Parri

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I’m going for a PhD.
Left coast, left handed, leftist boomer.
Likes philosophy, psychology, nature of consciousness, archeology, anthropology, quantum physics, science, yoga, every Star Trek iteration, cats.

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✨NEW✨ FDA Updates Advice to Manufacturers of COVID-19 Vaccines (2024-2025 Formula): If Feasible Use KP.2 Strain of JN.1-Lineage buff.ly/3KEBeCt This makes more sense. 🩺😷🛟🧪 #Episky

Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Use in the United States Beginning in Fabuff.ly FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) met on June 5, 2024, to discuss and make recommendations on the selection of the 2024-2025 Formula for COVID-19 vaccines for ...

I thought all I had to “worry” about were viruses 🧪😷

The plastics we breathewapo.st Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics. See how tiny and dangerously invasive they can be.

“None of us want to admit that our most cherished political opinions may be largely a function of our position in society and the associated social pressures, not the end result of a process of intellectual, moral or spiritual inquiry.”

Opinion | When It Comes to Politics, Are Any of Us Really Thinking for Ourselves?www.nytimes.com Demography often determines what you believe.

“our impacts have less to do with being human and more to do with ways of being human.” Um, thinking the Venn diagram here is just one circle…

Opinion | Scientists Just Gave Humanity an Overdue Reality Check. The World Will Be Better for It.www.nytimes.com Geologists just rejected a label for our troubled times. Good.

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✨Check out this week's COVID & More newsletter! In this issue ❤️‍🩹#LongCovidAwarenessDay was March 15 🤔What is KP.2? 💉COVID vaccine reduces blood clots, heart attacks and strokes in huge study ♀️ 20 yr study of taking Calcium + Vit D and much more! drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news... 🩺😷🛟👩‍🔬 #Episky

COVID news & more, 3/16/24drruth.substack.com This week, March 11 marked four years since the WHO declared a global pandemic for COVID. Remember the run on toilet paper and cleaning supplies? We have come a long way since then, but COVID is still...

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🩺 Great article by Ziyad Al-Aly about Covid’s effects on the brain affecting cognition, memory, attention, IQ, ect. #Sars-CoV-2 #covid #long-covid

Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scorestheconversation.com Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.

Proof the world is ending:

Hershey is sued for selling Reese’s Peanut Butter cups without ‘cute pumpkin faces’ | CNN Busi...www.cnn.com Cynthia Kelly thought she was buying Halloween-themed Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins with a “cute” carving of a pumpkin’s mouth and eyes, as pictured on the product’s packaging.

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Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases risewww.washingtonpost.com Meta acknowledged that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms.

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Oh holy fuck what the hell. This is fucking horrifying. 1 in 3 folks in the US will likely get covid in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day and likely ~100 million people total.

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This is excellent news: “A growing consensus is emerging that receiving multiple doses of the COVID vaccine before an initial infection can dramatically reduce the risk of long-term symptoms.”

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Riskwww.scientificamerican.com Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms

Read this and weep. Or laugh. EpiSky

Florida State Surgeon General Calls for Halt in the Use of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinescontent.govdelivery.com

Read this and weep—or laugh. Or cry…better yet, vote in Nov. “DNA integration poses a unique and elevated risk to human health and to the integrity of the human genome, including the risk that DNA integrated into sperm or egg gametes could be passed onto offspring of mRNA COVID-19 recipients.”

Florida State Surgeon General Calls for Halt in the Use of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinescontent.govdelivery.com

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Also read their safety concerns about “negative effectiveness”! 😑 “Based on the high rate of global immunity and currently available data, the State Surgeon General recommends against the COVID-19 booster for individuals under 65.”

Provider Alert: Florida State Surgeon General Issues New Guidance for Recently Approved COVID-19 Boo...content.govdelivery.com

#socialpsyc

Climate Change Is Keeping Therapists Up at Nightwww.nytimes.com How anxiety about the planet’s future is transforming the practice of psychotherapy.

“While lions have been nicknamed the king of beasts, the videos show that for wild mammals on the savanna — from tiny antelopes to massive elephants — the scariest, most lethal predator of all is us.”

Watch How Animals React to the Scariest Sound on the Savannawww.nytimes.com When confronted with recordings of human voices, 19 species fled instantly, while they were less frightened by lion sounds and other potentially threatening recordings.

4.7 earthquake. 🫤 they seem to be coming more frequently in the past year. Also: why is it helpful to get the message on your phone to drop and cover right after the shaking stops?

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Only about 1 in 4 American adults definitely wants the updated Covid-19 vaccine, new survey finds | ...www.cnn.com When it comes to getting the updated Covid-19 vaccines this year, only about 1 in 4 American adults say they definitely plan to get the shot, according to new survey findings from the nonprofit health...

What you don’t want to see when you open the Next Door app: “Massive seabird die off at local beaches.”

Louis Wain - Cats Nightmare (1907)

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No words: From FL Dept. of Health: Governor DeSantis Hosts Discussion About COVID Boosters with State Surgeon General and Health Experts During the discussion, State Surgeon General…announces that Florida will be the first state to recommend against COVID-19 boosters for individuals under age 65

By Eric Joyner 2010

“The hamster wheel of doom” 🫤 www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1...

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The universal cat position that says “Screw your to do list, it’s Caturday.” (She included purring, which is really not fair!)

This is why I watch local news in my very small town. Middle school journalist: If you could trade bodies with anyone, who would it be? Middle schooler: Snoop Dog. Middle school journalist: Why? Middle schooler: I don’t know.

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BlueSky Resources for Scientists There are now more than 50 science-related feeds in this list, with more being added every day! If you’ve created a science-related feed and want it included, please let me know. #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵👇 1/4

BlueSky Science-Related Feedsdocs.google.com Sheet1 Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list 17,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l72uci4styb4jucsgcrrj5ap/feed/aaajz7nwzubec">#iTeachBio</a>,An...