Jacinda Ardern, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand: “No matter where you are in the world, there is always something you can do. Keep leaning in. Don’t retreat. Lean hard!” #wd2026 @womendeliver.bsky.social

Grateful about the air quality at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for the Women Deliver conference. #CO2Monitor #StillMasking #WD2026 @womendeliver.bsky.social

Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand: “The choice of a woman for UN Secretary-General would be transformative for the world… A woman would leave no stone unturned in the search for peace.”

Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia: “A gender equal world is a better world for all of us. We should all be involved in building it.” #WD2026

Excited to be at the @womendeliver.bsky.social conference in Naarm! In these turbulent times it is so inspiring to be in community with so many amazing people working on intersectional solutions to the climate crisis, health equity, democracy, and many other urgent global challenges. #WD2026

Same @aoc.bsky.social, same!

So great to see JFK airport still has mask vending machines, which have 3M Auras!

We need you! Help us fuel the fight for science and help us bring the Virtual & Accessible Earth Day 2026 Rally to everyone on Wednesday, April 22 at 8 PM ET. Visit this link zurl.co/YxjdF to donate and register for the rally. Thank you! #EarthDay #ED2026 #EDVR2026 #EarthDay2026 #Climate

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 💕

Carney told Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen that the mission around the moon was a point of national pride. He's cutting the Canadian Space Agency by 33%.

Artemis II has been a much needed celebration of science, competency, and humanity. But reminder: the White House is proposing cutting NASA’s budget by billions. If you’ve loved watching our astronauts, don’t forget to call your representatives and urge them to keep funding science.

waiting for the next big NASA mission

The CDC has delayed the publication of a report showing that the Covid vaccine significantly reduced the likelihood of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter. This is a clear example of putting politics over science at the cost of lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

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.

A judge ruled that members of RFK Jr’s vaccine committee were "distinctly unqualified.” So RFK Jr rewrote the rules of membership for the committee, because of course he did.

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.

Today reminded us that no matter how far technology can take us, what ultimately propels us to new heights is the care humans can have for each other. Thank you Artemis II and NASA!

I love how people are cheering on NASA like it’s their sports team EXCEPT everyone is cheering for the SAME team!

The Artemis II crew proposed naming a moon crater after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll, who lost her life to cancer 😭

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 they will make the US 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.

New study: The risk of Alzheimer’s disease significantly decreases in older adults who receive a higher dose of the influenza vaccine compared to the standard dose.

According to a new study, more patients who need transfusions are requesting blood from unvaccinated donors. Wow.

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.

Hey leftists, it’s ok to discuss disagreements about strategy, but if you say people who take COVID precautions: - are too scared to leave the house - demand that everyone wear a mask 24/7 - are terrified of a just a "cold" You are using far right anti-science talking points.

Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial. Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks. Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.

Your regular reminder: It’s not vaccines vs masks It’s vaccines AND masks AND clean air AND tests AND more

THE GOAT

Sigh. If only we had learned from the start of COVID that work from home has many benefits, instead of being inexplicably forced back to the office by out-of-touch CEOs.

A new study finds that US COVID deaths were undercounted by nearly 20%. While COVID revisionists and antivaxxers are trying to con people into thinking governments did too much, the data says the opposite: Governments didn’t implement public health measures effectively enough to save more lives.

👋 Science communicator here. One mistake I keep seeing is academics taking the sole L for the decrease in trust. While yes some experts engaged in poor messaging at the start of COVID, the major influence is the large amounts of money being invested into attacking science for political gain.

A classic anti-masker tactic is to claim that if you don't wear a mask 100% of the time, it isn't worth it. Untrue. Every single time you wear a mask, you reduce the chances for viruses to spread. Wearing a mask always improves public health, even if you only do it occasionally.

A federal judge has blocked RFK Jr from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child 🎉

Real talk: Progressives have completely failed to adequately address the significant impacts of Long COVID, and this has left an opening for the far right to exploit vulnerable patients and deceitfully blame vaccines for all chronic illnesses.

RFK Jr and HHS have launched a new website dedicated to Long COVID. Please remain skeptical: They will offer more junk science than real solutions, and use this as another opportunity to spread misinformation about vaccines.

Six years ago WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Despite tens of millions of deaths, the world has not sufficiently addressed the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and we are more vulnerable to future pandemics due to anti-science officials leading government agencies around the world.

Belated happy international women’s day!

I’ve seen enough. If the @ny-knicks.bsky.social adopt ‘Unwritten’ as the team song, they’re winning the championship 🏆

❗️Prasad is out (again) at the FDA

TOMORROW! @standupforscience.bsky.social rallies in NYC, DC, and around the country. Find a rally near you: standupforscience.net/march7

US health officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November. This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

“Meanwhile, when asked why she’s masking during chemo, Meg now says, “I’m training for the Olympics”.” It’s wild that masking in sports is sometimes more normalized than masking in medical settings.

ICONIC

So the White House withdrew from the WHO, only to propose spending billions to try and replicate its functions in a much more inefficient and ineffective system. Ridiculous.

Reports that National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will now lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on an acting basis. Unacceptable. Bhattacharya has spent his career undermining infectious disease prevention measures and spreading health and science disinformation.

Good news: The FDA has reversed its decision and will now review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it last week in an attempt to undermine vaccine science and trust.

Hope is not a plan. Direct action is. Join us on March 7th around the nation! www.standupforscience.net/march7 @standupforscience.bsky.social