Clear Skies Jess
@clearskiesjess.bsky.social
Astrophotographer and public health informaticist
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Suits are in the works, I believe (based on my conversations). Legal teams are working hard on this (and many other issues)...
It's still not clear to me why we aren't going back to the courts now to hold the NIH in contempt. What are we waiting for? How much more evidence of harm do we need? Starting study sections obviously had the intended effect of getting us all to back off.
No advisory councils = funding freeze.
No advisory councils = funding freeze.
Excellent story in the Guardian about funds for Alzheimer's disease research centers being held up by the Federal Register-Advisory Council issue.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Suits are in the works, I believe (based on my conversations). Legal teams are working hard on this (and many other issues)...
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This is the first image from the first commercial spacecraft to fully successfully land on the Moon.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully touched down on the Moon!
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully touched down on the Moon!
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is the first image from the first commercial spacecraft to fully successfully land on the Moon.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully touched down on the Moon!
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has successfully touched down on the Moon!
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Just yesterday while on PBS News Hour I said that I will have confidence that federal vaccine policy is uncompromised as long as the external advisory committees continue to meet. Now meetings for both VRBPAC and ACIP have been cancelled. I don't like this.
I joined PBS News Hour to discuss the measles outbreak in Texas and vaccine hesitancy. My comments build on a point I made in a NYT essay: vaccine hesitancy and resulting outbreaks are a serious problem. But we should also remember that vaccines are popular, actually! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
West Texas measles outbreak spreads amid vaccine hesitancy in some communities
There are now more than 120 confirmed measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas, the largest such outbreak the state has seen in over 30 years. It's raising questions about vaccine hesitanc...
www.pbs.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just yesterday while on PBS News Hour I said that I will have confidence that federal vaccine policy is uncompromised as long as the external advisory committees continue to meet. Now meetings for both VRBPAC and ACIP have been cancelled. I don't like this.
Bacon $2 a pound?! I wonder if there is a glut from Canada boycott
February 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Bacon $2 a pound?! I wonder if there is a glut from Canada boycott
Replacing planned parenthood.
February 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Replacing planned parenthood.
Mind control using social media? They’ve already tested it without your consent or notification.
www.forbes.com/sites/kashmi...
www.forbes.com/sites/kashmi...
Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science
Facebook's data scientists manipulated the News Feeds of 689,003 users, filling them with either positive posts or negative posts or posts devoid of sentiment in order to see how it affected their moo...
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mind control using social media? They’ve already tested it without your consent or notification.
www.forbes.com/sites/kashmi...
www.forbes.com/sites/kashmi...
At PIT airport. Where’s my McMuffin?
January 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
At PIT airport. Where’s my McMuffin?
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A team in Exeter has developed a finger-prick test to classify long Covid into three types: weak antibody response, excess immune response, and unclear patterns.
Early results suggest it could guide tailored treatments, but larger trials are needed.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Early results suggest it could guide tailored treatments, but larger trials are needed.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Exeter firm excited over long Covid test breakthrough
The firm says for some people it can confirm the existence of long Covid and help treatment.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A team in Exeter has developed a finger-prick test to classify long Covid into three types: weak antibody response, excess immune response, and unclear patterns.
Early results suggest it could guide tailored treatments, but larger trials are needed.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Early results suggest it could guide tailored treatments, but larger trials are needed.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Soul Nebula captured from the south hills of Pittsburgh. Edge HD8 Hyperstar v3. L-enhance. Mosaic 2 x 33 x 60s
November 25, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The Soul Nebula captured from the south hills of Pittsburgh. Edge HD8 Hyperstar v3. L-enhance. Mosaic 2 x 33 x 60s