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28 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Drop everything and play with this map that lets you put the #EverGiven anywhere on earth, to scale.
Here is #EVERGIVEN in Jordan Pond in @AcadiaNPS
Here is #EVERGIVEN in the Thames, making HMS Belfast look like a toy
Here is #EVERGIVEN crushing the entire @NHM_London from Exhibition Road to Queensgate
LOL #EVERGIVEN in the Serpentine

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25 Jun 20
Awake at 2am thinking about COVID-19 again…

I swear if I hear “herd immunity” one more time as a strategy, I’m gonna lose it.

Herd immunity means ~10 million deaths in the US alone.

If you are totes okay w/ >3,000 preventable 9/11s, well then I don’t know what to say to you.
Where’d I get 10 million? Back-of-the-envelope calculation with references:

1. Herd immunity = 70% of pop infected and recovered. 70% of the US pop is more than 200 million people. mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi…
(And that’s assuming people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 retain long-lasting immunity, and we don’t know yet if that’s the case.)

livescience.com/covid-19-immun…
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20 Mar 20
A little thread about chloroquine, which you may have heard is being explored as a potential therapy for #COVID19. 1/
Chloroquine is derived from the bark Cinchona trees. There are 23 described species, all native to the tropical Andes which span Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. (Photo: James Steakley) Tree in a greenhouse with large, bright green leaves
The fever-reducing effects of the bark of these trees was noticed and widely used by multiple Indigenous peoples of the tropical Andes.

Chloroquine is Indigenous knowledge. 3/
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24 Feb 20
I would really like to support #ElizabethWarren. Her platform and campaign match up with my values and interests, and I believe she can defeat Tr*mp, especially after her debate performance in Nevada. 1/
Which is why I am so frustrated that @ewarren has not engaged w/ Cherokee & other Indigenous writers, scholars, & activists who have clearly & repeatedly explained why her Cherokee ancestry claim and DNA stunt do continuing harm, & why her apology is insufficient. 2/
@ewarren Cherokee activist and writer @RebeccaNagle even went so far as to *script an apology for her*. 3/
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11 May 18
I’m often asked when is a good time to visit Bar Harbor and @AcadiaNPS, so I’m finally going to put my recommendations down here for posterity. 1/
I’ve lived here almost 10yrs. I’ve seen how the seasons vary, both the norms and the extremes. I’ve hiked/walked over 3,000 miles in the park (yes, I’ve kept track), in all seasons and all kinds of weather, and I’ve biked and skied hundreds of miles. 2/
My credentials out of the way, without further ado, here come my illustrated, month-by-month reviews and recommendations for visiting MDI, Bar Harbor, and @AcadiaNPS. *cracks fingers* 3/
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23 Mar 18
As a geneticist & evolutionary biologist, I won’t let @TuckerCarlson get away with making up trash science to justify white nationalism. 1/
Human beings are evolved (not designed) to be exceptionally adaptable. Look at the astonishingly wide variety of ecological niches we fill! Look how our large brains and societies help us not just adapt to, but create, rapid change, to our own advantage! 2/
We’ve weathered many cycles of “variability selection”, that is, selection for adaptability during periods of rapid environmental change. scientificamerican.com/article/humans… 3/
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26 Jan 18
Nutella is trending, and I have a Nutella story that has an unresolved ending, so I figure I’d better strike while the iron’s hot. Everyone comfy? Okay…

When I was a very little girl, in the mid-1970s, we lived in Germany. My dad was stationed at @RamsteinAirBase. 1/
The world’s best babysitter Liesl 🙌🏻 introduced me to both Haribo gummy bears and Nutella. To me, she was a supernatural being, like the White Witch with her Turkish Delight was to Edmund. But not, you know, evil. 2/
Liesl would stay with me for days at a time when my parents and brother would go skiing over in Switzerland. They said I was too young. I still haven’t forgiven them.

On top of being fun and bringing me magical confections, she was kind. So kind. I loved her. 3/
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