Guess what we will stop doing after Saturday? Reminding you that our quarterly membership meeting is this Saturday at 10 AM! The virtual event will feature Joel Briscoe and representatives from Utah Transit Authority - UTA. Click the link for more info: utru.org/events/quarter…

UTA is developing a 30-year Long Range Transit Plan (LRTP) — UTA Moves 2050 — focused on understanding and responding to the future needs of the communities we serve. Help shape UTA Moves 2050 by taking a short survey at rideuta.com/lrtp before May 1.

And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’ If it’s Bike Month, even if it’s the Met Gala, it’s by bike.

Fantasy as we know it today was created by a self-taught French artist from the 19th century. He has influenced everybody from HP Lovecraft to George Lucas and Tim Burton to Peter Jackson. His name? Gustave Doré...

NEW: Colorado just announced the details of a new statewide e-bike rebate program. 🚴‍♂️ $1,100 discount for low-income (<80% AMI) 🚴‍♂️$500 discount for medium-income (80-100% AMI) 🚴‍♂️ Extra money for cargo bikes, adaptive bikes cpr.org/2023/06/08/col…

Ah yes, those radical, anti-capitalist bicycle/train revolutionaries at ... Harvard. "A lot of people point to the cost of a rail system as excuse not to do it. They advocate for wider roads -- truth is we pay massive amounts to subsidize car travel." news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

NEW: 85 people in Arizona suffered severe burns from contact with pavements heated up to 180F (82C). 7 of them died. In total, 257 people had underlying cause of death listed as "exposure to excessive natural heat". This is not a forecast for 50 years time, it’s happening today.

Don't forget, Utah Transit Authority - UTA is holding its second open house TONIGHT in Salt Lake County to discuss its 2050 plan. Visit, ask questions, and advocate for transit in the valley!

Thank you AUGS for inviting us to present @ #PFDWeek23. A Green drape protocol for cystoscopy cases is not inferior to standard full drapes with regards to postop UTI. Drop the drapes, decrease the footprint. Every action counts. #ClimateAction

Excited to be presenting on the impacts of Air Pollution on Perioperative Outcomes at the 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists #WCA2024 and representing @UofU_Anesthesia University of Utah University of Utah Health and honored to be competing for Best Abstract!

Los Angeles is a city known, more than most cities in the United States, for its car culture and traffic. And yet … the pent-up demand for safer, healthier alternatives to driving is large enough to win *decisively* at the ballot. This is the future. latimes.com/politics/story…

Thrilled to announce I won 3rd place at #WCA2024 for my research on air pollution & periop outcomes. The global scholarly interest for the findings has been overwhelming. Thx to judges for their insightful Qs & consideration. Talmage Egan, MD @UofU_Anesthesia University of Utah Health @UU_GCSC

Thrilled to announce our new NEJM AI article (ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…)! Lead author Madhumita Sushil worked with Travis Zack Vanessa Kennedy @divneetM Brenda Miao all in UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr. To computationally understand where patients are in their care journey, we have to

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Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton in the ocean. Every day is #EarthDay

Can we...just accept that we suck at this? I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton. x.com/HillaryClinton…

🦋 You can catch a glimpse of these beautiful pollinators our parks and natural lands! For some prime spots to find pollinators and the wildflowers they love, check out our latest blog post at slcparks.com/WildflowerBlog 🌸 #NationalPollinatorMonth #UtahPollinators #UtahWildflowers

This thread has been adapted from my weekly newsletter (to which you can subscribe here: endclimatesilence.org/newsletter) and it draws on research from my book (which you can order here: amazon.com/Language-Clima…)