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Randall Kramer
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Environmental Economist at Duke University interested in environment | biodiversity | development | global health | One Health | poverty | food security

https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/kramerresearch/

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Seth Edmunds @phealthy.bsky.social · 2d
Never thought I'd be making a measles case tracker:

sethmund.github.io/measles-map/
2026 Measles Tracker
sethmund.github.io

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 3d
How the Tar Heel state shaped the history of modernist architecture—and how local preservationists help keep the dream alive today.

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 3d
“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
jeffsharlet.bsky.social Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 3d
Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 3d
Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 3d
Guess who’s turning 217 today? It’s Charles Darwin! 🥳

Born in 1809, he transformed the way we understand the natural world. He developed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his 1859 best-seller, ‘On the Origins of Species’.

Send him your birthday wishes in the comments! 👇
A white statue of Charles Darwin sitting crossed legged on a chair. On the image, there’s text saying ‘Happy 217th birthday Charles Darwin!’. A birthday hat with polka dots has been photoshopped on top of the statue’s head.

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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 4d
blew all my deadlines and had fun writing about beautiful houses, Black Mountain College, and more reasons to love North Carolina
Back to the Future With North Carolina's Modernist Design Advocates
North Carolina looms large in the history of modernist design. Today, dedicated local preservationists and architects keep the dream alive.
indyweek.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7d
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · 18d
This thread describes a collection of Nature Reviews Biodiversity articles that outline challenges, propose solutions and summarise progress in meeting the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets.
natrevbiodiv.nature.com Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 20d
COLLECTION | To coincide with our first anniversary, Nature Reviews Biodiversity has launched a collection of our content relating to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets: go.nature.com/4pV2cI1
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Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets out 23 global targets to be met by 2030 that aim to help halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
go.nature.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 19d
The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows.
What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org

Reposted by Randall A. Kramer, Stephen D. Murphy, Thilina D. Surasinghe

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 20d
COLLECTION | To coincide with our first anniversary, Nature Reviews Biodiversity has launched a collection of our content relating to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets: go.nature.com/4pV2cI1
(1/7)
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets out 23 global targets to be met by 2030 that aim to help halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
go.nature.com

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Eric Walsh-Buhi (he/him) @ewabu.bsky.social · 21d
Re-upping this opinion piece by Dr. William Foege back in August: “How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense:
Three steps to surviving the drought of principles, values, and facts” #PublicHealth
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Jan 8
"Only 12% of medical schools worldwide include air pollution in their formal curricula. Patients, such as young children with asthma, often visit doctors who may not ask about environmental triggers or provide advice on reducing exposures"
✍️ @klburke.bsky.social healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01...
Why air pollution is an underreported health story of the decade
Air pollution is a global public health emergency. Journalists must emphasize health equity, economic loss and systemic bodily harm.
healthjournalism.org

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · Jan 1
Great tunes as always from DJ Gavin!

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 1
Lemurs play a key role in Madagascan ecosystems as seed dispersers, but they are threatened by climate change and human activities such as deforestation.

Experts stress the importance of community conservation projects.

Read more in The Conversation: https://ow.ly/B7Yu50XAvYM
Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them
Climate change, forest fragmentation and hunting threaten lemur populations in Madagascar, and impact the health of mothers and infants.
ow.ly

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · Dec 20
This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · Dec 18
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Dec 18
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · Dec 14
“The benefits of spending time in nature are nearly endless.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 4
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Dec 3
Finally, an EU ban on Russian gas imports, fully in effect by September 2027, 5½ years after Putin's war of aggression
www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
EU bans Russian gas imports after last-minute agreement
Officials say the move will complement existing sanctions and kill off EU imports of Russian gas for good.
www.politico.eu

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Nov 26
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.

Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · Nov 23
www.threads.com/@npr/post/DR...
NPR (@npr) on Threads
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
www.threads.com

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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · Nov 22
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · Nov 20
Immigration officers hauled away a construction worker in Cary NC. "A half mile up the road, they looked at his wallet and saw he was a citizen," said his supervisor. "They pulled him out of the van and threw his wallet out the window. He had to walk back here." #ncpol www.cbs17.com/news/local-n...

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Human Behavior & Evolution Society @humbehevosoc.bsky.social · Nov 11
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
www.hbes.com

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Robert Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social · Nov 9
More good news for coffee enthusiasts from my specialty!

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Caffeinated Coffee Consumption or Abstinence to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation
This clinical trial compares the effect of caffeinated coffee consumption vs abstinence from coffee and caffeine on recurrent atrial fibrillation.
jamanetwork.com

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Randall Kramer @rakramer.bsky.social · Nov 2
Despite what Bill Gates says, the new State of the Climate Report says “we are hurtling toward climate chaos”

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Oct 31
While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Lisa Sorg @lisasorg.bsky.social · Oct 12
Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables & fish, eggs & beer. Pine needles, honey & house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge. 
Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood.

1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals - Inside Climate News
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...
insideclimatenews.org

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · Sep 19
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.

Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️