Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈
@ssteingraber1.bsky.social
PhD biologist, author, climate activist, adoptee rights activist. Senior Scientist and Writer in Residence, Science and Environmental Health Network, Rachel Carson scholar with Library of America. Reminder: Nobody’s coming.
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A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.
Checking in on Iowa:
still mad about CO2 pipelines and seizing farmland to run them through
“The county is just not going to get much out of this. You’ve got all the liability and the danger to your citizens and all that.”
www.nwestiowa.com/nwest_iowa_r...
still mad about CO2 pipelines and seizing farmland to run them through
“The county is just not going to get much out of this. You’ve got all the liability and the danger to your citizens and all that.”
www.nwestiowa.com/nwest_iowa_r...
O’Brien supervisors discuss pipeline risks
PRIMGHAR—The O’Brien County Board of Supervisors discussed issues citizens have with the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline during its Nov. 12 meeting in Primghar.
www.nwestiowa.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Checking in on Iowa:
still mad about CO2 pipelines and seizing farmland to run them through
“The county is just not going to get much out of this. You’ve got all the liability and the danger to your citizens and all that.”
www.nwestiowa.com/nwest_iowa_r...
still mad about CO2 pipelines and seizing farmland to run them through
“The county is just not going to get much out of this. You’ve got all the liability and the danger to your citizens and all that.”
www.nwestiowa.com/nwest_iowa_r...
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I’m writing a beginners guide to ecofeminism and would love to know who thinks of themselves as an ecofeminist. I love the work of blueskyers tagged here, so especially keen to know - and all those I’ve yet to encounter. @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m writing a beginners guide to ecofeminism and would love to know who thinks of themselves as an ecofeminist. I love the work of blueskyers tagged here, so especially keen to know - and all those I’ve yet to encounter. @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
Also a thing that I, an adoptee, say about that time I invented some family medical history I order to get the colonoscopy that may have saved my life and, later, a genetic test for Lynch Syndrome. Yeah “our community has shared frustrations.” We get it. 🥚
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
‘I had to lie to get a test’: Men reveal struggles with prostate cancer screening
Our community has shared frustration over NHS barriers to prostate cancer screening, welcoming David Cameron’s call for targeted PSA tests to catch the disease earlier
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Also a thing that I, an adoptee, say about that time I invented some family medical history I order to get the colonoscopy that may have saved my life and, later, a genetic test for Lynch Syndrome. Yeah “our community has shared frustrations.” We get it. 🥚
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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a lot of neck and throat cancers in men are caused by HPV, incidentally. you know Rhod Gilbert? that's why he got throat cancer.
if you can get your boys vaccinated too, if as a man you are eligible for it, you absolutely should.
if you can get your boys vaccinated too, if as a man you are eligible for it, you absolutely should.
CONFIRMED: HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
a lot of neck and throat cancers in men are caused by HPV, incidentally. you know Rhod Gilbert? that's why he got throat cancer.
if you can get your boys vaccinated too, if as a man you are eligible for it, you absolutely should.
if you can get your boys vaccinated too, if as a man you are eligible for it, you absolutely should.
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Nearly lost a baby as a result of an earlier cone biopsy that left me with almost no cervix. We were beyond lucky she was only 6 weeks prem in the end, but the pregnancy was the most stressful time of my life. I am INSISTING that my daughters get the HPV vaccine.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Nearly lost a baby as a result of an earlier cone biopsy that left me with almost no cervix. We were beyond lucky she was only 6 weeks prem in the end, but the pregnancy was the most stressful time of my life. I am INSISTING that my daughters get the HPV vaccine.
CONFIRMED: HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
CONFIRMED: HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
“Girls vaccinated before age 16 were 80% less likely to develop cervical cancer. The reviews also confirm that HPV vaccines are only likely to cause minor, transient side effects such as a sore arm.”
Ever have colposcopy? That pain is NOT transient.
👀 Taxpayer money for a fake climate solution isn’t a winning message in Iowa farm country and it’s apparently not winning GOP hearts and minds in Texas either:
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Republican split widens as Texas regulator bashes CCS
A growing number of GOP elected officials question the use of carbon capture and storage for oil and gas projects.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
👀 Taxpayer money for a fake climate solution isn’t a winning message in Iowa farm country and it’s apparently not winning GOP hearts and minds in Texas either:
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Super good news! The U.S. first commercial off-shore wind farm (right here in NYS!) outperformed expectations during its first year.
Lessons: construction happened quickly (much faster than nuclear power); turbines exceeded expected capacity factor; plentiful wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt5I...
Lessons: construction happened quickly (much faster than nuclear power); turbines exceeded expected capacity factor; plentiful wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt5I...
Lunch and Learn: Success of South Fork Wind
YouTube video by citizenscampaign
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Super good news! The U.S. first commercial off-shore wind farm (right here in NYS!) outperformed expectations during its first year.
Lessons: construction happened quickly (much faster than nuclear power); turbines exceeded expected capacity factor; plentiful wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt5I...
Lessons: construction happened quickly (much faster than nuclear power); turbines exceeded expected capacity factor; plentiful wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt5I...
NEW STUDY: vigorous exercise is NOT, as previously presumed, twice as a good as moderate exercise at keeping you alive and free of heart disease but is in fact…4-9 times better.
I texted these findings to my CrossFit coach who texted back two words:
more burpees
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I texted these findings to my CrossFit coach who texted back two words:
more burpees
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wearable device-based health equivalence of different physical activity intensities against mortality, cardiometabolic disease, and cancer - Nature Communications
Benefits on health have been found to vary across different levels of physical activity (PA) for chronic conditions including cancer. Here the authors report that each minute of vigorous intensity PA ...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NEW STUDY: vigorous exercise is NOT, as previously presumed, twice as a good as moderate exercise at keeping you alive and free of heart disease but is in fact…4-9 times better.
I texted these findings to my CrossFit coach who texted back two words:
more burpees
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I texted these findings to my CrossFit coach who texted back two words:
more burpees
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oh I wrote a whole essay about it!* The first sentence is “I wanted to be a woman in the woods. I ended up in jail.”
*the field biology to investigative reporting pipeline
orionmagazine.org/article/woma...
*the field biology to investigative reporting pipeline
orionmagazine.org/article/woma...
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oh I wrote a whole essay about it!* The first sentence is “I wanted to be a woman in the woods. I ended up in jail.”
*the field biology to investigative reporting pipeline
orionmagazine.org/article/woma...
*the field biology to investigative reporting pipeline
orionmagazine.org/article/woma...
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I wanted to be a marine biologist since I was five years old. I paid my way to getting a PhD in it (neuroscience of marine animals) by fixing computers.
It turns out when you’re a biologist who also understands computers, they call it bioinformatics. No boats, though, which is really a fucker.
It turns out when you’re a biologist who also understands computers, they call it bioinformatics. No boats, though, which is really a fucker.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I wanted to be a marine biologist since I was five years old. I paid my way to getting a PhD in it (neuroscience of marine animals) by fixing computers.
It turns out when you’re a biologist who also understands computers, they call it bioinformatics. No boats, though, which is really a fucker.
It turns out when you’re a biologist who also understands computers, they call it bioinformatics. No boats, though, which is really a fucker.
The hijacking of computer software is called “a virus” for a reason. And the reason is that it’s a metaphor for what viruses do to our biological DNA programming.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The hijacking of computer software is called “a virus” for a reason. And the reason is that it’s a metaphor for what viruses do to our biological DNA programming.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
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Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards out of men.”
—Rachel Carson
—Rachel Carson
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards out of men.”
—Rachel Carson
—Rachel Carson
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Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists and evade the cops if necessary.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists and evade the cops if necessary.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists and evade the cops if necessary.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists and evade the cops if necessary.
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wait, this car just drives you where it thinks you might like to go depending on your mood?
what will they think of next?
what will they think of next?
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
wait, this car just drives you where it thinks you might like to go depending on your mood?
what will they think of next?
what will they think of next?
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Mazda’s vision is combustion engines with carbon capture fueled by microalgae and using AI to create an emotional bond between you and the car.
Can’t decide which of those two is more problematic. Why not both I guess?
Can’t decide which of those two is more problematic. Why not both I guess?
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mazda’s vision is combustion engines with carbon capture fueled by microalgae and using AI to create an emotional bond between you and the car.
Can’t decide which of those two is more problematic. Why not both I guess?
Can’t decide which of those two is more problematic. Why not both I guess?
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“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist's every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled.” -Omar El Akkad
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist's every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled.” -Omar El Akkad
Explainer thread on new research into the protective effect of physical exercise against long COVID and also in provoking a more robust immune response to vaccinations in general.
(Guess I’m not sorry I ran a 5K race the day after my feel-like-dog-shit 2nd shingles vaccine.)
(Guess I’m not sorry I ran a 5K race the day after my feel-like-dog-shit 2nd shingles vaccine.)
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #publichealth A 5-year retrospective study on the impact of the #COVID19pandemic on various physiological systems, with a focus on the role of physical activity & exercise.
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Explainer thread on new research into the protective effect of physical exercise against long COVID and also in provoking a more robust immune response to vaccinations in general.
(Guess I’m not sorry I ran a 5K race the day after my feel-like-dog-shit 2nd shingles vaccine.)
(Guess I’m not sorry I ran a 5K race the day after my feel-like-dog-shit 2nd shingles vaccine.)
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It’s bizarre that media keep reporting that the trouble Larry Summers now faces is because his close ties to Epstein have been exposed rather than because the emails clearly show Larry is a sexual predator who admitted to attempting to use his university position to extract sex from a student.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s bizarre that media keep reporting that the trouble Larry Summers now faces is because his close ties to Epstein have been exposed rather than because the emails clearly show Larry is a sexual predator who admitted to attempting to use his university position to extract sex from a student.
My take: The most repulsive and obscene thing about the RFK affair is the part where the rubella virus penetrates the placenta and pours itself into the fetal eye, ear, and brain and destroys them.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My take: The most repulsive and obscene thing about the RFK affair is the part where the rubella virus penetrates the placenta and pours itself into the fetal eye, ear, and brain and destroys them.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
Either that or when measles virus snuffs out memory B & T cells and erases the entire immune system.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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Around the world, climate activists, who should be respected, are instead being criminalized. Here in the U.S., passing the No Political Enemies (NOPE) Act would go a long way towards protecting free speech. Tell your Reps to support it: https://fwwat.ch/3Ixemr8
‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert
Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip servic
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Around the world, climate activists, who should be respected, are instead being criminalized. Here in the U.S., passing the No Political Enemies (NOPE) Act would go a long way towards protecting free speech. Tell your Reps to support it: https://fwwat.ch/3Ixemr8