Kitty Corbett

Retired professor: medical anthropology; communication; global health. Purveyor of environmental & climate concern.

[Barry Hunt @BarryHunt008]

Ask your Engineer

If turning on your air purifier

Is right for you

[David Frum @davidfrum]

https://t.co/0k7QVdlHSq

[Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis]

@jbouie @jayrosen_nyu @Sulliview @JamesFallows @MarkJacob16 @NormOrnstein @atrupar @davidfolkenflik @IfBooksPod @NewsJennifer @Will_Bunch @GregTSargent @froomkin @ParkerMolloy @johnrobinson @chrislehmann @JoyAnnReid @JoeNBC @morningmika Me, disagreeing with Joe Kahn: "I would define journalism’s role in this moment differently: to report on the imminent threat of fascism in the context of history. But first, one must recognize it."
https://t.co/mTzvy7tesu

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

The irony of it all...

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

We practiced with caskets that were stored outside our barracks building. To simulate the weight of honored remains, we’d toss several full sandbags into the belly of the casket and then, for hours, we’d go through our exact movements.

Over and over and over.

(thread)

[Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler]

really useful article on extreme heat. the heat limit that humans can tolerate is lower than expected
https://t.co/4E18rfE0Qt

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

To recap, the Republican Party has opposed:

-Paid sick leave
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Tax increases on corporations & the rich
-The expanded Child Tax Credit
-Student debt relief

Doesn't sound like the party of the working class to me.

[HealthCommunication @Comm_in_Care]

In Canada🇨🇦Ontario

📈Where is
🔺#data?
🔺#prevention?

📈WHY cancel #wastewater surveillance during #CovidSurge⁉️

#CovidIsNotOver #YallMasking #ONHealth @MamaToronto @jmcrookston @MoriartyLab @jeffgilchrist @Billius27 @maolesen @drjenirwin @NatriceR @amethystarlight @PPEtoheros

[Dave Hampton - Riverman 🌍🌳💦 @carboncoach]

A brief moment in history
praying’ we wake up in time

[Jeff McFadden @JeffAndDonkeys]

13. Do you want to "leave it in the ground"?
OK. What we are doing today requires additional, as in increasing daily quantities, more than yesterday, oil.
Do you want to leave a few million gallons in the ground?
Demand that speed limits be strictly enforced everywhere.

[Jeff McFadden @JeffAndDonkeys]

10. Never mind.
To #Degrowth in particular. What I'd like you to do.
In the same paragraph with #Degrowth, say, "And in order to #Degrow, #Slowdown.

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

There is no single best way to assess when the world will likely pass 1.5C. But both Carbon Brief’s approach and those of other groups all agree it will most likely happen in the late 2020s or early 2030s in a world (SSP2-4.5) where global emissions remain around current levels.

[Erin Remblance @remblance_erin]

I shared these 'Introduction to Degrowth' slides a little while ago, but they needed an update. These slides have a more 'Internationalist' approach to #degrowth than the last set (see slides, 21, 22 & 31), which I believe to be crucial to any successful movement.

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[Kitty Corbett @kittycorbett]

@JeffAndDonkeys And there I was thinking how clearly you present the core of the problem, and how much I appreciate that you keep showing up with your message. Repetition and perseverance matter. I believe that your work here matters. Take care, Jeff.

[Tim Garrett @nephologue]

We're collectively growing at an extraordinary pace of about 2.4% per year, fast enough to add as much to our daily resource demands in the next 30 years as we have since the dawn of civilization. If you feel it's hard to keep up, there's a reason... 🧵

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The story of Tom Brown, the retired engineer that became 'apple hunter', rescuing over 1,000 'lost' varieties in the last 25 years

Retired chemical engineer, he began his quest to find and preserve lost apple varieties around more than 25 years ago.

The man who owns an apple orchard called Heritage Apples in Clemmons, North Carolina, USA has re-discovered over 1000 rare varieties of apples.

His Heritage Apples showcase at least 600 of them. He has been working so that the heirloom apples of Appalachia in the Eastern United States do not disappear with time.

Popularly known as the Apple-Hunter, Tom grows around 60 varieties of apples each year on his farm and sells around 1000 trees. To encourage more preservation, Brown offers to discounts on the purchase of rarer heritage varieties. Trees from Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and a few other places have found their forever homes in his orchard.

[Erin Sagen🚪@erinsagen.bsky.social @erin_sagen]

“What would happen if communities were safe enough for kids to travel on their own?” That's my question, and thanks to @AnnaZivarts, @CoachBalto, @DrNurseDNP, @darbysaxbe, and @KMRalph for helping me figure it out. https://t.co/Lc0BQmZHlj

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

Four years ago today, I walked into the apocalypse.

Crossing the line in the ER felt like entering a whole other world.

Frenetic alarms.

Patients strewn about, struggling to breathe.

Too few staff. Too many deaths.

Covid was everything.

It had completely taken over our ER

[Otto Cars @OttoCars1]

A massive increase in antibiotic literacy is needed to meet the #ABR crisis.

https://t.co/vkKgCdE6We

[Jeff McFadden @JeffAndDonkeys]

Almost all the climate posts I see (except the out-and-out bullshit) are announcements of catastrophic facts.
My theory is that a critical mass of people know the catastrophic facts.
They don't know what to do about them.
There is no widespread idea of how to make it any better.