Dr. Susanne Brander
@smbrander.bsky.social
Environmental toxicologist, mom, liberal, Project director - science at Pew, courtesy faculty Oregon State
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Super happy with how these turned out. Having a hobby again is doing wonders for my mental health in 2025. #pottery
Things I think about often now. 😞
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Things I think about often now. 😞
Candlelight service on Christmas Eve.
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Candlelight service on Christmas Eve.
Christmas pizzelles.
Happy holidays all. #italianamerican
Happy holidays all. #italianamerican
December 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Christmas pizzelles.
Happy holidays all. #italianamerican
Happy holidays all. #italianamerican
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Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy holidays to all. A targeted alien abduction would be welcome in 2026.
December 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Happy holidays to all. A targeted alien abduction would be welcome in 2026.
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There’s money for ICE
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
There’s money for ICE
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
2025 holiday decor
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
2025 holiday decor
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A large portion of government health care subsidies will expire soon, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. https://to.pbs.org/4oJ9wFZ
Republicans are torn over health care. Here’s what we know
In about 22 days, a large portion of government health care subsidies expire, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. And yet, Congress is set to leave Wa...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A large portion of government health care subsidies will expire soon, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. https://to.pbs.org/4oJ9wFZ
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I am first gen and went to a small 4-yr college supported by scholarships and a loan. It was a little more expensive but the personal attention I received / small classes is why I ended up going to grad school.
As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I am first gen and went to a small 4-yr college supported by scholarships and a loan. It was a little more expensive but the personal attention I received / small classes is why I ended up going to grad school.
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Remember, at the end of Alice in Wonderland, how the Queen of ❤️ screams, "Sentence first, verdict afterwards" & the King says, "If there's no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any"?
That's Prasad & Makary.
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
That's Prasad & Makary.
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
FDA to probe whether adult deaths linked to coronavirus vaccine
An agency memo alleged that at least 10 children died after receiving coronavirus vaccinations, citing it as a basis for overhauling how vaccines are approved, despite studies finding the shots have g...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember, at the end of Alice in Wonderland, how the Queen of ❤️ screams, "Sentence first, verdict afterwards" & the King says, "If there's no meaning in it, that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any"?
That's Prasad & Makary.
🧵1/3
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
That's Prasad & Makary.
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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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The EPA has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website — tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping other pages.
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The EPA has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website — tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping other pages.
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As the hour when the sky goes from lightish gray to black gets earlier and earlier, you may find yourself wondering: Will this ever end?
When is the shortest day of the year in Portland?
As the hour when the sky goes from lightish gray to black gets earlier and earlier, you may find yourself wondering: Will this ever end?
www.oregonlive.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As the hour when the sky goes from lightish gray to black gets earlier and earlier, you may find yourself wondering: Will this ever end?
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
More than 80% of immigrants arrested in the DC surge had no criminal records.
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
So why are they being grabbed? For being the wrong colour.
The National Guard has been deployed to DC to assist with “violent criminals” and yet their own data show that most people have done absolutely nothing wrong
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May i submit my candidates for 2026’s, Fuck White Supremacy, We Are Not Serene, We Got Stuff To Do
?
?
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
May i submit my candidates for 2026’s, Fuck White Supremacy, We Are Not Serene, We Got Stuff To Do
?
?
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I work in a school. We have a mandated number of active shooter drills every year.
School kids are shot & killed every year. Mostly by other kids or by white men.
We just get thoughts & prayers.
It's not the shooting they care about, it's the opportunity to advance their political agenda.
School kids are shot & killed every year. Mostly by other kids or by white men.
We just get thoughts & prayers.
It's not the shooting they care about, it's the opportunity to advance their political agenda.
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries,” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.
In a social media post beginning with “a very happy Thanksgiving,” sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would “end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens” and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I work in a school. We have a mandated number of active shooter drills every year.
School kids are shot & killed every year. Mostly by other kids or by white men.
We just get thoughts & prayers.
It's not the shooting they care about, it's the opportunity to advance their political agenda.
School kids are shot & killed every year. Mostly by other kids or by white men.
We just get thoughts & prayers.
It's not the shooting they care about, it's the opportunity to advance their political agenda.
Last two talks given as an associate professor yesterday. Looking forward to a big career shift in one week to a Project Director position at the Pew Charitable Trusts. (I will keep an adjunct faculty appt at OSU). Onward!
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Last two talks given as an associate professor yesterday. Looking forward to a big career shift in one week to a Project Director position at the Pew Charitable Trusts. (I will keep an adjunct faculty appt at OSU). Onward!
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While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine.
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
“They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute
Thankful for so many things.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thankful for so many things.
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Leftovers are quite possibly the best part of Thanksgiving. Here are some ideas for what to do with them, including this ridiculously easy enchilada pie. nyti.ms/4pwjziE
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Leftovers are quite possibly the best part of Thanksgiving. Here are some ideas for what to do with them, including this ridiculously easy enchilada pie. nyti.ms/4pwjziE
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Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/bird-flu-poses-risk-of-pandemic-worse-than-covid-frances-institut-pasteur-says/
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/bird-flu-poses-risk-of-pandemic-worse-than-covid-frances-institut-pasteur-says/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁