Michael Miller

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.

The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

I don’t want Chuck Schumer out because of his no vote to end the shut down. I want Chuck Schumer out because he couldn’t control his caucus and 8 of the people in it defected to the fascist side and voted with them!

He needs to be gone as Senate minority leader like yesterday!

#Maddow

I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.

Dems in ARRAY

Is there some way we can channel this marble fetish into a passion for mineralized carbon storage?

i’m just so mad because if we absolutely had to elect an unqualified media personality to be president we should have gone with either of the guys from CAR TALK

Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire. On September 11, 2025, Mr. O’Hara saw Sgt. Beck, along with several other Guard members, walking in uniform in the Logan Circle neighborhood, near the intersection of 14th and R Streets NW. Mr. O’Hara calmly walked behind the Guard members, began playing The Imperial March aloud on his phone, and started recording. In less than two minutes, Sgt. Beck turned around and threatened to call D.C. police officers to “handle” Mr. O’Hara if he persisted. Mr. O’Hara continued recording and playing the music. Sgt. Beck contacted the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Defendant MPD Officers Brown, Campbell, Reyes-Benigno, and Lopez Martinez came to the scene and, in essence, did what Sgt. Beck had threatened, putting Mr. O’Hara in handcuffs and preventing him from continuing his peaceful protest.

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

Look at this HERO.

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The image is an X post by user Joshua Reed Eakle from 20 hours ago, stating: "The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens. Few understand this." The post includes a profile picture and a verified badge.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Vatican News showing 4 photos of Pope Leo XIV and a white woman wearing a black sheath dress. Ms Pope is blonde and slightly taller than Mr Pope. Above the four photos the text reads: Pope Leo XIV holds an audience with Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. Afterwards, Ms. Pope spoke to Vatican News about her meeting with the Holy Father and her agency’s mission to support the rights of people on the move. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2025-10/iom-director-general-amy-pope-leo-xiv-migration-hope.html

Mr. Pope and Ms. Pope.

3rd lab meeting I’m presenting at this year! After two during my sabbatical on my experiments (Helaine & Mekalanos labs), today finally in MY OWN lab 🎉
So much fun to share new work done w/ fantastic technicians Laurie, Sandrine, Loriane & bioinformatician Alexandre.
Bonus: cake served by the lab 🍰

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy. Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

IFF introduces ENVIROCAP™, a breakthrough scent delivery technology for fabric care IFF a global leader in flavors, fragrances, and biosciences, has launched ENVIROCAP™ — its newest sustainable scent delivery system designed for the future of fabric care

www.iff.com/media/news/i...

I’m lucky to work with the teams that develop these enzymes and biopolymers!

The good news is that there was a new technology launched in July that uses biodegradable biopolymers - instead of petrochemical plastics - as the main ingredient to wrap the capsules.

Back to microplastics: the fragrance in detergent and fabric softener comes in tiny capsules _wrapped_ in plastic. That is why you get a burst of fragrance when you dry off with a towel - those tiny capsules burst and release the scent.

🧪 Reddit user u/lunalovegood asks:

For laundry detergent - which is the best option? Do detergent sheets release microplastics into the water?

Answer:
environment.samellman.org/2025/03/envi...

If you have a question for me about chemistry or the environment, just ask!

The thing that makes all this work are enzymes made by precision fermentation. These enzymes have been engineered to work efficiently in the soapy water inside of a washing machine.

www.cleaninginstitute.org/sites/defaul...

HE detergents, pods, and the new sheet formats contain less water, so they are lighter and need less fuel for shipping.

Detergents now work _really_ well in cold water, so you don’t have to heat gallons and gallons of wash water (water heaters are one of a home’s largest contributors to global warming).

Washers that use HE detergent use less water overall.

Modern laundry detergent is an all around amazing sustainability success story — and at the end of my thread, there is also good news specifically on microplastics in laundry.

My nephew is in a research lab and we spent our Saturday night face timing to discuss sequencing and he said he’s so happy to talk to someone who understands and I’m just having all the feels as a first gen scientist.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.

My hand, with light blue fingernail polish, holding for aspen leaves that are different colors of autumn. In the background is an Aspen Grove and the sun coming through the trees.

My first Aspen Autumnal Bouquet.

The left: America was racist right from its founding 😡

The center: OMG how dare you say America is racist! 😮

The right: America was racist right from its founding 😍

Good night 🌙 and….