“I went from being a fit, active, successful and financially secure professional in the prime of life to a broken — and broke — person... COVID kills some people outright; many of us with #longCOVID are dying, too —just very slowly and painfully.”
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Public radio reporter. Podcast producer/host (Quanta magazine). Professor. Hockey player. Globe trekker. Hiker. Run
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One more! Because the colors are so awesome. That's the moon. (I really need to take my DSLR out on evenings like this.)
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A nice hour or so of seeing no one! So green and pretty out. Could barely seen downtown LA through the haze.
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Oh man, people are really worked up about a Chinese balloon conducting surveillance over the U.S...wait'll they hear about an app called TikTok.
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I love the Selfie Bear
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Recently, a bear discovered a wildlife camera that we use to monitor wildlife across #Boulder open space. Of the 580 photos captured, about 400 were bear selfies.
Read more about we use wildlife cameras to observe sensitive wildlife habitats. bit.ly/3XSKlUq
Read more about we use wildlife cameras to observe sensitive wildlife habitats. bit.ly/3XSKlUq
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How the missing become the uncounted: Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons. - The Boston Globe
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This was one of the most physically and mentally punishing reporting trips I have ever been on. Thanks everyone for reading - and gracias Peruvian roadblockers for letting me and through 📢⛔️🇵🇪
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Really wild seeing massive downslope/diurnal winds off the Andes blasting these fires toward the coast in the early-morning hours.
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Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere, one of the worst wildfire outbreaks in Chile's recent history is ravaging the country.
At least 13 people, including one firefighter, have been killed by the fires as they race into populated neighborhoods.
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Short hike tonight. A lot more people out than usual.
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Artists Charles Alston & Hale Woodruff "crisscrossed the state in search of historic landmarks and artifacts, retracing by highways and automobile the centuries-old footsteps of Black explorers, settlers and leaders." : kcet.org/shows/lost-la/ #ArchivesBlackDesign #CAhistory
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A 500-year-old pendant linked to Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, was discovered by a metal detector hobbyist in a field outside Birmingham, England. Researchers say the jewelry is an extraordinary piece of treasure. nyti.ms/40FkZvN
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A woodpecker drilled holes in someone’s house in California and filled them with acorns.
When the homeowner cut open the wall, the nuts spilled out. All 700 pounds of them.
These photo! They are amazing.
Story by via thedodo.com/amphtml/daily-
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We should be increasing survalence and sequencing of H5N1 globally. The mink farm outbreak with mammal-mammal transmission and all of these other spillover events are pretty concerning.
Seems like the chances have never been higher for a jump to humans.
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We still have holes to fill in Issue Two! Help us jam the ONLY magazine for backpackers with your stories. If you're interested, here's the full outline: trailsmag.net/contribute. But I'll dive into specifically what we're still looking for... 🧵 #callforpitches
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#California's snow water content for Feb. 2 shows that values for the central and southern Sierra still exceed that of the wettest year on record, 1982-83.
#CAwater #drought
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There’s an almost 1 in 4 chance that the charismatic cats could be extinct in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana mountains within 50 years.
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The Alpha and Gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer even after they stopped spreading in human populations, a new study suggests.
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Bed Bath & Beyond’s precarious situation could come to a head this week as interest payments and payroll come due. Here is what we know about the company's finances and what happens next.
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The FTC fined GoodRx today based on a story I broke at . We caught GoodRx secretly sending your prescription data to Facebook and Google. Now, the FTC says that’s illegal.
For the first time, we may have real health privacy the US.
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Thousands of California businesses flee Golden State for Las Vegas: reviewjournal.com/business/thous via /
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After spending billions to fund original podcasts, Spotify is switching gears and focusing on its advertising business.
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talking about forecasts and warnings, warns about the future of AI generated images. Will we see people generating fake eruption images? How will we deal with this? 😬 PLEASE DON'T
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A new high-speed train line will let travelers zip between Paris and Berlin in just 7 hours with no transfers. 🚄
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Helpful dating app tip: If a woman says, "We should meet up to talk about that in person!" it means you should suggest a date and place, not leave all of the planning to the woman. She's giving you an opening to set up a date!
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A massive storm hits Auckland New Zealand over 10.45 fell in 24 hours.
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Auckland, New Zealand just recorded its wettest day ever causing deadly, severe flooding.
Over 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours smashing the previous wettest day on record by nearly 4 inches!
Mind-boggling stuff.
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Parents of little kids have dealt with months of respiratory illnesses like flu, RSV and COVID. But the data shows it’s normal — kids have always brought home waves of respiratory viruses.
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Some of the footage coming out of New Zealand after massive rains. Wow.
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We’ve just had to evacuate our home as the water was already rising rapidly and coming in aggressively. We found ourselves with someone’s dog for a while before leaving. Thinking of all the locals who have had been affected by today’s floods. Pls follow civil defence advice
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Mike Zhang, 71, was filming the Lunar New Year celebration at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on his phone just minutes before a gunman killed 11 people. nyti.ms/3wunD9L
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Dang, better stock up on travel size stuff. They've always had a great selection of travel items, at least the on near me!
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Bed Bath & Beyond said banks have determined it has defaulted on its credit lines and it doesn’t have the funds to repay them, as the retailer prepares for a potential bankruptcy filing on.wsj.com/3R9cULc
“Don’t let us disappear like this.” A group of female friends, mostly in their mid-20s, joined a protest in Beijing. Then, the detentions started.
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⚠️ To receive an early warning, the quake MUST be over M4.5 AND your forecasted Intensity is over MMI 3 - If the quake is smaller or your MMI is under 3 you might STILL FEEL LIGHT SHAKING but not be issued an alert under USGS rules usgs.gov/faqs/what-diff
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If you're an audio producer who was laid off from Vox, please reach out to me. The team at is looking for a few producers.
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I love freelancing for the freedom.
But when it comes down to it -- it literally saved me.
#freelancing
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So grateful we didn't have rainfall at the same time as King Tides
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Absolutely brutal conditions at California ski resorts today with winds roaring up to 100 mph and wind chills as low as the -30s.
leads the country with 509 inches of snow!
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We in media generally don't report scanner traffic in the first moments of big incidents. Why? It's often wrong. the fog of a chaotic scene, or based on a repeat of frenzied 911 calls. Hard to tell what's firsthand & what's not. But it alerts us to what we need to verify. >>
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Confidence is increasing in yet another potential stormy period for California, beginning at the end of Jan and continuing into Feb.
Sub-seasonal forecasts also have a strong signal for potentially multiple atmospheric rivers along the West Coast in the first 10 days of Feb.
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Right around the corner from Gable House, another mass shooting scene a few years ago.
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Driver found dead after authorities breach van linked to Lunar New Year mass shooting #torrance #MontereyPark @latimes @latimesphotos latimes.com/california/sto
