Di Cleverly

Di Cleverly

@dicleverly.bsky.social

PhD scientist, writer, presenter, G+ alum, animal lover, extremely curious. A clippy.

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Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

The plague bacterium is Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is spread only from fleas and causes "bubos" or large swollen lymph glands. IF you don't get treatment, you can develop pneumonic plague and begin spreading human-to-human by coughing. That would be a situation we would want to avoid.

Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social

Just a friendly reminder that plague is prevalent, including in the western United States (see, prairie dogs), with multiple cases annually. It is also highly treatable and, yes, lab acquired infections (incl. fatal cases) have happened over the years, including e.g., UChicago.

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IGN
@ign.com

Tons of LEGO deals are available now, because Amazon, Walmart, and Target are all running competing sales this week. https://bit.ly/4zm7Ecd

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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.com

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to the measles outbreak. This was avoidable.

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

Missing: Fringe The Expanse Dark Devs Netflix- please note the OA is on here and desperately needs to be finished!!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Here’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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IGN
@ign.com

Pokémon scalpers are complaining that the franchise's new 30th Anniversary set has been too generous with its rare cards — leaving resellers unable to generate their usual profits. https://bit.ly/4xNLPRK

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

They're gonna pull back Social Security option to start at 63, aren't they? Son of a...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz: "If we can get the average American to feel so healthy, so vital, so with it, that they want to work one extra year, just one extra year -- instead of retiring at 62, they want to go to 63 -- that's worth $1 trillion to our GDP every year"

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IGN
@ign.com

Log into Pokémon Go right now for a one-off prize: a Mewtwo with a unique background and 100% stats, as well as an incredibly rare Master Ball. https://bit.ly/4gamVoi

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Prison Policy Initiative
@prisonpolicy.org

A blistering reminder that only 5 U.S. states provide air conditioning in all prison units. And states like Texas and Florida, known for sweltering heat, are not among them:

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

Pizza!Pizza! I never knew this about Mike Ilitich the founder of Little Caesar's Pizza. He paid for Rosa Parks rent in Detroit after she got robbed and needed a safer place to live for the rest of her life. What a good man. www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/u...

cnn.comLittle Caesars founder paid Rosa Parks’ rent | CNNThose who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents, and o...

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Ferric Fang, MD
@fangferric.bsky.social

The last FDA inspections of Taylor Farms were in 2011 and 2019. The FDA has been hit hard by staff cuts ordered by DOGE and RFK Jr. Foreign food inspections plummeted last year, and the agency was already struggling to inspect foreign facilities before the cuts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/h...

nytimes.comCyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico (Gift Article)The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped...

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Reuters
@reuters.com

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

There are a number of open-access journals. Like Dove Press and Pubmed Central. If you have published anything yourself you can join ResearchGate, and exchange papers with other researchers.

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@sevensugars.bsky.social

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

Fantastic thread regarding the screw worm invasion of Texas.

Your Local Epidemiologist@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social

1/ Five cases of New World screwworm have now been confirmed in the U.S., Texas has declared an emergency, and Canada immediately restricted livestock imports. Most people had never heard of screwworm until last week (or maybe just now). That's because we eradicated it from the U.S. in 1966.🧵

Di Cleverly
@dicleverly.bsky.social

I have a robot vacuum (like a roomba, but not a roomba) and I was able to purchase new brushes and filters and now it's working like new. Cost about $25 direct from the manufacturer. I wish more things had replaceable parts so we didnt have to repurchase the entire thing.