Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️

Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Caffeine-addicted Public Education Advocate. All opinions are my own and do not reflect the positions of any organization.

[Sandy Hook Promise @sandyhook]

Did you know? Nearly 68% of guns used in school-related incidents come from a home, friend, or relative. Securing firearms and having open conversations about gun safety can help prevent tragedies.

https://t.co/6zk95KAwnr

#ProtectOurKids #EndGunViolence #SandyHookPromise

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

https://t.co/oFkzJEnwjs

[Karin Chenoweth @karinchenoweth]

I finally read the Project 2025's proposals for education. It's easy enough to say "abolish the department of education." I mean, who outside of Washington actually cares about how the federal government organizes its education programs? But what you might care about is that

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing @Heritage Foundation

Trump says he has "no idea who is behind" Project 2025 and has "nothing to do with them"

THAT IS A LIE

HERE ARE THE FACTS

🧵

[Olivia of Troye @OliviaTroye]

🧵Donald Trump is denying any ties to Project 2025—an extremist policy agenda masquerading as a traditional conservative platform. Trump has realized that this is a liability for him with voters, but the cat’s out of the bag. As someone who worked with these people when they first attempted to start implementing some of these policies, here’s a reminder of who the authors are behind Project 2025:

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

@LakotaMan1 Absolutely not. I look forward to learning more from you.

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

@DanteNaimo Just after your post in my feed was this one on underwater sculptures - real art made by real people.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of amazing underwater sculptures you (probably) didn't know existed 🧵

1. Ocean Atlas

[Washington State PTA @WashingtonPTA]

You're almost out of time! This week is the last chance to register for this year's Convention. Delegate Registration ends on Monday, May 6th at 12:00pm. #PTABuildingCommunity #WSPTACon2024 https://t.co/xPQdzDzyMM

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

Women friends - please read and absorb these truths.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Women don't hear these things.

And they need to.

What a generation of women (finally) need to know:

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

COVID affects every body system. Here’s a summary of what is known and still unknown about its effects on the immune system.

[tern @1goodtern]

Wow.
Let's work through *all* the slides Yale School of Public Health shared...
🌎"What we know (and don't) know about Covid's effect on the immune system"
🧵

[NationalPTA @NationalPTA]

It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week! Let's recognize the countless hours they dedicate, the skills they generously share and the love they bring to our school community. Find ideas on how you can show your gratitude at https://t.co/EjXB7YbbgF #CheersToVolunteers

[Washington State PTA @WashingtonPTA]

Join
us in supporting children, youth, and families in Washington. Celebrate
Founder's Day and donate at https://t.co/akrpb2nprr.

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

Public service announcement

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

A tip for tomorrow’s big solar event👀

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

The University of Washington- Seattle is ranked 6 globally- go Dawgs!
@UW

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Top 1000 universities ranking:

1. 🇺🇸 Harvard
2. 🇺🇸 MIT
3. 🇺🇸 Stanford
4. 🇺🇸 Berkeley
5. 🇬🇧 Oxford
6. 🇺🇸 Washington Seattle
7. 🇺🇸 Columbia University
8. 🇬🇧 Cambridge
9. 🇺🇸 Caltech
10. 🇺🇸 John Hopkins
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11. 🇺🇸 Yale University
12. 🇬🇧 UCL
14. 🇺🇸 UCLA
18. 🇨🇦 University of Toronto
21. 🇺🇸 Cornell
23. 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University
26. 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore
27. 🇦🇺 University of Melbourne
28. 🇦🇺 University of Sydney
29. 🇨🇭 ETH Zürich
30. 🇸🇬 Nanyang Tech University
35. 🇨🇦 University of British Columbia
39. 🇨🇳 Peking University
40. 🇳🇱 University of Amsterdam
42. 🇩🇰 University of Copenhagen
44. 🇳🇱 Utrecht University
47. 🇩🇪 University of Munich
48. 🇫🇷 Sorbonne
50. 🇧🇪 KU Leuven
51. 🇸🇪 Karolinska Institutet
53. 🇭🇰 Chinese University of Hong Kong
65. 🇸🇦 King Abdulaziz University
81. 🇯🇵 University of Tokyo
86. 🇪🇸 University of Barcelona
89. 🇳🇴 University of Oslo
99. 🇫🇮 University of Helsinki
115. 🇮🇹 University of Padua
120. 🇧🇷 Universidade de São Paulo
122. 🇮🇹 University of Bologna
123. 🇳🇿 University of Auckland
125. 🇿🇦 University of Cape Town
127. 🇸🇪 Uppsala University
129. 🇰🇷 Seoul National University
134. 🇮🇱 Weizmann Institute of Science
173. 🇹🇷 Cankaya University
202. 🇵🇹 Universidade de Lisboa
206. 🇦🇹 Medical University of Vienna
215. 🇮🇪 Trinity College Dublin
223. 🇻🇳 Ton Duc Thang
226. 🇨🇿 Charles University Prague
250. 🇬🇷 National & Kapodistrian University
256. 🇪🇪 University of Tartu
329. 🇮🇷 University of Tehran
339. 🇵🇱 Jagiellonian University
349. 🇳🇬 University of Ibadan
335. 🇷🇺 Moscow State University
363. 🇪🇬 Cairo University
368. 🇭🇺 Eotvos Lorand University
405. 🇲🇽 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
426. 🇦🇷 University of Buenos Aires
441. 🇵🇰 CUI
452. 🇮🇳 TIFR
472. 🇱🇧 American University of Beirut
478. 🇵🇰 Aga Khan University
493. 🇪🇹 Mekelle University
512. 🇹🇭 Mahidol University
551. 🇮🇳 IISC Bangalore
564. 🇦🇪 University of Sharjah
598. 🇨🇴 University of the Andes Colombia
717. 🇷🇴 Babes Bolyai University
725. 🇧🇾 Belarusian State University
725. 🇮🇳 IIT Gandhinagar
826. 🇦🇲 Yerevan Physics Institute
948. 🇵🇪 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
970. 🇮🇩 University of Indonesia
977. 🇧🇩 University of Dhaka
1000. 🇮🇳 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

According to U.S. News and World Report, 2022-2023. These institutions from the U.S. and more than 90 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations.

[Dogs for Object Permanence 🐶 @B_Dogs4]

School absences have exploded

Per the NYT am email I still get from when I had the cheap subscription. I'm going to share so you too can have emotions today.

I am going to copy/paste that whole thing - request for full article gift in last tweet.

I did edit for char limits

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

🚨 Indoor AIRBORNE Risk Assessment in the context of SARS-CoV-2 from the World Health Organisation (@WHO)

For clean air advocates, this is HUGE!

The WHO are finally saying, loud & proud: COVID IS AIRBORNE.

Let’s take a closer look at the details…🧵

🔗 https://t.co/8uEE4GVo0o

[Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social @Will_Bunch]

This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing

[NBC News @NBCNews]

New FBI data confirms previous indications that crime in the U.S. declined significantly in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend and belying widespread perceptions that crime is rising. https://t.co/1azHnqKukC

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

1/n There have been several papers out in the last few months examining or reviewing the PEDIATRIC disease burden of Covid + the benefits of vaccination, will summarize some of the key interesting ones from 2023-24 here in this thread, in some cases also a popular article on it

[Dr. Nancy Chamberlain 🟦🟧☮️ @DocOptomist]

Preach!