I'm a former invertebrate paleobiologist with a background in ecology. I currently freelance as a writer and a photographer.
Brooklyn, NY
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There needs to be a more concerted effort by scientific and medical societies to oppose the RFK Jr. nomination & the other disastrous @HHSGov picks. @dr_andrealove @angie_rasmussen @doritmi @19joho @gorskon @skepticalraptor @LizWolfeReason @reason @AliNeitzelMD @neiltyson
Dr. Paul Offit nails it.
Send a letter to your senators urging a NO vote on Kennedy here: bit.ly/3URFwvA
#ResistTrump
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ETHEL Metropolitan Museum of Art Date Night Saturday with Francesca Federico September 12, 20… #flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4RiY It was a pleasure again hearing my friends in @ethelcentral perform with soprano Francesca Federico at @metmuseum's Date Night Saturday on 9-12-26.
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@DrewThomasAllen I disagree respectfully with your answer to my question on Dr. Sky's @77WABCradio program. @charliekirk11 isn't credible since he was a diehard evolution denialist & vaccine skeptic. I note this as a @StuyNY alumnus who was trained as an evolutionary biologist.
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@DrewThomasAllen I used my training in evolutionary biology for healthcare & epidemiological research years ago. I've been registered as a Republican since my senior year at @StuyNY decades ago. Kirk shouldn't have killed, but his science denialism means he's not credible.
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ETHEL Metropolitan Museum of Art Date Night Friday with Soprano Francesca Federico #flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4BCx It was a pleasure hearing this superb soprano perform with @ethelcentral at @metmuseum tonight.
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I am glad @doritmi has posted this. It should remind everyone why RFK Jr. is not credible to serve as head of
@HHSGov. I wonder when @SenBillCassidy will act to create articles of impeachment against him. @angie_rasmussen @IntegralAnswers @DrNeilStone @crabb_vicki @nypost @WSJ
9 false or misleading claims RFK Jr. has made, investigated snopes.com/collections/rfk-f… via @snopes
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@NerdeenKiswani: “In its current form” is doing a lot of work these days. Israel has no right to exist. Not in its current form. Not in some rebranded form. Not before, not now, not ever. Stop pretending the question is what kind of Israel should exist."
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What @NerdeenKiswani wishes for Israel should be her fate. She shouldn't exist at all. I have Muslim-American relatives who don't hate Israel like she does. Deport her to Israel & give her to the @IDF so she can receive from them the very treatment she wishes for Israel.
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@NerdeenKiswani will be good when she ceases to exist, not before. She must be tried, convicted & deported for being the terrorist traitor that she is. She should receive capital punishment; let @IDF administer it to her.
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We must #neverforget911. It is worth noting personally since my high school alma mater @StuyNY served as the recovery center for the first few weeks after the terrorist attacks, being 3 blocks from the WTC site.
Today, we remember.
We remember that 25 years ago, the world stood still.
We remember the 3,000 people who left home that morning and never returned.
Where the Twin Towers once stood, two columns of light now rise into the New York sky.
They remind us that light triumphs even on the darkest of days.
My statement on 25 years since 9/11.
link.europa.eu/FbKkR7
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Tomorrow I will be remembering my high school alma mater @StuyNY which was the recovery center for months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I will mourn the loss of favorite staff & faculty I knew, as well as alumni who were students on 9/11, dying from 9/11-related illnesses.
Firefighter, EMT, Stuyvesant High School Student Describe 9/11 Exposure & Long Fight for Healthcare
democracynow.org/2026/9/8/fi…
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I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Petition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the Public. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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ETHEL Metropolitan Museum of Art Date Night Saturday September 5, 2026 #flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjD47sy It was great to catch virtually the entire @metmuseum concert tonight given by my friends in @ethelcentral. Definitely a fine musical start to the Labor Day 2026 weekend.
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This is quite troubling to say the least. @angie_rasmussen @DrNeilStone @doritmi @gorskon @PeterHotez @DrPaulOffit @kennethrmiller @Craig_A_Spencer @crabb_vicki @ScottGottliebMD
When @nirav_maine was 2nd in charge of CDC he convened briefing calls with outside experts on the bird flu outbreak & I was among them. We asked tough questions & were critical. But he always showed up, because he knew it was critical to be transparent & reach out to stakeholders
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ETHEL Metropolitan Museum of Art Date Night Friday September 4, 202t6 #flickr flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4954 It was a pleasure hearing my friends in @ethelcentral perform again tonight at @metmuseum.
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The Andris Nelsons Turmoil classical-scene.com/2026/05/… I am disgusted with what has transpired with @andris_nelsons. @BostonSymphony should wise up, apologize to him & have him reinstated indefinitely as the orchestra's music director.
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This is why @SecKennedy is unfit to serve at @HHSGov & must be removed by any means. Thanks to @GovernorShapiro for taking him to task for being the deadly antivax science denialist that he is. @angie_rasmussen @doritmi @gorskon @SenBillCassidy @SenRandPaul @SenRonJohnson @nypost
“Natural measles”. All measles is natural, including the attenuated strain used in the MMR. He means he thinks we should go back to pathogenic measles, because he wants as many kids to get sick & die from it as possible.
The goal is taking your power, not improving your health.
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Thanks to @angie_rasmussen for pointing this out.
Most of the claims that pandemic closures are causing measles outbreaks today are invalidated by looking at a calendar and doing math on your fingers. But it takes a little time to explain. This explanation right here is why Jerome Adams was a great Surgeon General 👇🏻
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I concur with @angie_rasmussen's assessment. RIP Dolly Parton. @doritmi @gorskon @19joho @ScottGottliebMD @crabb_vicki @DrNeilStone @nypost @WSJ @washingtonpost @NPR @NPRHealth @IanCopeland5 @Craig_A_Spencer @kennethrmiller @NCSE
Dolly Parton saved many, many people’s lives with her contributions to the Moderna vaccine and that is what I will remember about her more than anything. We should all hope to do this much good.
knoxnews.com/story/entertain…
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RFK Jr. resignation calls grow as two people die from measles msn.com/en-us/news/other/rfk… I agree. He is a global public health threat & must be removed from @HHSGov by any means necessary. @doritmi @gorskon @angie_rasmussen @ScottGottliebMD @crabb_vicki @DrNeilStone @nypost @WSJ
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