Blessed are the cheesemakers... Life of Brine Nature lover, conservationist, worried about the state of the world. 💛💙

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Risk of measles vs risk of measles vaccine 10,000 cases of measles will result in 10-30 dead kids and 2000 hospitalised, 10,000 MMR vaccines will result in 3 kids getting seizure s from a post vaccine fever. Take your pick. Not hard is it?? Great image from @PeterHotez
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There is something magical about ground effect. It's no surprise mother nature takes advantage of this aerodynamic hack for flight efficiency and lift augmentation. How does it work? 👇
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REGENT’s electric seaglider achieved its first series of flights on August 15, 2022 in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, proving its full ‘float, foil, fly’ mission—making it the first craft to take off from a controlled hydrofoil to wing-borne flight. Video source: @regentcraft
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Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.
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🧵Thread with a few zingers from this January’s report on climate risk by the Actuaries… [h/t @James7jackson and @AndrewsonEarth]
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Seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers: · “Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…” · “The Western system is crashing like a house of cards.” · Kremlin “New US foreign policy...largely aligned with Russia’s” #ReadingRussia
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As a wartime leader I’m sure our great Winston Churchill would be proud of ⁦@ZelenskyyUa⁩ …
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Dark energy...!
Dark energy is a mysterious and enigmatic force that permeates the vast expanses of our universe, driving its accelerated expansion. Discovered through observations of distant supernovae in the late 1990s, dark energy has since become a focal point in ... 1/
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This is how Trickle Up Voidoonomics works...
Republicans passed a budget that will cut Medicaid & food assistance to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts for billionaires & corporations. Imagine if tomorrow, Democrats announced a Party-wide no corporate PAC pledge and showed voters how a party for the people governs.
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If you want a measure of the scale of the transatlantic rift, consider this: I am told yesterday was the 1st time since 1945 the US voted with Russia & against Europe at the UN on an issue of European security. Just let that sink in. 1/4
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