Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

Could a fungal pandemic ever happen?

In #TheLastOfUs, the fungus is based on the real-life Cordyceps zombie fungus that infects insects.

Although a fungal pandemic is pretty unlikely – this doesn’t mean fungi aren’t still a concern.

Expert explains.

https://theconversation.com/the-last-of-us-fungal-infections-really-can-kill-and-theyre-getting-more-dangerous-198184

Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes.

The megadrought over the last 23 years has worsened the water deficit and left Lake Mead about 70% empty. Upstream, Lake Powell has declined to just 23% of full capacity.

#climate #climatechange
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-05/colorado-river-reservoirs-unlikely-to-refill-experts-say

With Canadian health care nearing full collapse as people are sick and dying in hallways of understaffed hospitals across the country, the provincial premiers will meet this week with the Prime Minister to ask the federal government for more money, because directly raising the taxes of rich people and corporations would obviously be immoral.

#cdnpoli #canada #healthcare #canadahaha #canadarit #humour #satire

Journalist voices

"This has been just a devastating decade in #Turkey. Today's horrors are very much intertwined with the overall political situation, since massive #corruption has led to shoddy construction, stolen earthquake funds, minimum preparations for the inevitable, and an economy in tatters. As so many feared and assumed, the state is reportedly prioritizing aid for AKP-governed districts and withholding it from opposition-governed areas."

#earthquake
https://nickashdown.weebly.com/about.html

The @IUCN Red List shows the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.

📅7 Feb. is #ReverseTheRedDay. It celebrates conservation success around the 🌎

Learn how organizations & communities can work together: https://www.reversethered.org

📷@ReversetheRed1

We stand in full solidarity with the people of Türkiye and Syria after the deadly earthquake that hit this morning.

We mourn with the families of the victims.

Europe’s support is already on the way and we stand ready to continue helping in any way we can.
RT @JanezLenarcic: In the wake of the earthquake in #Turkey this morning, we have activated the #EUCivilProtectionMechanism.

The EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre is coordinating the deployment of r…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1622519755293818880

#Earthquake 23 km NE of #Gürün (#Turkey) 44 min ago (local time 14:11:50). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyeswitnesses. Share your experience via:
📱https://www.emsc-csem.org/service/application/
🌐https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1218817

"Three years into the pandemic, the immune systems of the vast majority of humans have learnt to recognize SARS-CoV-2 through vaccination, infection or, in many cases, both. But just how quickly do these types of immunity fade?"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00124-y

The current pattern of aftershocks on both sides of the M8.0 Turkey main shock would suggest the #rupture propagated bilaterally, although earlier posts I have seen suggested a unilateral (to the NE) rupture.
There will be many large aftershocks after the M8.0 #Turkey #earthquake in the next days. The number of #aftershocks will decrease with time, but large events can continue to occur, for months or longer.

Governments can lead in many ways. Belgium, for example, is implementing a “ventilation plan” that requires businesses to make a CO2 monitor clearly visible. CO2 itself is not a risk, but it is a good proxy for estimating how much of the air we inhale is rebreathed air from others--the higher the CO2, the more we're breathing others' air, and the higher the risk of infection.
https://workinmind.org/2022/04/05/belgium-agrees-on-ventilation-plan-for-public-places-co2-meters-essential/

Another view showing the historic lack of sea ice globally right now...

Ontario’s new gas plants will cost more than renewables:

So why are we building them?

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/02/02/ontarios-new-gas-plants-will-cost-more-than-wind-and-solar-report-says-so-why-are-we-building-them.html

The next time you use any navigation device, software or Google Maps thank Dr. Gladys West. Her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite models that were eventually incorporated into  the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

“In 2022, workers had the most sickness-related absences of the pandemic, and the highest number since record-keeping began in 1976.”

We need to stop buying into the denial that we are “back to normal.”

#COVID

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/covid-absence-workforce-health-long-covid