Brandon Pearson

The Unlikely New Director of U.S. Environmental Health Research Kyle Walsh’s appointment to head the NIEHS, a $914-million public agency, is unprecedented. What is on his agenda?

Story in Undark on Kyle Walsh, the NIEHS Director appointed with no open position and no search process (and besties with JD Vance)

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We are hiring!! Lab Assistant II position to work with the killifish! 🐟🐟🐟 This is an amazing model to study aging and 'suspended animation'

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Come and join our fantastic team at Stanford!! 🤩 Please share!

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

This sums it up.

If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.

Please share. 💔

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
—George Orwell, 1984

It is rare for a murder to be captured live on multiple cameras. Yet DHS persists with the obvious lie this was self defense.

There are no more red lines.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.

Say bad things are bad.

Do better Senator. This is no where close to sufficient. A response like this makes you culpable in Ms. Good’s murder.

This past year

ICE arrested and put zip ties on children

Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds

Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)

And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis

Republicans

When does it end

ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good in cold blood in a calm neighborhood in Minneapolis. Say her name. F ICE and F this administration. Hold the officer and the organization accountable. We demand it.

The most shameful day in American history We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.

All Americans, and the entire world, must remember. Robert Reich: The most shameful day in American history open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.

Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Go into work on a Saturday to work on grant proposals but end up listening to the Trump press conference and have no idea what to do other than email senators. Where is the separation of powers? Why aren't the press calling this what it is?

I'm apologizing to the future, in advance. Some of us are very sorry. We see what is happening. We're trying, but also not doing very well.

Last night at Brown, students were studying for their last exams, excited to return home to reunite with their family and friends, their lives were forever altered by gun violence. We must do better for each other and not allow our futures to be dictated by the gun industry.

in Bonn, not in Beethoven's birthhaus

There's another castle on that hill too. A more ancient one. Get some gluhwein at the Christmas market. Also suggest seeing Beethoven's house. (Spend 2.5 years there as a postdoc).

The hidden hazards of the nano world | College of Engineering At Oregon State University, Stacey Harper has built a career at the intersection of cutting-edge nanotechnology and environmental health. Her research focuses on a deceptively simple question: when en...

The College of Engineering, OSU highlighted the Harper lab's work (November 2025): The hidden hazards of the nano world. engineering.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/...

A Battle with My Blood When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

Even privileged people suffer as a result of clashing science and politics. Imagine the impacts on poor, marginalized people. This is a must read: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.

The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors. n.pr/3XGEu6C

It's admittedly not just conservatives that think the lawsuits are frivolous. Until such time there is real accountability, there needs to be financial damage to companies. These companies are already so rich that it does not go far enough.

How a small community fought for justice after finding forever chemicals in drinking water So-called forever chemicals are both harmful to our health and are everywhere. Studies have found them in women's breast milk and even in rain falling in Tibet. A new book tells the story of how these...

A common conservative trope is that lawsuits are money grabs for law firms when in fact, it's the only real way to hold companies accountable. The statement from the one affected resident really struck me where they said essentially, no one goes to jail for these crimes.
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On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

An email appointing Kyle Walsh is director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

VERY TROUBLING NEWS REGARDING NIH INSTITUTE DIRECTORS

A new appointment for NIEHS

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