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Rob Pastorok
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Keyboards and percussion with Global Heat band; agent with Global Artists Collective; Ecologist. Looking to spread good vibes through music and nature. https://www.globalartistscollective.com
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Yes… yes… yes.
tjalamont.bsky.social Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · Jan 11
🧵 I live in Los Angeles. We have not had to evacuate and are safe, but like many people here, I have friends who have lost everything. I realize I can't combat the firehose (see what I did there?) of bullshit spewing about this disaster from internet and media sources, but I'll say this:
A phone picture looking at an apartment building with a few palm trees in front of it, near dusk. The sky is still blue, but looming behind the building in the distance is an enormous cloud of smoke from the Palisades Fire near Los Angeles. The smoke is stained orange from the sun behind it.
January 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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drseanmullen.bsky.social
LA friends: The air quality is terrible right now, and it’s taking a toll on everyone. If you’re in the smoke-filled areas, please take advantage of these options to protect your lungs and health. Let’s work together to protect our community. 🧵 👇
January 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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kgandersen.bsky.social
A very good article from @cohenjon.bsky.social with lots of hard-hitting quotes, including:

“Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.”

… from Van Kerkhove. Spot on.

www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Dec 28
In our book Calling Bullshit, we suggest that if something seems too good or too bad to be true, it probably is.

This post definitely seems too bad to be true.

We also teach Fermi estimation, which I thought would reveal an order of magnitude error.

But no—it’s absolutely correct.
Mike Klonsky @mikeklonsky According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
December 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
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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“Careers of scientists advance when they improve upon, or show the errors in, the work of others, not by simply agreeing with prior work.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science is neither red nor blue
Long before the 5 November US presidential election, I had become ever more concerned that science has fallen victim to the same political divisiveness tearing at the seams of American society. This i...
www.science.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Very close to deleting my account on X… it will be a good feeling!
November 16, 2024 at 3:59 AM