Coalition Against Healthcare Waste

a panel from the Matt Fraction David Aja run on Hawkeye that depicts a newspaper front page that says Everything Awful Oh God Somebody Do Something

more than a decade ago, one Fraction-Aja Hawkeye panel captured the vibe of this entire era we're living in now

Just submitted my LAST ASSIGNMENT for a class at UWSP. Now all that's left are my dissertation revisions, which hopefully won't be too terrible.

Yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation on Emotion-Symbolic Work in Community College Pre-Health Science Students. It was about healthcare waste! Hoping to have some more energy going forward to work on the Coalition. Once I get my revisions done and start my new job, that is.

A sprig of bright yellow four petal flowers on a dark blue green background.

A sprig of pale pink cherry blossoms on a dark tan background.

A monochromatic blue pattern tile of blue and white flowers and leaves on a darker blue background.

A purple bearded iris flower done in a watercolor style.

Hi! I'm a queer, disabled, female artist who loves to draw flowers and surface patterns. My art and Spoonflower shops can be found via the links here: lnk.bio/snowirisstudio

Why is it that every time I have to log in to the Wordpress site I can't get to the right website? I apparently have multiple accounts, which, I understand about the one I used for Austin Comics Ladies, but the one I want isn't appearing. Grrrr. I was just in a couple of days ago & now I'm not.

And, yeah, I know I haven't been doing much with this lately, but I'll be defending my dissertation in TWO WEEKS OMG, so should have more time after that. Except for, um, starting a new job.

The Central Texas Climate Summit today was awesome. Met some cool folks & connected with others I'd met before. Maybe even scored an awesome new board member!

Working on the final chapter of my dissertation has emphasized how important this organization could grow to be. Expect to have more time to work on it once I've defended. Definitely need some good board members to get things rolling.

Regular reminder that trans rights are human rights:

Every story of public-health victory in the US comes at the end of a much longer tale of corporate manipulation and interference. Literally millions of lives destroyed or lost to prop up corporate profits and it all just goes down the memory hole. We act like these are success stories!

Sent out my first three emails re: interviews for my study. Hopefully I'll be able to find a time to meet with the students soon! I am excited but also nervous.

Extreme heat can age you as fast as a smoking habit Exposure to high temps adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age.

Extreme heat can age you as fast as a smoking habit.

A new study shows that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age.

grist.org/health/extre...

#Heat #Health #Wellness #Age #Aging

If you want to stand up to fascists, wear a mask.

It’s one of the simplest and easiest things you can do to resist.

It protects your health, while also protecting disabled and marginalized people who are in grave danger from fascist policies.

"Donald Trump blames DC air crash on nonwhite, non-Christian, and trans people existing."

"Pete Hegseth says era of nonwhite, non-Christian, and trans people existing over at Defense Department."

"CNN: What is nonwhite, non-Christian, and trans people existing, and why is it dividing America?"

I have to design and implement a social justice workshop but at my school would not be able to use that term, or DEI. I'm thinking about a workshop on sustainability for nursing instructors but IDK. This last elective is going to take up a LOT of time this semester.

There are 10,000+ of them
Some are toxic
They don't break down
They're here forever
They pollute water, air, soils, animals, you
They'll cost £1.6 trn to clean-up
Industry is fighting regulation hard
Today begins a series of stories in the Guardian on PFAS forever chemicals:

Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants | CNN Black plastics from electronic devices may be leaching toxic flame retardants into our food and homes, a new study has found.

Stressed out beyond belief—like everyone for the next two weeks— but one thing I can do today is replace the black plastic cooking utensils that apparently have been poisoning us for over a decade. 🙃

(ICYMI: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/10/...)

Far-Right Extremists Embrace Environmentalism to Justify Violent Anti-Immigrant Beliefs Climate change and anti-immigrant hate are colliding, foretelling a volatile future.

This is a fascinating, terrifying @propublica.org story about the relationship between the environmental movement and far-right extremism. www.propublica.org/article/john...

Meme of cascading dominoes of increasing size with the text: when someone asks why you are afraid of climate change climate change -> extreme weather events -> food shortages -> water shortages -> war & fascism https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRCWMwRfrK/?igsh=OHozYjdiNHphc2h5

When someone asks why you are afraid of climate change.

Probably should've changed it more quickly, but it's changed now!

New avatar!

A picture of a human head, created by an MRI scan with the words "Microplastics in your brain?" framing the image.

My project made some great postcards to coincide with the release of the Planetary Health Check. This one has big reaction meme energy.

Welcome new Bluesky users. Some etiquette guidelines:

- Reduce your emissions ASAP instead of setting distant plans

- Carbon offsets are fundamentally counter-productive

- Renewable energy deployment must be both fast and cautious

- Carbon removal that delays mitigation must be stopped

Thinking of Gord Downie today on the anniversary of his death. The Tragically Hip is one of my all-time favorite bands, and I saw them live twice here in Austin, at small clubs, which was incredible. I still have one of Gord's handkerchiefs. KUTX played the Hip this morning, which made me happy.

A screenshot of a social media post giving a list of the most effective things in individual can do to make a difference on climate change, according to social science, beginning with talking about it!

As a climate scientist, here’s 3 things I wish everyone knew:

1. How much of our current warming is human-caused? All of it + then some.

2. What happens from year to year? That’s weather. For climate, see decadal trends.

3. What’s the most important thing you can do? Not recycling; this ⬇️

Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water

Half the world's food supply will fail in a generation because there's not enough water

AI will consume 6.6 trillion litres of water in 2027

We need to choose: do we want a liveable future or endlessly rephrased Internet? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chevron donates $250k and critical fuel to aid hurricane relief efforts

Arsonist Donates Thimble of Water to Firefighting Efforts

A US university has a new requirement to graduate: take a climate change course UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’

Some US universities are starting to require climate change related courses. This is good, and it should be all the universities.

Previous studies have already found microplastics in lungs, blood, and even breastmilk. 🫁🩸🍼 WE NEED A FUTURE FREE AND SAFE FROM PLASTIC POLLUTION.

YouTube video by National Academies - Earth and Life Studies Plastics 101 Webinar Series: What are Plastics?

Now online: Cruise through ~two centuries of plastics history in just over twenty minutes!

h/t @EricaNuñez @jambeckresearch.bsky.social & the NASEM Roundtable on Plastics

#plasticstreaty

Talk here: youtu.be/72p8Lneev5Q

Slides here: www.nationalacademies.org/documents/em...