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! 🪶

“This concern, this hesitancy, these questions about vaccines are a consequence of the great success of the vaccines – because they eliminated the diseases. If you’re not familiar with the disease, you don’t respect or even fear it. And therefore you don’t value the vaccine.”

It was my honor to work with distinguished lawyer colleagues on this statement of commitment to the principles that must undergird American democracy. It appears today as full page ad in the @nytimes.com & in papers around the country. Learn more at @weholdthesetruths.bsky.social

My most pedantic science geek post ever! 🧬🧪 I feel like this label means something different to me & the people who made this packaging… To me, PCR means polymerase chain reaction, THE THING that made molecular analysis a thing. Why is a grocery store recycling PCR products & for what purpose?! 🤓🧐😂

Some of you know (from the other place) that 4 years ago, I almost died at work while searching for endangered Cascade red foxes. Since year 2, I return to the boulder to celebrate my life-iversary. I took some measurements and based on the mass of andesite (2.11 – 2.36 g / cm3), it’s 7-8,000 pounds

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse they come after the #ididarod ?!?! “Much of Mr. Kennedy’s brief address was focused on the vaccine that Gavi uses against diphtheria” Togo & Balto just lunge growled in their graves #uglydogs 🐕🛷💉⚕️⛑️

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was a friend who worked with Gabby to stop gun violence. We’re thinking of her children, who've now lost both their parents, and we’re praying for Sen. Hoffman and his wife, who are still fighting for their lives. Stay strong.

Thank you for this contribution to "Earth Stewardship"!

So proud of this work and honored to have been invited to join this incredible group of Indigenous scholars. Thank you, Lara! We provide a framework to evaluate how agencies are doing co-management & improve co-equity efforts doi.org/10.1002/eas2...

Fun fact (a short 🧵): Resources from our National Parks are ‘owned’ by the public, including bacteria like Thermus aquaticus (Taq). www.nps.gov/yell/learn/n...

Natural history museum collections may contain key data for predicting and preventing future pandemics, according to a new @umich.edu-led study analyzing how preserved biological specimens can support global disease surveillance. #science news.umich.edu/worlds-natur...

All of this 👇 plus the number of undergrad and graduate student researchers US Forest Service R&D supports is astounding. They train scientists who then go on to work in public & private sectors.

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People. The point I’m making is that educational resources for children that used to be exclusively on public broadcasting for accessibility is now in jeopardy of privatization since PBS is being systematically dismantled

Tomatoes are my absolute guilty pleasure. If this continues, I’ll be the person whose electric bill throws off ‘illegally growing cannabis’ vibes and when I’m raided they’ll only find tomatoes in the attic.

LAST DAY TO COMMENT!! Do you think endangered species will be harmed if their habitat is impacted or lost? Tell USFWS what you think and cite your sources! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW... 🌎🌱🧪

Redefining "harm" in the Endangered Species Act could undo decades of habitat protection for threatened species. The public has until May 19 to comment on the Trump Administration proposal to exclude habitat destruction from the definition. An ecologist and a law professor explain: buff.ly/Lguz0su

THREE DAYS LEFT PEOPLE!!! Tell USFWS if you think endangered species will be harmed if their habitat is impacted or lost. And don’t forget to cite your sources! <psst… primary literature is best> 🌎🌱🐿️🐾🐍🐸🐝🦍🦅🐢🐞🐅🐬🦎🦌🦉🦇🐌🦒🦜🐪🐊🦑🦧🦤🦭🐦‍⬛🦦🐋🧪

Shout out to all of the faculty and students who made it through this semester in particular. What a time to be teaching and learning in spaces that are directly under attack from people who benefited from having access to the same resources themselves.