Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
@pamela2024.bsky.social
Writer published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, Fortune, Boston Globe, Reno Gazette Journal, STAT, Nevada Current & more. Michigan & WSU alum; award-winning author https://pamelamahoneytsigdinos.medium.com/
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Tahoe agency poised to approve lenient codes despite repeated public safety, environmental warnings • Nevada Current
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is so deep into group-think and committed to failed policies serving its pro-development partners that it has lost the ability to think critically to the detr...
nevadacurrent.com
“Conceding to development and recreational pressures will be the demise of the lake, which is already showing persistent severe summertime clarity problems. TRPA’s job is to protect the lake, not appease the hordes of tourists and moneyed interests.” #LakeTahoe
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Climate change is threatening Christmas and winter traditions—and in some cases, holiday trends are fueling it. [via @insideclimatenews.org]
Climate Change is coming for Christmas
Stunted trees, pricey chocolate, threatened reindeer, scant snow—warming is taking a toll.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Climate change is threatening Christmas and winter traditions—and in some cases, holiday trends are fueling it. [via @insideclimatenews.org]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency faces criticism for advancing development incentives while environmental and public safety concerns persist.
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/12/trpa...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews #renotahoe #journalism
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#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews #renotahoe #journalism
Tahoe agency poised to approve lenient codes despite repeated public safety, environmental warnings (commentary)
Reno's independent, online news and events source. Established in 2009.
thisisreno.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency faces criticism for advancing development incentives while environmental and public safety concerns persist.
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/12/trpa...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews #renotahoe #journalism
👉 More on This Is Reno: thisisreno.com/2025/12/trpa...
#thisisreno #renonews #reno #renonv #biggestlittlecity #localnews #renotahoe #journalism
Such an illuminating and accessible discussion weaving new science and research and insights into the elaborate systems driving our immune response, brain function, sleep importance and much more. Tune in to @erictopol.bsky.social and @jonykipnis.bsky.social
How Our Brain Drains Its Waste Products
and its relevance to our sleep quality and risk of neurodegenerative diseases
A podcast with @jonykipnis.bsky.social and illustrative text summary of 3 of his recent review articles
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-br...
and its relevance to our sleep quality and risk of neurodegenerative diseases
A podcast with @jonykipnis.bsky.social and illustrative text summary of 3 of his recent review articles
erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-br...
How Our Brain Drains Its Waste Products
Particular Relevance to Sleep, Alzheimer's Disease and Immune Surveillance
erictopol.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Such an illuminating and accessible discussion weaving new science and research and insights into the elaborate systems driving our immune response, brain function, sleep importance and much more. Tune in to @erictopol.bsky.social and @jonykipnis.bsky.social
All I want for Christmas: treating one another with dignity and respect. Oh, could we also have some honesty, transparency, trustworthiness and competency in our country's leadership? Not even one full year in office: The Whoppers of 2025 www.factcheck.org/2025/12/the-...
The Whoppers of 2025 - FactCheck.org
Our annual recap of the worst falsehoods of the year.
www.factcheck.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
All I want for Christmas: treating one another with dignity and respect. Oh, could we also have some honesty, transparency, trustworthiness and competency in our country's leadership? Not even one full year in office: The Whoppers of 2025 www.factcheck.org/2025/12/the-...
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
Why the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency wants to urbanize with more buildings, more people and more tourism defies logic.
Commentary:
Commentary:
Tahoe agency poised to approve lenient codes despite repeated public safety, environmental warnings • Nevada Current
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is so deep into group-think and committed to failed policies serving its pro-development partners that it has lost the ability to think critically to the detr...
nevadacurrent.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Why the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency wants to urbanize with more buildings, more people and more tourism defies logic.
Commentary:
Commentary:
“Conceding to development and recreational pressures will be the demise of the lake, which is already showing persistent severe summertime clarity problems. TRPA’s job is to protect the lake, not appease the hordes of tourists and moneyed interests.” #LakeTahoe
nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/t...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/t...
Tahoe agency poised to approve lenient codes despite repeated public safety, environmental warnings • Nevada Current
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is so deep into group-think and committed to failed policies serving its pro-development partners that it has lost the ability to think critically to the detr...
nevadacurrent.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Conceding to development and recreational pressures will be the demise of the lake, which is already showing persistent severe summertime clarity problems. TRPA’s job is to protect the lake, not appease the hordes of tourists and moneyed interests.” #LakeTahoe
nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/t...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/05/t...
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
Shingles vaccine may actually slow down dementia, study finds
Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 percent less likely to die of dementia.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
“What climate warming is doing is it’s creating drier fuels and conditions for fires overall, not just holdover fires,” said Hugh Safford, a research faculty member in the UC Davis department of environmental science and policy and a former ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service.
#wildfire
#wildfire
'A personal embarrassment': Why fire agencies keep failing to put out blazes that later turn disastrous
'A personal embarrassment': Why fire agencies keep failing to put out blazes that later turn disastrous
Rekindled blazes are raising questions about whether agencies need to rethink how they ensure fires are truly extinguished.
www.latimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“What climate warming is doing is it’s creating drier fuels and conditions for fires overall, not just holdover fires,” said Hugh Safford, a research faculty member in the UC Davis department of environmental science and policy and a former ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service.
#wildfire
#wildfire
Important health access discussion @aliroginpbs.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social:
“when people are in these situations, they're often in a complicated, emergent acute care healthcare situation. So it all depends on what their prior knowledge is of a very complex system
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“when people are in these situations, they're often in a complicated, emergent acute care healthcare situation. So it all depends on what their prior knowledge is of a very complex system
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How patients are using AI to fight back against denied insurance claims
As health insurers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to process claims, denials have been on the rise. In 2023, about 73 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans had their claims for ...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Important health access discussion @aliroginpbs.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social:
“when people are in these situations, they're often in a complicated, emergent acute care healthcare situation. So it all depends on what their prior knowledge is of a very complex system
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
“when people are in these situations, they're often in a complicated, emergent acute care healthcare situation. So it all depends on what their prior knowledge is of a very complex system
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
California’s New Landmark Thirdhand Smoke Disclosure Law url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
California’s New Landmark Thirdhand Smoke Disclosure Law
This Viewpoint describes California Assembly Bill 455, which requires disclosure of thirdhand smoke contamination in residential real estate transactions, and reviews the legislation’s provisions, the...
jamanetwork.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
California’s New Landmark Thirdhand Smoke Disclosure Law url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Happy Veteran’s Day! In particular I’d like to highlight my husband (right), who rose to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served in active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Proud of his service and thankful for brave men and women like him who take the oath to “support and defend the Constitution.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy Veteran’s Day! In particular I’d like to highlight my husband (right), who rose to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served in active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Proud of his service and thankful for brave men and women like him who take the oath to “support and defend the Constitution.”
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
Experts warn this aggressive approach will likely fuel greater abuses of civil and human rights, heighten public anger and lead to more warrantless arrests, straying far from the previous stated focus on “the worst of the worst.” “Spectacle, not security.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
$60.7 million in taxpayer funding since January 2025 so this guy can golf?!
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Marks Full Month Of Government Shutdown With $3.4 Million Golf Trip
The Air Force One trip is his 13th visit to his Palm Beach country club since he returned to office and brings his taxpayer funded golf total to $60.7 million.
www.huffpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
$60.7 million in taxpayer funding since January 2025 so this guy can golf?!
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
How many Americans in need of basic food or healthcare assistance would $60.7M help?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”
@apnews.com $TSLA
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@apnews.com $TSLA
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November 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“.. thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”
@apnews.com $TSLA
apnews.com/article/las-...
@apnews.com $TSLA
apnews.com/article/las-...
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
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Trump partners with crypto betting platform suing Nevada, other states • Nevada Current
President Donald Trump’s latest business partnership may place him at odds with Nevada and other states suing to stop prediction markets from accepting what regulators say are nothing more than illega...
nevadacurrent.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The endeavor raises questions about Trump’s conflict of interest in appointing the commissioners charged with oversight of his venture, as well as bets being placed on outcomes of events or issues that as president, Trump could control.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/t...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/30/t...
Labels on pill bottles can be misleading.
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
At one factory pigeons infested a storage room and defecated on boxes of sterilized equipment. At another, pathogens contaminated purified water used to make drugs. At a third, stagnant urine pooled on a bathroom floor not far from where injectable meds were made.
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labels on pill bottles can be misleading.
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
Per @propublica.org: “Sometimes what appears to be the manufacturer is actually a repackager or distributor. The actual drugmaker and its factory, which is often not listed on the bottle, could be in India, China or another country.”
The bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (created to protect Lake Tahoe’s natural beauty) is now openly destroying it and pretending it’s progress.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
“Camping is evolving,” Julie Regan of the TRPA said of the project at a meeting in late September. “How people experience the great outdoors is evolving.”
But enjoying the great outdoors should not require the removal of healthy trees, say critics. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
But enjoying the great outdoors should not require the removal of healthy trees, say critics. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...
Tahoe agency okays removal of hundreds of trees to make room for ‘glamping’ • Nevada Current
A development designed as an opportunity to enjoy Tahoe’s great outdoors requires the removal of 300 hundred towering pine trees on nine acres of privately owned land in Douglas County near the Lake T...
nevadacurrent.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (created to protect Lake Tahoe’s natural beauty) is now openly destroying it and pretending it’s progress.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
John Muir must be turning over in his grave.
“For most ACA enrollees, the overall premium rate hike will be compounded by the loss of enhanced federal subsidies that brought down their out-of-pocket premium costs.”
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
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Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 • Nevada Current
Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, are facing premium rate hikes of 26%, the state Division of Insurance confirmed to the Nevada Curren...
nevadacurrent.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“For most ACA enrollees, the overall premium rate hike will be compounded by the loss of enhanced federal subsidies that brought down their out-of-pocket premium costs.”
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
26% increase in #healthinsurance premiums for Nevadans 🤦🏻♀️
nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF
Reposted by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
If ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire, many middle-income families will experience a “double whammy” — losing all financial assistance available through the tax credits and paying higher premiums as insurers raise rates.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire, many middle-income families will experience a “double whammy” — losing all financial assistance available through the tax credits and paying higher premiums as insurers raise rates.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
🔗: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X
The main after-action #wildfire findings: “The report found county practices around issuing emergency alerts, specifically evacuations, are ‘outdated, unclear and contradictory.’ “
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
After-action report
LA County releases findings about January fires
laist.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The main after-action #wildfire findings: “The report found county practices around issuing emergency alerts, specifically evacuations, are ‘outdated, unclear and contradictory.’ “
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
Sounds eerily like @washoecounty.bsky.social and its outdated emergency #evacuation plan
laist.com/brief/news/c...
Chilling that Nevada gubernatorial candidate Alexis Hill dismissed more than 260 residents (many senior citizens) in her district. Watch this clip of a soft-spoken woman pleading for #wildfire public safety data. Hill opted instead for large poorly analyzed Tahoe development youtu.be/tPL1JfjrsGc?...
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Chilling that Nevada gubernatorial candidate Alexis Hill dismissed more than 260 residents (many senior citizens) in her district. Watch this clip of a soft-spoken woman pleading for #wildfire public safety data. Hill opted instead for large poorly analyzed Tahoe development youtu.be/tPL1JfjrsGc?...
Cool tool. Wonder if there's a way to show water pollution impacts on drinking water sources or perhaps climate impacts from overtourism?
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September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cool tool. Wonder if there's a way to show water pollution impacts on drinking water sources or perhaps climate impacts from overtourism?
climatetrace.org/explore#admi...
climatetrace.org/explore#admi...
