I work full time studying shorebirds but could very well spend all my time cleaning Fire Island beaches of balloons. Drifting through shorebird and seabird nesting habitat and in and out of the ocean. Please do not release balloons. #balloonsblow

COVID deaths per million population: Serbia 1480 Australia 89 Something for #novakdjokovic to ponder with time on his hands. worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Diseases they tried herd immunity by infection with: measles, polio, cholera, diphtheria, flu, chickenpox, rubella, mumps, typhus - they tried for CENTURIES for immunity via infection. it didn't work. that's why they made vaccines for them.

Barbara Malmet It is unbelievable that Americans have to fight for the right to vote in what is supposed to be a country that is a beacon of democracy. Love from New Zealand 🥰

I was wrong when I described the emotions of COVID patients. It isn't just fear and anxiety. It is utter terror not knowing how long you can keep breathing. Everything hurts. It is drowning on dry land. It's being crushed from within. 2/4

And those wanting to maintain the status quo, protecting privilege. Cherry picking facts. Going low. Lets keep trying to go high, it’s not always easy. #COVID19 #auspol #NoOneLeftBehind

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but African-Americans are Americans.

I am an American.

1/ WHY OUR "LET IT RIP" APPROACH TO COVID IS SO BIZARRE I don't think people realise quite how odd this all is. The history of medicine is one of relentless improvement in health, against seemingly improbable odds. In my 30 years as a doctor, just some of the things I have seen:

I’m the Texas teenager who initiated the takedown of Greg Abbott’s Anti-Abortion tip- line. I’ve been in briefings with the White House, spoken with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and mobilized Gen-Z voters across the country. Can you help me get to 50K on twitter?

NEW: President Biden just issued an order requiring US hospitals to provide abortion care if it would save a mother’s life— even if Republicans in a state ban it. Federal emergency treatment law supersedes state law.

This is a very powerful way to use urban art

Pure genius

When 2 groups of penguins meet on the road, they stop for a short exchange of information. When one of them moves in with the wrong group, a friend goes after him to bring him back🙂🐧🐧🐧

A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.” The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total