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1/ Interesting paper showing high efficacy of portable HEPA #filtration to reduce aerosol concentration in a high school classroom during use.By very experienced German aerosol group Curtius et al.; via
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No one talked about debt when I started college in 2005. My high school didn't have a guidance counselor, and no one in my family had gone to college. All
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There are people whose only experiences with the commercial sex trade have been consensual. There are people whose only experiences with the sex trade have been trafficking/exploitation. And there are
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I furnished a list of items to a newly wed couple (South Indian) who are setting up their home in B'lore. This list is indicative & should serve as a
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Lockdown mind-tricks you can play on yourself to give glimmers of pleasure:1) put the shower onto hot so steam builds up. Put a few drops of essential oils on a
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We had my father's memorial service today and the pastor related my dad's great qualities to the miracle of plastic. As a plastic pollution researcher, I find this a useful
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When my uncle died (on Sept 30, due to covid) I got the phone call from the hospital, I told my boss I have to go home, to tell my
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a fundamental question that divides abolitionists from reformers: do you believe everyone is capable of, and commits, harm? or do you believe there are inferior people who embody harm and
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I'm going to introduce you to a world that could have been, one that would have changed everything for security.And it all starts with a guy named Jacob Brisbane.In your
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#Wonk warning: a #thread on social cost of #carbon (SCC). We at @CVEPLLC expected @JoeBiden not just to reinstate higher SCC in his #dayone #climate order but also to look
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BREAKING—Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) says he’s tested positive for #COVID19 as well, after being sheltered in the crowded protective room during the Capitol siege where many GOP unmasked. He’s now
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Thread!Here’s a story about an alluring guy I met online.It was the late ‘90s, in a chat room for fans of The Cure. He swooped in and defended me against
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People, including myself, have been using "elite overproduction" wrong, due to only meaning it to refer to those people who were on the elite track but ultimately denied the elite
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What I genuinely don’t understand: Hawley, Cruz, &c seem to think that whichever of them shows the most fealty to Trump can inherit the mantle of Trumpism. But Trump will
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As I said a while back, I will take a Twitter break to get some work done. In addition, I am aware that some strategists read my tweets and alter
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(1) As an MS4 applying into IM residency, I would end all of my interviews with a question about examples of women in leadership positions. If I was lucky, I
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