Dr. Susanne Brander

Had some fun on Halloween with thrifted costumes. T-Rex vs Elastigirl, ended in a truce thankfully 😅

Joining the mud rebellion. #mudtherapy #nokings

Can we please have #nokings again this weekend? I don’t know where to put all of the rage and need to shout at clouds again with other sane people.

I’m returning from a work trip during the protest on Saturday so I made a portable sign 🪧

In case you need something … less dark… on your timeline:

This week I started my seminar focused on the legacy of Rachel Carson.

I’m thinking I’ll post here what we are reading/watching/doing, and if you are interested, you could follow along. Like a bit of a Carson book group. 📕 🐦

Sums up this moment. #portlandfrog #nokings

Widespread mortality of coral reefs - Stockholm University Widespread mortality of coral reefs Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs is now underway as the world reaches its first climate tipping point. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, released...

Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs is underway as the world reaches its first climate tipping point. The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 underlines that the only way to avert catastrophe is to act urgently. Research from @sthlmresilience.bsky.social
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The Halloween hit we all needed 🎃

#themonsterslash
#fundingcuts

@ellecordova.bsky.social

Awh ☺️… I may be biased but this sounds like an amazing class ;)

Public and environmental health in the US would benefit greatly from global rules on plastic chemicals There are more microplastics in the ocean than stars in the Milky Way; however, as we all know by this point, the latest round of global plastic treaty negotiations ended in a stalemate.

Short sweet letter by @smbrander.bsky.social and others (including myself) on why the US, with our astronomical health care costs, should be at the forefront of a global #plasticstreaty. But we're not. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Trump's Plan To invoke the Insurrection Act

Please be aware of what might happen next. #insurrectionact

Trump’s Plan
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Beautiful day out and about in “Joburg”

@setac.bsky.social

Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks Nearly 41 percent of U.S.-born infants participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which may not have enough funding for an extended government shutdown.

If the government remains shut down, a program that feeds more than six million low-income mothers and their children is likely to run out of funding within the next two weeks, advocates and government officials say.

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

www.nokings.org

BREAKING: A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that blocks President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

The president can't rewrite the 14th Amendment with the stroke of a pen.

Eldest Daughter by Taylor Swift on Apple Music Song · 2025 · Duration 4:06

This woman can write a lyric or five 👀

“Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter, so we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire”

music.apple.com/us/album/eld...

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.

If the regime can change your out of office reply, I assume that means they can read your emails as well?

This is disgusting. Furloughed department of education employees had their out of office reply changed to one that blames the Democrats for the shut down.

Written in the first person too!!

Alberta baby dies from measles An Albertan has died from complications due to measles, government data released Thursday says.

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

“I am saddened to share that we have had our first death from measles in the province. A child, born prematurely after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth,” Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, in a statement, said

Climate action can't wait NYC Climate Week: The world leans in, the U.S. checks out, and how to SHIFT into action

At Climate Week NYC, the message was clear: progress is underway. While none of us can do this alone, the number of people who are committed to tackling climate together is growing every day.

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Fan girl since I was very young, thanks to @pbs.org

RIP Jane and thank you for showing women what is possible.

Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired “I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.

EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed.

The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
is seeking a visionary and compassionate leader to serve as Executive Director of their laboratory. Truly an incredible opportunity to work with some of the world's leading researchers on #microplastics!
Apply by October 31st! <- lnkd.in/g2u_pJxs

Fun at the #SETAC World Congress dinner this week. First time ever in Africa, won’t be my last. @setac.bsky.social
@pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social

Donald Trump, wearing a red tie, speaks with both hands extended. A headline reads: "In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates" Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times

News Analysis: For President Trump, a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents is not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration. nyti.ms/3VsCyO4

Sep. 21, 2025: UN General Assembly, Traveling Nanas, U.S. speech, Incarcerated journalist Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy director Jennifer Welsh about the stakes of this week's United Nations General Assembly talks, "Traveling Nanas" Eleanor Hamby and Sandra Hazelip share the life lessons they've learned from their world adventures, University of Toronto scholar Jason Stanley reflects on the state of speech and democratic institutions in the United States, and incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon explores the value of telling crime stories from the inside. 1:42:29

I heard CBC's Piya Chattopadhyay do a great interview with
with Prof. Jason Stanley at UofT's Monk School.

He spoke about the US' descent into authoritarianism and how experts could see it unfold and how it's so similar to other recent cases around the world.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Anti-fascist activity of the day - making jam with backyard figs and rescued lemons from #imperfectfoods

Surgeon General Nominee Pledges to Divest From Wellness Interests

The nominee for surgeon general is a wellness grifter. The wellness industry has always been in bed with fascists. It pushes a palatable version of eugenics, the notion that anyone who can't goop their way to health and happiness simply doesn't deserve attention.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/h...

Hey Oregonians, you can get your Covid booster in Vacouver WA if you don’t feel like waiting for OR to figure out what the heck it’s doing. #covidbooster