Dave Berkeley 💙😷
daveberkeley.bsky.social
Dave Berkeley 💙😷
@daveberkeley.bsky.social
Eco-Socialist. Software & FPGA engineer. Ex Labour. Zero Covid. Opposed to racism, war crimes, genocide, apartheid & ethnic cleansing.
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❗️ NEW: 1 million pensioners are skipping meals thanks to Labour's Winter Fuel Payment cuts, reports Guardian.

7 million pensioners are keeping the heating off because Labour's cuts have forced them to stay cold, and applications for pension credit are "overwhelmed".
December 7, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Tell me again about how nurseries and schools don't drive infections in local communities.
December 5, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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One day I'd love to make a documentary of the history of ID doctors and infection control ignoring air spread of pathogens.

I will absolutely vote to call it, "Don't Look It Up".
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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In 1941, experimenters found ferrets that were sick with flu could infected their buddies at the other end of a "U" shaped air duct.

Downwind, but not upwind.

Next 60 years:

"B-b-but it's droplets"

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Attached: 1 image They made U shaped chambers, and still the ferrets passed on the influenza. The thought was droplets would not turn the corner.
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November 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

(1/n)
August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
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Waiting for Trump to announce he's appointing a horse to his cabinet
November 15, 2024 at 9:02 AM