Dani
danivass.bsky.social
Dani
@danivass.bsky.social
I’m here to hang with the cool kids!
Former nurse, hair artist, feminist. #woolfer
Interested in science,art and politics.
Love dance, tennis and the beach.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against dementia. 🧪🧵⬇️
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We’re with you Greenland !
🇬🇱🇨🇦
March 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This is the way.
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.

Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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More details on this shockingly sloppy episode.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Denying germ theory for which the evidence is overwhelming, just to promote pseudobelieves and your antivax ideas. It means in the next years the amount of dcience and medical nonsense promoted will be even worse than it is already, coming from the US government. 😖

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Meet your new chief of health
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrWilsonDebunks Contact me directly with questions and comments: Email: [email protected] Research used in the video: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8483622/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4823017/pdf/nihms773022.pdf https://www.encephalitis.info
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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The most fitting end to a day in which the regime just curbstomped our outbreak response capacity: an H5N1 patient in a hospital that’s also presumably full of seasonal flu patients.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Wyoming identifies first human case of bird flu
The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making it the third confirmed instance of hospitalization related to the infection in the United States.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Devastating Impact of Trump 2.0 on U.S. Farmers
The fallout begins...
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Note and bookmark!
February 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you Mr Chrétien!
You were one of our favourite leaders and appreciate your tremendous contribution to our great country of Canada 🇨🇦
We stay proud, strong and united, will not let you down 💝

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An important idea for dealing with Trump, from north of the border
Friends,
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The Trump regime wants to “protect women” from pronouns in bio but not from cancer
February 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
February 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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So, not COVID related BUT, this is REALLY exciting news. Phase I/II data shows Moderna’s Norovirus vaccine candidate mRNA-1403, has shown early signs of efficacy AND elicited robust serum HBGA-blocking antibody responses against ALL THREE NoV genotypes. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...
Institut Pasteur decides to leave X
The Institut Pasteur, a research organization which for more than 130 years has been committed to tackling infectious diseases, sharing knowledge and defending science, has decided to leave X because ...
www.pasteur.fr
January 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Carefully watching a powerful low approach the NW tip of Vancouver Island pre-dawn Christmas Eve. A low inside 130°W with this pressure normally spells pretty big trouble with power outages and damage for Vancouver Island. #BCStorm
December 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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My frequent collaborator @jevinwest.bsky.social worked with an exceptional team to develop an NRC report on the challenges of misinformation about science.

That report is now available for free today.

nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2789...
Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
nap.nationalacademies.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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If only all public health professionals had as much courage and integrity as former FDA commissioner @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social He refuses to normalize or accept the destruction of American public health. I stand with him in solidarity and gratitude.
November 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM