Notices by Dr. Lucky Tran (luckytran@mastodon.social), page 2

Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard is wearing a high quality mask at the start of the race.

He said: “I hear already that there’s some sickness in some teams and I’ve had a history of being sick in my last two Grand Tours, so as you said: ‘Better safe than sorry.’”

Great job! 👏

A sailboat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Ships for displaying banners about climate justice and clean water.

Source: ig/jackiemarieburton, ig/sloopclearwater

Six years since the start of COVID and this type of misinformation by omission is still rampant. The best protection against airborne pathogens is wearing a high quality mask.

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.”

When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything!

(Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

Zohran Mamdani: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."

Christina Koch being greeted by her dog after returning from space is the dose of Monday hopium we all needed 💕

A new study predicts that Long Covid will cost OECD economies $135 billion a year, due to people leaving the workforce, lower productivity, and healthcare costs. COVID is not over. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/long-covid-predicted-to-cost-oecd-economies-135-billion-a-year?leadSource=reddit_wall&embedded-checkout=true

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

Stunning. What a view.

The NSF has been compromised.

Trump's 2027 budget proposes cuts of:

🔻 $5.8 billion to NIH

🔻 $5.6 billion to NASA

🔻 $4.8 billion to NSF

🔻 $4.6 billion to EPA

🔻 $2.9 billion to CDC

🔻 $1.6 billion to NOAA

If these science cuts pass, the US will be a less healthy and less safe place to live.

The CDC has paused testing for rabies and pox viruses.

It's vital we keep a close eye on them as rabies is virtually 100% fatal without vaccination, and smallpox killed hundreds of millions (we really don't want a similar virus returning).

Losing track of these viruses is a recipe for catastrophe.

A gigantic record-breaking heat dome is baking the US and war is skyrocketing fuel prices and the cost of living.

If only scientists and climate activists had warned us….

Oh wait they did.