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Attend our upcoming Kickoff and Public Input Session and share your thoughts on how CDPH can better support climate and health work over the next 5-7 years.

📆 February 25th, 2026

⏰ 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UTyTDwcYROSGpIm18c2ufw#/registration

This was the final nudge I needed to make the switch. Thanks!

Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General

No President and no administration is above our country’s Constitution, and no one in this country is without rights. 

Support your community by staying peaceful and prepared. Report federal agent misconduct to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

Governor Newsom meets with World Health Organization Director-General, announces California becomes first state to join WHO-coordinated international network | Governor of California

"As Trump withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization, California has become the first and only state to join a WHO-coordinated global outbreak response network — strengthening rapid detection and response to emerging public health threats." #ILoveCalifornia
www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/23/g...

Various pictures of products containing Kratom or 7-OH. “CDPH reminds the public to avoid Kratom and 7-OH products”

CDPH, @CA_ABC & @cdtfa are reminding consumers that foods and other products with kratom & 7-OH may lead to addiction, overdose and death. Despite their wide availability, these products cannot be sold for consumption online or in stores.

More info www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA... 1/3

Person with a bandage on their upper arm smiling, promoting flu vaccination in a campaign by CDPH. Text reads: CDPH Urges Vaccination and Timely Treatment as Influenza Cases Rise.

Flu cases and hospitalizations are increasing statewide as a newly detected influenza A strain (H3N2 subclade K) circulates in California.

CDPH reports the second pediatric flu-associated fatality this season.

More info: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA... [1/4]

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

I should have known there was a way to do this, instead of workarounds. What a time saver, thanks!

I learn something new every time with @ivelasq3.bsky.social , or finally understand something that has eluded me. In this case, #Quarto + knitr::knit_child() + params. I can’t find the recording to follow the demos but the slides alone will get you there. Thanks for sharing! #rstats

So many great Quarto demos from @ivelasq3.bsky.social that I can’t implement…

@posit.co , please consider bundling #Quarto with future Posit Connect [Enterprise], instead of separate plug-in install. #rstats

Maybe didn't need ellmer and gander but can't tell at this point. I am still interested in related demos.

Works now, that I can provide file context after: 1) Set up #positron Assistant (positron.posit.co/assistant.html); 2) installed and loaded shinychat, ellmer, gander; 3) started with @shiny in chat.
ATM, I prefer ChatGPT-5 for #rstats / #rshiny code, but this requires Claude and is convenient.

@posit.co , I have installed extension, set up Claude, and entered @shiny into Positron Assistant. How can I have it “read” my loaded data frame and existing files in app/ (.R, www/, etc.) for design prompts? Do I also use gander ?

Any recommended demos -video or blog- on using #positron Assistant to develop #rshiny app based on data loaded in #rstats environment and other files in my project folder (e.g., global.R)? I’ve found pieces from @posit.co, but still not sure how to put it all together. Thanks!

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!

Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!

wclivestream.com

Climate Change and Coccidioidomycosis This JAMA Insights discusses the increased risk of coccidioidomycosis due to climate change and the importance of clinicians, patients, and health systems being educated about the disease to ensure accurate identification and optimal care for patients.

This communication serves as a "be on the lookout" for clinicians in Southwestern U.S. & beyond, given already considerable (& historically underestimated) disease burden, which will likely increase further due to climate change (and perhaps already has). jamanetwork.com/jour...

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

@cararthompson.bsky.social and/or @nrennie.bsky.social ?