Avoiding an MPOX on All Our Houses
The WHO has declared an international Public Health Emergency for a more lethal version of Monkeypox, now called mpox, which is clade 1b, aka 1 MPXV, and comes with a…
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Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anna Betts reports that the fallout from the climate crisis may include threats to blood donations, while Zoe Schlanger writes about the dangers of…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jonathan Watts reports on the effort by scientists to account for the unexpected acceleration of global warming. And Fiona Harvey reports on the immense…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Syris Valentine writes about our severe and chronic environmental overshoot in using far more resources than the Earth can replenish. Clayton Page Aldern…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Gillian Steward asks how many communities need to be destroyed for the UCP and other climate denialists to start even pretending to care -…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Julia Simone-Rutgers highlights how extreme heat (which is only getting worse) already looms as a major cause of death and disruption in Canada.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Matt Simon discusses the continued escalation of global temperatures to record highs (which only figure to be exceeded in the years to come).…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Jonathan Watts discusses the strong argument to treat climate hypocrites primarily as destructive petrostates rather than honest actors in trying to address the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jennifer Sandlin discusses a new analysis showing how COVID-19 infections lead to numerous other types of infectious diseases, while Devika Rao writes about the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jennifer Sandlin discusses a new analysis showing how COVID-19 infections lead to numerous other types of infectious diseases, while Devika Rao writes about the…
Reviewing The Cass Review Report
The subtitle for this should be "How Cass Weaponized Science".Now that the Cass Review has published their final report, it is possible to look beyond the apparent issues in how…
Reviewing The Cass Review Report
The subtitle for this should be "How Cass Weaponized Science".Now that the Cass Review has published their final report, it is possible to look beyond the apparent issues in how…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Thom Hartmann discusses how the selfish preferences of billionaires are almost invariably winning out over the public interest in the U.S. due…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Thom Hartmann discusses how the selfish preferences of billionaires are almost invariably winning out over the public interest in the U.S. due in…
Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us. Jeff Nicholls said, “After we analyzed the decision-making…
Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
The Minden ER closed June 1, 2023. A recent article in the Minden Paper explains why this should worry all of us.Jeff Nicholls said,"After we analyzed the decision-making processes before,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Rohan Best, Fatemeh Nazifi and Han Cheng study the effects of carbon pricing, and find that charges attached to carbon pollution also help…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rohan Best, Fatemeh Nazifi and Han Cheng study the effects of carbon pricing, and find that charges attached to carbon pollution also…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Li Cohen discusses how the Earth has experienced 12 months of record heat in a row - but is on track to see today's…