@codenamepolaris.bsky.social
I’m pretty quiet on here, so adjust your expectations
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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A recent scientific paper explored the impact of mass SARS-CoV-2 infections on Lymphocytes (crucial to the body’s immune system).
I noticed the authors had shared the data behind their charts in the Appendix Supplementary materials, so I built a quick dataviz project to explore.
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I noticed the authors had shared the data behind their charts in the Appendix Supplementary materials, so I built a quick dataviz project to explore.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A recent scientific paper explored the impact of mass SARS-CoV-2 infections on Lymphocytes (crucial to the body’s immune system).
I noticed the authors had shared the data behind their charts in the Appendix Supplementary materials, so I built a quick dataviz project to explore.
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I noticed the authors had shared the data behind their charts in the Appendix Supplementary materials, so I built a quick dataviz project to explore.
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Grateful to Hannah Murphy at the FT for covering the Network State movement. Quotes from yours truly. Shoutout @shanley.com for the assist and doggedly pushing this story. www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Grateful to Hannah Murphy at the FT for covering the Network State movement. Quotes from yours truly. Shoutout @shanley.com for the assist and doggedly pushing this story. www.ft.com/content/b127...
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause
Advantage held even after removing coronavirus-related deaths from the mix
medpagetoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
"After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot."
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New COVID vax formula produces antibodies nearly 3X longer www.futurity.org/new-covid-va... via @FuturityNews
New COVID vax formula produces antibodies nearly 3X longer
New research points the way toward even more effective vaccine formulations against future strains of the virus that causes COVID-19.
www.futurity.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New COVID vax formula produces antibodies nearly 3X longer www.futurity.org/new-covid-va... via @FuturityNews
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This is an abject failure of public health. And it's tearing society apart.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is an abject failure of public health. And it's tearing society apart.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
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Newsroom: 'Long Covid’s long reach'
'In the new year, we’ll be launching our guide for GPs to help with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of Long Covid'
'The easiest way to prevent...stay home when sick, and for government to increase paid leave'
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/07/l...
'In the new year, we’ll be launching our guide for GPs to help with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of Long Covid'
'The easiest way to prevent...stay home when sick, and for government to increase paid leave'
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/07/l...
Long Covid's long reach
Comment from Victoria University: The easiest way to prevent others contracting Long Covid is to stay home when sick, and for govt to increase paid leave
newsroom.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Newsroom: 'Long Covid’s long reach'
'In the new year, we’ll be launching our guide for GPs to help with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of Long Covid'
'The easiest way to prevent...stay home when sick, and for government to increase paid leave'
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/07/l...
'In the new year, we’ll be launching our guide for GPs to help with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of Long Covid'
'The easiest way to prevent...stay home when sick, and for government to increase paid leave'
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/07/l...
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CDC wastewater reports: Nov 23, 2025 - Nov 29, 2025
🔥 AZ
🔴 IN, VT
🟠 AL, NE
🟡 CO, CT, IA, KS, ME, MI, MN, OH, OK, PA, SD, WV
🟢 AK, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, KY, LA, MD, MA, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
❔ ND, VI
🔥 AZ
🔴 IN, VT
🟠 AL, NE
🟡 CO, CT, IA, KS, ME, MI, MN, OH, OK, PA, SD, WV
🟢 AK, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, KY, LA, MD, MA, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
❔ ND, VI
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
CDC wastewater reports: Nov 23, 2025 - Nov 29, 2025
🔥 AZ
🔴 IN, VT
🟠 AL, NE
🟡 CO, CT, IA, KS, ME, MI, MN, OH, OK, PA, SD, WV
🟢 AK, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, KY, LA, MD, MA, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
❔ ND, VI
🔥 AZ
🔴 IN, VT
🟠 AL, NE
🟡 CO, CT, IA, KS, ME, MI, MN, OH, OK, PA, SD, WV
🟢 AK, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, KY, LA, MD, MA, MS, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
❔ ND, VI
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USPS subsidizes a *lot* of shipping in the united states and characterizing it in terms of profit and loss is fundamentally a bad faith exercise given how many of it’s benefits are truly universal in a way that not all federal agencies are
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
USPS subsidizes a *lot* of shipping in the united states and characterizing it in terms of profit and loss is fundamentally a bad faith exercise given how many of it’s benefits are truly universal in a way that not all federal agencies are
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Strange to see this framed as a rivalry when USPS is a not a profit-making operation and Amazon will almost certainly take a loss having to either cover final mile deliveries themselves or lose those customers.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Strange to see this framed as a rivalry when USPS is a not a profit-making operation and Amazon will almost certainly take a loss having to either cover final mile deliveries themselves or lose those customers.
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The Post Office is a service the government supplies to its citizens. Profit should not be the metric that is used to evaluate it. We do not ask police forces to turn a profit, even though there exist private security firms.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Post Office is a service the government supplies to its citizens. Profit should not be the metric that is used to evaluate it. We do not ask police forces to turn a profit, even though there exist private security firms.
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An American journalist helped facilitate RFK Jr's ingratiation into Trump's world and kept secret disqualifying information on him that could have kept him out of major policy, which impacts millions of people.
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
An American journalist helped facilitate RFK Jr's ingratiation into Trump's world and kept secret disqualifying information on him that could have kept him out of major policy, which impacts millions of people.
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SpaceX has tried to make its satellites less reflective. But business pressures push in the opposite direction
Surging satellite numbers threaten to dazzle even space telescopes
Low-flying satellites can ruin astronomical observations
econ.st
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
SpaceX has tried to make its satellites less reflective. But business pressures push in the opposite direction
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New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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“Women’s health is still equated with reproduction.”
Women deserve equitable care across their lifespan, not just for reproduction.
Women deserve equitable care across their lifespan, not just for reproduction.
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows.
Misdiagnoses. Blind spots. Worse outcomes for things we know how to treat.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Women’s health is still equated with reproduction.”
Women deserve equitable care across their lifespan, not just for reproduction.
Women deserve equitable care across their lifespan, not just for reproduction.
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This has been going on since 2020, since I started campaigning for vaccines and clean air. These bots shaped the narrative on COVID. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-1...
COVID-19 Masking: Hundreds of Thousands of Russian Social Media Bots Have Tricked the Public | Infection Control Today
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, discusses how Russian bots have tried to convince the United States public that masking is unnecessary. What do the latest studies say?
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This has been going on since 2020, since I started campaigning for vaccines and clean air. These bots shaped the narrative on COVID. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-1...
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NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It - Bolts
It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Carolina. He’s lined up to... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW: North Carolina prison officials, this summer, raised the price of items that incarcerated people can buy.
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
The prices are already way marked-up; & incarcerated people make a tiny fraction of minimum wage if they work.
An incarcerated reporter explains what's happening, & why it matters:
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Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
Grizzly hunting won’t reduce attacks, experts say | The Narwhal
After recent attacks in B.C. and Alberta, some are calling to re-open the grizzly hunt — but experts say there’s no evidence it would reduce conflicts
thenarwhal.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
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Blue states have repeatedly tried to rein in CPCs. But as faith-based organizations, pregnancy centers have a powerful shield—the First Amendment.
This confusing Supreme Court case could reshape oversight of crisis pregnancy centers
New Jersey's broad subpoena against an anti-abortion chain has made for some strange bedfellows.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Blue states have repeatedly tried to rein in CPCs. But as faith-based organizations, pregnancy centers have a powerful shield—the First Amendment.
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🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
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"Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing."
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing."
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
But the Trump administration cut the money (granted to pursue the research), claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
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As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor
www.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...