Marissa Velarde, PhD MPH

I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events

The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech

Read Mamdani's full victory speech (and grab a tissue): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Society of Family Planning Research Practice Support: Digital and data security for abortion research in a post-Dobbs era—A primer for qualitative researchers Abortion is banned or severely restricted in nearly half of the United States. Research on the impact of these restrictions and abortion care has neve…

Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh

Another reminder that people around the world risk their lives for liberties that many Americans seem ready to surrender without a fight or even a lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.

FREAKIER FRIDAY but instead of mother-daughter swap a wife-husband swap. The husband will cry when he realizes that not only is he responsible for his day job but also family management.

RESEARCH IDEA! What if we recruited people to fill out research surveys at concerts? For example, surveying people's knowledge and contraceptive beliefs at a Bad Bunny concert. Who will fund me to do it?!

Publishing “both sides” is not just moral bankruptcy, it is an affront to the central mission of journalism (yes, even of opinion journalism): to help people honestly understand the world. There aren’t “both side” to climate change, slavery, genocide in Nazi Germany, nor to genocide in Gaza.

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.

"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)

Gotcha. In that case, I agree.

I wouldn't say this is "cool", but it is interesting. I continue to be fascinated by people (predominantly women) who take on their spouse's last name.

How Trump's CDC Purge Will Affect Reproductive Health: 'Women Will Die' CDC staffers and medical experts sound the alarm on how the gutting of the federal health agencies will put women’s lives at risk

“Black women in America are 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes—we know this thanks to CDC data,” says SiX’s Jennifer Driver to @rollingstone.com.

Now that data is under attack.

Read more on the dangerous consequences of federal health cuts: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

If SCOTUS decides in Trump's favor, we are in Argentina's "Dirty War" territory, where the Argentinian junta at the time disappeared thousands of citizens, and even threw some opponents out of planes at 10,000 feet.

Que viva la cultura!

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.

I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.

I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

Fetal personhood justifies invasive surveillance of periods, ovulation, hormones, pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth, delivery, postpartum, lactation - I am not joking!

Reupping my call to speak with Planned Parenthood workers! Especially if you work at an affiliate and are concerned about clinic closures or potential closures! Find me on signal: garnethenderson.12

Maybe the big story isn’t “Texas midwife charged with alleged illegal abortions” but “Texas attacks and closes three clinics providing prenatal care for low income Spanish speakers.”

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor . Alt: a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor: “I’m doing my part!”

You can send five free faxes a month using this service

Chuck Schumer’s phones are turned off, but faxes are going through just fine:

(202) 228-3027

app.hellofax.com/account/logIn

"Sexual & gender-based violence—which has risen in frequency & severity—is being perpetrated across the Occupied Palestinian Territory as a strategy of war for Israel to dominate and destroy the Palestinian people.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

These days I vacillate between being extremely excited to graduate and total despair over my job prospects.

[slams head against brick wall repeatedly]

Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. 👇

I promise doing something--even this--feels better than raging silently. And maybe it'll show you that standing up is possible and open you up to more things you can do.

There is a teeny tiny very uncharitable part of myself annoyed with the scientists who have suddenly discovered activism because our funding is at stake, none of whom did shit in all the years a handful of us tried to make it less predatory and full of harassers.

This event was originally scheduled for January but was canceled—don’t miss your chance to join us this month!

So you’re coming to find out that public health is DIY now. What can you do to help yourself/friends/family/neighbors/community? Slow down respiratory disease transmission. And what’s the most effective way to do that? High-quality masks.

Don't give up.

Support science communicators who will continue to fight the firehouse of disinformation

Support local community groups who will continue to keep us safe through mutual aid

Support organizers who will continue to protest the capture of our health & science agencies by charlatans

This is going to cost MILLIONS of lives.