In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”

In protesting peacefully we reclaim our cities and communities from state brutality. These are our spaces, our homes.

Catonsville, MD

No Kings Day 2.0 with Mom ❤️ Catonsville showed up! Easily 1,000+ turned out today. Democracy is joyful. Let’s keep it. #nokings

Now would be a good time to listen to the Behind the Bastards podcast 2-part ep. on Pete Hegseth.

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

Taken from the NYT article re: today’s ACIP vote on the combo MMRV vaccine. This would truly be comical if it weren’t real life.

1. There are a few things I would like normal people to bear in mind tomorrow after they follow news coverage of congressional testimony by US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr. rollcall.com/2025/08/28/k...

Unconscionable to the core.

Officially finished out #ASV2025 with the best crew! What a privilege it was to spend 4 full days totally immersed in learning about the incredible research being done across the globe. #lovevirology and #lovemylab

Come see me at #ASV2025 P26-14 tonight! (a couple of rookies moves on my 1st poster session go: over ironed & a little big for the space BUT it made it here!)

Let’s GO! #ASV2025

24 hours into eating & dancing my way through Montréal ahead of #ASV2025 Decided to share some of my favorite spots & sights below 🧵1/TBD

Bonjour, Montréal! Officially ready for #ASV2025

Some favorites from two 📍Catonsville No Kings events today. People driving by were overwhelmingly supportive & many had their cars decorated in support. It is an ever-welcome reminder that most people stand against this administration & the atrocities they are committing.

Feeling a lot like I did in early days of the pandemic these days. It is so clear what’s coming: The people that will die because of cuts in global health, because of cuts to research, because of the concerted anti-vaccine push. It’s clear what’s coming, but we will have to wait to count the dead.🧪

There was only ever one outcome to their relationship: this.

Hi BlueSky! I’ll be headed to Montreal for the 1st time in July ( #ASV2025 woo!) and tacking on some extra days to the trip to sightsee and explore. Please send me all of your food, entertainment, events, etc. recommendations! Thanks!! 😎

Stay safe out there today, friends. I’m down and out with the flu today, but with you all in spirit 😷🤧

Decline is a choice. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Thank you, Senator Booker ❤️🇺🇸 @booker.senate.gov

It's been a terrible day. Science has been gutted by a horrific purge of the NIH, CDC, and FDA; a purge I'm not sure we recover from anytime soon. But Senator Booker is a bright light reminding us darkness isn't a force - silence and inaction of good people allows the evil. Get into good trouble!

I was too scared of oncoming buses to get better photos, but #Baltimore turned out against Kevin Roberts of Project2025. No fascists welcome!

It’s important that people from all walks of life and background, and all rational political perspectives, show unity in support of democracy and the rule of law on April 5, somewhere near you. Show your love for your country and for what it should—must—stand for: handsoff2025.com/

Echoing everything Toby said below…

I know, I know. Science is under attack. The future of *waves hand around…* everything feels very uncertain. So going to try and celebrate the wins where I can… Received word that my 1st abstract has been accepted for what will be my 1st ever poster presentation. 🙂

**again, glaring at the “but her emails” crowd** www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.

📍District 1 Town Hall (Woodlawn HS) If you can attend a town hall in your district in-person or by livestream - please do so. The dominos from this admin’s egregious actions are falling all around, and it’s not a matter of if - but when - it’ll impact you too. 1/n

JFC this is so dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

An imperative read.

#StandUpForScience 2025 was incredible. Facts will always prevail and fascism will inevitably fail. It’s a long and challenging road ahead, but we’ll get there friends. Also, shout out to my boss for the screenshot of me & my labmate waving to the livestream just before Bill Nye came on! 😆

Ready to #StandUpForScience tomorrow in DC! I tried to think of something clever, but opted for a simple yet direct message.

Republicans chanting “USA” to drown out an *actual* patriotic display of protest is rich. Every Dem in the room should have followed Rep. Al Green’s lead. Thank you, Rep. Green. 🙏

More of this please.

On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science— and against political censorship, autocracy, and fascism. Science stands at a crossroads. This is a wider fight for truth, for democracy, and for the future. We hope you join us. www.standupforscience2025.org

When you're about to do unpopular things www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

Congress is about to cut #Medicaid by $880 billion. CALL THESE REPS. They are vulnerable--close margins in their elections and with lots of people in Medicaid in their districts. You may call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. List below. Call now and all day tomorrow. 1/

There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

Happy 2nd Birthday to the goodest boy ❤️

Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

happy little infection crescent 🌙

Since the election, I had been toying with the idea of starting a "Democratic Supper Club" of sorts. Essentially, a democracy-focused community in the form of a supper club that gathers to break bread together, discuss politics and effective mobilization strategies. 1/n

1. Stay engaged When all the news is about Trump and pardons and lies, it is easy to want to retreat and stop paying attention. Don’t. It is precisely when things are hard that we must all lean into remaining vigilant and informed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

2025 is the pits, you guys.

This is key. Vought HAS to be stopped. As @donmoyn.bsky.social says, he is the Cromwell in all this. And that story does not end well.