Me, prepping for tonight’s city council meeting. Based on the posted agenda, it was sure to be a spicy one. The mayor did a good job of bringing the temperature down in the room while I ate my popcorn in the back. I encourage you all to get involved with local politics!! It’s fun plus snacks!

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

12 former FDA commissioners released an extraordinary warning in the Dec. 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. They wrote that the current claims and policy changes pose a threat to evidence-based vaccine policy and public health security. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

NEW PAPER ALERT! My first paper where I’m a subject! 🧬⚕️🧪 A substantial number of women had clinically actionable results but would NOT have qualified for genetic testing. These findings support broader access to genetic testing as part of personalized breast cancer risk assessment ClinicalTrials.gov

🦇Bat Acoustic Analysis Training Course, Kamloops, BC June 15-19, 2026 (see comment for links)

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

A bunch of us did a piece on RFK Jr.'s attacks on vaccines. Please circulate. Scientists and clinicians are sounding the alarm. It's time to act. youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy...

“Delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose beyond the newborn period introduces risks that have lifelong detrimental consequences and no measurable health benefit.” Important and timely piece by an amazing team - Mike Abers, Angela Ulrich, & Rochelle Walensky. 👏👏 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

When I was a public health educator I was often invited to give STI prevention talks at senior centers. There is nothing more humbling than talking about sex and demonstrating how to use a condom with folks who could be my grandparents!

If you want to know more about the community where I live, look no further! Our love language is meat 🥩✍️🎯

The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org

A movie that takes place where you’re from

FIVE DAYS LEFT to send a thank you note and submit a public comment! A federal advisory committee with be discussing vaccine safety, changes to vaccine schedules and specifically hep b. Include links to peer-reviewed literature. What say you?!?! 💉🤧🤮😷

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. “It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills. “The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”

You know what to do! Repost and remember… storm water management is cool. Congrats @neorsd.org ☔️🎉 youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

A call to action everyone can take now is to add a public comment. Public comment periods ends Nov 24, 2025. Short and anonymous comments are welcomed! Let’s increase the comments quickly.

Changes in vaccine advisory process in US disrupted immunization guidance. Independent ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports safety & efficacy of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, & influenza during the 2025–2026 season. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I cringe at the circumstances that required this sign to be posted

The solicitation is finally up! Good luck to everybody applying this year (and those with mentees applying) - it's an extremely tight turnaround but very glad to see this. 🧪🌎

Today, I went to a CVS to get my COVID shot & was told that despite the WA Dept of Health’s Standing Order, they are following ACIP’s guidance to only vax folks 65+ or w/ underlying conditions. I filed a complaint w/ DOH. You can too! 💉⚕️😷🤷🏻‍♀️ [email protected] doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh...

The public has until September 19 to weigh in on the proposed rescission of the 2001 roadless rule on Forest Service land, a move that experts have said will harm the health and biodiversity of ecosystems. buff.ly/oMa9f05

And just like that, I’ve started saving for an Icelandic vacation… 🇮🇸🐧 newatlas.com/biology/baby...

I live in Washington State and this is the message I get when I try to schedule my COVID vaccine… I don’t want to start over! I just want my shot 😭💉😷🩻⚕️

Dr. Judy Stone has written yet *another* great piece, this time about measles and what the public should know about it. Measles continues to spread throughout the U.S., and we have the highest number of cases since it was declared eliminated in 2000.

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes out the other end. How does that happen? A doctor who treats digestive problems explains how 💩 is made:

I came down to LA this weekend to visit fam… we saw our fav Lucha Libre & I taught my nephew (an avid angler) to can fish! Only those who get me know a 23L pressure canner is a normal carry-on The TSA machine didn’t think so 😭 It destroyed my canner & I’m now convinced octopuses screen our bags🥫🎣🇲🇽🤼‍♂️🐙

If you need something hopeful and inspiring to listen to, I highly recommend this three-part @npr.org podcast series The Network about the women who transformed abortion support in South America - and how it changed the world. www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1...

Me, in a Lyft the other day, driver arguing w/ talk radio, host going off about the new logo. Host: outrage! wokeness! they removed the white character from the logo! Driver: hold up, you mad b/c they took the cracker out of Cracker Barrel?! Me: hit tip so hard between crying snort laughs

Hard to go wrong with a good cheese infographic! 🦠🧫🧀🪤🙌✋

Timeline cleanse. You know what to do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

In 1990, as a high school student, I rode my bicycle across the US along w/ 75 other young people from 10 countries to bring attention to chronic hunger & urge the president to sign & ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 35 years ago. Le sigh. archive.seattletimes.com/archive/1990...

My mom, a nurse, participated in the control group of a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a vaccination to help boost immune function of HIV+ folks. She had an intense GI reaction & initially thought she was injured but what it revealed was an underlying immune deficiency… 💉⚕️

Paying attention to the USDA reorganization plan? Comment window is open. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Calling all people concerned w/ public lands, food safety, rural development & all other services provided by US Dept of Agriculture! You have 30 days to tell Brooke Rollins what you think about the reorganization plan! On the list of things, no ‘Hub offices’ in the Pacific time zone WHAT SAY YOU?!?

The language used to describe outbreaks, like “pandemic” or “epidemic” can be tied politics, funding, international agreements, and more. And disinformation intentionally causes confusion. So how do epidemiologists use these terms in their day-to-day work? Here’s a simple guide to what they mean👇

Today’s the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—but the fight for access, dignity, and justice didn’t start in 1990, and it sure as hell didn’t end there. Anyone can become disabled at any time. So saving Medicaid is survival. For all of us. #SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies

⭐️ ICYMI⭐️ High Country News is offering free digital subscriptions to all federal employees — including those recently laid off — so you can stay informed about the West, no matter what. Independent. In-depth. Rooted in community. buff.ly/670yKQA

Need a moment of joy today? I recently gave a talk about what Indigenous inclusion in science looks like. Grab some tissues and get ready to ugly cry… 🐻🪶🐍🐸🐟🧪

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

Sometimes for me, seeing evidence of a fren brings me more joy than actually encountering the fren. Saw these fresh 🐻👣 today on an exploration around a local reservoir!

This doctor (allegedly): - Destroyed $28,000 worth of vaccine doses - Made about $100,000 by falsifying medical and public health records for around 2000 people - Tricked children into thinking they were vaccinated by injecting saline The implications of dismissing this case are enormous.

Ring! Ring! Calling 📞☎️ @danirabaiotti.bsky.social & @ethankocak.com we have the topic for your next book! #DoesItFart #CanItGetDrunk

Gather round for a short story folks! I’m an ecologist who works w/ wildlife & diseases. An ecologist studies the relationships between species & their environments. Until the pandemic (which crushed many leagues), I played roller derby. My derby name is Pestilence, Pest for short… 🛼🧬🧪

While the current earthquake swarm at Mt. Rainier is not causing concern from the experts that an eruption will happen soon, it's a great reminder that we have 5 active volcanoes in Washington state, and being prepared for them is always a good idea! Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PETp...

THIS IS SUCH GREAT NEWS!! Enormous thank you to all who were involved in supporting and developing this drug! 🎉🦶🏽🦟

I just posted about the viral cause of MS yesterday (EBV), and today I saw this article that provides some evidence that Parkinson’s Disease may also be caused by a virus—human pegivirus.

Cowbirds have such a brilliant reproductive strategy. Conservation issues aside, I have so much respect for them! 🪶