NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Dr. Clarissa Raguso published her first first-author publication looking at the effects of weathered & pristine micro/nano tire particles in invertebrate (mysid shrimp) and silverside fish! Work completed in @smbrander.bsky.social 's lab @oregonstate.edu!

My sourdough starter, who I affectionately have named “crusty,” has forgiven me for neglecting her for the past month. #smallvictories

“the medical profession’s response to covid-19 has been in effect to walk away from the established public health principles of ‘control, eliminate, eradicate’, adopting instead what I have termed the ‘surrender narrative’” www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. They want you to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions ⛽️ ☠️ 💙 🌎

This deep-sea octopus wants to wish you a happy Valentine’s Day on behalf of the OOI Regional Cabled Array team! ❤️ 🌊🚢🧪

@smbrander.bsky.social et al. have assembled quite the team! Be sure to shoot us a follow for exciting news/opportunities coming soon!

Plastic-free soy sauce container biodegrades in 4 weeks The biodegradable design could help keep plastic from becoming fish food www.popsci.com/environment/...

There are few things better than a good cannoli. #italianamerican

It’s just horrific. Where is the mass outrage on this? The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center - ProPublica apple.news/A-Uc3UmSFSo2...

Today is #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 💜👩‍🔬🧪🧠🧫🔬 #WomenInSTEM #Neuroethology Check out the #Unesco virtual museum about #Women in #Science ↘️ www.unesco.org/en/virtual-s... ↙️ Feel free to post interesting facts about women researchers and link women neuroethologists below 👇

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 The EMBO Women in Science Lectures address issues related to gender and diversity in science. Find out more and apply here: https://www.embo.org/funding/lecture-travel-and-childcare-grants/women-in-science-lectures/

La police rapporte que sept personnes ont été tuées dans une école secondaire et deux autres retrouvées mortes dans une résidence à proximité, mardi, à Tumbler Ridge (Colombie-Britannique). Le tireur présumé a aussi... ➡️ https://l.letemps.ch/AaU

When people are afraid to go to work, afraid to shop, or afraid to gather in their community, it hurts families, neighborhoods, and our entire economy. If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.

This, this is where I am too …

I’m so happy to be taking the metro again, decent public transportation ftw! #newjob

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding. www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...

It was nice to see clear pushback on Trump’s views in the musical choices at the Super Bowl this year. I hope he hated every minute of it.

Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU

STEM Black History Fact 7/28 Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first Black woman physician in the U.S., providing medical care to newly freed enslaved people after the Civil War.

Hopeful something will come out of this review. My decade old account was permanently banned this past week for no specific reason. Such overreach should be illegal. techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/m....

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

It is cold cold cold in Washington DC this weekend 🥶

The bravery, resilience and sacrifice of many in our city to protect and support vulnerable communities show the world Minneapolis’ values. We’re honored the city was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize – and it’s because of your courageous solidarity to promote democracy, human rights and peace.

Meet the team! We'll be continuing to highlight the people who make up our consortium! Be sure to read the thread below to hear more about @smbrander.bsky.social ! branderlab.net

I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...

There are a lot of lies and rage-baiting about immigrants, so from time to time I want to correct the record.

First week working from my new office in DC so I brought some things to decorate / make it feel like home. Excited to be in person and to be part of the “Pewniverse” #PewCharitableTrusts #SaferChemicalsProject

“We cannot succumb to a worldview that embraces isolation, scarcity and control through fear.” Posting this here in part because my Instagram account has been suspended, no specific reason given.

anteafa 🫖 🤜

Lasagna soup (veg version) for the weary 2026 soul. 🍝

I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

Lights of love for Alex Pretti and Renee Good and all of the the victims of ICE ❤️

Today’s feelings.

Worth noting losses to federal science extend well beyond these programs, e.g., to Dept of Agriculture, Dept of the Interior, and elsewhere. We've lost 30% of our federal colleagues at the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center in the past year. Rebuilding will take decades.

A 23-year-old US citizen was detained by ICE for two days. During the arrest, she was called a racial slur and suffered a concussion.

NWS Director Ken Graham went LIVE with Charlie, Ainsley and Brian today on @FoxandFriends to share latest forecast & tips on how to stay prepared for this weekend’s historic winter storm: “Stay home, have supplies, be ready!” Full interview: www.foxnews.com/video/638814... cc: nws.noaa.gov

Best part of working from home is being able to make homemade hummus for lunch in a bowl you threw on the wheel.

Had fun giving a dual presentation with Ph.D. student Lauren Kashiwabara (almost Dr.) yesterday evening Portland State University! @pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social

The measles outbreak in South Carolina now stands at 664 cases, basically doubling in a week, and it's spread to several other states. The outbreak first began in Texas a year ago this week - which means the U.S. is going to lose its elimination status. My latest: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Children should never, ever, ever be used as “bait” to entrap parents. I am furious and heartbroken. If you are too, call your Rep right now: (202) 224-3121 A staffer will answer - be brief, say you want your Rep to vote NO on DHS funding bill. It’s ok if your voice shakes. 💔 Please make the call.

Wishing I was skiing again 🎿 @mtbachelor.bsky.social

Proud of Corvallis for standing up yesterday! #walkout #defundICE @50501movement.bsky.social

"The body of evidence across all organisms supports that micro- and nanoplastics are accumulating in animals and humans. " - @smbrander.bsky.social "This is exactly how science works in tackling a new problem." - Christos Symeonides Megan Wolff, Matt Campen, & Elizabeth Ryznar are also quoted.