Jeb Boyt 🌮

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

I keep hearing this.

And, when I bring it up, too many people say “Problem? What problem?”

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 Years of Reflection and Action · Mobilize ## Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 Years of Reflection and Action Join us for a community gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...

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Austin Texas
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 Years of Reflection and Action
Sunday, August 10
3 – 4:30pm CDT
St. John's Episcopal Church
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Sir William Petty, wrote “Political Arithmetic” during the 1670s, published in 1690. New? His insistence that empirical data must be the foundation for policy-making. Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics goes against three and a half centuries of this practice #Skystorians

Raising them right

I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.

Daguerreotype image of the hand of fishing boat captain and slavery abolitionist Jonathan Walker showing the “SS” (for “Slave Stealer”) that the US Govt branded on his palm after he tried in 1844 to help runaway slaves in Florida find freedom in the West Indies (Massachusetts Historical Society) 🗃

Abbott wants Texas Dems to be removed from office for "abandoning" their voters for 10 days. Yet my Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5th & Abbott didn't call for a replacement election until November with an expect runoff in December. I'll go 10 months without representation. Weird, right?

New study: researchers looked at hospital visits after a coal plant was closed near Pittsburgh
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/

Also, there are many business situations where a company will not want someone wearing smart glasses to attend a meeting or tour.

WNBA sex toy controversy explained: Why are they being thrown on court at games? What to know about the sex toys being thrown onto the court at WNBA games, including the latest clues into why it keeps happening.

The misogyny and disrespect are the takeaways, regardless of the reasons for the people doing this.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

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"generate a map of the USA with each state named"

Really, it’s making anyone upset. Women are just a reliable target.

The best way to fight gerrymandering is to address the incentives that encourage it. @uncapthehouse.bsky.social

70) "The Purple Sedan" (WT Aug 1929) by Lois Lane

99% of the pleasure in reading this story is imagining Lois Lane from the Superman comics trying to write fiction.

58) "The Vengeance of Nitocris" (WT Aug 1928) Tennessee Williams

Williams' infamous entry in Weird Tales. While he would later become a big name in other circles, in WT terms he was a one-and-done weird taler.

BURP is reserved for Bogey Urth Roleplaying

npr Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration. Tom Dreisbach • August 07, 2025 05:00 AM EDT

“Valued member”

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How much of Gaza is left standing? Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction

“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...

I hope that the university is able to charge for such a sweeping, voluminous request and the time required to fulfill it.

Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords: "diversity and inclusion" "DEIA" "DEI" "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging" "DEIB" "gender identity" "racial preference" "ESG" "organizational equity" "intersectionality" "anti-racism" "critical race theory" "LGBTQ+" "transgender" "cisgender" "gender ideology" "white privilege" "privilege walk" "cultural humility" "equity audit" "restorative justice" "racial equity" "implicit bias" "microaggressions" "inclusive pedagogy" "identity-based oppression" "systems of oppression" "queer" "non-binary" "sexuality" “Trump” “fascist”

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

🧬 RFK Jr.’s dumb war on mRNA vaccines and America’s medical future A terrible decision with perhaps more terrible decisions to come

.. mRNA “is a clear case study in how the American system of innovation .. can solve massive challenges. Yet the political climate is now so infected .. that the very technologies that saved lives are being defunded and defamed.”

@jamespethokoukis.bsky.social
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S&P: “.. US corporate bankruptcies in July reached their highest monthly volume since 2020.

“.. Year-to-date bankruptcy filings totaled 446 through the end of July, the most for this seven-month period since 2010.” 👀

A dedicated follower of fashion

NPR is offering $8M in "fee relief" to stations that relied on federal funding for 10%+ of their budgets and negotiating to take over music rights management (Scott Nover/Washington Post)

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But, it’s a historic parking lot