Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

Trump’s using American military forces to further his own political agenda rather than protect American citizens. He’s deploying our own military against us.

"The Trump administration has spent the last eight months vilifying and destroying our nation’s public health infrastructure(...) There will be no making America healthy again without funding for research, science staffing, and programs that protect public health. The US public deserves better.

Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets

Thank you, Violet Affleck, for using your voice at the United Nations to call for clean air and masking — and especially for naming children with #LongCOVID. Too often, kids are left out of these conversations. Families are grateful to see their children’s realities recognized on the global stage.

Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com. I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team. Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.

Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "St. Elmo’s Fire only it ends with the opioid epidemic ravaging my old college town" by Kelly Erin Gray (@kelly_erin_) stonecirclereview.com/st-elmos-fir... #poetry #poem

Listened to this while on my morning walk the past two days. Really good episode. One of my favorite podcasts, poetry or otherwise. “I should have been a pair of ragged claws / scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” ! open.spotify.com/episode/2oIz...

As I was saying…

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

Great to see: The Vaccine integrity Project rolls out this week www.wsj.com/health/healt... @mtosterholm.bsky.social

“It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say ‘we knew how to protect you, but we didn’t.’” A powerful speech from Violet Affleck.

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

“it is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say we knew how to protect you and we just didn’t do it.”

PBS doing Gods work here www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

I feel like news publications should put more energy into asking autistic people how they feel about all this because…

Infectious disease specialists lament 'chaos' of recent ACIP meeting Specialists with the Infectious Diseases Society of America said last week's meeting was a clear departure from ACIP's standard operating procedures and created more confusion. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

Better headlines coming from the NYT in recent days. Keep it up!

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth* A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel” Person watching on tv: well if they say so

Pregnant women can't access the #COVID vaccine. If they get #COVID and develop a fever, they can't take Tylenol? 🫠. Both COVID infection and untreated maternal fever increase the risk of bad outcomes for both fetus and mother ranging from preterm delivery to death. None of this is pro-life.

Let me make this very clear: Being sarcastic about sexual assault while also anti science, and scaring pregnant people into not appropriately treating their pain while simultaneously belittling the lives of autistic people is really a full encapsulation of this administration.

He repurposed “believe all women” standing next to a president who’s been accused by more than 20 women of sexual assault and harassment and been found civilly liable for rape. Kennedy himself has also been accused of sexual assault. There is no bottom

I am so so mad right now I don’t even know how to process it. (Tylenol, autism, “tough it out” etc) but it’s a cool fall night & I have my favorite old sweatshirt on and I am going to make popcorn and watch preseason hockey and try not to let that man & his followers ruin everything. #letsgobuffalo

Wow “rambling” and “unproven” in the same headline! What is happening

This week, world leaders have an opportunity to show they understand the seriousness of the climate crisis. Alongside the UN General Assembly meetings in NYC, the UN Secretary-General will convene a high-level Climate Summit. Are there reasons for optimism even in these dark times?

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

An old poem from West Trestle Review about the Equinox.

Thank you to @amandamarcotte.bsky.social for arguing so convincingly that the anti-vax, anti-tylenol, anti-birth control movement is actually MISOGYNIST AF. It blames & shames women instead of relying on science & fact. We must look at MAHA through the lens of patriarchy & sexism.

Some thoughts on hope by @kossworks.bsky.social accompanied by beautiful photography. The kind of piece that makes you want to log off for a while, in a good way. “It can be liberating to separate from language and live in your body…” #writerlife

Week 39 poetry collection for 2025:

“A successful and healthy response to COVID would have seen our public toolkit expand over the last five years. Most critically, we would’ve seen a comprehensive plan for upgrading indoor air quality in all public buildings.”

Cute elderly dog (Willow) alert:

“The federal investigation was launched in western Texas in the summer of 2024 after a subject in a separate investigation claimed Homan was soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the presidential election” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.

“I told her/ nobody I know likes what is happening here.” —Maxine Scates

Who voted for this www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

UCS’s new report reveals how the Trump admin cut the public out of federal decision making, violating a core democratic right. Darya Minovi, a report coauthor, explains what’s at stake and outlines best practices to ensure meaningful public participation.

March with us on Saturday 9/20 to defend democracy, immigrant justice, anti-militarism, and a livable climate. #MakeBillionairesPay #MakePollutersPay Join us in NYC at 12pm ET, or look for an action near you. Sign up at the link below:

THIS is the roll call list on that vote. Look up your rep and let them know what you think.

This is the list of the House vote on honoring a person more openly racist than Jesse Helms or Jeff Sessions. 98 Dems voted yes. A whole bunch abstained. Only 58 had the courage and clarity to vote NO. 58 out of 212. In other words, we need at least 98 primary challengers. That won’t happen.

@raskin.house.gov You were one of the Dems I admired more than any other. You have shown strength, smarts, and courage for years. And then you voted to honor a man who as openly and ferociously RACIST as any Grand Dragon of the Klan. Please explain.

This is Trump’s America:

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:

Down at the lake today: