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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2h

Even worse if they are driving humongous vehicles.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2h

The best is when you are halfway across and they think ‘well, now I can go,’ charge at you, and drive through a couple feet away from you.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 8h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 1d

Core childhood memory (Berks kid).

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Vox @vox.com · 2d

Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership that does more than any other organization to get vaccines to people in poor countries — reported that its vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million people in 2024. That’s 400,000 more lives saved than in 2023.

2024 was a record-setting year for lifesaving vaccines

Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries

www.vox.com

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

Got it. No dinosaurs on their pages.

Screenshot of a retro looking page says Cleveland welcome to classic auto group

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

They’re big and scary and stompy, like the cars? I kind of want to track down who posted it and call them.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t even notice! Nothing in the study about dinosaurs.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

A German study, but likely applicable.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Car careers: A socio-psychological evaluation of aspirational automobile ownership

There is a general consensus that private car ownership is a significant barrier to transport system change, specifically in regard to injuries, space…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 2d

“Larger cars are driven disproportionally more often by voters of the conservative, liberal, and far-right parties, who oppose speed limits, block science-based legislation, question climate change, or reject limitations to the automobile system. “

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 3d

They also unlawfully fired federal workers in the spring.

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Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 3d

Really interesting video by @tibees.bsky.social. Exam really about critical thinking & how Sagan thought this was key to unlock humanity's potential. Quote from his book "The Demon Haunted World" at around 15.30 shows tremendous prescience of the West's current descent to "superstition & darkness"🧪⚛️

The Controversial Exam Carl Sagan Gave His Students

YouTube video by Tibees

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

Dairy, too.

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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 8d

Couple key points here opaque to me. Takeaway, however:

"The same genetic changes that shaped human intelligence and creativity also contributed to neurodiversity. Autism can therefore be seen as an intrinsic byproduct of human brain evolution rather than a disorder alone."

#Autism
#Neurodiversity

Profolus @profolus.com · 9d

KONSYSE: Why is autism more common in humans than in other primates? A groundbreaking study notes that the evolution of human brain came at a cost. Genetic changes enabling higher cognition also raised vulnerability to autism.

Neuron Evolution Study Suggests Autism Is Rooted in Human Cognitive Advancements — Konsyse

A Stanford study revealed that rapid evolution of abundant cortical neurons in humans led to down regulation of autism related genes.

www.konsyse.com

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

Oversized vehicles are a contributing factor to slowed traffic. It makes sense. They take up way more road.

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Dr. Cornelia Schneider @drconnys.bsky.social · 4d

@joanbaxter.bsky.social wrote about this about a year ago in the @halifaxexaminer.ca
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

Oversized pickups and SUVs: the new kings of the roads are dangerous, threatening lives and our living environments (Part 1) - Halifax Examiner

In 2023, for every regular passenger car sold in Canada, six trucks – primarily larger pickups, SUVs, and vans - were sold. The same is true in Nova Scotia.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 4d

Autobesity. Somebody taught me this term, and it’s a good one. Memorable.

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 6d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 5d

Ostentation was not Frank’s jam.

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 5d

Tasteful theft. I don’t even like cars much, but that’s pretty cute.

Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 6d

This reminds me of the “government agency comms people didn’t do a good enough job telling people about all the wins” crap. Despite millions of people using the websites, calling and writing for help and so forth. Media mentions galore every day. Etc

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Stacy Lu @moxieluhu.bsky.social · 6d

I also thought you did not have to open your door without seeing a signed warrant from a Federal judge; does that not apply to renters?