IcooIey

IcooIey, 2 months ago to random

Got script for Paxlovid and provider warned about possible high cost. Mine was covered, but later saw a post on here about someone in the US with a + Covid test, who got a Paxlovid script, but insurance wouldn’t cover and pharmacy charged >$1K. A commenter linked to a WashPo article about a poorly known gov. program covering Paxlovid.
Was able to send gift link to provider who saw me. They had no idea! Hoping this will help someone who needs it.

https://wapo.st/492cEoV

#covid #paxlovid

anildash, 7 days ago to random

Just trying to imagine if people a few hundred years ago had been here to witness, in the span of a few weeks, an eclipse, an earthquake, a supernova as bright as the North Star, and an unexpected appearance of the northern lights.

IcooIey, 7 months ago to Bloomscrolling

#bloomscrolling when you need reminding beauty still exists in the world.
Persevere my loves.

Red and gold streaked mini petunia blossom.
White Montauk daisy blooms with a visiting brown moth on one of the blooms.
Close up of a yellow dahlia bloom with lightly brushed magenta edges.

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

When I went to graduate school, I had to be revaccinated for measles. They told me that people vaccinated between 1963 and 1967 received a faulty dose and may NOT be protected. Please do what's necessary to protect yourself NOW before something bad happens.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2019/04/20/born-in-the-1960s-the-cdc-says-you-may-need-a-measles-shot-before-traveling/?sh=5343e9c647bf

IcooIey, 3 months ago to Bloomscrolling

Looking at photos from hiking in the Colorado, US a few summers ago. January is a real challenge; nice to dream about a flower filled meadow.

#bloomscrolling #RockyMountains

IcooIey, 1 year ago (edited 10 months ago) to science

Re#intro post for new arrivals:
Greetings from #NewEngland #Connecticut US. I’m a former #ecologist turned #lawyer at #CIRCA a multidisciplinary #UConn institute at the intersection of #science, #engineering, #ClimateChange #resilience, and #law working to help state and local govmt use best practices to equitably enact policy in response to the climate crisis.
#LandUse, #JustTransition, #energy, #regulation, #transportation, #urbanism & I post a lot of nonsense too because this isn’t LinkedIn

IcooIey, 6 months ago to random

Goodnight all. Tomorrow we keep at it again. It’s a beautiful planet. Glad to be here with you.

IcooIey, 3 months ago to animals

Getting feedback from Fish. Diner is now six minutes late and he’s counting.

#CatsOfMastodon

IcooIey, 3 months ago to random

Happy World Wetlands Day!

#WorldWetlandsDay #streams #wetlands

IcooIey, 3 months ago to superbowl

#SuperbOwl

IcooIey, 2 months ago to random

#MarshMadness

Incredibly productive, weirdly diverse, and fragile water/land interface. Lake Michigan, Waugoshance Point, August 2023

https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/description/18982

A cluster of purple wildflowers likely Clinopodium arkansanum with reddish stems growing among rocks and grass.
An insect possibly a surplus fly on white flowers of Eupatorium perfoliatum with a green leafy background.
Rocky terrain with a small yellow green carnivorous butterwort rosette surrounded by various stones, grass, and a few purple wildflowers.

IcooIey, 1 month ago to random

#MarshMadness

Green frog friend

#frogs

IcooIey, 1 month ago to random

“Look, I don’t get this egg nonsense. Just save time and hunt the bird. The BIRD!”

IcooIey, 1 month ago to random

What I have learned today:

Far more colander design diversity than expected.

IcooIey, 1 month ago to Birding

In 1979, Ohio (US) had 4 nesting pairs of bald eagles. Today there are 800 pairs. Banning DDT and federal protection through the Endangered Species Act worked.

One of the three nests we saw today. This pair, known to locals as Jack and Diane, are feeding a pair of eaglets in Magee Marsh, near Lake Erie.

#birding #law #BirdLaw #MarshMadness

A bald eagle landing on a large nest in a bare tree. Feet stretched out and wings wide.
A bald eagle on a nest in a leafless tree against a cloudy sky, with a small bird flying in the distance. The eagle is looking down at its young (not seen) in the nest.
An eagle flying near a large nest built in a leafless tree.

IcooIey, 28 days ago to climate

Some days my job is really freaky. Working on guidelines for climate resilient regulation. It's best practices to recommend native vegetation. But, what trees should you plant today if the trees live 100 years? Found this USDA story map with sliders showing current plant hardiness, growing degree days, and heat zones. It's one thing to KNOW the climate is changing, it's another to see a data visualization. Connecticut could be Georgia in 80 years.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9ee0cc0a070c409cbde0e3a1d87a487c

#ClimateChange

IcooIey, 6 months ago to random

Oh hell no. I’m staying up here in New England where we only have to worry about all the creepy tick-born diseases. Leishmaniasis has freaked me out since I took parasitology. Sorry Texas, you’re on your own.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/flesh-eating-parasite-leishmania-sand-flies-texas-dogs-cdc-report/

IcooIey, 19 days ago to scouting

Two days in the woods, messing around, botanizing, greeting spring ephemerals and returning migrants like old friends. Eating ramps on fire cooked hotdogs under 125 ft tall white oaks. Meeting an 85 yr old land steward who still plans for the future. Watching the scouts play, learn, read, breathe in the wild. Soul refreshing. I want this for every one.

#scouting

Person resting by a forest stream with their feet in hiking boots visible in the foreground, surrounded by fallen leaves and trees.

IcooIey, 2 months ago to Bloomscrolling

#SilentSunday #Bloomscrolling

Soon, again.

IcooIey, 6 months ago to random

Sitting outside on a 74 degree day in late October in New England getting bit by mosquitos. Climate change literally just bit me.

#ClimateDiary

IcooIey, 3 months ago to gardening

Looking at the posts of people working their soil, sowing seeds, joyfully excited to see new sprouts.

Meanwhile, #gardening in #NewEngland:

IcooIey, 7 months ago to animals

“This is not a development I have foreseen”-Fisher the cat.
#CatsofMastodon

IcooIey, 3 months ago to random

Feeling lush, mossy. Lichen cute. Might delete later.

#Mosstodon

IcooIey, 3 days ago to random

Yesterday evening our scout troops placed flags on veterans’ graves, a service we do every year. I spoke before we started about how do this to remember the sacrifices of those lost to war, show families and descendants their loved one isn’t forgotten.
1/3

IcooIey, 7 days ago to random

There’s two places to go in our town for sky stuff. Up the hill or down to the dam. We went down this time, it’s darker, with a narrower view. But far less light pollution. Connecticut, US 22:47 10 May 2024.

#auroraborealis #aurora

Image shows a celestial scene with shades of purple and pink aurora colored night sky with visible stars. Taken directly up towards zenith. There are bands and rays of pink and purple, though the color is misty a diffuse wash across the dark blue sky.