Martha Camacho Rodriguez

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WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH

What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

Wired and Rolling Stone are doing some of the best reporting of the coup.

Rosebank oilfield decision ruled unlawful by Edinburgh court Court of session said UK government go-ahead for Rosebank and Jackdaw permits did not take into account carbon emissions

Breaking: Uplift welcomes a very sensible decision from the Court of Session invalidating the decision to approve the Rosebank oil field. Rosebank is a disaster for the climate & will do next to nothing to create the prosperity & stability that the UK needs.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.’”
Kurt Vonnegut
Timequake (1997)

A mechanism for why durable weight loss is so difficult: epigenetic memory of fat cells
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Do ‘blue zones,’ supposed havens of longevity, rest on shaky science? Critics say extraordinary life spans reflect faulty record keeping, not healthy lifestyles

There's really no such things as "blue zones" for longevity
www.science.org/content/arti... open-access

Accompanying editorial
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"During the COVID-19 pandemic, historically marginalised populations experienced the highest mortality rates and horrific losses in life expectancy."

What Can 11,000 Proteins In Our Blood Tell Us? The beginnings of a quiet revolution in high-throughput proteomics and A.I.

More on this here
erictopol.substack.com/p/what-can-1...

#goal