Rob Sargis
@rsargis.bsky.social
Endocrinologist and environmental health scientist hoping to build a happier, healthier, and more just world.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The University of Illinois Chicago does amazing things for our community, caring for ALL of Chicago with compassion and a commitment to achieving health equity. We don't get much philanthropy, but if you're interested in supporting our work, here's a chance:
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Help! We need climate activists to target Naperville. Renewing a coal-dominant electricity contract with IMEA years before a decision needs to be made is a mistake for public health.
Email: [email protected]
Call: 630-420-6111
Please share this.
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Email: [email protected]
Call: 630-420-6111
Please share this.
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Naperville council hears arguments for, against renewing IMEA contract ahead of Aug. 19 vote
The benefits and risks of the city’s various long-term energy options were presented to the Naperville City Council Monday in advance of a vote next month on renewing Naperville’s current ele…
www.chicagotribune.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Help! We need climate activists to target Naperville. Renewing a coal-dominant electricity contract with IMEA years before a decision needs to be made is a mistake for public health.
Email: [email protected]
Call: 630-420-6111
Please share this.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/n...
Email: [email protected]
Call: 630-420-6111
Please share this.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/n...
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With apologies for using AI, I think this cartoon reflects what Naperville's decision to re-up their IMEA contract will do.
Let the City Council know that we should not renew our coal-dominant IMEA contract. It's time for a renewable energy future: [email protected]
Let the City Council know that we should not renew our coal-dominant IMEA contract. It's time for a renewable energy future: [email protected]
August 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
With apologies for using AI, I think this cartoon reflects what Naperville's decision to re-up their IMEA contract will do.
Let the City Council know that we should not renew our coal-dominant IMEA contract. It's time for a renewable energy future: [email protected]
Let the City Council know that we should not renew our coal-dominant IMEA contract. It's time for a renewable energy future: [email protected]
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Sign the petition advocating for Naperville to end its addiction to coal-fired electricity:
chng.it/LTcwbqy2nd
chng.it/LTcwbqy2nd
Power a Better Future - Oppose Naperville Renewing Coal Contract with IMEA
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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August 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sign the petition advocating for Naperville to end its addiction to coal-fired electricity:
chng.it/LTcwbqy2nd
chng.it/LTcwbqy2nd
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#Diversity is this country’s superpower. Anti-DEI efforts are our cancer.
January 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#Diversity is this country’s superpower. Anti-DEI efforts are our cancer.
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Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
January 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
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Please join me at the #Naperville City Council meeting TOMORROW, Tuesday, Jan 21 at 6:30pm and wear RED! Let's collectively say no to coal!
January 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Please join me at the #Naperville City Council meeting TOMORROW, Tuesday, Jan 21 at 6:30pm and wear RED! Let's collectively say no to coal!
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Trump wants to rewrite history and DOESN’T WANT YOU SEEING THIS:
He wants you to think that he’s going to be this so called “savior of TikTok” — but on August 7th, 2020, by Executive Order he started the whole entire TikTok ban conversation.
He wants you to think that he’s going to be this so called “savior of TikTok” — but on August 7th, 2020, by Executive Order he started the whole entire TikTok ban conversation.
January 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Trump wants to rewrite history and DOESN’T WANT YOU SEEING THIS:
He wants you to think that he’s going to be this so called “savior of TikTok” — but on August 7th, 2020, by Executive Order he started the whole entire TikTok ban conversation.
He wants you to think that he’s going to be this so called “savior of TikTok” — but on August 7th, 2020, by Executive Order he started the whole entire TikTok ban conversation.
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Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday – report
Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday – report
Administration to send 100 to 200 officers to city on day two of new presidency, Wall Street Journal reports
Donald Trump’s incoming presidential administration plans to launch a large immigration raid in Chicago the day after he takes office, the Wall…
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday – report
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Breaking News: The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to people familiar with the plan.
Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week
The size of the planned operation is unclear, but it would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Breaking News: The incoming Trump administration intends to carry out immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to people familiar with the plan.
To be clear, our entire planetary system is telling Naperville to say no to coal.
As Naperville weighs the future of its electric supply, a group of environmental and civic organizations are teaming up to tell city leaders to “Say No To Coal” — and they’re urging community members to back the sentiment.
Consortium of community organizations, citizens wants Naperville council to ‘Say No To Coal’
As Naperville weighs the future of its electric supply, a group of environmental and civic organizations are teaming up to tell city leaders to “Say No To Coal” — and they’re urging community membe…
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January 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
To be clear, our entire planetary system is telling Naperville to say no to coal.
More public green space is wonderful as is better public transit, which MUST include a new Pink Line station. But let’s also include plans for native plantings to support biodiversity and renewable energy sources to fight climate change. Build the future!
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First phase of United Center's $7B redevelopment approved by Plan Commission
The Reinsdorf and Wirtz families' hope to break ground this summer on Phase One, which includes a music hall, hotel and public plaza.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
More public green space is wonderful as is better public transit, which MUST include a new Pink Line station. But let’s also include plans for native plantings to support biodiversity and renewable energy sources to fight climate change. Build the future!
chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...
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The first paragraph tells an absolutely sickening story.
Zuckerberg's emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
How Mark Zuckerberg Undid Years of Work in a Single Week
His emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
slate.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The first paragraph tells an absolutely sickening story.
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Zuckerberg's emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
How Mark Zuckerberg Undid Years of Work in a Single Week
His emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
slate.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Zuckerberg's emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
#Naperville gets ~80% of its power from climate-destroying, coal-fired electricity supplied by #IMEA. The City Council is now considering a 30-year extension to its IMEA contract. We cannot let City Hall abet planetary destruction. Tell the Council to say NO to IMEA: [email protected]
January 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#Naperville gets ~80% of its power from climate-destroying, coal-fired electricity supplied by #IMEA. The City Council is now considering a 30-year extension to its IMEA contract. We cannot let City Hall abet planetary destruction. Tell the Council to say NO to IMEA: [email protected]
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We know Donald Trump will betray his promise to working people. He’s done it before and he’ll do it again.
Democrats are the ones fighting for working people against the billionaires trying to rig this country.
It’s our job to make sure voters hear this message everywhere.
Democrats are the ones fighting for working people against the billionaires trying to rig this country.
It’s our job to make sure voters hear this message everywhere.
January 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We know Donald Trump will betray his promise to working people. He’s done it before and he’ll do it again.
Democrats are the ones fighting for working people against the billionaires trying to rig this country.
It’s our job to make sure voters hear this message everywhere.
Democrats are the ones fighting for working people against the billionaires trying to rig this country.
It’s our job to make sure voters hear this message everywhere.
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Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
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You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
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January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
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"The more surrender monkeys there are, the more surrender monkeys we’ll get. Because capitulation is contagious."
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey
Capitulation is contagious.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"The more surrender monkeys there are, the more surrender monkeys we’ll get. Because capitulation is contagious."
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Persistent pollutants are related to disruptions in sex-related hormones. We can’t ignore the fact that environmental factors influence human health. #EndocrineDisruption
Our latest paper: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Our latest paper: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Persistent pollutants are related to disruptions in sex-related hormones. We can’t ignore the fact that environmental factors influence human health. #EndocrineDisruption
Our latest paper: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Our latest paper: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
May 2025 be the pivot point that inflects us toward improved and more equitable health. #HealthInAllPolicy
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This is some of what we must do to reform our dysfunctional healthcare system | Bernie Sanders
We are the wealthiest nation on Earth. There is no rational reason as to why we are not the healthiest nation on Earth
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
May 2025 be the pivot point that inflects us toward improved and more equitable health. #HealthInAllPolicy
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Further evidence that diabetes has important environmental drivers that require policy solutions.
Work from our lab showing toxic metals (including arsenic, nickel, and others) accelerate the rise in blood sugars over time in this month’s #DiabetesCare.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Work from our lab showing toxic metals (including arsenic, nickel, and others) accelerate the rise in blood sugars over time in this month’s #DiabetesCare.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Accelerated Longitudinal Glycemic Changes in Relation to Urinary Toxic/Essential Metals and Metal Mixtures Among Mexican Americans Living in Starr County, Texas
OBJECTIVE. Metal and metalloid exposures (hereafter “metals”) are associated with adverse health outcomes, including type 2 diabetes; however, previous stu
diabetesjournals.org
November 26, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Further evidence that diabetes has important environmental drivers that require policy solutions.
Work from our lab showing toxic metals (including arsenic, nickel, and others) accelerate the rise in blood sugars over time in this month’s #DiabetesCare.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Work from our lab showing toxic metals (including arsenic, nickel, and others) accelerate the rise in blood sugars over time in this month’s #DiabetesCare.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...