Dr. Susanne Brander ๐ ๐
@smbrander
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Assoc Professor @OSU_coastal, co-lead @pnwmicroplastic, AE @STOTEN_journal, Senior Scientist Env Health Sciences / ASI, #feminist, #mom, #nevermypresident
Corvallis, OR
Joined September 2012
When I told our girls the news this morning, the first thing my 8 yr old says to me is "Well, he can't run again after this right? " It's a dark day, especially for those of us raising daughters in the U.S.
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BREAKING: Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder broke out an acoustic rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "My City of Ruins" at their show last night to support Springsteen in his fight against Donald Trump. This is awesome. America is waking up.
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Inside the โcampaign of harassmentโ to suppress anti-plastic health warnings @lucieheath reports https://t.co/t1ta1p1zOQ
inews.co.uk
Scientists claim they have been subjected to verbal abuse and online attacks by lobbyists ahead of UN talks over plastic pollution
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Chemicals used in plasticsโeverything from clothes to carpetsโcan cause infertility, cancer and even obesity. But scientists fear a 'Big Tobacco'-style campaign by the plastics industry is undermining science. Our investigation with @theipaper & @abounn
https://t.co/DIhLKcVEPv
source-material.org
The plastics industry is taking lessons from Big Oil to undermine science
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Only 1 week to go until 70+ @Scientists_Coa members will go to #Busan for the last Un #PlasticsTreaty negotiation round! ๐Independent scientists from all disciplines across the #plastic field are invited to read & sign our new declaration prior to #INC5: https://t.co/n4l16dkguw
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Dear Microsoft Outlook - no I am not going to delete all of my "legacy" messages to save space, please quit it with the pop-up message I am going to accidentally click on one day, and poof there goes a decade of filed emails. k, thanx, bye.
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In the U.S. the percentage of people making chocolate mug cakes before bed as a coping mechanism has increased by 80% in the past week.
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Seeing women on social media recommending that everyone delete their period tracking apps for fear of government oversight. What hellscape are we living in now? #nevermypresident
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@iamAtheistGirl I have to admit Iโm struggling a lot today. Feeling defeated and questioning the moral values of some of my family and how to move forward or severe those lifelong relationships. ๐
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Essay from 2008 that is sadly still highly relevant today ... https://t.co/aVmac1Zgor
guernicamag.com
Before there was mansplaining, there was Rebecca Solnit's 2008 critique of male arrogance. Reprinted here with a new introduction.
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If Kamala Harris had done EVERYTHING the same, but she was a white man, she wouldโve won. Itโs that simple.
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Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. ๐งต1/
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I just told my 7yo what happened & that I was very very sad. She said: โI think everyone hated Donald Trump - even the people who voted for him. But they just wanted to keep a boy President.โ I hate this lesson for her so much that I donโt want to get out of bed.
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until the day I die I will never understand why he was even still allowed to run after this
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Running out of wine and cheese here and they still havenโt called Pennsylvania. Send help ๐ซ #electionday2024 #harriswalz
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I donโt like that they start with that states that donโt agree with me
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