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Last year's flu season was brutal-280 kids died. That came amid a drop in flu vax rates among vulnerable groups. Convincing people to get the flu shot has always been hard-under RFK, doctors' job got much tougher. Anyway: it's October, get your flu shot! My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):
This Flu Season Doesn’t Have to Be as Deadly as the Last
Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100...
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Nog season is here.
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Make America Great Again.
Tax. The. Rich
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In another life, I’d be a historical climatologist.
Winter is coming…. I hope.
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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 1d
❄️ LET'S GO SNOW! On this date in 1979, a freak storm brought up to 4" in DC's colder suburbs. Schools were dismissed early, thousands lost power. Today's the 46-year anniversary of that event & it was the coldest morning of the season so far...w/ lows in 30s/40s. Winter is coming.

More at cwg.live
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❄️ LET'S GO SNOW! On this date in 1979, a freak storm brought up to 4" in DC's colder suburbs. Schools were dismissed early, thousands lost power. Today's the 46-year anniversary of that event & it was the coldest morning of the season so far...w/ lows in 30s/40s. Winter is coming.

More at cwg.live
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More ‘news’ like this.
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Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager traveled through some of the world's most populated cities and most remote villages. n.pr/48qi2FG
From remote islands to the DMZ, an intrepid teen hits 118 countries before turning 20
Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager traveled through some of the world's most populated cities and most remote villages.
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Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager traveled through some of the world's most populated cities and most remote villages. n.pr/48qi2FG
From remote islands to the DMZ, an intrepid teen hits 118 countries before turning 20
Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager traveled through some of the world's most populated cities and most remote villages.
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I don’t care for coffee.
But I thoroughly enjoy watching people parallel park.

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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Pens Wins 🐧

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Reminds me of the Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com episode (2014) million ways to die.
Where’s that healthcare?
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This story was inspired by a conversation with a fossil fuel exec in Paris a few days after the big outage in Spain. He blamed too much renewable energy as the cause.

Was that really it? Turns out: No.

@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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by Michael J. Allen

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Good morning to everyone but the New York Yankees.

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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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Car brain.
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🎃 Fall-mode pink cat 🎃 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 4d
Carbrain at its worst.

-Girl crosses at MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
-Driver runs into her
-Driver gets out of the car and proceeds to blame 17 year old girl for getting hit DESPITE BEING EXACTLY WHERE SHE NEEDED TO BE AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE PRIORITY AT MARKED CROSSINGS
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 4d
Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Anne Arundel County will formally apologize for its role in slavery
Anne Arundel County will formally apologize for its role in slavery
Anne Arundel County will issue a public apology for its role in instituting and supporting slavery. For the county executive, the direct descendant of people who enslaved others, it’s personal.
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But do you remember that time Obama wore a brown suit?
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 3d
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“My children’s health insurance will double…
and my constituents…”
is an odd hill to die on but here we are….

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Carbrain at its worst.

-Girl crosses at MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
-Driver runs into her
-Driver gets out of the car and proceeds to blame 17 year old girl for getting hit DESPITE BEING EXACTLY WHERE SHE NEEDED TO BE AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE PRIORITY AT MARKED CROSSINGS
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 4d
Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.
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When the rich rob the poor, it’s called business.

When the poor fight back, it’s called violence.
a picture of yoda with the words may the wisdom be with you below him
ALT: a picture of yoda with the words may the wisdom be with you below him
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The great 2024/2025 September cooling trend. - Christy et al. (probably)
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 4d
Here is the time series.
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Here is the time series.
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Flowers cover Chile's Atacama Desert in spring.

The Atacama Desert, in northern Chile, is covered in colourful flowers. The phenomenon, known as the 'flowering desert,' occurs in certain years when rainfall and temperatures coincide, awakening the desert's dormant seeds
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Blue Jays.
That is all.
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No Eagles fan, but replay assist is garbage.
Either get the call right, allow coaches to throw the flag, or don’t.
Magically and randomly relying on an upstairs perspective is a shotty job.
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Maybe the Ravens are actually worse than I thought… sad (not).
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Are you a deaf person (18+ in the USA), who has lived through a disaster?

I'm conducting research interviews, and want to learn from you - your story is important!

Interested? Fill out the eligibility form at: gu.live/WJfeC

More information can be found in the attached flyer.
Flyer and QR code, which includes the following text: Join a Research Study on Disaster Preparedness & Deaf People! Are you a deaf person who has lived through a disaster? Your story is important! We want to learn from you! Who Can Participate? Deaf people 18+ who have experienced disaster - natural, or human-made What’s Involved? Share your experiences in one Zoom recorded interview, about 45 minutes Why Join? Your experience can help us improve disaster responses! You will receive a $25 gift card for your time. Interested? Fill out the eligibility form at: https://gu.live/WJfeC or use the QR code to the right for the link! Email the researcher, Sean Maiwald at Sean.maiwald@gallaudet.edu Concerns? Contact Gallaudet University’s Institutional Review Board at IRB@Gallaudet.edu for study #IRB-FY25-114.
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Day 3 Federal shutdown.
Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD.

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As heat-related deaths and catastrophic floods disrupt lives across the state, it's clear the climate crisis has arrived, demanding urgent, systemic solutions, writes Jon Gorman. One good step would be overriding Gov. Wes Moore's RENEW Act veto.
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After another brutal summer, climate solutions must come first - Maryland Matters
As heat-related deaths and catastrophic floods disrupt lives across the state, it's clear the climate crisis has arrived, demanding urgent, systemic solutions, writes Jon Gorman. One good step would b...
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