@sandydec

Science writer, mother, and longtime kook.

 Chicago
facebook.com/sdsciwri
Joined July 2010
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While addressing visitation to popular sites like House on Fire is important, it needs to be done as part of a larger landscape management plan with input from tribes. This is why @POTUS needs to restore #BearsEars National Monument now. wildutah.info/2VGf1xP
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Don Winslow
@donwinslow22 Aug 2021
Meet conservative radio host Phil Valentine. In December 2020 he tweeted: "I have a very low risk of A) Getting COVID and B) dying of it if I do. Why would I risk getting a heart attack or paralysis by getting the vaccine?" He's dead. Died yesterday after contracting COVID-19
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Really thoughtful thread weighing the risks and benefits of a booster. I'm a 70-year-old six months after my second shot. I just got back test results showing my antibody levels now about 10%. Can't wait for a booster.
Bob Wachter
@Bob_Wachter19 Aug 2021
Lots of criticism of new booster plans, much of it re: how much of ⬇efficacy # s are due to confounding vs truly ⬇effectiveness. To me, it seems incontrovertible that vax effectiveness is ⬇significantly, though amount of drop – particularly vs severe cases – is unclear.(1/7🧵)
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Emily Atkin@emorwee10 Aug 2021
As a climate reporter I am often asked, what gives you hope? And the answer is, unequivocally, Gen Z climate tik tok – at Washington, DC
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"We've got to stop burning fossil fuels." Author @MichaelEMann went on @MorningJoe to discuss the new IPCC 6th #ClimateReport. Watch it here. youtu.be/PUTq72Q9_lw
Prof Michael E. Mann
@MichaelEMann10 Aug 2021
Our discussion about the new UN climate report this morning on @MSNBC @Morning_Joe with @MorningMika, @WillieGeist, @RichardHaas, @Eugene_Robinson, @MikeBarnicle & yours truly: youtube.com/watch?v=PUTq72Q9… #IPCC #AR6 @IPCC_ch
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Lakota Man
@LakotaMan16 Aug 2021
91% of the Navajo Nation is fully vaccinated. If the Navajo Nation were another country—it’d be the most vaccinated in the world. – at Los Angeles, CA
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IPCC
@IPCC_CH8 Aug 2021
Find out the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and #climatechange on Monday when the #IPCC will present its latest #ClimateReport in a livestream press conference. #LIVE at 10am CEST on 9 August Follow #LIVE ➡️ bit.ly/IPCCLIVE
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Will be on @MSNBC and @BBCWorld News Television tomorrow (Monday) to talk about the brand new @IPCC_ch scientific assessment report and how it connects the dots on climate change and the devastating impacts we're now seeing play out. Watch this space... #IPCC #AR6
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Thorough, incisive and disturbing history mapped by Bloomberg City Lab. It shows the destruction of Black urban neighborhoods by highway planners of the mid-20th Century, and how the practice isn't over yet.
Bloomberg CityLab
@CityLab28 Jul 2021
Replying to @CityLab
Read more about this history and the debates on how to move forward in cities across the U.S. in the report by @rachaeldottle, @mslaurabliss and @pabloroblesg: bloom.bg/3zJrbo2

How to Reconnect Black Communities Torn Apart by Highways

Decades after the U.S. highway boom destroyed many thriving Black neighborhoods, cities are exploring a different kind of urban future that might  re-knit communities.

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IPCC
@IPCC_CH3 Aug 2021
#IPCC’s next #ClimateReport is due to be released on 9 August. What’s in the report? A clearer picture of future warming Understanding of human influence on the climate incl. extreme events Regional information ➡️ bit.ly/IPCC-54WGI-14
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I agree. Particularly w the hand washing.
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74% of White Democrats and 60% of Hispanic Democrats say that someone can be a man or a woman even if that’s different from the sex they were assigned at birth. In turn, a majority of Black Democrats (58%) say the opposite. pewrsr.ch/3i7Zuzj
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this is unsettling newyorker.com/culture/annals…
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Nice @MSNBC segment @malcolmkenyatta. Really appreciate your shout-out for #climateaction--and your reminder that one party cares about the future of both our democracy and our planet. The other doesn't. It's that simple. #VoteBlue2022
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Register now; vote in November. Democrats are making a difference in VA, and will continue to do so.
Local Majority 🌊 🌊 🌊@local_majority8 Jul 2021
Democrats deliver the American Rescue Plan to families. Be sure to VOTE and keep them in office! bit.ly/36jMHTM #AmericanRescuePlan #ChildTaxCredit #VADems #DemCastVA @C_Herring @GhazalaHashmi @pwcdanica @EFillerCorn @KathyKLTran @DelegateFowler
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By the way. This isn't "cancel culture." This is consequence culture. It's overdue, but it's refreshing. axios.com/toyota-cease-donat…
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“We here highly resolve that [those who gave the last full measure of devotion] shall not have died in vain”. Thank you, Mr Lincoln. I’ll try to keep fighting for voting rights & repro health rights. Happy 4th
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Every year we measure higher and higher levels of CO2, since our emissions are cumulative and stay in the atmosphere for up to 1000 years. Here is a reminder where they come from:
Carbon Brief
@CarbonBrief23 Apr 2019
Animation: The countries with the largest cumulative CO2 emissions since 1750 Ranking as of the start of 2019: 1) US – 397GtCO2 2) CN – 214Gt 3) fmr USSR – 180 4) DE – 90 5) UK – 77 6) JP – 58 7) IN – 51 8) FR – 37 9) CA – 32 10) PL – 27
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Glen Peters@Peters_Glen14 May 2021
Which of the four largest emitters, emit the most CO₂ from coal use per person? * China is by far the highest * The USA plummeting in the last years decade * EU27 has just dipped below the world average, India next? * India remains the lowest 1/
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Continuing to read Kidnappers Club about the role Wall St played in keeping slavery going. The New Jim Crow is not new. It is the same Jim Crow. No wonder white America doesn't teach our history to our children - it's sick-making
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