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Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city on Wednesday.

Today is Hiroshima Day, also my birthday.

On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, mayor Kazumi Matsui urged younger generations to recognize that military buildups could cause “utterly inhumane” consequences for their future.

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Literally millions will die because of the shuttering of USAID (for all of its faults). Millions more will die (versus the policy status quo) if we undermine progress in creating new mRNA vaccines, which could save us during the next pandemic and much more.

RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections.

Those mRNA vaccine programs that RFK Jr. is killing because he claims they don't work?
The people who invented them got the f***ing Nobel Prize.
And they've saved literally millions of lives already.

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The food is just outside the border. But getting it to Gaza's starving is a chaotic process. Israel controls almost every part of an aid distribution process plagued by bureaucracy, deadly attacks on civilians seeking food and a bombing campaign that has escalated civil disorder.

Why do I post so often about famine in Gaza? 1st, it's horrific that Palestinians are deliberately deprived of food when thousands of aid trucks loaded with lifesaving food, water & medical supplies are lined up outside Gaza.

2nd, my father was starved as a child.

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Gaza's brutal food aid 'Olympics': Leaked videos show chaos at food distribution hubs ***

Videos make clear that anyone who manages to get to the food [distributed by GHF] are almost exclusively young men. Those who need food the most–young children, nursing mothers, the sick and the elderly–barely manage to obtain it.

Gaza's Brutal "Food Aid Olympics"

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L'angoisse!

What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.

American tax payers are paying nearly $1 billion for this plane to sit at Trump’s nonexistent library.

Text reads: “Deaths from viral hepatitis-related causes are increasing. 2019: 1.1 million deaths 2022: 1.3 million death

Today is World #Hepatitis Day.

Did you know❓ Hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with hepatitis B and C claiming 3 500 lives every day.

Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones 👉 bit.ly/hepatitis2025

#Cholera crisis: A call for integrated health strategies - Despite implementation of global health strategies, cholera deaths continue to rise, highlighting the sobering realization that vaccines alone cannot stem the tide @plos.org file///C:/Users/t...

This is serious. Very serious.

Opinion: Gutting humanities signals the end of innovation in business and STEM Lose the humanities, and you lose the very ground of science and business that depend on it.

"without my humanities leanings and studies, I would not have been a very good scientist. My humanities classes were a master class in creativity, envisioning new futures and how to think." bit.ly/4of8P8D

RFK Jr. plans to fire advisory task force that determines which cancer screenings to recommend because they’re “too woke”

Holy shit we’re legitimately at “some cancer screenings are too woke.”

Just to reiterate, the FDA director claimed to *personally* know of *multiple* people who died from mRNA COVID vaccines, and nobody has asked him anything else about that. These cases have never been reported in neither the medical and scientific records, nor literal death records.

Bike theft is a major issue right now.

I used to shrug it off bc the only bike theft I’d experienced before this year was an unlocked bike taken from our yard 10+ years ago.

What’s happening in Mpls right now is next level, w/ break ins to locked garages, secure apartment storage areas, etc.

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EU budget plan would deal ‘devastating blow’ to nature Biodiversity restoration is no longer ring-fenced in the EU budget. Campaigners fear that means green funds will flow to industrial programs.

Under the European Commission's plans for a new budget structure, biodiversity goals have no earmarked funding, sparking warnings that biodiversity will be sidelined in favour of industrial priorities that may be presented as green investments.

#BookSky

A group of illustrated people standing in a group singing together. "Together our voices are strong."

Activism is like a choir. Together we can hold a note much longer than any single person because when someone needs a break, the others keep singing. It's ok to take a break and focus on self care when you need it! We'll still be here, singing our collective song to #EndTB

Integrated Water Balance, Streamflow and Quality Model for Holistic Determination of Security of Water Supply and Ecological Flow Requirements at a West African Mineral Sands Mine - IMWA2025_Palmer_751.pdf www.imwa.info/docs/imwa_20...

Barriers to effective usage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNS) among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: a national cross-sectional survey - Malaria Journal Background Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in Tanzania, with women of reproductive age particularly vulnerable to its effects. Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are a prov...

Barriers to effective usage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNS) among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: a national cross-sectional survey. is influenced by education level, geographic location, marital status | #Malaria Journal malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Assessment of Improved Water and Sanitation Facilities in the Volta Region; Evidence From Ghana Demographic Health Survey 2022 There are improved toilet facilities however, efforts are needed to provide universal access to clean drinking water to achieve SDG 6 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Study on the Impact of Solar Chimneys on Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Portable Toilets Study on the Impact of Solar Chimneys on Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Portable Toilets - e3sconf_icemee2025_01021.pdf www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3s...

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @rcpedin.bsky.social has launched a digitised and transcribed collection of 18th century case notes of Edinburgh Public Dispensary. Over 10,000 pages of records offering details of the diseases, treatments and experiences of patients in 1700s.
#histmed

Sewage tertiary treatment: Bacterial-algal symbiosis promotes nutrient removal and biofilm stabilization A bacterial-algal biofilm system is an advanced approach for municipal wastewater treatment due to the advantages of energy consumption, biomass produ…

#Sewage tertiary treatment: #Bacterial-algal symbiosis promotes nutrient removal and biofilm stabilization - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First detection and entomological characterisation of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in sympatry with other vectors in Gayi Southern Niger Republic - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - First detection and entomological characterisation of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in sympatry with other vectors in Gayi Southern Niger Republic

The invasive #malaria vector Anopheles stephensi has now been detected in another African country - Niger

Niger already has a high burden, ranking 3rd globally in malaria deaths. An stephensi was found at one site near Nigerian border. Wider surveillance warranted

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Hydrology Paper of the Day @akgrewal.bsky.social @seankcarey.bsky.social on 10 catchments in Yukon Territory and linkages between permafrost processes and stream chemistry: a geography of concentration–discharge relationships; landscape-scale drivers; seasonality; and soil organic matter.

Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...

The GOP is trying to kill the Keeling Curve, the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences.

Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.

A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like. https://n.pr/4nl2x6K

Ukraine war briefing: Washington downplays halt of some weapons shipments as Kyiv calls in US ambassador Ukraine warns that any cut-off will ‘only encourage the aggressor’ while Pentagon spokesperson says Donald Trump still has ‘robust options’ for military aid to Ukraine. What we know on day 1,226

Ukraine war briefing: Washington downplays halt of some weapons shipments as Kyiv calls in US ambassador

Risk assessment and classification of reusability of backwash water from drinking water treatment plants Water shortages are a substantial challenge for human development worldwide. Drinking water treatment plants consume water resources during the water …

Risk assessment and classification of reusability of backwash water from drinking water treatment plants - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #waterReuse #WaSH