NZ through the Covid crisis was truly exceptional because we listened to scientists.
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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You know he wrote it…
July 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
You know he wrote it…
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Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein! Keep it going! #Epsteinoverandover
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein! Keep it going! #Epsteinoverandover
thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0... #NZ #aotearoa The nice thing about Bluesky is that you don't get drowned out by the crazies. Whatever your political stance, living in NZ through the Covid crisis was truly exceptional because we listened to scientists.
Counting the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand
As the Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response continues, modelling expert Michael Plank presents a new study on the country's excess mortality rate.
thespinoff.co.nz
July 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0... #NZ #aotearoa The nice thing about Bluesky is that you don't get drowned out by the crazies. Whatever your political stance, living in NZ through the Covid crisis was truly exceptional because we listened to scientists.
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10 years ago, 9 God fearing Black Americans were stolen from us while simply praying to our God. They openly welcomed a white supremacist into their church not knowing his true intentions. He sat and prayed with them. Then he viciously murdered them in cold blood.
June 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
10 years ago, 9 God fearing Black Americans were stolen from us while simply praying to our God. They openly welcomed a white supremacist into their church not knowing his true intentions. He sat and prayed with them. Then he viciously murdered them in cold blood.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
June 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…”
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
@lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet.
Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...
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Yes, “disaster” is the correct word – this is a public health catastrophe. The pressure for him to resign should begin tonight, and continue until it happens. Nothing else should be in front of this. Go to a 19th century cemetery anywhere in this country to know why.
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yes, “disaster” is the correct word – this is a public health catastrophe. The pressure for him to resign should begin tonight, and continue until it happens. Nothing else should be in front of this. Go to a 19th century cemetery anywhere in this country to know why.
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Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here
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(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)
I've been wanting to tell my widowhood story publicly for years, but I know I don't have the kind of grief story people want to hear.
No community rallied, no family healed, no strength discovered.
I wrote about the gap between grief narratives and reality.
www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-i...
No community rallied, no family healed, no strength discovered.
I wrote about the gap between grief narratives and reality.
www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-i...
Why I Find It Hard to Write About Being a Widow
Why is it so hard to write about being a widow? My story has no redemptive arc. No community rallied, no family came together, no strength was discovered. Just sudden loss and ongoing adaptation witho...
www.dataandpolitics.net
June 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)
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Mary Meeker’s Trends Report is back. Often called THE most essential deck of the year. 🔥
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
May 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mary Meeker’s Trends Report is back. Often called THE most essential deck of the year. 🔥
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai
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Happy pride month ❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
June 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Happy pride month ❤️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Today in 1952, Los Alamos theoretical physicist and nuclear weapons designer Ted Taylor used a parabolic mirror and a 15-kiloton nuclear explosion (Shot GEORGE) detonated atop a 300-foot tower in Nevada to light a Pall Mall cigarette. Taylor designed the lightweight “Scorpion” device for the test.
June 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today in 1952, Los Alamos theoretical physicist and nuclear weapons designer Ted Taylor used a parabolic mirror and a 15-kiloton nuclear explosion (Shot GEORGE) detonated atop a 300-foot tower in Nevada to light a Pall Mall cigarette. Taylor designed the lightweight “Scorpion” device for the test.
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Jay in Kyiv 👇🇺🇦
“Time lapse footage from one of the Russian airfields at which Ukraine obliterated 34% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet yesterday.”
👏👏👏👏👏😎💙🇺🇦
“Time lapse footage from one of the Russian airfields at which Ukraine obliterated 34% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet yesterday.”
👏👏👏👏👏😎💙🇺🇦
June 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Jay in Kyiv 👇🇺🇦
“Time lapse footage from one of the Russian airfields at which Ukraine obliterated 34% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet yesterday.”
👏👏👏👏👏😎💙🇺🇦
“Time lapse footage from one of the Russian airfields at which Ukraine obliterated 34% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet yesterday.”
👏👏👏👏👏😎💙🇺🇦
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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"As ob-gyns who treat patients every day, we have seen firsthand how dangerous COVID infection can be during pregnancy & for newborns who depend on maternal antibodies… The science has not changed. It is very clear that COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic & lead to major disability”
RFK Jr. says COVID shots no longer recommended for kids, pregnant women
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. announced that CDC recommendations for COVID vaccines will no longer include healthy pregnant women and healthy children.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"As ob-gyns who treat patients every day, we have seen firsthand how dangerous COVID infection can be during pregnancy & for newborns who depend on maternal antibodies… The science has not changed. It is very clear that COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic & lead to major disability”
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
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I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.
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I used to buy fresh raspberries and then put off eating them because "just eating them wasn't special enough" (what???) but then they would go moldy and I couldn't enjoy them at all!! So now I eat the raspberries! Light the fancy expensive candle! Stick the stickers you're hoarding! USE THE STUFF
"Your life should not be a museum." "Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets."
May 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I used to buy fresh raspberries and then put off eating them because "just eating them wasn't special enough" (what???) but then they would go moldy and I couldn't enjoy them at all!! So now I eat the raspberries! Light the fancy expensive candle! Stick the stickers you're hoarding! USE THE STUFF
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RIP Joe Don Baker, aka Darius Jedburgh. My Brit friends know he was superb in Edge of Darkness. His BAFTA-nominated performance blew me away and Joe Don stole every scene. youtu.be/SlV45HbJm4c
Edge Of Darkness (1987) Plutonium for self-respect
YouTube video by Stuart McCormack
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
RIP Joe Don Baker, aka Darius Jedburgh. My Brit friends know he was superb in Edge of Darkness. His BAFTA-nominated performance blew me away and Joe Don stole every scene. youtu.be/SlV45HbJm4c
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The congressional Republican tax and budget plan would slash programs that provide food, health care, and other supports to America’s children.
Congressional Republicans Are Planning One of the Largest-Ever Cuts to Basic Supports for Children
The congressional Republican tax and budget plan would slash programs that provide food, health care, and other supports to America’s children.
www.americanprogress.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The congressional Republican tax and budget plan would slash programs that provide food, health care, and other supports to America’s children.