Sim Larkin

Dad, husband, friend. Concerned Scientist.

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200,000+ kids have lost a parent to COVID.

Half a million more suffer continued debilitating symptoms. (approx 1 in every 26 kids who gets infected)

This just in the U.S. and just what's happened so far.

https://t.co/bp9jjQD9yW

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$150B lawsuit to hold Facebook accountable for Rohingya genocide

1) They gave the people of Myanmar free internet on the condition they use Facebook

2) They promoted hate speech

3) They ignored warnings for years

=Defective Product and Negligence

https://t.co/2uhI1Bz5el

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We need more news like this:
London’s River Thames is no longer ‘biologically dead’ -now home to sharks, seals, and seahorses https://t.co/sX7UUaL14r

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Um, so this is happening…

The current new variants mean hotels don’t work and we need new specialized quarantine facilities.

I wonder what the next variants will require… https://t.co/3qoZROcps1

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An important story about always challenging assumptions, especially when they become canon. https://t.co/hSGPzivSmT

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$40M is nothing compared with the harm Juul has caused and the money they’ve made -intentionally- targeting youth. https://t.co/bEe5FV1AaU

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A law that ‘bars teaching concepts or courses that would cause people to "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress”’

Closing your eyes doesn’t help make the world better. Teach empowerment not ignorance. https://t.co/kyhDqqJaRJ

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Pollution is a racial justice problem. It always has been.

Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds https://t.co/IsnHv7JRKo

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The fact there are not good national stats that break down hospitalizations and long-term consequences by age is a true failing of our health care system. https://t.co/7grnaokZYr

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The real reason humans are the dominant species - BBC News https://t.co/WQ8ZmydGCq

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The lawyer who took on Chevron – and now marks his 600th day under house arrest - The Guardian https://t.co/avMNuhtUs3

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Different (less accurate) COVID tests for the women’s tournament.

Breast-feeding infants count against a team’s 34-person allotment.

Inferior food; inferior facilities; etc

In 2021.

https://t.co/ZKg338nsF5

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“The NCAA needs to fix this — and fix it now. Otherwise, it’s just one more reason for Congress to legislate it out of existence.” https://t.co/eDjhVWJkcE

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It hasn’t always felt like we were doing well, but kudos Seattle. https://t.co/19smFvG95B

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Remember Allan McDonald: heroism takes many forms. He risked his career to try to save lives and expose the truth. https://t.co/Vd9I0bBp5K

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The country is still going backwards in places that count the most. https://t.co/japg0UriVT

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Useful visualizations. Ventilation is key. https://t.co/e5VLSRM5gT

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Texas electric bills were $28 billion higher under deregulation

When the item in question is something you -have to- purchase regardless of price, deregulation seems to have failed in its purpose, and failed catastrophically when it was needed most. https://t.co/zGmt8afHZe

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“...the disinvestment in electricity production reminds [a Texas Professor] of the last years of the Soviet Union, or of the oil sector today in Venezuela” https://t.co/qRQleogd6s

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Worth a read https://t.co/dGs3FzEnPH