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One day we will think about the fact that we don't filter indoor air the same way we react to this.

#pwME #LongCovidME please help Rob Wüst with establishing a clincial definition of #PEM.
"= Minimum age of 18 years
= Physician-confirmed diagnosis of ME/CFS
= Ability to read and answer the questionnaire in German or English
= Voluntary consent to participate"
www.soscisurvey.de/V-PEM-AQ_eng...

Cross post:

I really didn’t want to do this, but I’m in a tough spot. I don’t know when my next build is going to be and I need help. (1/2)

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

In the past day, Nukit posted this interesting update about the Torch2 design...

"...Not only is 50mW of defused (wide) UV light more effective than 50mW of focused (narrow) UV light at activating bioaerosols in a room, reflectors are lossy..."

OP: x.com/NukitToBeSur...

Save Geology at the University of Leicester Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure

Please show your support by signing the below!

c.org/KtYyZB8dHk

How to travel on a budget Flight-free travel doesn't have to be more expensive. We take a look at how to keep the cost down when it comes to travelling overland.

You can travel Europe on a budget without hopping on a plane: cheap coach routes, £50 rail-and-sail tickets, low-fare Eurostar options, even sleeper trains that save you a hotel night. flightfree.co.uk/post/how-to-...

#EuropeTravel
#RailEurope
#Interrail

Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds | A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely

NEW: A study from @biology.ox.ac.uk has found kissing first evolved around 21 million years ago in the common ancestor of humans and other great apes – and even Neanderthals probably kissed too.

The research also suggests that humans and Neanderthals likely kissed each other.

#Medsky🧪#IDsky #neurosky #immunosky #Publichealth This study shows that certain blood parameters can help differentiate #Longcovid from #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis/ChronicFatigueSyndrome (ME/CFS) & #Fibromyalgia (FM).
@brainbehavimm.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.

Of course the NYT erases and minimizes Alice.
She was never a teller of comfortable fictions for the elite.

Right beloveds we had so little uptake of this that I’ve extended the deadline indefinitely — if you’re someone who loves sales and marketing and wants to work for my small but mighty disabled-majority social enterprise, please apply!

Looks very impressive!

The Torch 2 injection molds are being made. This is the last 3D printed working model. There are just a few fiddly bits on the PCB we are finalizing.

Smol lady hands so hard to tell scale- it's a little chunky at 188mm x 60mm x 60mm but still much smaller than the original Torch kit.

Most people contract COVID-19 after inhaling SARSCoV2 virus in surrounding air. @ukhadds.bsky.social @chemistryworld.com
👉Note: critical importance of ventilation and maintaining low CO2 concentrations in indoor environments for mitigating disease transmission.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/elevate...

RIP @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. Your fierce advocacy and powerful legacy will never be forgotten, and we won't stop fighting for everything you championed.🙏😔

Disability Visibility Project "Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"

If you're just stumbling across everyone's posts about Alice Wong ( @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ) today, she was an active writer and editor, in addition to her work as a disability visibility advocate with disabilityvisibilityproject.com

The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.

I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.

May we live up to her example.

(so you don't have to go to Instagram)

We've sent some stock by sea to the warehouses in US, UK, EU, Australia, and Canada (est. 35-50 days). But if you need it urgently, we can ship directly from our China facility by air.

Really hoping this can be helpful.(2/3)

AirFanta Personal Wearable Laminar Air Purifier The AirFanta Wear is a personal wearable air purifier. Worn around the neck, it delivers a stream of HEPA-filtered air directly to your breathing zone, creating a personal bubble of clean air. Third-p...

Hey everyone, I'm excited to share that AirFanta Wear is now live on air-fanta.com/products/air...
You'll find a thorough product breakdown and a detailed video I made explaining a lot of things about it. (1/3)

The Blast air purifier by Smart standing in a bright primary school classroom next to a window and shelving. Colourful student artwork and teaching materials are displayed around the room. The text reads “Clean air belongs in every classroom.”

When classrooms have cleaner air, children focus better, miss fewer days, and they breathe easier 🌿

We’re proud to deliver air filters to 200+ London schools through the @london.gov.uk’s #SchoolFiltersProgramme with WSP UK, Mango Logistics & @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social.

👉 bit.ly/4oUeXma

Scientists finally reveal what’s behind long COVID’s mysterious brain fog Researchers in Japan have pinpointed a biological cause of Long COVID brain fog using advanced PET brain imaging. They discovered widespread increases in AMPA receptor density linked to cognitive impa...

(7-Oct) Researchers have pinpointed a biological cause of #LongCovid brain fog w/ advanced PET imaging; widespread increases in AMPA receptor density linked to cognitive impairment & inflammation; confirm brain fog as a measurable, biological condition. Hope!

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Harbin cranium looking from the front and side

Please boost community Fediscience!

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New evidence from China helps to clarify the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution

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Principal Components Analysis fails to recover phylogenetic structure in hominins Objectives Paleoanthropologists often utilize geometric morphometrics and principal components analysis (PCA) to interpret shape variation within the hominin fossil record. It is common practice to in...

Oops…“Principal components (PC) axes
identified by a PCA are not necessarily the most informative biologically. Nevertheless, paleoanthropologists frequently interpret proximity in PC space as indicative of morphological and thus evolutionary affinity or relatedness”

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time.

But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.

Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.

We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.

One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.

They could not be more different.

A key marketing/propaganda tactic relies on "the illusory truth effect." It's the tendency of humans to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure. It's another reason to be extremely discerning in one's inputs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusor...