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Dynamic Duke Duo: Charlotte Pierce-Baker on women, trauma, survival & silence + Houston Baker on black autobiography. Completely rocked my world

“Investigations like this ‘are highly sensitive & require in-depth local knowledge, networks, and much caution,’ says Emmanuelle Roth, an anthropologist at the Ludwig Maximilian Univ of Munich who has been involved in past Ebola outbreaks. During the 2018–20 Ebola — www.science.org/content/arti...

EXCLUSIVE: Congo’s Ebola epidemic started at least 4 months before it was detectedA remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report sayswww.science.org

“The research…shows circles, squares &other geometric figures, some w/connecting roads, beneath the forest canopy, w/nearly 400 prev unknown earthworks….All of them add to evidence contradicting the depiction of the Amazon as a largely untouched expanse b4 the arrival of Europeans in the 15th cent”🧪

“Between 2020 and 2025, people across the world lost an estimated 56 hrs of sleep per year on average because of high overnight temps, according to a recent analysis from the nonprofit Climate Central that was based on an existing sleep & temp model.”🧪🛟 @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social

I went to grad school in the Puck Bldg, incl just before REI moved in. end of an era. “What Fools These Mortals Be.” Saying Farewell to R.E.I.’s Beloved New York City Storefront www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...

Totally me: “You’d have to be living under a dumpster not to have heard of Jimothy, Seattle’s favorite raccoon & the internet’s newest folk hero.” obsessed now www.popsci.com/science/what... 🧪

“‘I remember being very much aware that most retranslations maybe sell 1,000 copies if you’re lucky … you’re going to work very, very hard on it for 5 years, & then maybe a tiny number of people will read it — and *of course* I thought it was still worthwhile,’ said @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social ”

“The outbreak started with a single catfish, the scientists believe. It developed a tumor, which shed cancer cells into the water. Those cells invaded other catfish, in effect beginning a plague.” 🧪🛟

*In a suicide crisis, eligible veterans can go to any ER for free* “According to data provided by VA, nearly 50k vets have received the Emergency Suicide Crisis Benefit since FY2023.… 72% of vets who have used the benefit have since enrolled in VA healthcare”🧪🛟 www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

“Parents lead exhausting, busy lives, but it has always been possible to survive bedtime without using an inherently uncreative technology that calculates the most predictable response to a prompt.”

"Around 67% of surveyed teens shared that they were at least somewhat worried that they could be impacted by deepfakes & nearly 40% have made their social media accounts private, are limiting what they share, or have fully deleted social media.”🧪

“‘Some people think that outbreak investigations can be solved in 50 minutes just like murder mysteries in TV detective shows,’ Mr. Guzewich said. ‘I would love if it happened that way’.”🛟🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/w...

“The WHO last week expressed concerns that 80% of new Ebola cases were emerging from unknown chains of transmission, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track despite an expanding response.”🛟🧪

“Big change sometimes results from [‘]small[‘] steps.”🧪

“By adding just one minute to their daily car commutes, U.S. drivers could be saving more than $20 million—and preventing nearly 60,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions—*every day*, a new study finds.”🧪

“In many states, fed data shows, graduates of bachelor programs will have to earn a min of ~$30k to $41/yr for their prgm to pass. ‘This is really a very low floor,’ said Christopher Madaio…. ‘I mean, high school earnings is not an exceedingly high metric for a program to meet’."🧪

"There was a mix of scientific excitement & a sense of historical justice in proving that these women were more than just the silent, decorative figures they had been assumed to be."

“‘We are surrounded by so many really intractable problems, & water quality issues on Cape Cod are really serious, & the solutions have such a far horizon,’ said Maggie Megaw, 72…. ‘This is so tangible & immediate. We show up at the pond & swim, & we bring back a big pile of trash’.”

Loved this beautiful piece by @iwashyna.bsky.social , on mentoring. And listening. Waiting. Trusting. Teaching. And Learning. And. And. And. “We discussed when process matters, when outcomes matter, and how to distinguish ‘not what I would have done’ from ‘not acceptable’.” 🛟🧪